CyclingFans: Friday's Tour de France Stage 12 departs Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne at 11:00am CET (5:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Annonay Davézieux at around 4:48pm CET (10:48am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 11:00am CET (5:00am U.S. Eastern).  So yes, full start to finish broadcast coverage for Stage 12.

SBS: Riding solo for the last 5km Pierre Rolland picked up the second Tour de France victory in a row for Europcar on the mountainous stage from Albertville to La Toussuire.

CyclingWeekly: When he accelerated on La Toussuire with four kilometres to go, Chris Froome left behind Bradley Wiggins, the rest of the group and, it appeared, team orders.

VeloNation: “I have incredible pedigree since I was in my teens.”

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VeloNews: With standard-issue pro bikes sitting at or near the 6.8kg (14.99lb) UCI weight limit, even with deep, aerodynamic wheels, riders no longer have a need to make wholesale bike or component swaps for days in the mountains. Drilled or one-off components and riders swapping to extra-light frames at the base of a big climb are mostly a thing of the past.

road.cc: Two new SuperSix Evo framesets added for next year, one is lighter and the other is more affordable.

BikeSnobNYC: Don't resign yourself to following the Tour de France on TV just yet. It's time to get creative.

road.cc: Former Hour Record holder unveils bike he'll use for speed record.

VeloNews: The numbers at the Tour are made of fabric and adhesive backed. Most riders also pin them on for extra security. Riders will leave them on a jersey and re-use them as many times as they can, just to save the trouble of re-pinning them. But they are indeed given multiple sets of numbers.

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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.

CycleSport: French winners at Alpe d’Huez are rare enough to be extremely conspicuous. Before Rolland’s win, five-time Tour winner Bernard Hinault was the only other home winner at the most famous summit finish in cycling. Every winner at the Alpe has his name inscribed on the sign over one of the 21 hairpin bends, and Rolland’s name has gone above bend 16, along with that of Joop Zoetemelk, a winner at the Alpe in 1979.

CyclingNews: American hopes for better in remainder of race.

CyclingNews: Moser remains in the overall lead.

CyclingNews: Cadel Evans (BMC) made his intention clear with a daring attack on stage 11 of the Tour de France to La Toussuire, but the defending champion ended the stage with his Tour chances hanging by a thread after he dropped back on the final climb.

CyclingNews: Could mean end of the team, management says.

CyclingIQ: Stage 12′s profile didn’t fully support the notion that a pure sprinter like Andrea Guardini could win; the Italian even had his own doubts if he could place highly. So when Guardini rounded the last corner of the race’s longest stage in a near-complete field of 108 riders, the odds of his third stage win improved considerably.

RedKitePrayer: I’ve seen a fair number of carbon clincher failures. We’re talking melted brake tracks, flat tires, wives called for rides home.

road.cc: Banish that unsightly Di2 battery from your frame Calfee's internal battery.

road.cc: Innovative and very comprehensive security system.

VeloNews: Specialized is joining the carbon clincher market, and while some may say the Morgan Hill, California, company is a little late to the party, Specialized’s Roval wheel line is taking a jump ahead of some of its competitors by offering Centerlock disc hubs on one of its carbon clincher offerings for 2013.

CyclingFans: Thursday's Tour de Pologne Stage 3 departs Kedzierzyn-Kozle at 1:43pm CET (7:43am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Cieszyn at around 6:45pm CET (12:45pm U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Pologne live streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm CET (11:30am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNation: Russian rider can’t understand failure, will ride on for best possible result.

CyclingNews: After running according to the agreed script for 10 days, Sky's Tour de France challenge experienced its first plot twist on stage 11 to La Toussuire. Four kilometres from the summit of the climb, Chris Froome ad-libbed by accelerating with such ferocity that he left yellow jersey Bradley Wiggins flailing off the back of the group of favorites.

RSNT: Andy Schleck has returned from Basel, Switzerland, where he underwent a new series of clinical examinations and a MRI scan to establish the condition of his injury following the fracture in the sacral body during his crash in the Critérium du Dauphiné.

VeloNation: Swiss will return for London Olympic title defence.

VeloNews: In a Tour de France dominated by the youngest riders, it was nice to see the ‘old’ German go at it yesterday. Jens Voigt, the oldest rider in the race at 40 years old, escaped, lost ground, regained and then just missed the stage win. Along the way, he won the fans’ hearts.

SBS: "We're talking about medical or paramedical practices which are prohibited. We might not be dealing with a doping substance, but the method is prohibited."

Cyclismas: Wednesday July 22nd 1987. Stage 21 of the 74th Tour de France. Bourg d’Oisans to La Plagne. It’s a day that’s gone down in history – well, cycling history anyway – for a snippet of TV commentary. Phil Liggett getting as excited as a kid who’s discovered there’s a pony under the Christmas tree as well as the Scalextric set.

road.cc: New Cento 1SR aimed at road racers and sportive riders.

BikeRumor: This fall, perhaps as early as late summer, GoPro will release an iPhone/Android app that’ll link up with its WiFi BacPac and let you remote control up to 50 Hero2 cameras from your phone.