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June  2013
June 12, 2013


Photo: While broadly supportive of Pat McQuaid in the past, in recent years leading cycling writer Shane Stokes (above) has questioned if the UCI wants to truly tackle drugs or seek to manage the problem.
StickyBottle: Members of Cycling Ireland will, this coming Saturday, meet at an EGM in the Red Cow Inn in west Dublin to decide whether the federation should nominate UCI president Pat McQuaid to contest an election in September for a third term in office.






Photo: Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) wins stage 1 at the Glava Tour of Norway ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky).
CyclingNews: Frank remains in leader's jersey.





Races & Results.
Tour de Suisse - June 8-16 (Stages & Results),
Nature Valley Grand Prix - June 12-16 (Stages),
Critérium du Dauphiné - Jun 2-9 (Stages & Results),
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: David Veilleux rode in the yellow jersey for three days at the Criterium du Dauphine last week. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: A stage victory at the Critérium du Dauphiné last week helped David Veilleux punch his ticket for a start at the Tour de France.





Photo: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) appears unbeatable.
CyclingWeekly: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) appears unbeatable in the Tour de France's points competition even with the race yet to begin. The Slovak is fast and versatile, which allows him to collect points on most stages en route to Paris.





Photo: Maybe the French people don't own the sport the way they once did.
PodiumCafe: The Tour de France is what it is for one simple reason: France will always be the epicenter of cycling.





Photo: The rim profiles also cracked me up.
RedKitePrayer: "I’ve got a reader who goes by the initials KCE who occasionally sends me bike-related art."





Photo: Manley in a Boise crit in 1990.
USACycling: Manley’s passion for biking dates back to a time before women’s cycling was an Olympic sport.





Photo: The Bizkaia-Durango team.
VeloNation: Spanish team’s riders raise money through social media appeals.





Photo: Speedplays are superbly ergonomic.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Super-light pedals with no-nonsense entry and performance."





Photo: Frameset weight, including the fork, headset, seatpost, derailleur hanger, cable guides and seat clamp is 1,380g.
road.cc: BMC’s flagship racer now weighs just 790g.





Photo: sold individually and with the Salsa Vaya and Salsa La Cruz framesets and complete bikes.
BicycleRetailer: QBP is recalling about 1,700 Salsa brand forks because they can bend above the disc brake mount.








Photo: Tour de Suisse Stage Profile.
CyclingFans: Tour de Suisse live streaming video should get underway at around 5:10pm CET (11:10am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: Stage 5 ends with two loops on a 26.5 km long circuit.
InnerRing: Peter Sagan probably didn’t read the road book for Stage 4 as he was caught up in the middle of the peloton heading into the last corner.







Photo: Arnaud Demare surged to the front of the race with 200 meters left to win stage 4 at the Tour de Suisse. Photo: Graham Watson.
CyclingNews: Frank retains yellow leader's jersey.










DougReport: The breakaway survived for a third successive day in Korea but this time the bunch was breathing down the neck of Stage 3 winner Liu Hao.








Photo: Brian Cookson (copright Britishcycling.org.uk).
road.cc: British Cycling president speaks of support for his decision to stand against current UCI president.





Photo: Pat McQuaid believes has done a lot for Irish and world cycling and wants to continue for a third term as UCI president.
StickyBottle: One of the best Irish riders of his generation, McQuaid has been president of the UCI for almost two four-year terms.





Photo: Jimmy Engoulvent (Sojasun) won the prologue time trial.
VeloNation: Frenchman wins his speciality race again to start the Grand Duchy race.





Photo: A fund established so Paul Kimmage could fight a legal action by Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen is no longer available to the former pro rider turned journalist and author..
StickyBottle: Paul Kimmage believes he will never again have access to the money in an account established to help pay his legal bills arising from being sued by former UCI president Hein Verbruggen and current president Pat McQuaid.





Photo: CONI prosecutor Ettore Torri delivers decision on Alejandro Valverde next week.
CyclingNews: Vini Fantini management and Monsalve to answer questions on Santambrogio case.





Photo: item of pro kit that’s not often featured: the rain bag.
InnerRing: It has to be the wettest racing season living memory. Meteorological data show high rainfall for Italy and France and the Tour of Switzerland has seen a stage modified because the road was still closed by snow.







Photo: Overall race leader Chris Froome (Sky).
CyclingNews: Sky rider confident after Dauphiné win.





Photo: there is more to come from Marcel Kittel.
VeloNation: German duo benefit from altitude training work.





