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April 2013
April 24, 2013



Photo: Tour of Turkey Stage 5 Profile.
CyclingFans: Thursday's Tour of Turkey Stage 5 departs Marmaris at 10:00am EEST (local) (9:00am CET or 3:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Turgutreis at around 2:51pm EEST (local) (1:51pm CET or 7:51am U.S. Eastern).  Tour of Turkey live streaming video should get underway at around *1:00pm EEST (local) (12:00pm CET or 6:00am U.S. Eastern).







Photo: Stage 4 winner, his 13th at the race, Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol).
CyclingNews: Berhane retains overall lead.





Races & Results.
Tour de Romandie - Apr 23 -28 (Stages),
Tour of Turkey - Apr 21-28 (Stages & Results),
Liège - Bastogne - Liège - Apr 21 (Results),
Giro del Trentino - Apr 16-19 (Stages & Results),
La Flèche Wallonne - Apr 17 (Results),
Amstel Gold - Apr 14 (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: It’s more new school versus Liquigas doing things the traditional way the Italians have always done it..
TwistedSpoke: Stage four of the Tour of Turkey in Marmaris is over when we Skype with Timmy Duggan. It’s his first race back after breaking his clavicle and fracturing his tibia in a terrible crash at the Tour Down Under.





Photo: Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) giving his bike the final inspection.
CyclingNews: Ale-Jet pulls the curtain after 18 seasons and more than 180 wins.





Photo: Kirsten Wild (Argos-Shimano) wins the sprint from Giorgia Bronzini (Wiggle Honda Team) and Chloe Hosking.
CyclingNews: Dutch sprinter to miss Chongming World Cup.





Photo: For the everyday rider a classics bike like the Roubaix is an endurance bike - aimed at the century rider.
Peloton: 2013 sees the most advanced Roubaix ever, the new S-Works Roubaix SL4, the same bike Boonen used during his dominant 2012 performance.





Photo: NeilPryde have won three international design awards for their Bayamo time trial bike that was released last summer.
road.cc: New kid on the block scoops international gongs for time trial bike.





Photo: Before there was Di2 and EPS, there was Zap..
VeloNews: The lure is undeniable. Changing gears on your bike with the same effort it takes to change the channel on a television — who wouldn’t want that?






Photo: Chris Froome (Sky) jumped away for a Team Sky 1-2 over Richie Porte in Criterium International.
CyclingNews: Sky man spells out hierarchy.







CyclingNews: Eritrean impresses on Gögübeli climb.






CyclingNews: First win by sub-Saharan African at UCI HC event.





CyclingNews: USA Cycling series continues in Arkansas.





CyclingNews: Praises rider on anti-doping stance.





BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A genuinely non-slip surface and its comfort is up there with the best."









Photo: Tour de Romandie Stage 2 Profile.
CyclingFans: Thursday's Tour de Romandie Stage 2 departs Prilly at 12:34pm CET (6:34am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Granges at around 5:18pm CET (11:18am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Romandie live video streaming should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).







Photo: Gianni Meersman (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) won the stage and took the race lead.
CyclingNews: Froome retains overall lead.






Photo: A team time trial and one long time trial during the first week suits the rouleurs.
InnerRing: The Giro is 10 days away. Here’s a concise overview of every stage with more on the jerseys, classifications, TV listings.





Photo: Word inside the RadioShack-Leopard camp is that Andy Schleck is feeling better on his bike ahead of the Tour de France.
VeloNews: Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) is starting to see a glimmer of hope after what’s been an annus horribilis for the Luxembourg star.





Photo: Ale-Jet Reaches Final Destination.
PodiumCafe: The desk floats across the Mediterranean, landing on the shores of the costa amalfitano.





Photo: American Danny Pate will get a third shot at the Giro d'Italia, riding in support of Bradley Wiggins' bid for pink.
VeloNews: Danny Pate is among eight Sky riders tapped to help Bradley Wiggins in his quest for the pink jersey at the Giro d’Italia next month.





Photo: The IsoSpeed decoupler lets the seat tube deflect, for a comfortable ride.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Winning anti-vibration tech brought to an affordable price."






Photo: Orlová is one of those areas that are perfectly placed to hold bike races..
PodiumCafe: That's the hard core of the Classics season over, so now we move on to stage racing proper, with the 27th edition of Gracia Orlová, four days of time trials and mountains in the far eastern end of the Czech Republic.







Photo: Chris Froome (Sky) in action in the time trial..
CyclingNews: Sky rider becomes first race leader - beats Talansky by 6 seconds.








































Photo: We’re talking about FG-4592/ASP1517.
CyclingTips: Much has been written in recent years about the future of doping in cycling and what drug, if any, will replace EPO as the compound of choice.





Photo: Lance Armstrong of the USA riding for the US Postal Service team in the final climb to La Mongie during Stage 12.
NBC: Lance Armstrong violated his contract with the U.S. Postal Service and "unjustly enriched" himself by cheating to win Tour de France titles, the Justice Department argued in a lawsuit against the cyclist filed on Tuesday.





Photo: A sideways look at the life and times of Fausto Coppi.
PodiumCafe: Herbie Sykes's Coppi: Inside the Legend of the Campionissimo is described as "an evocation of global cycling legend Fausto Coppi [...] a very different kind of sports biography."





Photo: The evening was nice with good food, some local dancers, and hot springs!
Sonya Looney: Stage 10 always seems like a cruise after getting over Thorong La Pass. The last stage of the race is around 40 miles. We were are excited to get the last day done and were dreaming of sitting in the hot springs in Tatopani. In Nepalese, “tatopani” translates to “hot water.”





Photo: Workouts in a Binder for Indoor Cycling is available at VeloPress.com.
VeloNews: Whether you live on the snow-locked Colorado Front Range or in your office for 13 hours a day, the indoor trainer is a key part of many riders’ midweek training regimens.





Photo: Seven Deadly Sins by David Walsh.
PodiumCafe: The nine categories are split between four general categories (Autobiography/Biography; Illustrated Book; Publicity Campaign; and New Writer) in which the cycling books appear and five categories for specific sports.





Photo: Synapse Hi-Mod 2 SRAM Red.
BikeRadar: Cannondale's Synapse Hi-Mod 2014 series represents the latest incarnation of their successful Synapse endurance road bike range, configured to introduce a little more comfort into the riding equation than for an out-and-out racer without sacrificing performance.



















Photo: Independence is one of those things like motherhood, ice cream and apple pie.
InnerRing: An independent anti-doping agency for pro cycling? It sounds likes a great idea, no?
















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