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 SteepHill:
Stage 1 start time: Saturday 12:00 CET (3:00:00 AM PST); Earliest live
video: 12:00 CET (3:00:00 AM PST); Approximate finish: 17:19 CET
(8:19:00 AM PST).
 PodiumCafe:
Sky are viewed as the hands-down favorites to ride into Paris with the
maillot jaune. But with the proper style of racing, the favorite can be
defeated.
 CyclingNews:
For the overall contenders, the first key stage of the 2013 Tour de
France is seven days long. The opening week is always a nervous affair.
Races
& Results.
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Giro Rosa - June 30-July 7 (Stages), Tour of Austria - June 30-July 7 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages & Results),  VeloNews:
Without a five-star favorite for outright victory, Jonathan Vaughters
is adopting an all-for-one, one-for-all tactic for the Tour de France.
 CyclingWeekly:
"We take a look back at last year's Tour de France top 10 to see how
the riders have fared in the intervening 12 months and - if they're
riding - what chances they have this year of reappearing in the top
order of the race's general classification."
 InnerRing:
La Grande Boucle is a newly-released French film and the tale of one
man down on his luck who attempts to ride the route of the Tour in a
bid to prove he’s worth something.
 InnerRing:
It’s said the mark of a champion is to win the Tour de France right
from the start. Eddy Merckx, Jacques Anquetil and Bernard Hinault are
among those who came, saw and conquered the race in their first attempt.
 PEZ:
RC3 GPS Tour de France unit – a heart rate monitor, GPS, watch,
altimeter and even a coach all in one.
 Sonya:
I was pleasantly surprised when the gun went off at 6 AM. I actually
had good legs for the first time in 6 weeks.
 road.cc:
'Fully vented, fully aero' lid is the best of both worlds, says Kask.
 RedKitePrayer:
On my first test run, I carefully rode for 30 minutes on the standard
chain and then 30 minutes with the optimized, the optimized
came out ahead, but just. The second run was even clearer, the
optimized was faster.
 Cyclocosm:
Here are bike seats from professional
cyclists at the Tour.
 CyclingIQ:
Australian Aaron Donnelly romped clear from a small group to win
today’s 197.6km second stage, but third-placed Loh Sea Keong wore the
brightest smile, taking over the yellow jersey – and a small treasure
of others – from Synergy Baku’s Kirill Pozdnyakov.
 CyclingNews:
While Andy Schleck’s RadioShack-Leopard team has played down his
chances of mounting a serious overall challenge at the Tour de France,
the Luxembourger has said that he is hoping to spring a surprise or two
in July.
VeloNews:
It seemed too simple from the outside. Target a bike race with a gifted
general classification rider — Chris Froome or Richie Porte, in the
case of this spring — go to that bike race, and win. Bang, bang.
 CyclingWeekly:
As the Tour de France prepares for its 100th edition, it continues to
innovate and break new ground.
Rules
of the
Road
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"Let them put the same constraints on all sports as they do on cyclists
and they can open their mouths", says five-time winner.
 TwistedSpoke:
No surprise that he predicted Sky’s Chris Froome for the win and
Alberto Contador of Saxo Bank-Tinkoff to score second. What did turn
our head was Voigt’s confident selection of BMC’s Tejay van Garderen to
make the final step of the podium.
 Andrew
Talansky: "The Tour de France. Yellow. Paris. The Champs Élysées. These
are some of my first memories of cycling. When I first picked up a bike
seven years ago, I dreamed of making it to the Tour."
 CyclingNews:
“I think I've had two hours define my whole sports career and the Tour
time trial was one of them. The other one was the London Olympics the
week after, so those two one-our time trials were probably the
highlight of my sporting career.”
 PEZ:
Only one of two men can win the Tour de France; they’re the killers.
Others will challenge and one of them will end up on the podium, the
pretenders.
 EuroSport:
Alberto Contador has promised a more exciting Tour de France this year
after Bradley Wiggins's Team Sky dominated all the way to the
Champs-Elysees in the 2012 edition.
