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May 2013
May 1, 2013


Photo: Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt .
CyclingFans: Thursday's 4 Days of Dunkirk Stage 2 departs Lewarde Centre Historique Minier at 12:15pm CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Douchy-les-Mines at around 4:44pm CET (10:44am U.S. Eastern).  Four Days of Dunkirk live video streaming should get underway at around 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: The Putnam Cycling Classic .
CyclingNews: The UCI World Cycling Tour hits US shores this weekend with the latest event – the Putnam Cycling Classic – taking place on Sunday.






Photo: Arnaud Démare sprints into the lead in opening stage .
VeloNation: Former under-23 World champion led out by FDJ to take May’s first pink jersey.





Races & Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
4 Jours de Dunkerque - May 1-5 (Stages),
Tour of the Gila - May 1-5 (Stages),
Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages),
Tour de Romandie - Apr 23 -28 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Turkey - Apr 21-28 (Stages & Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),








Photo: Janier Acevedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman) solos to the win at Tour of the Gila .
CyclingNews: Mogollon road race sets up climbers for victory.





Photo: Kiel Reijnen, Taylor Shelden .
VeloNews: Taylor Shelden is supporting teammate Francisco Mancebo at the Tour of the Gila this week.







Photo: Alessandro Petacchi didn't look to happy .
CyclingNews: Veteran still keen to make a comeback.







Photo: The 2013 Giro d'Italia will cover 3,454 kilometers over 21 days .
VeloNews: Everyone agrees: the Giro d’Italia is a special race. The corsa rosa is chaotic, emotional, colorful, and hard, very hard.





Photo: radley Wiggins Fight For Pink .
road.cc: Tour de France and Olympic champion reflects on race which starts on Saturday in Naples.





Photo: BH Bicycles (Beistegui Hermanos) began as a gun manufacturer in 1909 in the Basque region of Spain .
CyclingTips: Riders who love to climb who want a bike that will propel them to the top of the mountains and back down again will love the BH Ultralight.





Photo: Pulling teeth: Donhou's 100mph bike.
CyclingWeekly: Here's a dinner plate to satisfy somebody with a super-sized appetite for speed. This 104-tooth chainring (right), paired with a 13-tooth sprocket, is what frame-builder Tom Donhou hopes to wind up to 100mph on a bike specially built for the attempt.





Photo: Commentator and former pro Frankie Andreu with longtime Bicycling correspondent James Startt.
Bicycling: Our Tour Talk duo dishes on the spring season's biggest surprises and disappointments.





Photo: Anybody can go touring, including young children, on any sort of bike .
RideOn: Away from the hustle and bustle of cities, bike touring is a unique style of getaway – an adventure on wheels to interesting places, and can be as easy or as challenging as you choose.













Photo: Anyone who read Tyler Hamilton's
NeilBrowne: After seven years Operation Puerto comes to a conclusion - but at what cost?





Photo: Welcome to the 2013 Giro d'Italia parcours review .
PodiumCafe: "Your stage-by-stage guide to what to watch (or not), through an ever-changing perspective. This year's theme: so you've decided to tear up your entire house..."






Photo: Paul Kimmage .
CyclingNews: Legal action taken to account for missing $64,000.






Photo: Simon Spilak wins Rund um den Finanzplatz .
VeloNation: Slovenian outpaces 2012 winner Moreno Moser as they just hold off the peloton.





Photo: Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma - Quick-Step) charges ahead during Gent-Wevelgem .
CyclingNews: Sprinters to fight for the first pink jersey in Naples.






Photo: BMC's Cadel Evans is taking on the Giro d'Italia (Getty) .
SBS: Cadel Evans has acknowledged that adding the Giro d'Italia to his schedule is a calculated gamble, one that he hopes will net Tour de France dividends.





Photo: 2011 Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC) signs an autograph after a pre-Tour training ride in Liege.
CyclingNews: Official team line-up includes Blythe, Cummings and Santaromita.





