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June  2013
June 2, 2013




Photo: Stage Profile...
CyclingFans: Monday's Criterium du Dauphine Stage 2 departs Châtel at 9:45am CET (3:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Oyonnax at around 2:40pm CET (8:40am U.S. Eastern).  Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video should get underway at around 1:15pm CET (7:15am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: The town was once home to Bollé, the sunglasses company.
InnerRing: Listed as a flat stage by the race, Monday’s 191km routeis harder than it looks with the last 60km loaded with climbing, twisting roads and even a forest track before a downhill rush to the finish in the town of Oyonnax.





Photo: Tour Down Under winner Tom Jelte Slagter .
VeloNation: Dutchman finishes third on opening stage, is best young rider in race.





Photo: Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) had a day to forget.
CyclingNews: Garmin-Sharp rider loses over 8 minutes.






Photo: David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar celebrates his win.
CyclingNews: Canadian captures his biggest pro win, first leader's jersey.










Races & Results.
Critérium du Dauphiné - Jun 2-9 (Stages),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages & Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),






Photo: Andre Greipel repeated his Tour of Belgium stage success in The Netherlands (AAP Images).
SBS: Andre Greipel sprinted to victory in the Dutch one-day race Ronde van Zeeland Seaport.





Photo: Richie Porte is clear that he believes that the race will be no formality.
VeloNation: Australian believes British squad won’t have it as easy as last year.







Photo: Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) beats Kenny Dehaes (Lotto Belisol) for the win in Heistse PIjl...
CyclingNews: Kermesse win for Omega Pharma - QuickStep leader.


















Photo: Kiel Reijnen (UnitedHealthcare) wins the Philly Cycling Classic.
CyclingNews: Anthony, Rosskopf make podium on Manayunk Wall.






Photo: Evie Stevens takes a close victory.
VeloNation: Specialized-lululemon rider becomes first American winner of Philadelphia race.





Photo: Racing Hard, by William Fotheringham - Faber & Faber.
PodiumCafe: Newspaper journalism is, the old saying goes, the first draft of history and this collection of columns from the pen of William Fotheringham and the pages of the Guardian and Observer newspapers in the UK affords the reader an opportunity to remember how some recent cycling history was first reported.






Photo: Bradley Wiggins (Photosport International).
road.cc: Concern and advice as superstar forced to drop out of Tour de France.





Photo: Crashed three and a half months ago in the Trofeo Laigueglia, Colombian rider Johan Esteban Chaves.
VeloNation: Surgeon states after operation that he could only recover seventy percent of movement to the affected limb.





Photo: Freddie Rodriguez (Jelly Belly) gets doused after his big win.
CyclingNews: US road champion back on top.





Photo: Ridley's Noah Fast is packed with cutting-edge aerodynamic technology.
DougReport: Fast, stiff and responsive aero road bike provides electrifying ride that speed merchants will love.






Photo: The previous incarnation, the Liberty Classic, dated back to 1994 for the women, and 1985 for the men.
PodiumCafe: Women: 8:30am USA Eastern/1:30pm UK/14:30 CEST/10:30pm, Sydney, Aus. Men: 12 noon USA Eastern/5pm UK/18:00 CEST/2am Monday, Sydney, Aus.





Photo: Repas...
TwistedSpoke: "As impossible as it might seem, forget for a moment the astonishing spectacle of the finest endurance athletes in the world racing up the Alps and Pyrenees and across France to the Champs Elysees and a 100th birthday party fireworks gala."




























Photo: Bonjour old friend...
TwistedSpoke: No, we’re not talking about retired pros like Bernard Hinault.





Photo: Jonathan Vaughters (Garmin-Sharp) .
CyclingNews: Yet doping still scares sponsors away.





Photo: The women faced horrendous conditions at Glencoe.
VeloNews: Despite periodic local showers, Brad White (UnitedHealthcare) and Erica Allar (Care4Cycling-Solomon Corp) both secured victories at Saturday’s Glencoe Grand Prix, stop No. 6 on the USA Crits Championship Series.





Photo: re Valverde & Contador watching the death of Spanish cycling? .
PEZ: Things are not as good as they used to be in Spanish cycling, look back to 2006 and there were four ProTour, five ProContinental and five Continental Spanish teams registered with the UCI.






Photo: Cyclocrosser Justin Lindine tops the podium, while Brian Matter takes third at the Trans-Sylvania Epic stage race. © Cyclocross Magazine.
CXMagazine: Seven days. Thousands of feet worth of climbing. Scorching heat. Flat tires for virtually every racer. Hundreds of miles of singletrack and gravel roads. Sound fun?





Photo: OCLV tech plus a bling kit list.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "It’s expensive, but for good reason. It might even be the best production downhill race bike ever made…"





Photo: The low bottom bracket height, shorter chainstays and 125mm of progressive VPP™ suspension give Solo its snappy, nimble, ride.
BikeMag: You can think of Santa Cruz’s latest model, the Solo, as a 650b version of their existing Blur TRc–roughly five inches (125 millimeters) of travel, a slack head angle (68 degrees), low bottom bracket (13.1 inches) and–this is the point of departure–650b wheels.










Photo: Tour de France race director Christian Prudhomme.
VeloNation: Says there will be many other big names; Not the first time that a defending champion has missed the race.





Photo: Shane Sutton, the man described as a father figure to Bradley Wiggins.
VeloNation: Mentor believes 2012 Tour de France winner needs to refocus.


















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