 RCUK: Last
year’s Tour de France set the tone for a spectacular summer of sporting
success in Britain and with six Brits due on the start line when
cycling’s greatest race rolls out in Corsica, this year could follow a
similar pattern.
 TwistedSpoke:
Waiting until nearly the last moment, Garmin-Sharp boss Jonathan
Vaughters finally made the call on his Argyle Army for France.
 SBS:
Like most things French, the Tour de France starts and ends around a
lunch or dinner table.
 RedKitePrayer:
"A new company, Recon Instruments, has introduced the Recon Jet, a
heads-up display (HUD) for cyclists. Actually, it’s a lot more than
that. In reading through the press release I had the sense that I could
sit through an hour-long presentation about the Jet and still not
understand all its functionality."
 RedKitePrayer:
Six years ago the iPhone emerged onstage with the late Steve Jobs, a
totem for those who believe in the transformational power of personal
technology. It was a turning point that opened people up to giving
technology a truly intimate role in their lives.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Aero advantage and race bike handling, at
a price."
 RCUK:
The blissful irony of the design brief for Mark Cavendish’s new logo
landing on the desk of two cyclists living and working in the same town
as his mother is not lost on its creators, Sam Hodgson and Tom Cutting.
 VeloNation:
UCI presidential candidate claims he represents credibility, trust and
change.
 CyclingNews:
The company stated that it "plans to conserve a large part of the
existing roster" and to keep general manager Luca Guercilena. The
current structure will remain in place through the end of the season.
 InnerRing:
If you want a simple and accessible online Tour de France guide, here
it is.
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 SBS:
The historic 100th edition of the Tour de France, kicking off tomorrow
in Porto-Vecchio, Corsica, is being heralded by many as the cleanest
Tour ever.
 Bicycling:
Money donated for anti-doping advocate Paul Kimmage’s legal defense
seems to have disappeared down a trail of tweets and broken
promises.
 CyclingNews:
After a year that he confessed had been extremely testing in all kinds
of different ways, Andy Schleck said he is feeling good and happy to be
back at the Tour de France.
 VeloNews:
Evelyn Stevens and 2010 champion Mara Abbott — will start the race as
favorites for the overall.
 VeloNation:
ASO confirms Texan has not been asked to attend.
 VeloNews:
A “truth and reconciliation” process over cycling’s torrid past is not
only necessary, but it’s all but “inevitable,” according to Scot David
Millar (Garmin-Sharp).
 DougReport:
Andrew McQuaid represents some of the biggest names in pro cycling,
including a large chunk of Britain's talent in double Olympic gold
medallist Geraint Thomas, as well as Peter Kennaugh, former National
champion Ian Stannard and Irish rider Nicolas Roche.
 Blazin'Saddles:
Forget Sky's comparatively minor headache of picking a leader from
Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome - try picking your own nine-man team
from the whole peloton of Tour riders.
 PodiumCafe:
"I've been asking riders some short questions about the biggest women's
stage race of the year, the Giro Rosa."
 RCUK:
The LOOK 695 AeroLight is, as the name suggests, both lighter and more
aerodynamic than its predecessor – a machine voted ‘bike of the year’
by readers of RoadCyclingUK.
 road.cc:
A well built wheel set with beautifully smooth hubs but not quite as
quick as Zipp think.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Stiff, strong, well-built and adaptable
trail wheels at a bargain price."
 Bicycling:
Pro riders used to stuff uncooked steaks into their shorts to relieve
discomfort during races—but thankfully, we cyclists now have a variety
of anti-friction creams at our disposal.
 DirtRag:
I was comfortable pushing it through some pretty aggressive sections
and it handled the smooth flowy bits with ease. Good stuff Lynskey…
good stuff.
 StickyBottle:
The agency appears to carry out very few tests in many sports where the
performance gain drugs could give and the financial rewards on offer
must give rise to serious temptation.
Text
of the
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