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June  2013
June 13, 2013


Photo: IAM cold: Heinrich Haussler at the start of Gent-Wevelgem.
CyclingNews: The news will be a bitter blow for the rider who has been enjoying his best season in some time with the Swiss Professional Continental outfit.






Photo: Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Leopard) wins stage 6 of the Tour de Suisse.
CyclingNews: Gregory Rast (RadioShack-Leopard) won the sixth stage of the Tour de Suisse, bringing in another Swiss victory.






Photo: Francisco Mancebo wins stage 3 of the 2013 Tour de Beauce.
VeloNews: Francisco Mancebo (5-hour Energy) won a difficult third stage at the Tour de Beauce on Thursday, which featured the steep Mont-Mégantic climb.





Photo: The whole team was riding very well on the climbs.
Cycling IQ: South Africa’s Team MTN-Qhubeka charged home to take first place in today’s 25.5km Team Time Trial, overcoming a 46″ deficit incurred at the intermediate time check (after 10.6km) to eventual second-place-getter Champion System Pro Cyling Team. Rapha Condor JLT finished strongly to take third.





Photo: The profile shows two small climbs starting with less than 30 km to go.
InnerRing: On paper this stage may look like a good one for a breakaway to make but the final part isn’t as hard as it may seem.





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: Big wheel turning.
TwistedSpoke: As I’ve said more than once, you just never know what you’ll discover on the roads of the Tour de France.





Photo: Mauro Santambrogio won stage 14 at the Giro last month. After the race ended, it was revealed that he failed a test for EPO. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: The Vini Fantini-Selle Italia doping investigation rumbles ahead under Italy’s new anti-doping prosecutor.





Photo: Robert Gesink (Blanco).
CyclingNews: Team Blanco rider defends his record.





Photo: 400 / 420 / 440mm (center-center).
BikeRumor: The new Lightweight Rennbügel handlebar joins the recent carbon water bottle cage and accompanying bidon in their expanding, non-wheel lineup.








Photo: Tour de Suisse Stage Profile.
CyclingFans: Thursday's Tour de Suisse Stage 6 departs Leuggern at 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Meilen at around 6:40pm CET (12:40pm U.S. Eastern). Tour de Suisse live streaming video should get underway at around 5:10pm CET (11:10am U.S. Eastern)..





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.






CyclingNews: Frank remains in leader's jersey.
































Photo: UCI Management Committee .
VeloNation: Six “crucial” and five “high-priority” recommendations from “A Bright Future for Cycling.”






Photo: Alexander Porsev (Katusha) took his long-awaited first ever professional victory.
VeloNation: Jimmy Engoulvent still leads after long break from Jay Thomson.





Photo: who is Brian Cookson?
RedKitePrayer: Until the emergence of Brian Cookson as a candidate for the presidency of the UCI it seemed that Pat McQuaid was destined for a third term as president of the UCI if for no reason other than a lack of challengers.







Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid takes the oath before speaking at the French Senate hearing into anti-doping (SBS).
CyclingNews: Dossier concerning UCI and Armstrong said to be presented today.





Photo: Syringe...
road.cc: Tougher measures as country aims to prove it's tough on the cheats ahead of Olympic bids going to the vote.





Photo: Specialized-lululemon’s squad for the 2013 Tour Languedoc Roussillon: Lisa Brennauer, Katie Colclough, Loren Rowney, and Gillian Carleton. (CJ Farquharson/ CJFoto).
Bicycling: "At the beginning of April, before the dust had even settled from a hectic Redlands Bicycle Classic, I packed my bags and hopped on a flight to Amsterdam. My teammate Tayler and I were about to join some of the other girls in Europe for a block of racing in Holland, Belgium, and France."





Photo: Hush patrons..
TwistedSpoke: Twisted Spoke had to laugh when we read that Cycling Ireland will hold their meeting to decide UCI president McQuaid’s nomination at a pub.






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: National Road Race Championship Course 2013 Glasgow.
road.cc: Host of big-name riders in both men's and women's races for event a week on Sunday.





Photo: F-Bike YouTube still.
road.cc: Pedal-powered on the ground, propeller-powered in the air... but don't start saving your pennies, it won't be for sale.





Photo: Cicli Berlinetta.
CyclingTips: "We wanted to share with you. In this second instalment we feature photos and stories from ten more of the world's coolest bike shops."





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.





VeloNation: Frenchman wins his speciality race again to start the Grand Duchy race.



































Photo: Tom Zirbel was unable to repeat his national championship ride, finishing second. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
VeloNews: Longtime Nature Valley Grand Prix (NVGP) race director David LaPorte is continuously experimenting with different programs and race rules to make his event accessible for both fans and racers.





Photo: Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) .
VeloNation: Yannick Martinez wins bunch sprint in Route du Sud stage one.





Photo: Ryder Hesjedal's season has been rocky, as an illness overtook him at the Giro and a crash forced him to withdraw from the Tour de Suisse. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Call it dodging a bullet. Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) has had his share of bad luck of late, including crashing out of the Tour de Suisse on Monday, but the Canadian is counting his blessings.





Photo: Leif Hoste (Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's) on the Eikenberg.
CyclingNews: Retired Belgian facing 300,000 Euro fine and two-year ban.






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: Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) is continuing his build up for the Tour de France in Switzerland.
CyclingNews: RadioShack Leopard rider looking ahead to the mountains.





Photo: more than collection of old photos assembled into a slideshow.
InnerRing: The old and the new. This is a collection of 30 themed Tour de France photo galleries, each with about 20 images.





Photo: More on the Fizik Arione Donna and Vesta.
BikeRumor: Fizik has offered women’s saddles for years, but unlike the men’s saddles until now there was no test ride program.





Photo: The Bar Fly for MTB will be available in July.
BikeRadar: Tate Labs, makers of the successful Bar Fly line of Garmin mounts, will soon have a mountain bike model that puts the Garmin just above the stem.














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






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."










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.











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