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April 2013
April 17, 2013




Photo: The 2013 Giro del Trentino.
CyclingFans: Thursday's Giro del Trentino Stage 3 departs Pergine Valsugana at 11:15am CET (5:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Condino (Valle delle Chiese) at around 3:39pm CET (9:39am U.S. Eastern).  Giro del Trentino live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).








Photo: Kanstantsin Siutsou (Sky) wins stage 2.
CyclingNews: Bouet new leader as Wiggins marks Nibali.






Photo: Francisco Mancebo celerbates with his children.
CyclingNews: Spaniard finished second at Vuelta a Castilla y León.





Races & Results.
Giro del Trentino - Apr 16-19 (Stages & Results),
Liège - Bastogne - Liège - Apr 21 (History),
La Flèche Wallonne - Apr 17 (Results),
Amstel Gold - Apr 14 (Results),
Castilla y Leon - Apr 12-14 (Results),
De Brabantse Pijl - Apr 10 (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: Carlos Betancur attacked on the opening ramp of the Mur de Huy and nearly held on for victory.
VeloNews: Carlos Betancur (Ag2r La Mondiale) has been waiting to make a splash in the peloton and he nearly rode away with Flèche Wallonne after a gutsy, long-distance attack on Wednesday.





Photo: The Amgen Tour of California 2012.
CyclingNews: Anschutz staying in control of AEG helps negotiations with Amgen.





Photo: The seat stays are very flat but also quite broad, lending comfort to the back end without sacrificing handling precision.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "If you like your speed served up with a healthy side of agility, your time may have come."





Photo: The dual piston design is an advantage over competitors.
BikeRadar: "Good lever feel and trim, modern look but could use more power."






Photo: Team Sky power to victory in the Giro del Trentino team time trial.
CyclingNews: Cerny moves into overall lead.






Photo: Maxime Bouet (Ag2r-La Mondiale) wins the three-man sprint.
CyclingNews: Frenchman beats Cerny and Rodriguez in Lienz.

























Photo: Daniel Moreno (Katusha) wins La Flèche Wallonne.
CyclingNews: Moreno shares “lucky Room Number 11” with Rodriguez in Piva’s hotel.






Photo: A jubliant Daniel Moreno (Katusha).
CyclingNews: Henao, Betancur fill out Fleche Wallonne podium.






Photo: Marianne Vos (Rabobank Liv/Giant) in the World Cup leader's jersey.
CyclingNews: Dutch woman reigns supreme on the Mur de Huy.





Photo: SRAM released details of their disc road brakes earlier this week.
CyclingNews: International federation to consider hydraulic rims if test data provided.





Photo: The brothers had achieved world-wide fame for building touring bikes and tandems that rode wonderfully.
Off The Beaten Path: "My friend Mark Lawrence became friends with the Taylor Brothers during his university years. The brothers had achieved world-wide fame for building touring bikes and tandems that rode wonderfully, yet were relatively affordable."





Photo: Along the wall is a history of bicycle helmet design.
BikeRumor: Easton Bell Sports’ Scotts Valley, CA, headquarters houses Giro’s design facility, where all of their helmets for various sports are created.





Photo: it doesn't have a mapping mode.
BikeRadar: Vehicle sat nav specialists TomTom have released details of the Multi-Sport GPS, a slim new sports watch aimed at cyclists and triathletes.





Photo: It was born at Interbike in 2012.
BikeRumor: This is a prototype (albeit a rideable, pretty finished version) of a new frame that’ll be available in Pro (road), Adventure (gravel/endurance) and Cyclocross build options.





Photo: Cannondale Trail SL 29 2 with 29-inch wheels.
MBAction: The Cannondale Trail SL 29 2 is our winner for two reasons.





Photo: Team Sky's Richie Porte at the Paris-Nice in March (Getty).
SBS: Australian Richie Porte has hit back at detractors of cycling's dominant Sky team as he prepares for a pair of rare one-day classics starts.






Photo: He is suspected of being the rider codenamed ‘Huerto’ in the doping list of Eufemiano Fuentes.
VeloNation: Rider has not competed since last September, currently placed on inactive status by team.






































Photo: Lance Armstrong during the 1999 Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Governing body defends inaction in cortisone case.






Photo: Lance Armstrong (pic courtesy Photosport International).
road.cc: Governing body's lawyer says ointment the most likely cause - even though rider himself admitted saddle-sore story was a cover-up.






Photo: Cancellara’s participation in Tour de France looking less than certain.
VeloNation: Rider will use Vuelta a España to build form for bid to win road worlds rainbow jersey.





Photo: Laurent Jalabert in the car..
CyclingNews: Cites "lack of support" from federation.






Photo: This 61cm Cannondale Synapse Hi-Mod our tester rode tips the scales at just over 15 pounds — with pedals.
VeloNews: Determined not to have it be pigeonholed as a bike for older and slower riders, Cannondale engineers and industrial designers built the new 2014 Synapse with “Synapse Endurance Race Geometry” (“S.E.R.G.”) and have, from the outset, made racing part of its pedigree.





Photo: Riders, like these 2012 Gran Fondo New York starters massing on the George Washington Bridge, are flocking to cyclosportives in big numbers.
VeloNews: While cycling’s global and U.S. governing bodies, the UCI and USA Cycling, have spent the first quarter of 2013 alienating pro racers for competing in unsanctioned events, in North America, gran fondo events continue to grow, both in the numbers of events and participation.





Photo: Brooks England, the world’s oldest bicycle saddle manufacturer, are inviting 100 people to try their yet-to-be-launched Cambium model.
road.cc: Get your name down for a chance to try out new saddle before its launch.





Photo: The app is not meant to be a data capture device.
BikeRumor: To go along with their crank based power meters, Stages new iPhone app is now available in the app store for free.





Photo: Injury has forced Laurent Jalabert to resign from his coaching rule with the French cycling federation (Getty Images).
SBS: Former French cycling great Laurent Jalabert has resigned from his role as coach of the French road cycling team due to injuries he sustained in a riding accident.














Photo: Vaughters. Running out of motivation?
TwistedSpoke: To put it another way: has Garmin-Sharp team manager Jonathan Vaughters throw in the towel?





















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