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July  2013
July 13, 2013





Photo: 2013 Tour de France Stage Live Online Coverage Guide .
CyclingFans:  Sunday's Tour de France Stage 15 departs Givors at 10:35am CET (4:35am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Mont Ventoux at around 5:18pm CET (11:18am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).





Photo: Andy Schleck (Team Radioshack Leopard).
CyclingNews: Radioshack Leopard confident before Bastille Day.







Photo: Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) can't believe he's just won a stage of the Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Breakaway goes to the line in Lyon.





Photo: Today was one of those days that seems to happen once or twice in each year’s Tour de France.
road.cc: Also, Pierre Rolland and Chris Froome look forward to tomorrow's climb of Mont Ventoux... Daniel Lloyd has the video preview.





Photo: Chris Froome fueling up for the anticipated attacks on Mont Ventoux. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Emperor Froome need not fear a rebel alliance: There are too many factions.





Photo: It's impossible for 180 riders to all cross the line simultaneously.
BikeRadar: Why do so many riders have the same finish time? They can't all cross the line together surely?





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






Photo: Skitterish onroad conditions, coupled with imminent pain to be wrought by the towering pea.
CyclingIQ: By way of a monstrous 34.8km climb from 2’739m to 4’117m, Continental Team Astana’s Yevgeniy Nepomnyachshiy realized his first stage win in a UCI professional event.





Photo: Marathon world champion Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjaa (Norway).
CyclingNews: First time on a downhill bike for skills training.





Photo: road.cc news.
road.cc: Now a 7km journey takes half as long as by car or bus, and cyclist numbers have quintupled 






Photo: Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) won a hard-fought stage 13.
CyclingNews: Yellow jersey wearer Froome loses 1:09.






Photo: Reassuringly, with 205 kilometres ahead of the peloton, today’s forecasted weather was a significant upgrade from yesterday’s dousing. Clipping in at 3’125m elevatio.
CyclingIQ: Robert Förster (United Healthcare Pro Cycling) was first to descend from the great heights.





Photo: Greg Henderson.
VeloNation: Team continues to solidify around Andre Greipel, de Clercq also looking to possible GC goals.






Photo: Marcel Kittel beat Mark Cavendish in a one-on-one drag race to win stage 12.
RCUK: Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) believes Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano) is “the next big superstar in sprinting” after watching the German claim his third stage of the 100th Tour de France.





Photo: Juan Antonio Flecha rides in the break on Stage 12 of the Tour de France. (Getty Images).
SBS: To reach the start line of the Tour de France – currently underway – is an incredible feat in itself for any professional cyclist. It is the culmination of years of dedicated training and competition. So, how is a training plan structured to prepare for Le Tour?





Photo: Human Powered Helicopter.
road.cc: Four-rotor chopper gets off the ground and stays there long enough to nab cash.





Photo: Use the QR codes attached to each part or box that will take you right to the instructions – a smart use of QR codes!
BikeRumor: "When SRAM introduced the new Red 22 Hydro R groups, I think it’s safe to say the disc brake stole the show."







Photo: Three Cat 4 climbs in the first 50 kms.
PodiumCafe: The Ventoux stage is perhaps the most straightforward of the remaining challenges as the riders face a long fairly simple approach to the final climb of the Giant of Provence.








Photo: Andrew Talansky and David Millar represented Garmin among the escapees. Photo: Graham Watson .
VeloNews: There are those who are happy to compete and be part of the conversation near the end of the race. And then there are those who expect to win, and are disappointed with third place in a maiden Tour de France.





Photo: 23 year old Polish rider Michal Kwiatkowski.
PodiumCafe: With almost unmatched versatility, Michal Kwiatkowski is a rider to watch for the future. Nay, he is a rider to watch for the present..





Photo: Nairo Quintana Rojas attacks on stage 8. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Nairo Quintana sat on the steps of the Movistar bus Saturday morning, answering questions before a wall of microphones.





Photo: German sprinting sensation Marcel Kittel (Argos-Shimano).
CyclingNews: Sergeant unhappy with Greipel, thieves strike and more...





Photo: Dan Martin also believes that there is a chance.
VeloNation: “Those guys had a really hard ride…I felt really fresh at the finish, really good.”





Photo: Christopher Froome (Sky) takes a drink.
CyclingNews: Last two climbs feature tricky, fast descents.






Photo: The RusVelo jersey Photo credit © RusVelo.
CyclingNews: Further sanction to be decided this week.





Photo: Sean Yates, Sky, Tour de France 2011 press conference.
CyclingWeekly: Sky's slip-up yesterday in the Tour de France, where Chris Froome lost one minute in the wind-swept stage to Saint-Amand-Montrond, seems more a case of legs than tactics.






