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July  2013
July 9, 2013




Photo: 2013 Tour de France Stage 2 Live Online Coverage Guide .
CyclingFans: Wednesday's Tour de France Stage 11, a 33km Individual Time Trial from Avranches to Mont-Saint-Michel, gets underway at 10:28am CET (4:28am U.S. Eastern).  Start Order and Times here.  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).






Photo: Chris Froome, Time Trial, Team Sky, Pinarello.
CyclingWeekly: The Tour de France's riders face their first individual time trial tomorrow to Mont-Saint-Michel, a stage that could be just as decisive as the mountain days last weekend.








Photo: British champion Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) during stage 9.
CyclingNews: Manxman keeps third place after Veelers crash.





Photo: Mark Cavendish and Mark Renshaw (HTC-Highroad) have built up a wonderful understanding over the past three seasons.
CyclingNews: Australian ace to be reunited with Cavendish.





Photo: Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank) also lost time to Chris Froome during stage 8.
CyclingNews: Spaniard lost almost three minutes to Froome in Dauphiné TT.






Photo: Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) won stage 1 in a sprint.
CyclingNews: Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) won his second stage of the Tour de France in Saint-Malo in a rapid bunch sprint after the 197km stage.





Photo: Sponsor a pro team and it can blow up in your face with a doping scandal.
InnerRing: Cycling represents great value for a sponsor. You’ve probably seen the news that a sponsor can get big publicity for a modest outlay, a big return for a small investment. What’s not to like?





Photo: Working on the Tour de France for Skoda, Stephen Roche said with Dan Martin capable of doing so much damage in the next two weeks, he will be watched very closely by the overall contenders.
StickyBottle: Former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche believes his nephew Dan Martin will find himself a marked man in the peloton after his victory in Sunday’s dramatic stage nine to Bagneres-de-Bigorre.





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)





Photo: Less than 24 hours after being chilled to the core in yesterday’s second stage, fine weather this morning permitted riders to don summer attire.
CyclingIQ: In May 2011, Mirsamad Pourseyedi Golakhor was handed a 2 year suspension after testing positive for EPO. Today in Qinghai Province, China, the Tabriz Petrochemical Team rider made a triumphant return to the peloton, following the type of gruelling breakaway Iranian riders are famous for.





Photo: The bridgeless seat stays ride noticeably smoothly.
BikeRadar verdict: "TBD pending longer-term testing and test bike evaluation from Trek."





Photo: They certainly are not cheap at $100.
Elcyclista: No reason for your workbench to not look as good as your bike now.






Photo: Andre Greipel. I think the peloton will be incentivized to chase.
PodiumCafe: Time to find out if the Green Jersey is still being contested.





Photo: Pro PLT stem.
road.cc: The PRO PLT Stem, from Shimano's division of parts that aren't brakes, gears and wheels, is a decently-priced high-performance stem at a low weight.






Photo: Mara Abbott found herself and her way back to the sport. On Sunday, she found the top step of the Giro's podium for the second time in her career. Photo: Brad Kaminski.
VeloNews: Mara Abbott’s career trajectory would have appeared perfect to those none the wiser. But things seldom appear as they really are, especially in professional sports.







Photo: Garmin-Sharp chief Jonathan Vaughters.
VeloNation: Garmin-Sharp chief talks Tour de France tactics, Martin’s potential and more.





Photo: Team USA celebrating Mara Abbott's Giro won.
PodiumCafe: And so the Giro Rosa is over for another year... Such brilliant racing and excellent times.





Photo: Andy Schleck and Luca Guercilena (Radioshack - Leopard).
CyclingNews: Voigt and Horner also on list of possible signings.






Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid asked the media this week to stop questioning riders about doping. Photo: Mark Johnson | Ironstring.
VeloNews: Just let it go. There’s nothing to see here. Move along.





Photo: Richie Porte (Sky) finished second to teammate Chris Froome on the Tour's first day in the Pyrenees.
Richie Porte: Reflections on the first nine stages.





Photo: Marcel Kittel of Argos-Shimano has become the first man to win two stages.
road.cc: Sagan relieved at missing finish line chute, Froome praises Stannard's workrate.





Photo: Dutchmen Bauke Mollema and Laurens Ten Dam are third and fourth overall, respectively, on the eve of the 100th Tour's first individual time trial. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Bauke Mollema (Belkin) finds himself in a surprising position, third overall after 10 days of racing at the Tour de France.






