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July  2013
July 4, 2013




Photo: 2013 Tour de France Stage 2 Live Online Coverage Guide .
CyclingFans: Friday's Tour de France Stage 7 departs Montpellier at 12:00pm CET (6:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Albi at around 5:21pm CET (11:21am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: Stage seven is a lumpy ride inland ride from Montpellier which looks like a definite opportunity for the first successful breakaway of the race.
PodiumCafe: Whenever you see the name "Albi" in the TdF roadbook it can only mean one of two things, either the race is about to enter the Pyrenees or it is just exiting from the Pyrenees.







Photo: Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) wins stage 6 of the Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Impey becomes first South African in yellow jersey.





Photo: World and Olympic champion, and undisputed World number one Marianne Vos .
VeloNation: World champion concedes that a third straight Giro Rosa victory is now impossible.








Photo: Mara Abbott celebrates her stage win at the 2013 Giro Rosa. (Photo by Jack Seehafer).
USACycling: Mara Abbott racing for the USA Cycling National Development Program, won Thursday's 73.3-kilometer fifth stage of 2013 Giro Rosa in Italy and took over the general classification lead in the race.





Photo: Andrey Kashechkin withdraw earlier in the Tour due to illness.
VeloNation: Fuglsang and team rue loss of two strong riders





Photo: TDF 2013 jerseys.
road.cc: History made again in Montpellier as Impey becomes first representative of African nation to pull on the yellow jersey.










Races & Results.
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages & Results),
Giro Rosa - June 30-July 7 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Austria - June 30-July 7 (Stages & Results),
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 19-25 (Stages),
Vuelta a Espaņa - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Races),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results)





Photo: Brent Bookwalter said the opening week at the Tour de France is chaotic and stressful. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Brent Bookwalter survived a crash in the final kilometers of Wednesday’s Tour de France stage 5. He hit another rider’s bike and came down with several, including Christian Vande Velde.





Photo: Fabian Cancellara wins 2013 Tour of Flanders.
CyclingWeekly: General Manager Luca Guercilena - "The principle group will be what we have now, but there will be changes. We're on the market, but the Cancellara classics group will be at the center of the team."





Photo: The 4 Strike Bike is the brainchild of retired surgeon Lex van Stekelenburg.
road.cc: Investors sought for development of “first double drive bike.”





Photo: You can have any geometry and frame size within reason.
BikeRadar: Scappa are set to serve the luxury end of the bicycle market with a range of fully customisable Italian handmade carbon road and mountain bike frames.







Photo: Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma Quick Step) wins stage 5 of the Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Yellow jersey stays with Orica-GreenEdge.






Photo: crosses the line with plenty of time to celebrate!
PodiumCafe: After yesterday's lumpy stage and brutal finish, Stage 4 of the 2013 Giro Rosa was the longest of the race - 137km, longer than the UCI's usual limit for stages.












Photo: http://cdn.media.cyclingnews.com/2013/07/04/2/pic380493324_670.jpg.
CyclingNews: There are no gifts, or so they say. A sentiment that Orica-GreenEdge's Matt White echoed as Daryl Impey pulled on the maillot jaune at the Tour de France, slipping on the jersey after teammate Simon Gerrans lost his lead due to a split at the end of stage 6 in Montpellier.





Photo: Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin Sharp) at the start of stage 5.
CyclingNews: Despite suffering from a broken rib, Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin Sharp) put on a brave face as he warmed down from the soaring temperatures of stage 6 at the Tour de France.





Photo: Stephen Roche on Alpe d'Huez in the 1987 Tour.
CyclingNews: Saxo-Tinkoff manager Bjarne Riis left the Tour de France on Wednesday, after Michael Rasmussen told the Danish paper Politiken that the 1996 Tour de France winner knew about doping on the then-CSC team in 2002.







Photo: Mark Cavendish gets a helping hand after falling during Stage 6 (Getty Images).
SBS: He is not a good loser, and his anger was all too evident on Thursday as a crash 34km from the finish left him playing catch-up with the peloton, seriously hampering his chances of a second consecutive stage win.





