CyclingFans: Saturday's Tour de France Stage 13 departs Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux at 11:45am CET (5:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Le Cap d'Agde at around 5:04pm CET (11:04am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 2:13pm CET (8:13am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: David Millar took Garmin-Sharp's first stage victory in the 2012 Tour de France, winning the 12th stage in Annonay Davézieux, a stage in which the peloton decided to take its rest. He outsprinted Jean-Chriistophe Peraud of AG2R, with Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) third. They and two others were the remnants of a large early escape group.

VeloNation: Dutchman has third year of misfortune in cycling’s biggest race.

CycleSport: In a race that is short on suspense, the Wiggins-Froome drama is providing us with a classic Tour story.

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road.cc: SuperLogic range completed with launch of new carbon stem, available 2013.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Training tire tough, but fast enough to be raced on regularly."

Cyclismas: The 1987 Tour de France’s final transition stage saw the peloton tackling the 225 kilometres from St Julien en Genevois to Dijon. The riders took things easy until an eight man break got away thirty-some kilometres out from home.

road.cc: Garmin-Sharp are running the new 3T Integra stem. The stem comes with an integrated Garmin Edge computer mount for improved aerodynamics, security and a slick appearance.

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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.

CyclingNews: The green jersey sits ever more securely on Peter Sagan's shoulders on Friday evening after Matt Goss (Orica-GreenEdge) was docked 30 points when he was adjudged to have impeded the Liquigas-Cannondale rider in the bunch sprint for sixth place on stage 12 of the Tour de France.

VeloNews: Wiggins later quipped that the flare-throwers, who had been running alongside the peloton as they raced to the finish, might have come off worse than he did after riders retaliated by throwing water bottles.

VeloNation: Bos and Bennati third and fourth, Kwiatkowski takes over race lead.

InnerRing: The Tour de France rates climbs with five labels, starting at 4th category for the easiest all the way to 1st category and then HC for hors catégorie, or “beyond categorization”. What do these labels mean and how are they applied?

CyclingNews: Says Sky may be on the verge of changing captains mid-race.

VeloNews: Last year, Tour de France boss Christian Prudhomme liked what he saw in the short, but wildly exciting 109.5km 19th stage finishing atop Alpe d’Huez. With fierce debate over race radios grounding the UCI’s plan to ban them, is the real route to more exciting racing simply cutting distance out of big stages?

BikeRadar: Legendary car manufacturer Aston Martin has thrown their hat into the bicycle ring with the launch of their One-77 superbike, which we reckon features enough gadgetry to persuade James Bond to switch to two wheels.

Bicycling: A skillful plunge requires confidence, control--and practice.

CyclingFans: Friday's Tour de Pologne Stage 4 departs Bedzin at 1:30pm CET (7:30am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Katowice at around 4:41pm CET (10:41am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Pologne live streaming video should get underway at around *3:25pm CET (*9:25am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: “Never witnessed any doping at US Postal,” Italian doctor claims.

CyclingNews: Blood is at the heart of the USADA's case against Lance Armstrong, specifically 38 blood samples taken from 2008 to 2012, in the custody of the USADA, and which are said to show suspicious fluctuations, an American newspaper reported. The American anti-doping agency hopes to use those tests along with witnesses to establish that Armstrong used banned drugs or methods.

VeloNation: "If I felt I had to take drugs, I would rather stop tomorrow, go and ride club 10-mile time trials”

CyclingNews: The morning before stage 12 was dominated by the aftershocks from the previous stage when Tour de France leader Bradley Wiggins defended his yellow jersey on the climb to La Toussuire. On paper, it was a successful stage for Wiggins and his Sky team. Time was gained on a number of rivals, including the defending champion Cadel Evans (BMC).

VeloNation: Chris Anker Sorensen and Saxo Bank proud of effort on stage 11.

CyclingWeekly: Tejay Van Garderen is earning the white jersey as he helps Cadel Evans defend his Tour de France title. After a strong time trial and aggressive ride yesterday up the La Toussuire climb, he leads the young riders' competition by 1-54 minutes.

BikeRadar: After vowing to take the battle to Bradley Wiggins and Team Sky, Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) was true to his word on the road to La Toussuire on stage 11 of the Tour de France, as he launched two dangerous attacks on the final climb.