Photo: Despite having nearly his entire Movistar team to assist him, Alejandro Valverde never caught back to the yellow jersey group after a wheel change and saw his overall podium hopes disappear.
CyclingNews: Spaniard loses ten minutes after breaking wheel.






Photo: Marianne Vos is among the top female riders in the world pushing for Tour de France owner ASO to include a women's race. Photo: Nicola Ianuale | Photo Ianuale.
DougReport:Several of pro cycling’s top women, including multiple-discipline world champion Marianne Vos and Emma Pooley, as well as Ironman champion Chrissie Wellington, have sent a letter and online petition to Tour de France boss Christian Prudhomme, asking him to include women in the race, starting in 2014.VeloNews:





Photo: Pat McQuaid Simon MacMichael.jpg
road.cc: “It was done with the best interests."






Photo: Four time winner of the Tour de France’s green jersey Sean Kelly.
VeloNation: “Cavendish is desperate for stages. There will be a real drive today by his team to get a stage win with him.”





Photo: Will Chris Froome score a blow-out victory?
Peloton: With the toughest part of the three weeks still to come, the big question at this 100th Tour de France is: Will Chris Froome score a blow-out victory, or will he (or more critically his team) blow up and allow one of his many rivals to challenge for the yellow jersey?





Photo: Berlin mixes businesses and residential spaces even more than most German towns.
Off The Beaten Path: "I love Berlin, especially the neighborhoods away from the tourist bustle. It’s so down-to-earth and accessible."






















Photo: Lance Armstrong (in third place), Alberto Contador (in yellow) and Andy Schleck (leading) head up the famed Ventoux in 2009, when the latter was victorious..
StickyBottle: Tomorrow’s stage of the Tour de France will see the riders tackle one of the most iconic climbs in the race, Mont Ventoux.





Photo: David Millar MSR 2012 © Simon MacMichael.
road.cc: Organizers ASO enlist help of teams' and riders' social media channels to help get safety message across.





Photo: Five-time Tour winner Hinault now works to help organize the race. (James Startt).
Bicycling: Bernard Hinault reflects on the arrival of American cycling, the meaning of happiness, and what really happened during the fabled Tour of 1986.






Photo: Steep lower slopes give way to wind-blasted, barren upper reaches on Mont Ventoux. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com
Mont Ventoux rises 1598 meters in 20.8km, towering over the Provence region and the GC of the 100th Tour. Map: ASO.
VeloNews: It rises alone, its greatness unencumbered by company, like an enormous ship at sea.





Photo: Look for more successful escapes like the one that saw Matteo Trentin win on Saturday. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
VeloNews: The Tour de France closed its second week on Saturday in Lyon with its first successful breakaway. It was not easy this year with three sprint teams, a team for Peter Sagan, and the GC race to consider.






Photo: Cadel Evans. (Getty Images).
SBS: Cadel Evans moved up two places in the overall classification on Stage 13 of the Tour de France, but was happy to simply not concede ground on a day that saw Alejandro Valverde lose more than 10 minutes, and slip out of the race's top-10.





Photo: Full carbon rims with unique brake track placement and internal heat disbursement chamber, all covered by a three year warranty.
BikeRumor: Developed and built in Calgary, Alberta (Canada), Energy Labs aero road bike wheels use a few interesting and unique designs and build techniques to bring things in at an affordable price.





Photo: E-Case Waterproof Mobile Phone Case..
road.cc: The E-Case Waterproof Mobile Phone Case might look like your protractor and compasses should be inside it, but it's actually a gem of a phone protector.




















Photo: Ian Stannard tried to get Chris Froome across to the front echelon on Friday, but the overall leader was boxed in. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
VeloNews: Geraint Thomas spun slowly on the trainer, staring down at his top tube. Ian Stannard was soon joined him, taking long sips from a bottle. No one, not even the press, said a word.






Photo: Brian Cookson (copright Britishcycling.org.uk).
road.cc: "First of all I’m a bikie," says British Cycling's top man.





Photo: Mangeas, 64, is “a symbol of the Tour,” says race director Christian Prudhomme. (James Startt).
Bicycling: Ever-enthusiastic Daniel Mangeas began announcing the race in 1974.






Photo: Russian Pro Continental team Rusvelo.
VeloNation: Solomennikov, Maikin and Ovechkin provide positive A samples for unnamed substance.





Photo: Tejay van Garderen (BMC) had a tough day yesterday. Will he bounce back on the road to Bagnčres-de-Bigorre .
CyclingNews: Night and day compared with last year.





Photo: Devinci Leo SL 01.
road.cc: 16.8lb of finely honed carbon beauty from Canada.






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