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June  2013
June 23, 2013


Photo: 2013 National Championships Summary.
InnerRing: After a busy weekend of racing here is the table of the men’s and women’s national road race champions for 2013.





Photo: French team AG2R La Mondiale.
Peloton: France have not won the race since the legendary Bernard Hinault topped the podium in 1985 for his fifth win the great race.





Photo: A rare podium — only two UnitedHealthcare riders. Photo: Karl Hendrikse | Tour of America's Dairyland.
VeloNews: Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom) won day three of the Tour of America’s Dairyland as David Guttenplan (AG Bicycles) managed to derail the UnitedHealthcare train’s traditional Jake Keough-led sweep of the podium.






Photo: Arthur Vichot (FDJ) grabbed a surprising victory in the French national road race championship.
VeloNation: FDJ rider in day long break, then plays it right in final kilometer.





Photo: Ivan Santaromita has won just three races during his eight-year career.
CyclingNews: BMC rider praised after beating Rebellin and Scarponi.






















Photo: Michael Rogers leads Alberto Contador near the front of the peloton.
CyclingNews: Michael Rogers will be lining up for his ninth Tour de France next week and following his key role in Sky's victory for Bradley Wiggins in 2012, he has the potential for a repeat performance with Alberto Contador at Saxo–Tinkoff.





Races & 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: A baby faced Laurent Jalabert finished second to Gianni Bugno in 1992. It was the closest the Frenchman ever came to victory in the road race.
CyclingNews: France to choose a national selector by the end of July.





Photo: Melanie Spath (Team TIBCO) beat Siobhan McNamara (DID Electrical Racing Team).
VeloNation: McNamara and Costelloe net second and third in big sprint to the line.






Photo: Ivan Santaromita (BMC) celebrates his victory.
CyclingNews: BMC rider beats Scarponi and Rebellin.







Photo: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) in the green jersey for another day.
CyclingNews: Cavendish, Sagan, Greipel all win road championships.





Photo: David Veilleux (Europcar) has been the sole wearer of the Dauphiné leader's jersey through three stages.
DougReport: Canada's David Veilleux is set to be the first rider from Quebec to compete in the biggest cycling event of the year when he toes the line at the start line at the 100th Tour de France.






Photo: A focused Jakob Fuglsang (Astana).
CyclingNews: The Astana team has named its final Tour de France line-up, confirming Denmark's Jakob Fuglsang as team leader, with the rest of the team consisting of stage race hunters and climbers.





Photo: Doug Report...
CyclingNews: The Euskaltel-Euskadi team has confirmed that soigneur Rufino Murguía died Saturday night due to injuries sustained in a crash while driving the team bus to the Spanish national championships on Thursday.





Photo: Matt Brammeier has taken his fourth National Road Race title.
StickyBottle: Matt Brammeier, above, has taken his fourth National Road Race title in Carlingford, Co Louth, this afternoon from Philip Lavery in second and Damien Shaw in third – the medalists were in a three-man break.





Photo: Matt Brammeier has said that he believes he is in good shape in advance of what is one of his top targets this season. .
VeloNation: Champion System rider content with form in advance of today’s race.





Photo: Whether or not people who aren’t doing significant amounts of exercise need to boost their protein intake is a moot point.
Iron Twit: "There seems to be a bit of a fad with protein going around at the moment. You know when things are happening when the BBC magazine does a feature on the issue."





Photo: Peter Sagan wheelies across the line to win this year's Gent-Wevelgem.
BikeRadar: Slovakian pro Peter Sagan (Cannondale) might not be the poster child for the fight against sexism but there's no denying that he can ride a bike better than pretty much anyone else.







Photo: Thor Hushovd has now been told the BMC Racing Team’s decision.
VeloNation: Norwegian had been pushing hard to be included in squad.





Photo: Philippe Gilbert (BMC) on the start line.
CyclingNews: Philippe Gilbert (BMC) has declared himself pleased with his condition ahead of the Belgian national championships, but warned that the sizable Lotto Belisol and Omega Pharma-QuickStep contingents would hold the key to the race.





Photo: Once amino acids are in the blood stream, the body will use as much as it can and needs for building muscles.
BikeRumor: "The body will absorb 30g of protein over a period of time. Absorption isn’t really the limiting factor, it’s what the body does with the amino acids after it’s absorbed that changes based on the amount consumed."
























Photo: Chris Froome discards his water bottle on the climb of the Col d'Aubisque in the heart of the Pyrenees, ahead of Mark Cavendish and Levi Leipheimer.
CyclingNews: Tour de France favourite Chris Froome (Sky) says that the public can be comfortable in the validity of his results and that of the majority of the peloton.





Photo: Lizzie Armitstead (Dolmans Boels) celebrates winning the Britsih road race championships.
CyclingNews: Laura Trott and Dani king complete the podium.





Photo: The American registered team has no Tour de France rookies.
VeloNation: Hushovd and Frank notable absentees; Evans more confident in Giro-Tour double.





Photo: The outside of the service course is nothing but a nondescript two-level warehouse.
CyclingTips: In northern Italy there is a small pocket of Australia that dozens of Aussies call home.





Photo: The X-Night SRAM Red 22 HRD bike will be offered in a limited run of 50 units in the United States and will cost $5,700.
VeloNews: Ridley soft-launched the new edition of its flagship cyclocross frame, the X-Night, at the cyclocross world championships in Louisville, Kentucky. 





Photo: Louis Garneau Course Glove.
road.cc: Good quality aero glove for short blasts but minimal padding limits the mileage. Expensive too.





Photo: Named after the iconic Italian pass that’s nearly 3,000m high.
BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Solid all-round package that's more suited to bigger or taller riders."





Photo: There’s a concise preview of every stage, with my quick take on the day added.
InnerRing: If you want a simple and accessible online Tour de France guide, here it is.













Photo: Ullrich confesses..
TwistedSpoke: Well, Jan finally got around to announcing the obvious.







Photo: Yes, I availed of Fuentes' treatment.
CyclingNews: Jan Ullrich has confessed to blood doping with the aid of Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes but claimed that he only doped in order to compete on a level playing field with his rivals.





CyclingNews: US professional road race champion Jade Wilcoxson's crash in the final corner of the final stage at the Nature Valley Grand Prix last week cost her more than the overall win at the Minnesota race..






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