Photo: Team Euskaltel wating for the start.
CyclingNews: Euskaltel-Euskadi, the third longest surviving professional team in existence, has 45 days to find a new sponsor or will disappear at the end of the 2013.





Photo: Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha).
CyclingNews: Joaqium Rodríguez (Katusha) sits just inside the Tour de France's top-10 and spent the rest day in a positive mood despite a performance in the Pyrenees that he found personally disappointing.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins leading the 2012 Tour de France.
CyclingWeekly: You can't help but have noticed those ‘weird' chainrings on some pro riders' bikes in the past couple of years.





Photo: From Far and Near.
Bicycling: Stages 4 through 9 brought high speeds, hot temperatures, steep climbs, and three new race leaders. Here are some of the highlights.





Photo: Mark Cavendish celebrates Tour stage win #24.
CyclingNews: Hesjedal says sorry, Corti on Froome, Hoogerland the daddy.






Photo: Tour de France 2013: BMC Racing Team's Cadel Evans.
NeilBrowne: We're only a third completed and the grande boucle has already given us a roller coaster ride.







Photo: Sky were put to the test on Sunday's second day in the Pyrenees.
Peloton: Team Sky said they are ready to adapt their strategy for the remainder of the Tour de France after the "war" of stage nine shook up race leader Chris Froome.





CyclingNews: Sky manager on Pyrenees and doping questions.








Photo: Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong (Getty Images).
SBS: A judge had allowed an insurance company to sue Lance Armstrong over millions of dollars in bonuses refusing the cyclist's's request to dismiss the case.





















Photo: Tom Veelers crashed hard on Tuesday in Saint Malo after making contact with Mark Cavendish. Video still courtesy ASO.
VeloNews: There’s never, ever, a dull moment at the Tour de France. 





Photo: Sir Dave Brailsford (copyright otbphoto via Flickr).
road.cc: “The whole thing is my responsibility... I should not have done it,” says Sky boss.





Photo: If all goes as expected on Wednesday, Chris Froome will emerge from the Tour's second time trial with a larger advantage than he holds tonight. Photo: BrakeThrough Media.
VeloNews: Chris Froome’s grip on the Tour de France’s yellow jersey is expected to be even tighter by the end of Wednesday’s decisive 33km individual time trial from Avranches to Le Mont-Saint-Michel.






Photo: Marcel Kittel wins, Tour de France 2013 stage one.
CyclingWeekly: After winning the opening stage and spending day in the yellow jersey of race leader, Marcel Kittel's remaining wish at the 2013 Tour de France was the opportunity to earn his stripes against the best sprinters in the world.





Photo: Philippe Gilbert, the reigning world champon, has yet to win a race in 2013. Photo: Graham Watson .
VeloNews: The Belgian 2012 Liège–Bastogne–Liège winner extended through 2016 with the American team.





Photo: Andy Schleck believes a Tour de France stage win could be possible .
VeloNation: RadioShack Leopard rider accepts podium could be an outside possibility.





Photo: Dr. Prentice Steffen began working with cyclists when he was a medical student in the ’80s. .
Bicycling: Use these tips from Garmin-Sharp’s team doctor to recover faster after an accident.





Photo: Blog by Moto 514, Luke Evans, the driver of CW photographer Graham Watson's motorbike at the 2013 Tour de France .
CyclingWeekly: There are 16 motorbikes on the Tour working with stills photographers. That's a few more than other big races but those green stickers give unprecedented access and are hard to come by.





Photo: The Katusha team time triallists in action during the 2013 Tour de France.
BikeRadar: Katusha team coach Sebastian Weber about how the squad prepares for one of the toughest disciplines in cycling. 





Photo: If you're looking to upgrade to a better-performing cogset, the SRAM Red WiFli is a solid option. Photo: Nick Legan.
VeloNews: Tubeless tires often require more leverage getting the bead over the rim than many plastic or metal core tire levers can handle.





Photo: Lapierre Xelius 800, model year 2014, pic: Timothy John, ©Factory Media.
RCUK: "The chassis of the Ultimate and the 800 differ only in the carbon lay-up, and while this can be as significant as changing the ingredients in a recipe, it’s fair to say we didn’t complete our test ride feeling  fobbed off with an inferior machine."































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