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May 2013
May 10, 2013



Photo: 2013 Giro d'Italia Stage Profile.
CyclingFans: Saturday's Giro d'Italia Stage 8, a 54.8km Individual Time Trial from Gabicce Mare to Saltara, gets underway at 12:10pm CET (6:10am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider.  Full Start Order and Times here.  Giro d'Italia live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: Stage eight's 54.8 kilometer time trial course.
PodiumCafe: Saturday's long, technical time trial will be the first major challenge for the GC contenders at this year's Giro.





Photo: Taylor Phinney has struggled in the Giro's first week, but he hopes to perform well in Saturday's time trial.
Peloton: The 2012 world championship silver medalist played down his chances in Saturday’s stage 8 time trial, saying he just wants to complete his second grand tour and continue developing as a rider.







Photo: Adam Hansen (Lotto Belisol) on the attack .
CyclingNews: 147-kilometre break rewarded with first victory in three years.





Photo: Benat Intxausti is the new race leader.
CyclingNews: Basque stage racer recognizes better specialists than him in Saturday's time trial.





Photo: Marcel Kittel wins .
VeloNation: German continues unbeatable streak in northern France.






Photo: Nettie Edmondson takes final stage and overall victory.
VeloNation: London 2012 Omnium bronze medallists wins by a single second over Chloe Hosking.





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





Photo: Andrew Garlick, the body composition guru at Bodyology.
CyclingTips: "As endurance athletes our one golden staple is oxygen. Without it we are reliant upon anaerobic energy production which would limit our exercise capacity to mere seconds before we are forced to stop and recover."





Photo: The 3D headset raising system extends the head tube upwards.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Not cheap for the kit but a fast, aero machine. Surprisingly forgiving thanks to construction and great ergonomics."





Photo: Alison Powers (left) leads the NRC and Shelley Olds (right) is in China for Sunday's World Cup event.
VeloNews: Alison Powers (left) leads the NRC and Shelley Olds (right) is in China for Sunday's World Cup event.





Photo: Mark Cavendish praised his Omega Pharma team after his second stage win in six days at the Giro d'Italia.
VeloNews: After months of speculation and scrutiny over the cohesion of his leadout train, sprint ace Mark Cavendish praised the efforts of his Omega Pharma-Quick Step teammates following his stage 6 win at the Giro d’Italia on Thursday, calling the team’s efforts “100-percent brilliant.”

















































Photo: Brailsford says Wiggins is unhurt.
VeloNation: “You have to keep fighting right until the end and that’s what we’ll aim to do. There’s a long way to go.”





Photo: Smiling Shark Vincenzo Nibali Š Simon MacMichael.
road.cc: Nibali talks about his chutes, Brailsford says all not lost and says decision of Uran and Henao to stay back to help Wiggins was the correct one.





Photo: reigning Olympic time trial gold medalist and Tour de France champ Brad Wiggins.
Peloton: Winning an extra-long time trial at the Giro d’Italia is no guarantee of becoming the overall race champion. But that’s the gamble reigning Olympic time trial gold medalist and Tour de France champ Brad Wiggins is taking in this Saturday’s stage 8 time trial.





Photo: The second-to-last climb on this year's Fearsome Five route was the dreaded Magnolia Road climb, which kicks up to nearly 19 percent in the first mile.
VeloNews: In January 1910, only months from the start of the Tour de France, Alphones Steinčs, the course designer under the leadership of organizer Henri Desgrange, set off to find some high mountain passes to add new flavor to the Tour route.





Photo: Hey! I am now at almost 24% raised and a month away from deadline .
GoFundMe: "Hello, my name is Patrick Sluyter; I am honored to be selected as one of five to be on the United States Deaf cycling team for Deaflympics, and I need help to fund raise and complete my lifelong dream of competing in Sofia, Bulgaria from July 26 to August 4, 2013."





Photo: Skill. Chris Akrigg has an abundance of it.
road.cc: Amazing skills include leaping from rooftops.





Photo: The Catskill Mountains in upstate New York will host the Anthem/Landis gran fondo in June.
BikeRadar: Anthem Sports and former professional cyclist Floyd Landis today announced the courses for the debut Gran Fondo Catskills scheduled for June 1-2 in New York's Catskill Mountains.








Photo: Podium: Philippe Gilbert (BMC), Peter Sagan (Cannondale) and Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil - DCM).
CyclingNews: Cannondale rider recalls his five stage wins from 2012.





Photo: The Kokopelli Trail represents Rebecca's personal challenge.
DirtRag: Rusch rode unsupported, starting in Moab, Utah, and finishing just outside Loma, Colo., crushing the record by more than 90 minutes.





Photo: Lopes won the four-cross world title in 2007.
USACycling: It’s easy to use the symbol “4X” when referring to Brian Lopes—not only is Lopes a four-time UCI World Champion, but his name has become synonymous with the mountain biking discipline of four-cross.






Photo: The Tour of Utah peloton begin Stage 6.
CyclingNews: Five ProTeams, two Pro Continental and three Continental teams confirmed.






Photo: Cav chocks up another Giro win.
TwistedSpoke: Elia Viviani is trying to scare Mark Cavendish but it’s not working.























































Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid at the UCI headquarters in Aigle.
CyclingNews: Court denied access to evidence from Puerto trial, UCI to appeal.





Photo: Swiss Cycling not to nominate McQuaid for third term as UCI president.
VeloNation: “If Mr. McQuaid is endorsed for election to the position of President of the UCI…we will continue to see the sport decline.”






Photo: Just who is the Secret Pro anyway?
CyclingWeekly: "Well, it’s nice to see the omertā is still going strong if 207 professionals doing their thing in Italy won’t out the fiend among them; that the only guy who has the gumption to say something is a chap hiding behind a mask and writing for an Australian cycling website."





Photo: Riders and event organizers for the Amgen Tour of California met the media on Friday. Race-owner AEG Worldwide has boosted security measures around the race after the Boston Marathon attack.
VeloNews: The far-reaching impact of the attack on the Boston Marathon on athletic events has rippled into cycling and Amgen Tour of California organizers said on Friday that they’ve fortified security measures and are asking fans for help.






Photo: New Dubai Tour confirmed for 2014.
VeloNation: Race to take place before Tours of Qatar and Oman.





Photo: Retro cycling art.
Cyclismas: “Quicker. Slicker. Bigger. More exclusive.”





Photo: Downhill component manufacturers seem to have embraced 35mm more than any.
BikeRumor: Deda has continued to expand their road offerings in the jumbo diameter and maybe more interesting is making a push into the mountain bike market with the new size.





Photo: Simple this: if you have a bike without rack mounts on the seat stays.
road.cc: Neat way to fit a rack to a frame without top rack mounts.





Photo: Tire Wipers – small wires that lightly rub your tires and remove debris.
Off The Beaten Path: Many cyclists are tempted by the performance and comfort of supple tires, but they are afraid that they might get too many flats without puncture-resistant belts and reinforced sidewalls.

















Photo: Doctor Eufemiano Fuentes (R) arrives at a court house in Madrid on January 28, 2013 (Getty).
SBS: The Spanish parliament on Thursday passed a beefed-up anti-doping law that will toughen penalties in order to polish Spain's image as it bids to host the 2020 Olympic Games.





Photo: Peter Sagan (copyright Gian Mattis d'Alberto-LaPresse-RCS Sport).
road.cc: BMC said to be up for all 3 of the year's standout riders to date, Sagan pencilled in for 2015; Spartacus to join Trek venture?


























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