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May 2013
May 26, 2013



Photo: USA Cycling National Championship...
CyclingFans: Monday's Women's Road Race at 9am U.S. Eastern (3:00pm CET).
Men's Road Race at 1:15pm U.S. Eastern (7:15pm CET).






Photo: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) is a worthy winner of the 2013 Giro d'Italia.
CyclingNews: Sicilian takes Trofeo Senza Fine in Brescia.





Photo: Nibali above all...
InnerRing: Was there a race-winning moment? Vincenzo Nibali used the first week to put himself in the ideal position and took the race lead after the time trial in Saltara. From this point onwards the cast of potential rivals began to shrink and fade.





Photo: Nibali in the Mist.
BikeHugger: Brightly dressed, emaciated men pedaling bikes were thrown onto the roads of Italy like bets at a roulette wheel. 1 of them won.








Photo: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) chatting with his team car.
CyclingNews: Cavendish victorious in Brescia, takes red jersey.





Photo: Mountains classification leader Stefano Pirazzi (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox).
CyclingNews: Aggressive Italian carries blue jersey to Brescia.





Races & Results.
USA Road Championships - May 25-27 (Races),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Belgium - May 22-26 (Stages & Results),
Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages & Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),





Photo: Heinrich Haussler (IAM Cycling) happy on the podium having won the final stage of Bayern Rundfahrt.
CyclingNews: First victory since 2011 for IAM Australian.







Photo: Thomas, Malori and Barta on the podium, Bayern Rundfahrt 2013, stage five.
CyclingWeekly: Geraint Thomas (Sky) finished the 2013 Bayern Rundfahrt stage race in second place overall behind winner Italian Adriano Malori (Lampre-Merida).





Photo: Nino Schurter (Scott Swisspower) in the lead.
CyclingNews: Swiss rider triumphs in another Schurter-Absalon battle.






Photo: Tanja Zakelj (Unior Tools Team) wins her first career World Cup in Nove Mesto.
CyclingNews: Wloszczowska slides into second ahead of Pendrel in third.







Photo: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) destroyed the opposition.
CyclingNews: Maglia rosa stamps authority on final mountain stage.






Photo: Cadel Evans (BMC) is helped after the finish.
CyclingNews: BMC rider slips to third overall after gear problem.





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali wins stage 20, Giro d'Italia 2013.
CyclingWeekly: "Pantani is similar to Nibali, or Nibali is similar to Pantani. It's his creative way of racing and reading the race. He has his own ideas, not to do things by the book."





Photo: Carlos Alberto Betancur (Ag2R).
CyclingNews: Colombian gains time on Majka to become best young rider.





Photo: Tomas Okrouhlicky (Czech Republic AC Sparta Praha).
VeloNation: Final big mountain stage less decisive than anticipated.







Photo: Now & Novartis for MS on the attack.
CyclingNews: Now & Novartis director predicts climb to be less selective.





Photo: BMC's Jim Ochowicz and Cadel Evans before the start.
CyclingNews: Van Garderen to ride in supporting role.






Photo: Cadel Evans (BMC) fought hard in defense of his second place general classification position.
CyclingNews: Australian finishes third in Brescia.







Photo: Tony Martin (Omega Pharma QuickStep) celebrates his overall race win.
CyclingNews: Sanchez solos to victory on final stage, moves to 2nd on GC.






Photo: Belgian legend Eddy Merckx presents Tony Martin with the stage winner's trophy.
CyclingNews: Dumoulin set for second overall and young rider classification.





Photo: RadioShack-Nissan's Matthew Busche at the start.
CyclingNews: Former champion still aiming to regain title.





Photo: 2013 Tour of Oman Stage 5 Wiggins looking after Froome (© Lloyd Images:Muscat Muncipality).
road.cc: Defending champion's mentor and father figure says he must follow team orders.





Photo: Former pro Brian Holm is currently a directeur sportif for Omega Pharma-QuickStep.
CyclingNews: Holm lists out his five favourite songs with a blend of 1990s Brit Pop blending with rock 'n roll from the 1970s all included.





Photo: Josh Johnson at OVCX Brookside. © Kent Baumgardt.
CXMagazine: When you discuss cyclocross in the US, the two major hubs that come to mind are New England and the Pacific Northwest.