Photo: You’d be forgiven for thinking Scott Sports was being a bit cocky .
BikeMag: Pros flock to Whiskey Despite USA Cycling's Earlier Threats of Fines and Suspensions.





Photo: Friction test result on used (and unlubricated) full-ceramic Tiso jockey wheel No. 1: 0.042 watts .
VeloNews: "The first time I ever spun a Tiso full-ceramic-bearing jockey pulley was at Interbike a couple years ago. I was amazed at how I could flick it with my finger and it would spin and spin and spin and spin some more. It was amazing. I’d never seen a jockey wheel do anything of the sort before."





Photo: Rim-pressive design...
CyclingWeekly: SRAM unveiled its hydraulic rim and disc brake systems at a launch in California last month. The technology sees the American manufaturer become the first to market with such a system and potentially steal a march on its more established rivals.





Photo: Twenty niners can jump.
BikeRadar: There are still a lot of mountain bikers who refuse to opt for a 29in wheel. Some more playful riders say 29ers don't jump or manual as well as bikes with 26in hoops, others say they're simply not enough fun, and some can't handle the less graceful looks.





Photo: Angled rear storage. .
TwistedSpoke: Introduced at Interbike in 2012, the Course jersey and bib short zeroed in on a total aero-effect. The goal was to minimize seams, slice weight and cheat the wind while making sure the aerodynamics came with plenty of comfort.



























Photo: Ana Muñoz, the director general of the Spain’s anti-doping agency, said that lawyers were set to launch an appeal .
VeloNation: Pound - “It’s embarrassing for Spain. Everybody knows if the samples are made available, we will be able to uncover quite a bit more doping.”






Photo: The riders' blood samples are taken .
CyclingNews: Tribunal exposed failings in UCI notification system.






Photo: Jose Rujano out of Giro d’Italia squad .
VeloNation: Three Corsa Rosa debutants in Dutch ProTeam as Thomas De Gendt aims for the Tour.






Photo: Norcom Straight 1.1.
BikeRadar: On Tuesday in Boulder, Colorado, Fuji launched the Norcom Straight, which the company claims has more positioning options than any other top-end time trial/triathlon bike on the market.





Photo: Complete builds with ENVE forks are available .
Peloton: Custom builders traditionally cut their teeth in steel and move to carbon, kicking and screaming. It would be easy to assume Bob Parlee, founder of Parlee Cycles, followed this same path. He did not.





Photo: Seattle to Portland bike ride is state’s biggest...
BikingBis: Congratulations to the state of Washington for once again ranking No. 1 on the list of Bicycle Friendly States compiled by the League of American Bicyclists.





Photo: Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen became a new name in the peloton.
PodiumCafe: Cecilie Gotaas Johnsen became a new name in the peloton last year, when she raced rounds of the NorgesCup as an individual, winning the Naerbo, Oslo and Trondheim rounds, frustrating the ambitions of Norwegian pro team, Hitec Products UCK.





Photo: Lezyne Pod Caddy M Quick Release .
road.cc: Stylish, practical and very effective storage solution… but check it fits your bike first.





Photo: Cratoni coming back to North America and were excited about their lightweight lineup..
BikeRumor: "Beyond the weight, we’re digging the massive vents and round, smooth profile. Notice there’s no fins or wings protruding off the back? That arguably makes it safer overall, and possibly a bit more aero (though that’s not a claim they’re making)."





Photo: The direct mount version offers a smaller brake whilst simultaneously increasing power modulation for better control.
CyclingWeekly: Sitting along side the announcement of Shimano's new 11-speed version of the venerable Ultegra groupset was some lesser news, which in some respects is no less interesting and kind of surprised us at the same time.





Photo: Helmets have been a topic of discussion at every industry event I’ve been to recently .
RedKitePrayer: "The evolution of the bicycle helmet has been a long and surprising journey. The only time I wore my first helmet was when I entered a race."


























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