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April 2013
April 9, 2013


Photo: 2013 De Brabantse Pijl - La Flèche Brabançonne (Brabant Arrow).
VeloNation: Wednesday's La Flèche Brabançonne departs Leuven at 12:36pm CET (6:36am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Overijse at around 5:29pm CET (11:29am U.S. Eastern).  La Flèche Brabançonne live streaming video should get underway at around 3:10pm CET (9:10am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: Mark Renshaw (Blanco) in his second season as a designated sprinter.
CyclingNews: Could the Australian return to lead-outs with Cavendish?






Photo: Pierrick Fédrigo (FDJ) celebrates victory at Paris-Camembert.
CyclingNews: Frenchmen the best among four-man break.





Photo: One way to measure the status of a race is to look at the attention given to the last placed finisher.
InnerRing: Away from the podium there are many private battles. As the leaders charge though a cobbled section they kick up a dust cloud that leaves others choking and masks a lot of the action.






Photo: RCS Sport, the organiser of the Giro d’Italia, has confirmed that Katusha will be officially be the 23rd team.
VeloNation: UCI passes exemption for peloton of more than 200 after Russian team’s CAS appeal.






Photo: Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) is aiming for a repeat of his 2011 Brabantse Pijl victory.
VeloNation: World champion aiming to match his super Ardennes spring of 2011.








Photo: Zdenek Stybar has taken major encouragement from the race.
VeloNation: Double world cyclo-cross champion proud of Classics performance.





Races & Results.
Paris-Camembert - Apr 9 (Results),
De Brabantse Pijl - Apr 10 (History),
Paris - Roubaix - Apr 7 (Results),
Pais Vasco - Apr 1-6 (Stages & Results),
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Apr 2-5 (Stages & Results),
Scheldeprijs - Apr 3 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),





Photo: James Huang is the AngryAsian. And he's here to tell you to let go of your anger and enjoy riding your bike.
BikeRadar: There's always a vocal minority of folks who lambast the changing tide as the next industry scam to steal away their hard-earned money. People are angry.





Photo: RecoFit Calf Compression Sleeves .
303Cycling: RecoFit is designed and developed in Boulder and made in the USA. The material which is carbon based is designed in Italy.





Photo: Nairo Quintana (in yellow) and Sergio Henao (right) are key players in the Colombian revival in Europe.
VeloNews: Nairo Quintana’s overall win at the Vuelta al País Vasco (Tour of the Basque Country) on Saturday not only marked his arrival to the big time, but also put an exclamation point on a Colombian revival that’s been on slow simmer over the past several years.



























Photo: Greg LeMond.
CyclingNews: Targets of Armstrong to discuss emotional, financial costs of doping.





Photo: The NOS media company has hailed an agreement with the Blanco Pro Cycling team.
VeloNation: Dutch station states project reflects transparency on the part of the team.





Photo: We missed a showdown with Tom Boonen this spring, but Fabian Cancellara's dominance left no doubt of his place among the top cobbles riders of all time.
VeloNews: For every well-documented key moment like Fabian Cancellara’s Oude Kwaremont attacks at E3 Harelbeke or De Ronde, or Stijn Vandenbergh’s spectator run-in at Paris-Roubaix, there are countless others witnessed only by participants, told around team dinner tables and at off-season get togethers rather than in newspapers.








Photo: Jeremiah Bishop (Sho-Air/Cannondale) takes a turn at the front of the lead group at the Fontana short track.
CyclingNews: Team to race at un-sanctioned Whiskey 50 despite threat of punishment.





Photo: Alex Howes of Garmin-Sharp expects to make his grand tour debut at next month's Giro d'Italia.
VeloNews: Alex Howes (Garmin-Sharp) returns to the Ardennes this week a year after his coming out party.





Photo: US component brand SRAM has confirmed that they will release details of its new road groupsets this coming Monday, 15 April.
road.cc: Component maker confirms that 11-spd & hydraulic brakes coming soon.





Photo: The Double PPS (extra flat protection strip) under the casing on the new Challenge Almanzo gravel 30mm tubular.
VeloNews: Essentially all racing tubulars have a puncture-protection belt under the tread. The only exception is superlight time trial and track tubulars.





Photo: The Beech handlebars above retail for $100 to $125.
BikeRumor: Ghisallo’s been making wood bicycle rims for ages, more recently adding carbon fiber reinforced clinchers and 29er tubulars. Now, they’ve started working with Bamboo for their hoops and introduced Beechwood handlebars.





Photo: Fatbikes traditionally have been designed with a high level of utility built in to them.
BikeMag: Designed specifically as a race rig, the frame is completely void of rack mounts or extra gussets.





Photo: Continental’s Competition Pro Ltd 28mm was spotted on a few bikes.
BikeRumor: Tire choice and pressure is really imporant for the cobbled roads. And a look at other special equipment choices for the race.





Photo: CNC-machined aluminum billet. In fact, that’s where they came up with the name: aluminum+ design=Lezyne. Get it?
MBAction: Lezyne is all about style. Their products are not just func- tional, they also look good.






InnerRing: Want to ride a mountain bike race in the USA? A time trial in Britain? A criterium in Australia? A road race in France? A gran fondo in Italy? Careful because whether you’re a novice or a pro you risk being fined and suspended.

























Photo: Rémy Di Gregorio (Cofidis) wins the final stage of the Vuelta Asturias.
CyclingNews: Substances found at the Tour were vitamins.





Photo: WADA states GW501516 doping cases are ongoing.
VeloNation: Uncertain if positive tests relate to cycling.





Photo: The Ardennes are compact: four races spread over the span of twelve days.
PodiumCafe: The Ardennes classics fly up and over the many bergs and longer côtes in southern Belgium and the hilly region of the Netherlands.





Photo: The NOS media company has hailed an agreement with the Blanco Pro Cycling team.
VeloNation: Dutch station states project reflects transparency on the part of the team.





Photo: Ian Boswell is moving to a new apartment in Nice, France as he settles into his first year in the European peloton.
VeloNews: Ian Boswell (Sky) is taking a forced break after a strong start to the season aggravated a knee problem. Instead of racing the Ardennes classics and Tour de Romandie, Boswell is playing guitar and moving to a new apartment in Nice, France.





Photo: Somewhere along the way I need to find a good photo of a desk. Details, details.
PodiumCafe: It's not France... it's not Spain... it's maybe kinda both...





Photo: The last thing we need the evening before a ride is to find out that our chainrings are too worn to work.
BikeRadar: The beginning of the season is a good time to check our bikes carefully. A poorly maintained bike might leave us stranded on the road, or worse, cause us to crash.





Photo: new Dura-Ace 9000 C50 carbon clinchers.
CyclingTips: Shimano has typically been known for its outstanding groupsets which continue to raise the bar, but it's the company's wheel story that is its best kept secret.





Photo: Beetroot Juice – How’d they think of that?!
CyclingTips: No doubt you’ve seen, heard of or tried beetroot juice as a sports supplement. It’s been around for a few years now.





Photo: The K-Force dual-pivot road brakeset gets a graphic update for 2014.
BikeRadar: Arriving soon are radical four-arm K-Force Light road cranks, several new carbon clinchers, Di2-compatible seatposts, and more.





Photo: Retail is just £22.90 with free int’l shipping for a limited time.
BikeRumor: Upstart All Mountain Style has released its first product, Frame Guard, to keep your precious…precious.




























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