Photo: Baliani’s winning margin of 1’11″ underscored a dominant display.
CyclingIQ: It was his stage for the taking and Taiji Nishitani nailed it. Nippo – De Rosa’s Fortunato Baliani clinched his second Tour of Japan title, while the race’s sole ProTeam, Lampre-Merida, will leave Tokyo almost empty-handed.





Photo: The eLECT cartridge drops right into a Magura TS8 or TS6 fork (29er, 650B, or 26er), although it is intended more for short-travel versions..
VeloNews: Magura has set the bar higher with its new electronic suspension-control system, which automatically locks and unlocks the compression-damping circuit as it senses changes in terrain.





Photo: Tom Zirbel (Optum) stays smooth and steady on the way to the finish.
CyclingNews: Bookwalter, Brown complete podium in Chattanooga.





Photo: Carmen Small (Specialized-Lululemon) tucked in on the way to her win.
CyclingNews: McGrath one second back for silver, Powers earns bronze.





Photo: Jamie Bookwalter racing at Redlands.
VeloNews: For Brent and Jamie Bookwalter, who once lived in Chattanooga, the championships offer a rare opportunity for husband and wife to tackle an event together.






Photo: Maxim Iglinskiy holds off the sprinters .
VeloNation: Kazakh wins as last survivor of the breakaway; Tony Martin holds lead.
















Photo: Michele Acquarone...
CyclingNews: RCS Sport confirm that the 2014 Giro will return to the high mountains.





Photo: Christian Vande velde (Garmin-Sharp) shows the strain of his second place finish.
CyclingNews: Garmin-Sharp captain talks about doping after completing the Giro d'Italia.





Photo: Points classification leader Mark Cavendish celebrated his 28th birthday prior to the start of stage 16.
CyclingNews: Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma QuickStep) completed a perfect Giro d'Italia and became only the fifth rider in history to win the points competition in all three Grand Tours with yet another perfectly executed sprint in Brescia.





Photo: Sam Bennett, Nicholas Vereecken and Shane Archbold – all of An Post-Chainreaction take a 1-2-3 finish on the final stage of the An Post Rás.
StickyBottle: Irish U23 international, Sam Bennett has taken the final stage of the An Post Rás after the finale in Skerries, north Co Dublin, came down to a sprint from a small select bunch after a bruising couple of circuits of the Blackhills.





Photo: He is Ted King .
CyclingNews: Cannondale rider "in it to win it."





Photo: each day seem to have an Argos-Shimano member present or driving the day’s break.
Felt: First-year WorldTour team Argos-Shimano was nothing less than impressive in this year’s opening Grand Tour, the 2013 Giro d’Italia.





Photo: Sam Bennett leads a An Post-Chain Reaction 1-2-3 with Nicholas Vereecken and Shane Archbold following closely behind.
CyclingNews: Bialoblocki crowned An Post Ras champion.





Photo: Marcin Bialoblocki is upbeat about his chances of holding on to win the race today.
VeloNation: Twenty nine year old Polish rider impressive in Irish race.





Photo: Hey! I am now at almost 24% raised and a month away from deadline .
Patrick Sluyter: "My deadline was announced recently and its set at June 1st, 2013. I am still only at 38% raised of my goal, and for those who donated, you have been amazing, thank you! I also ask you to extend your effort and energy of spreading the word to anyone to make my dream happen!! Thank you."





Photo: Nicole Duke and her boyfriend Ben Berden.
Daily Camera: Officer makes 1 a.m. call to rider, admitting mistake.












Photo: Malori won the 31.2km time trial in Schierling by 18 seconds.
Yahoo!Sports: Italy's Adriano Malori won the time trial fourth stage of the Bayern Rundfahrt to take the overall lead in the race with one stage left.





Photo: Matthew Busche (Radioshack-Nissan) out on course...
CyclingNews: Seven-time US professional time trial champion Dave Zabriske's unintended absence from this year's race has opened a wide berth of possibility for the rest of the US domestic peloton as 34 hopefuls take the line Saturday in Chattanooga, Tennessee.





Photo: Tour de France prologue winner Fabian Cancellara resplendent in yellow at the start of the first road stage.
CyclingNews: Former world champion finished 77th in Belgium ITT.





Photo: Rasmus Guldhammer has said that he believes he is now ready to resume racing.
VeloNation: Talented young climber believes he has matured, chasing An Post Rás yellow jersey today.





Photo: Kenta Gallagher (Superior Brentjens Mountainbike Racing Team) and Christian Pfäffle sprint in the final.
CyclingNews: British rider celebrates eliminator win in Nove Mesto.






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