VeloNews: At 40 years old, Chris Horner makes his Olympic debut this Saturday in the men’s road race in London. Horner, who last week finished 13th overall and won the teams classification with RadioShack-Nissan at the Tour de France, is the elder statesman and road captain for a U.S. National Team packed with young talent.

Tour de Wallonie: Nizzolo holds on to overall victory as Napolitano takes final stage.

VeloNation: Gianni Meersman thinks he’s won but misses out by half a wheel and one single second.

iBike: Is it genetic or guttural? Nature or nurture? No one really knows, but United States Olympic gold and silver medal winner, Steve Hegg, knows one thing for sure; you have to want it and be willing to pay the price for gold.  Are you tough enough?  Does Hegg think this year’s team is tough enough?

BikeRadar: Men's Olympic road race, 250km - July 28. Women's Olympic road race, 140km - July 29.

PodiumCafe: Britain's Mark Cavendish, the reigning world champion and unquestionably the fastest finisher currently riding a bike, will assume the mantle of Britain's most-discussed cyclist from Bradley Wiggins this week... and there's no telling when if ever he'll give it back.

VeloNation: Belgian feels he’s turned a corner in disappointing season.

CyclingNews: Races & Results.
2012 Olympic Games - July 28 - August 12 (Races),
Tour de Wallonie - July 21 - 25 (Stages & Results),
Tour de France - June 30 - July 22 (Stages & Results),
Cascade Cycling Classic - July 17 - 22 (Stages & Results),
Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen - July 16 - 22 (Stages & Results),
Vuelta a España - August 18 - September 9 (Stages),
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CXMagazine: At most companies, if you were to propose taking a winter sporting event, hosting it in the middle of summer, in near 90 degree weather at over 7000 feet of altitude, in a sparsely-populated town, on a brand-new, never-been-raced course in the middle of the week, you probably would be fired from your job.

Yahoo!: Belgium launched a fitting promotion for its presence at the London Olympics on Wednesday -- by sending a delegation of its sporting personalities to London by bicycle.

RedKitePrayer: RAGBRAI is the world’s most plastic, malleable, self-reflecting ride. If you’re looking for seven days of big, hard rides, you can do it that way. If you want to drink a beer in as many different towns in Iowa as possible, that’s available.

Bicycling: In the last games, this acclaimed pursuitist seemed destined to win gold on the velodrome, but failed to medal. Now she’s ready to nail down track racing’s biggest prize—even though her favored event is gone.

CyclingNews: It's been revealed that Johan Vansummeren completed the Tour de France while suffering from a cracked vertebra.

VeloNews: With a healthy sponsorship portfolio for the 2012 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, organizers have already begun planning to extend the event next year.

InnerRing: TV audiences in France fell for the Tour de France, in part because there was no big battle for the yellow jersey throughout the race. Meanwhile Bradley Wiggins’ Tour triumph is claimed to have boosted bike sales in the UK. Are both stories true?

CyclingNews: Bradley Wiggins (Team Sky) is the new leader of the IG Pro Cycling Index after his emphatic victory at the 2012 Tour de France.

CyclingIQ: There's a fascinating technical solution and a detailed production plan that brings it all to your living room.

VeloNews: Allen Lim is not a stranger to upset stomachs. While coaching many of the top names associated with WorldTour cycling, he heard constant complaints about hotel food, ride food, recovery drinks and drink mixes. At times, it was difficult for his athletes to complete workouts because their stomachs would give out before their legs.

RedKitePrayer: Team boss Dave Brailsford and his legion of behind-the-scenes operatives kept their ambitious goals, but they adjusted their preparations.

CyclingNews: World champion points to Olds as wildcard for women's road race.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Impressive tech and ride quality, with customisation on offer to suit you."

BikeRadar: Faraday Bicycles, a new electric bicycle company, raised $100,000 in a single week via a Kickstarter campaign to fund its first production run of high-end, European-style bikes with a 250w motor.

CyclingNews: Cycling Australia's National Performance Director Kevin Tabotta has told his athletes that getting swept up by the Australia versus Great Britain rivalry that infiltrates any sporting battle between the teams could be detrimental.

TedKing: Epic is a strong word. I believe it should be retired outright, never to be used again. But since that’s not going to happen, I say a hundred-plus mile ride, 75% of which is dirt, over the steep bergs characteristic of the Upper Valley of New Hampshire and Vermont is worthy of such a description.

VeloNation: Possible move rumored to Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank.

CyclingIQ: “Racing is licking your opponent’s plate clean before starting on your own”, said Tim Krabbe in his iconic cycling novel The Rider. Kevin Clyde Sefton raced exactly that way, winning with not an ounce of his own effort wasted. Efficiency and results were what his rivals remember him for, some even jokingly called him ‘Jack’, as in ‘I’m all right Jack’.

BikeRumor: 2013 marks the year with more new bikes from the Spanish brand than ever before. BH brings out new, replacement or trickle-down models for virtually the entire line. We’ve got photos and details on them all, plus actual weights for the complete bikes!

BikeRumor: Really digging SRAM’s latest aluminum and carbon fiber double cranksets but bummed not to be able to run combinations lower than a 26/39 on their 120mm bolt circle diameter, the guys at North Shore Billet got to work.

BikeRumor: Ritchey’s even quick to develop his 27.5″ / 650B platforms, first showing a tandem 650B breakaway folding bike at NAHBS this year, and now unveiling the P-275 steel hardtail.

SteveTilford: Top-quality eyewear offering excellent protection, but you have to pay for the privilege.