Photo: BMC's Cadel Evans lost 23 seconds to Sky's Chris Froome in the team time trial this week. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: After the team time trial saw Tour de France heavy-hitter BMC Racing bleed 23 seconds to Sky and leader Chris Froome, the squad finds itself with some digging out to do as the 100th Tour barrels toward the Pyrenees.





Photo: eeding that damages the image of cycling.
InnerRing: Every evening the Tour publishes an official bulletin with the results and other technical information including a note of who was fined during the day with the crimes and punishments listed.





Photo: Marianne Vos.
PodiumCafe: Things got real at the third stage of the Giro with Marianne Vos taking advantage of the hilly terrain to take a stagewin and start building an advantage in the General Classification.





Photo: Partnership means being aware of each other and communicating clearly.
Off The Beaten Path: "I am always surprised how many cyclists are afraid of cars and their drivers, or have downright animosity to them. I prefer to see drivers as partners in a big game called Traffic."





Photo: Coloral made bottles from 1947 until the company folded in 1954.
road.cc: Look at any photos or watch any video of cycle racing from the 40s and 50s and there’s one common piece of equipment almost everyone used: an aluminium drinking flask with a cork stopper.





Photo: Power measurement is one of the optimal tools for trainin.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A simple and robust solution for power measurement."





Photo: Orbea Orca Road Bike.
CyclingWeekly: Among the flashy colourways of a pro team's stable of Tour bikes, you'll always find one that's simply raw carbon.








Photo: Christian Vande Velde can't believe he's crashed in the Tour de France... again.
CyclingNews: Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Sharp) was among the starters on stage 6 of the Tour de France on Thursday in spite of the injuries he sustained the previous day in a crash on final climb of the Col de la Gineste.








Photo: Christian Vande Velde (Garmin Sharp) on the ground after a crash.
CyclingNews: Bouet out, Bouhanni and several others left battered and bruised in Marseille.








Photo: British Cycling president Brian Cookson.
road.cc: British Cycling president says UK success can provide template for progress at world level.


















Photo: Garmin-Sharp all rounder Christian Vande Velde .
VeloNation: Dan Martin says American rider’s belief in him has been a major boost to his career.





Photo: Michael Rasmussen recently admitted to doping throught his career (AAP).
SBS: Danish cyclist Michael Rasmussen has told anti-doping authorities Saxo-Tinkoff manager Bjarne Riis knew about widespread doping in his team.







Photo: Giro 2012 S11 Frank Schleck signs on (Gian Mattia D'Alberto - LaPresse - RCS Sport).
road.cc: News comes less than six-months before US bike maker Trek takes over team's WorldTour license.





Photo: This was the moment when Andrew Talansky finally felt like he was at the Tour de France. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
DougReport: "We made it off the island. I’m pretty sure if you were listening closely on Monday evening, you would have heard a collective sigh of relief from the entire Tour de France peloton."





Photo: Damiano Cunego (Lampre - Merida) signs autographs.
CyclingNews: Cunego compares Basso rivalry to Senna and Prost. Really.





Photo: makers of the planned Paul Kimmage Rough Rider documentary.
VeloNation: Theft of computers had threatened completion of film based around journalist and Tour de France.





Photo: The front cover of Sean Kelly’s new autobiography, written with journalist Lionel Birnie.
StickyBottle: It might have taken three years to put together, but Sean Kelly’s autobiography ‘Hunger’ finally hit the shelves in Ireland today.





Photo: The Nitro range is one up from Performance.
road.cc: Comfortable, lightweight and close-fitting bib-shorts, ideal for warm-weather cycling. Not cheap though, with a well-displayed brand name that some may wish to avoid.





Photo: The Syncros saddle bag kit comes in three wheel sizes.
MBAction: Syncros offers the minimalistic $24.99 saddle bag kit for quick and dirty rides.





Photo: Extensive use of fluid dynamics software and wind tunnel testing led to this drag-defying shape.
BikeRadar: Part of the limited edition, high-end apparel Course range, the helmet is aimed at the everyday cyclist.





Photo: The Selfloops Ant+ accessory is compatible with Android version 2.3.4 and higher phones.
BikeRumor: The number of metrics you can track with your phone is ever growing.






Photo: I suppose they could have made this stage more pancake flat had they tried.
PodiumCafe: Finally! A straightforward sprint stage!














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