CyclingFans: Monday's Tour de France Stage 9, a 41.5km Individual Time Trial from Arc-et-Senans to Besançon, gets underway with the departure of the first rider at 9:45am CET (3:45am U.S. Eastern).  Full Start Order and Times here.  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: Local boy comes good in Tour de France.

CyclingWeekly: Bradley Wiggins took over the Tour de France race leader's yellow jersey on Saturday on the first mountain stage to La Planche des Belles Filles.

CyclingNews: BMC team manager John Lelangue has declared himself pleased with the state of play following the first mountaintop finish of the Tour de France, which saw Cadel Evans (BMC) come home alongside new overall leader Bradley Wiggins (Sky). The pre-race favourites were part of an elite group of five riders that formed as a result of ferocious pace-making from Sky on the final climb to La Planche des Belles Filles on Saturday.

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BikeRadar: The top-end Revelator leads the way for KTM’s 2013 road line-up, just revealed in Austria, with carbon and alloy Stradas also catching the eye.

road.cc: Out for an hour or five, the Aquilo will see you arrive home with a grin.

Bicycling: Race favorite Bradley Wiggins took command of the Tour de France Saturday as Sky teammate Christopher Froome secured a deserved maiden victory on Stage 7. Defending champion Cadel Evans of Australia finished second, with Wiggins in third, only seconds behind as Sky's pace on the final, 5.9km climb to the race's first hilltop finish exacted a costly toll on some contenders.

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InnerRing: Each stage is analyzed, each jersey is explained and once more information is available there will be full list of riders and other content that’ll be updated every day so you can dip in and out during the next few weeks.

Gallopin gets third in Porrentruy as white jersey race tightens.

CyclingNews: Appearing in front of the press having maintained his grip on the yellow jersey with another strong performance into Porrentruy, Wiggins was asked by an Associated Press reporter about comments that have been made on Twitter comparing Sky’s Tour performances with US Postal’s in past Tours. "What do you say to the cynics who think that you have to be doped up to win the Tour de France?" Wiggins was asked.

VeloNation: Initial reports of fractured collarbone and hand for 2008 Olympic champ.

VeloNation: Russian moves up to fourth overall as the first long time trial approaches.

CyclingNews: The Tour de France may have been billed as a battle between Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and Cadel Evans (BMC), but Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) has carried himself with a quiet defiance through the opening week of action.

CyclingNews: Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM) suffered bad injuries at last year's Tour de France when he crashed into a barbed wire fence on stage nine and he has been reminded once again of the danger faced by professional road racers already this year by the numerous crashes that have already taken place during the Tour's first week.

BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Heavier than the I-Beam version but with more flex, and the studs work well for downhill."

road.cc: Super light and breathable, offering long distance comfort at a bargain price.

CyclingNews: The 2012 Tour de France has been one to forget for Garmin-Sharp but there was some good news when Christian Vande Velde confirmed that he would race in 2013. The 36-year-old's contract expires at the end of this season and although he may not be the Tour rider of 2008, when he finished fourth, he still adds experience and strength to the team. He was instrumental in Ryder Hesjedal's win in the Giro d'Italia this May and finished second in last year's Tour of Colorado.

Bicycling: You might be a catastrophe waiting to happen. A hairline crack can grow, a dent can buckle, a bend can break.

CyclingNews: Andreas Klöden (RadioShack-Nissan) suffered a difficult finish to yesterday's seventh stage at the 2012 Tour de France in La Planche des Belles Filles, losing ground in the overall general classification and ending the day 2:19 behind the new race leader Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky).

VeloNation: Team Type 1 rider nets bunch sprint gallop in Vienna.

CyclingNewsAsia: The Tour of Qinghai Lake is a feast for photographers each year. 2012 has been no different with amazing backdrops and some incredible rides...as usual, the only issue is the fact that it's really tough to get proper internet access.

Bicycling: Two pro-approved workouts for strength on constant hills and low mountains.

BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Majors on handling at speed, but better vibration damping would be welcome."

CyclingNews: German later says top performances were achievable without cheating.

Dutch rider Wout Poels came into the Tour de France as one of the most promising young riders in the peloton, with a queen stage victory in the Tour of Luxembourg in his recent palmares. He left the Tour, however, as one of the most severely injured riders after a high-speed, massive crashed forced the abandon of a dozen riders on stage 6.

CyclingNews: Domestiques outshine Schleck and Klöden.

VeloNews: Defending champion Cadel Evans got his first taste of how viciously Sky will attack him in this year’s Tour de France. And it tastes very, very bitter.

BikeRumor: For the road, info on Shimano’s new wide-range 105 rear derailleurs was practically buried in the announcements of the Alfine Di2, new cyclocross disc brakes and other goodies. Model name simply bumps to 105 5701 and will now accommodate 30 or 32 tooth max cassette cog depending on cage length.