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May 2013
May 14, 2013



Photo: 2013 Giro d'Italia Stage Profile.
CyclingFans: Wednesday's Giro d'Italia Stage 11 departs Tarvisio (Cave del Predil) at 12:35pm CET (6:35am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Vajont (Erto e Casso) at around 5:15pm CET (11:15am U.S. Eastern).  Giro d'Italia live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).






Photo: Ryder Hesjedal lost a minute to his main rivals.
CyclingNews: Wegelius tries to find a silver lining after a terrible day for the 2012 overall winner.







Photo: Rigoberto Uran (Sky Procycling) wins stage 10 of the Giro d'Italia.
CyclingNews: Nibali remains in maglia rosa after first mountain finish.







Photo: Briton reveals he is open to helping Uran win the Giro d'Italia.
CyclingNews: Briton reveals he is open to helping Uran win the Giro d'Italia.





Photo: Rafal Majka .
VeloNation: 23-year-old Pole climbs into the Maglia Bianca on Altopiano del Montasio.






Photo: Ivan Basso (Cannondale) .
CyclingNews: Tenth stage dedicated to the fans.





Races & Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages & Results),
Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages & Results),
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 España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),





Photo: Jérémy Roy kept a diary and you can read about the training camp.
InnerRing: Last week FDJ riders Jérémy Roy, Thibaut Pinot and Alexandre Geniez went to Mont Ventoux and the Alps to check out the route of several crucial Tour de France stages.





Photo: Pro women were hamming it up before the race, here Catherine Pendrel (Luna Chix) responds to a fan's joke.
CyclingNews: Canadian national series features cross country and downhill races.





Photo: sprinter Kirsten Wild had to cheer on her teammates.
PodiumCafe: Currently sidelined with a shoulder injury, the sprinter hopes to return to the road for the Giro, the World Cup race in Sweden and the Holland Ladies Tour.





Photo: The tapered head tube contributes to a muscular ride.
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Potentially superb value all-rounder undermined by dreadful brakes."





Photo: Overdrive Carbon.
BikeRadar: Diamondback's collection of 29in-wheeled mountain bikes will continue to grow for MY2014, with two new platforms.





Photo: Lieuwe Westra and Vacansoleil are searching for a new title sponsor and more Amgen stage wins.
VeloNews: Dutch squad Vacansoleil-DCM gained a leader’s jersey on Sunday at the Amgen Tour of California on the legs of Lieuwe Westra, but soon after lost one of its banner sponsors, in DCM.





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali’s had a great time.
InnerRing: Enjoyed the first week? Vincenzo Nibali’s had a great time but everyone else watching as well should have found this a great start to the race. Sometimes rest days are impatient moments but this time it feels like it’s worth having a break before the race starts again tomorrow with a severe summit finish.


























Photo: Cannondale's Peter Sagan (C) won the third stage of the Amgen Tour of California (Getty).
SBS: After a day of carnage the Amgen Tour of California enjoyed a reprieve of sorts with the irrepressible Peter Sagan winning a flat stage suited to the sprinters.





Photo: Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) fights his way up the climb.
CyclingNews: Tough day in the saddle still expected.





Photo: Timmy Duggan (Saxo-Tinkoff) rides in the bunch..
CyclingNews: From cold to hot.





Photo: Patrick McCarty gets ready to race at the Amgen Tour of California by applying some Kinesio tape.
VeloNews: On paper, it looked like the first couple stages were going to be all about the climbs, but then the paper spontaneously burst into flames, and we learned that heat was the real killer.






Photo: BMC Racing Team rider Tejay van Garderen.
VeloNation: “The heat was unlike anything I have ever experienced.”





Photo: Michael Rogers lost time on Monday, but still hopes to contend for the GC at the Amgen Tour of California.
VeloNews: Michael Rogers (Saxo-Tinkoff) draped himself over his top tube and faced up to a mouthful of recorders, his face reddened from the blast-furnace that was stage 2 at the Amgen Tour of California. The 2010 champion had lost time in his hunt for a second title, but was still in the running with six days of racing remaining.





