VeloNation: “Nez de Marmande” wins in the gateway to the Pyrénées as he did in 2010 while the peloton shuts off again.

CyclingNews: Frenchman back on target after suffering from Lyme disease.

SBS: Chavanel, of the Omega Pharma-QuickStep team, has been sick with a chest infection in recent days and had been taking antibiotics.

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Tour de France - June 30 - July 22 (Stages & Results),
Tour de Pologne - July 10 - 16 (Stages & Results),
Giro d'Italia Femminile June 29 - July 7 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Austria July 1-8 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Qinghai Lake June 29 - July 12 (Stages & Results),
2012 Olympic Games - July 28 - August 12 (Races),
Vuelta a España - August 18 - September 9 (Stages),
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CyclingNews: The Tour's internal post office - run by Docapost, a branch of France's national postal service system - reports that whilst Thomas Voeckler is, perhaps unsurprisingly, the local rider receiving most fan mail ahead of Sylvain Chavanel, Alejandro Valverde is currently the leader on the international standings, well ahead of the Frenchman.

VeloNews: Many fans saw stage 14’s tack incident, in which upholstery tacks were apparently spread along a portion of the Mur de Péguère, as a sign that cycling, and maybe humanity, are on the decline.

VeloNews: Cavendish, who won a stage earlier in the race to take his tally to 21, lost his chance of contesting a bunch sprint when Sky and other teams failed to chase down a breakaway that went all the way to the end of stage 15. In doing so, Brailsford reaffirmed Sky’s commitment to winning the bigger prize of the yellow jersey.

CyclingFans: Monday's Tour de France Stage 15 departs Samatan at 1:40pm CET (7:40am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Pau at around 5:36pm CET (11:36am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around *2:00pm CET (*8:00am U.S. Eastern).

Coverage News...

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.

VeloNation: Long distance break caught late as heavy rain falls on Kraków finale.

VeloNation: World champion misses out on another sprint stage as he works for the Maillot Jaune.

VeloNation: Tales of trouble and strong reactions to the sabotage from the peloton.

CyclingNews: Parcour sabotage, rough night and Leipheimer blame. Frison loses "naked" bet with Greipel.

CyclingNews: Michael Mørkøv likes the idea of riding with fellow Danes Matti Breschel and Jakob Fuglsang again, and hopes that the two return to Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank in the coming season. However, Fuglsang has several suitors for his hand, and it is only sure that he will change teams for the 2013.

CyclingFans: Monday's Tour de Pologne Stage 7 departs Krakow at 3:25pm CET (9:25am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Krakow at around 6:28pm CET (12:28pm U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Pologne live streaming video should get underway at around 5:25pm CET (11:25am U.S. Eastern).

Lezyne CRV 20 multitool.

road.cc: Tough multitool with enough functions to get you out of most roadside bother.

CyclingWeekly: Cycling in Britain has truly arrived: it's going to get its own television show. ITV4 is broadcasting an eight-part 'cycling-based chat show' starting from Monday, July 23.

VeloNation: Former World time trial champion takes early lead in last major pre-Olympic stage race.

PEZ: EuroTrash Monday!

VeloNation: Outcome will determine if US Postal Service investigation will be decided by USADA arbitration panel.

CyclingNews: Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank boss Bjarne Riis has rejected claims in the Swiss media that Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) will once again ride for the Danish team.

VeloNation: 2010 world champion to miss London 2012, Vergard Stake will take his place.

CyclingNews: After their Giro success it would have perhaps been easy for Garmin to sit up and tap gently into Paris due to the bad luck that befell them in this year's opening week of the Tour de France.

BikeRadar: Specialized will bring two new women’s models into the top level S-Works fold for 2013: Ruby (road) and Fate (29er mountain bike).

Fizik unveiled three new Team Edition saddles – Arione, Aliante and Antares. Each comes with 3mm wide matching bar tape with 1mm more padding than Fizik’s other tapes.

BikeRumor: Fulcrum’s first 35mm alloy clincher wheelset. Weight comes in at 1710g in both road and cross versions.  16 aero straight pull steel spokes lace the front, 21 lace the rear. The hubs are sealed cartridge aluminum anti-rotation with adjustable industrial bearings.

InnerRing: This isn’t a page turner that you’d take to the beach, nor an introduction to cycling’s rich past. Instead each page is loaded with facts, quotes and insights that it’s heavy going. It is readable but this is a history book written by a professor and not a collection of “wow facts” narrated back to you.