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July  2013
July 7, 2013




Photo: 2013 Tour de France Stage 2 Live Online Coverage Guide .
CyclingFans: Monday is a rest day at the Tour de France.  The race resumes Tuesday with Stage 10.





Photo: Tejay van Garderen (BMC) had a tough day yesterday. Will he bounce back on the road to Bagnères-de-Bigorre .
CyclingNews: Crashes in the opening first week have been contributing factors but van Garderen is still unsure as to how and why his form as deserted him at the Tour.







Photo: Richie Porte (Sky) dropped out of the Tour's general classification picture after losing nearly 18 minutes on stage 9.
CyclingNews: Team Sky rider determined to bounce back after losing 18 minutes.





Photo: Best young rider Nairo Quintana (Movistar).
CyclingNews: Movistar isolate Froome and show their strength in numbers.












Photo: Giro Rosa stage 8 podium (L-R): Evelyn Stevens, Eleonora Van Dijk and Shara Gillow - CyclingTips .
CyclingNews: Van Dijk takes out final time trial.





Photo: Former U.S. champion Robin Farina is leading an effort to organize women's racing in the United States.
VeloNews: After the Philadelphia Cycling Classic in early June, a dozen women from the top teams in the U.S. met to begin what they hope will be a long-term project to raise the profile of their sport.





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 España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Races),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results)







Chris Froome (Sky) soloed to victory at Ax 3 Domaines and took over the Tour de France lead on the first day in the Pyrenees.
CyclingNews: It's looking like the race could be over, says Irishman.








Photo: Chris Froome (Team Sky) on the final climb.
CyclingNews: Sky rider takes over the race lead in Pyrenees.





Photo: Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack Leopard) powers to victory in the stage 7 time trial at the Tour of Austria.
CyclingNews: Zoidl takes over race lead from Seeldraeyers









Photo: Dan Martin (Garmin-Sharp) took his first victory in the Tour de France.
VeloNation: Maillot Jaune weathers the storm as Movistar gets its revenge on Team Sky.





Photo: It was a crazy start to the day and no one helped create the crazy more than Garmin-Sharp .
PodiumCafe: How do you sum up brilliant stages late on a Sunday night.? Well you can't really but you can always look at the pretty pictures.






Photo: Rohan Dennis (Getty Images).
SBS: Rohan Dennis has ended his first Tour de France before the race's first rest day, a planned move designed to not overburden the first year professional.





Photo: Tour de France leader Chris Froome (Sky) had no teammates with him for much of stage 9.
CyclingNews: Team Sky looks to regroup after a difficult day in the Pyrenees.





Photo: The race was animated with an attack by two riders from China, Xue Cheng (Gan Su Sports Lottery Cycling Team) and Wu Sheng Jun (Qinghai Tianyoude Cycling Team).
CyclingIQ: If rain dampened spirits within the peloton, it didn’t show on the faces of Bardiani Valvole – CSF Inox riders, as they led out Sacha Modolo to perfection in today’s inaugural stage of the 12th Tour of Qinghai Lake.





Photo: Astana rider Jakob Fuglsang remains determined.
VeloNation: Team suggests he erred in trying to follow more explosive riders yesterday.





Photo: French hopeful Thibaut Pinot (FDJ) lost six minutes to stage 8 winner Chris Froome.
CyclingNews: Thibaut Pinot didn’t stop on the finishing line of Ax 3 Domaines to comment on his mediocre showing in the first mountain stage at the Tour de France but the feeling of devastation was visible on his face.





Photo: Sunday should be packed with action.
PodiumCafe: It's a quinella of Cat-1 peaks in Sunday's final Pyrenean stage, leading to a long descent.






Photo: Andrew Talansky (Garmin Sharp).
CyclingNews: Andrew Talansky came through the first mountain stage of the Tour de France relatively unscathed, finishing in a group containing Michael Rogers, Jakob Fuglsang and Garmin-Sharp teammate Daniel Martin.







Photo: Chris Froome says his victories will stand the test of time. CyclingNews.
VeloNews: Tour de France leader Chris Froome fired a broadside at a cycling generation tainted by doping scandals as he insisted he is racing “100 percent” clean at the world’s biggest and most notorious bike race.






















Photo: Pascale Schyns is the official Tour de France translator.
CyclingTips: “I resigned from the UCI at the end of 2011 because I was in total disagreement with Pat McQuaid’s politics, lack of transparency and his way of using cycling to make personal money.”





Photo: David Millar is adament there are no dirty secrets to Team Sky's success (Getty Images).
SBS: British rider David Millar on Sunday hit out at those who have cast doubt on the achievements of Chris Froome and Team Sky, insisting that the sport has changed greatly since the dark days of the last decade in which the US Postal team dominated the sport.





Photo: The Festina scandal provided a stark insight into the world of doping within the professional peloton.
CyclingNews: Richard Virenque hopes that every rider from the 1998 Festina team is included in the French Senate’s list of positive samples from that year's Tour de France.





Photo: Andy Schleck (RadioShack Leopard) near the finish in Ax 3 Domaines.
CyclingNews: Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) slid out of the battle for final overall victory at the Tour de France on Saturday’s first mountain stage to Ax 3 Domaines but the Luxembourger remained optimistic about his chances of making an impact later in the race.





Photo: Alberto Contador and Bjarne Riis address questions at the press conference in Murat.
CyclingNews: The Saxo-Tinkoff team owner and manager has kept a low profile this season and especially at the Tour de France. He strangely opted to miss the opening two stages in Corsica and then left the race after the team time trial in Nice.





Photo: Alejandro Valverde rode strategically during the 8th stage of the Tour de France (AAP).
SBS: Movistar came into the 2013 Tour de France with one of the best balanced squads in the peloton and hopes of placing Alejandro Valverde on the podium in Paris, and after Stage 8 its goal remains intact.





Photo: Slim tubes and tight angles create a rigid rear triangle.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Light and rigid, the Helium Team SL is accurate, eager and surprisingly comfortable."











Photo: Tejay van Garderen had a bad day on stage 8. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Tejay van Garderen (BMC) won’t be returning to the winner’s podium in this year’s Tour de France.






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