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July  2013
July 14, 2013




Photo: 2013 Tour de France Stage Live Online Coverage Guide .
CyclingFans:  Monday is the second and final rest day at the Tour de France.  The Tour resumes Tuesday with Stage 16.






Photo: Chris Froome (Sky) makes history, winning atop Mont Ventoux and extending his overall lead.
CyclingNews: Sky inflicts more damage on the Giant of Provence.





Races & Results.
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (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: Richie Porte, Froome's final pacemaker, works to split the GC group. Photo: Graham Watson .
VeloNews: Richie Porte helped send Sky captain Chris Froome off to victory on Sunday’s stage to Mont Ventoux, underlining his own star status and showing that last Sunday’s collapse was just an off day.





Photo: Team Sky’s Chris Froome got back the time he lost on Friday’s crazy wind-battered stage .
road.cc: Froome extends race lead; his thoughts + those of Brailsford, Mollema, Contador, Quintana and Sagan.





Photo: Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff).
CyclingNews: Spaniard not expecting alliances in Tour de France stage.





Photo: Tejay van Garderen showed determination in chasing a stage victory</a> on yesterday’s fourteenth stage.
VeloNation: Believes team-mate Evans could still finish in the top five of Tour de France.





Photo: No, not really, but we do often share hotels.
Blazin'Saddles: Chris Froome was asked by a Sky TV reporter if he had spoken to Alberto Contador since his rival stole back more than a minute with a timely attack in the crosswinds on Friday. "Yes, we're sharing a room at the moment," Froome answered...





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?






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: When Chris Froome decided to go, Alberto Contador could not follow. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Alberto Contador waved the white flag Sunday after Chris Froome dropped him midway up the Tour de France’s most famous mountain.





Photo: Evans and BMC done in by Ventoux.
VeloNation: Gilbert and Morabito pace home team leader 8’46” down; Evans candid after tiring day.






Photo: Colombia's Nairo Quintana, 23 year-old made another remarkable solo burst.
Peloton: Colombia's Nairo Quintana remains in contention to win two jerseys on his debut Tour de France after proving to be the only rider capable of even trying to keep up with Chris Froome on the climb of Mont Ventoux.





Photo: Stage winner Rui Costa (Movistar).
CyclingNews: Movistar rider leading fan mail statistics.







Photo: the climb to the top of Mont Ventoux will be crucial for Chris Froome.
VeloNation: Race leader gunning to take more time out of Mollema and Contador.





Photo: Emma Pooley in London 2012 TT (copyright www.britishcycling.org.uk).
road.cc: Does cycling’s institutional sexism mean women will never make it in pro racing? Asks Sarah Barth.





Photo: A look at the crisis management skills of Team Sky supremo Dave Brailsford.
PodiumCafe: How Dave Brailsford Reinvented The Wheel.





Photo: Dominique Annet DailyMotion still (France 3 Haute Normandie).
road.cc: Three videos giving a light-hearted look at cycling's biggest race.





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: Greg LeMond on the podium with stage 15 winner Chris Froome (Sky) on Mont Ventoux.
CyclingNews: Sky reminiscent of Renault-Elf, says three-time Tour winner.






Photo: Tour de France leader Chris Froome won the legendary climb on Mount Ventoux (AAP).
SBS: Chris Froome stamped his authority of the 100th edition of the Tour de France with a dominant ride on Mount Ventoux.






Photo: Froome soon found himself in a front duo with Quintana.
PodiumCafe: After a rough week for race-leader Chris Froome he came back with a vengeance to grab the stage and more time on General Classification on the mythical Mont Ventoux.







Photo: Contador not conceding.
VeloNation: “There’s really not much more you can say.”






Photo: Bauke Mollema (Belkin) suffered but maintained.
VeloNation: Dutchman holds second place overall thanks to long pulls from team-mate Ten Dam.





Photo: The top of the Mont Ventoux is exposed, often windy and barren.
CyclingNews: A new record time on Mont Ventoux?





Photo: Less than three months after he retired from the sport, Alessandro Petacchi has been confirmed as returning to professional cycling.
VeloNation: Italian will sign with Omega Pharma Quick Step, team says it has verbal agreement with Rigoberto Uran.





Photo: Robert Millar is a contributor to The Shoe Drying Kit from Vulpine and the Newspaper Club.
RCUK: If you fancy reading the thoughts of Robert Millar while stuffing newspaper into your cycling shoes to dry them after a day of wet weather riding, look no further.











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.












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