Photo: Tony Martin said the ASO's decision to include the Col de Sarenne in the stage 18 route of the Tour de France was
VeloNews: The organizer is taking the riders up and over the never before used Col de Sarenne. According to Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step), the inclusion of the climb and above all, its descent, is reckless.





Photo: The Stella has the same frame and fork as the men’s Izoard with the same geometry.
BikeRumor: Essentially a women’s version of the men’s Izoard XP, the Stella carries a compliment of parts tuned specifically to women’s needs and of course a “women’s” paint job.





Photo: We mated the stem to Ritchey’s SuperLogic Carbon EVOCurve...
Peloton: What do you get when you mix one of the most powerful sprinters in the pro peloton with one of cycling’s greatest innovators? The Ritchey SuperLogic C260 Carbon stem.





Photo: new Racing Speed XLR 35 wheelset.
road.cc: New wheelset features an all-carbon 35mm rim and new braking surface.





Photo: Stage Profile.
CyclingFans: Wednesday's prologue starts at 7pm CET (1pm U.S. Eastern) but coverage is expected live about 15 minutes before then.





Photo: There’s been a lot of talk about Team Sky and their dominance.
NeilBrowne: Let's not paint everyone with the same brush.







InnerRing: La polémique. Yesterday’s news from L’Equipe.fr that Pierre Rolland should not have started the final stage of the Dauphiné has caused an obvious fuss for French cycling featuring a big name, being weeks from the Tour de France and, like it or not, bringing the suspicion of dopage.














Photo: Spain's Miguel Indurain celebrates his fifth consecutive win in 1995.
CyclingNews: Former Festina coach Antoine Vayer has cast doubt on performances produced by Miguel Indurain and Laurent Jalabert in Grand Tours during the 1990s, describing them as only being achievable by “mutants”.




















Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid at the UCI headquarters in Aigle.
CyclingNews: Challenge to endorsement for UCI presidency.






Photo: The exclusion of Jan Ullrich from the 2006 Tour started a downward spiral of German cycling.
CyclingNews: “Lance made too many enemies. He always wanted to be the boss and at times was merciless to those working for him. That was extreme."





Photo: Matt White Orica-GreenEdge YouTube still.
road.cc: Anti-doping expert recommends White's reappointment following comprehensive review of team's policies.





Photo: Suffer festival.
TwistedSpoke: On our list of all the things we love about the Tour de France (everything), let’s focus on having a ringside seat to watch rivals Chris Froome, Alberto Contador and BMC’s Cadel Evans battle it out.






Photo: We had two guys in the early break today.
Cycling IQ: Eric Young clinched a second stage victory in his first Tour de Korea on a damp transitional stage from Yeongju to Chungju. His team (Optum p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies) took control of the peloton in the final 5km, usurping MTN-Qhubeka who dismissed a dangerous three-man breakaway in the run to the finish.





Photo: Everything from original Lemonds to modern day carbon racers.
BikeRumor: While walking around Calfee’s factory, the lessons on how they make their bikes in Part One were interspersed with bikes they’ve built over the years.





Photo: classic/traditional design and look with very modern bike tech.
PEZ: Old world Lugs and stainless steel wrapped around custom electronic shifting, prototype cranks and more.





Photo: Cardo BK-1 Duo Communication System.
road.cc: Bluetooth system allows you to talk to a ride partner over several hundred metres - but a big outlay for an uncertain benefit.






Photo: Bianchi joins a small group of bike manufacturers to introduce disc brakes on road race frames for its 2014 lineup..
VeloNews: The road disc revolution continues. Slowly.





Photo: expanding gel flavors with a new Roctane: Passion Fruit.
BikeRumor: Shows Gu’s passion by giving all proceeds to the Challenged Athletes Foundation which helps people with physical disabilities pursue active lifestyles and puts on events like cycling challenges, triathlons, fundraisers and more.





Photo: Complemented with the included carbon fiber Enve fork, that sounds like a pretty fast, smooth ride.
BikeRumor: No. 22 Bicycles, whose name comes from the periodic number for titanium, recently started shipping their Great Divide road frameset (including Enve 2.0 tapered fork, Chris King i8 headset and Thomson seatpost clamp) and Little Wing track frameset at introductory prices of $2499 and $2099 respectively.





CyclingNews: There are conflicting reports over whether RadioShack riders and staff have been paid for the month of May.






CyclingNews: Former US Postal Service and RadioShack manager Johan Bruyneel has said that he would like to speak publicly about his role in the Lance Armstrong affair but his lawyers have told him not to.






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