Photo: Vacansoleil wishes to reduce financial commitment.
VeloNation: Report states that company wants to become secondary sponsor for 2014.





Photo: Shimano’s WH-M785 XT 29er wheelset is reasonably stiff and reasonably priced.
BikeRadar verdict: 2 out of 5 stars. "A sturdy wheelset with significant shortcomings."





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: Duggan breathes oxygen while doing intense Tabata intervals .
BikeRadar: Delivering oxygen to the leg muscles is the name of the game in cycling.






Photo: Mavic Cosmic Carbone CXR 60 T wheelset .
BikeRadar: In Switzerland on Tuesday Mavic announced its new Cosmic Carbone CXR 60 clincher and tubular wheels, which follow up on the company's first aero wheel, the CXR 80, which was introduced last year.







Photo: Tour of California Stage Profile.
CyclingFans: Tuesday's Tour of California Stage 3 departs Palmdale at 11:20am PDT (20:20pm CET) and is expected at the finish at Santa Clarita at around 4:10pm PDT (01:10am CET).  Tour of California live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm PDT (23:00pm CET).






Photo: Van Garderen on a less hot day.
TwistedSpoke: Did Tejay Van Garderen (BMC)  just win the 2013 Tour of California after only two stages? Why we were just getting, uhh, warmed up, so to speak.














































Photo: WADA president John Fahey gives an address at a symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland..
CyclingNews: Agency reviewing thousands of comments for proposed Code amendments.





Photo: ndy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) is starting to look like his old self again.
CyclingNews: Are RadioShack rider's troubles over?







Photo: Lawson Craddock sits in a puddle of melting ice as he recovers from riding up the finishing climb in searing temperatures after stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California.
VeloNews: Pieter Serry lay on the ground, in hollow bewilderment, his skinny white chest streaked with melting water, his eyes flickering from side to side.






Photo: Philip Deignan took off on the Tramway 5km finishing climb .
StickyBottle: It was arguably the Irishman’s best ride since he won a stage in the Vuelta back in 2009. And following on from his overall victory in the Tour of the Gila in New Mexico the week before last, his ride yesterday shows he is back to his very best after a tough couple of seasons where he was hit by illness and poor form.





Photo: Garmin-Sharp said it will not change its race plan, despite Ryder Hesjedal falling behind the GC leaders at the Giro.
VeloNews: The rest day came at a good time for Ryder Hesjedal and Garmin-Sharp.





Photo: outh Africa diplomat road rage YouTube still .
road.cc: South Africa’s diplomatic police unit has opened a case against a cyclist involved in an altercation with occupants of a black Mercedes-Benz saloon carrying a foreign diplomat, despite video footage that shows the rider being forced to the ground and manhandled.





Photo: One Italian frame builder took three measurements of me.
RedKitePrayer: "I’ve been fit by more alleged “masters” of the bicycle fitting process than I care to remember. What I’m even less interested in recalling are the specifics of some of those fits. I’d prefer not to have had the journey, but along the way, I’ve seen—and learned—a lot."





Photo: Assuming our information is correct, SRAM will soon trickle down its 1x11 drivetrain technology to lower price points .
CyclingNews: 1x11 expected to trickle down to even lower price points, too.





Photo: The 1,050g aluminium frame.
road.cc: Don't be afraid of aluminium, this frame rides better than many carbon fibre bikes.





Photo: The Coffee Art Print series is now available through major retailers .
BikeRadar: After years of lugging around burlap coffee sacks, hand-cutting stencils and traveling to art shows, Megan Koopman Morgan launched her commercial Coffee Art Print series this month.














Photo: Danilo Di Luca: Are the reputations of some riders too far damaged for them to be allowed to take part in races such as the Giro d'Italia?
NeilBrowne: Are the reputations of some riders too far damaged?
























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