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July  2013
July 23, 2013



Photo: Andy and Fränk Schleck will be back together, in Trek colors, in 2014. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Andy and Fränk Schleck will reunite under the same team banner in 2014 after Trek Bicycle announced the signing of both riders on Tuesday. The Wisconsin-based bike brand purchased the WorldTour racing license of the RadioShack-Leopard team earlier this season and is building the roster for its debut season.





Photo: 2013 Tour de l'Abitibi Desjardins winner Brendan Rhim on the top step of the podium along with the other classification winners.
CyclingNews: US rider wins North America's premier stage race for juniors.





Photo: Kenny Dehaes (Lotto Belisol) sprinted to his third victory of the season at Belgium's Halle-Ingooigem one-day event..
CyclingNews: Kolobnev remains in Tour de Wallonie leader's jersey.





Photo: Live streaming video: 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
CyclingFans: The 2013 Tour de Wallonie is being held from July 20-24.  Only the final 3 stages (Monday to Wednesday) are being broadcast live on television.  There should once again be live streams at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern) each day.





Photo: Perfect partnership: Michelle Round and Chris Froome make for a winning team .
The Telegraph: As she watched her fiancé, Chris Froome, pedal his way to glory in the Tour de France over the past few weeks, Michelle Cound was rather alarmed at how excited she was becoming.






Photo: My journey has been an extraordinary adventure.
UCI: Kenya, South Africa, Great Britain and … Switzerland. That's right, from April to September 2007, Christopher Froome, aged 22, was a trainee at the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle.





Races & Results.
Tour de Wallonie - July 20-24 (Stages & Results),
Tour de Pologne - July 27-Aug 3 (Stages),
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 19-25 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages & Results),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Races),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results)





Photo: Bradley Wiggins (Getty Images).
SBS: Bradley Wiggins (Sky) is aiming to end his season on a high a the UCI Road World Championships in Florence, in September, when he lines up for the British National team in the individual time trial.







Photo: Bradley Wiggins and Chris Froome finished 1-2 at the 2012 Tour de France. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Sky boss Dave Brailsford would love to see the last two Tour de France winners Chris Froome and Bradley Wiggins lining up together when the race heads to Great Britain next year.





Photo: Center stage, but not yet the star of the show, Richie Porte leads Chris Froome to the first of what could be many Tour triumphs. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
VeloNews: It is a tale that’s been told several times over, but the Tour de France, ever cinematic, never fails to rewrite the ending.





Photo: Power to the pedal: Garmin has boasted the benefits of a pedal-based power meter for literally years now, but has been unable to deliver thus far.
BikeRadar: It has been an arduous process for those holding out for the highly anticipated Garmin Vector pedal-based power meter.





Photo: Kristin Mcgrath (Exergy) salutes a fallen friend as she wins the overall in Bend.
CyclingNews: Rosskopf, Miller claim final stage wins.





Photo: Van Avermaet wins.
VeloNation: Kolobnev maintains overall lead as BMC Belgian gets first season victory.


















Photo: Wednesday sees the French Senate unveil its report into doping in sport.
InnerRing: Over the last six months several politicians from France’s upper house of parliament have been enquiring into doping in sport with the particular brief of exploring “the efficiency of the anti-doping struggle.”






Photo: Tour de France chief Jean-Etienne Amaury makes his speech.
CyclingNews: Petition nears 70,000 signatures.





Photo: The Colombia team at the start of Roma Maxima.
CyclingNews: Team looks for success in opening mountain stages.





Photo: stars of the Tour de France command big appearance fees, some can collect €50,000. Not bad for an evening’s work.
InnerRing: With the Tour de France over the post-Tour criterium season begins. These are exhibition races put on by entrepreneurial race organisers who seek to capitalise on the high profile of the sport following July.





Photo: When Mark Cavendish wins, he always gives his teammates their proper thanks. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Obviously, he runs hot. Most sprinters seem to. At least the good ones. And obviously, Mark Cavendish is a good one.





Photo: Time for a celebratory drink. Chris Froome (Sky) has a traditional glass of champage en route to Paris.
CyclingNews: The 100th Tour has left us hungry for more.





Photo: Pushing the pedals... Cyclists do it around 90 times a minute, so you'd expect them to be pretty good at it right? (Getty Images).
SBS: "Professional cyclists, such as those riding in this year’s Tour de France, have repeated the same circular pedalling action countless times. But does this mean they’ve developed a more effective pedalling action? It should."





Photo: Video: Victoria Pendleton speaking about women’s cycling.
BikeRadar: Track star Victoria Pendleton has urged women who want to get into road cycling to join a club or find a group of cyclists to ride with, as a way to further their enjoyment of the sport.





Photo: It’s easy to mistake a little dehydration for hunger..
Bicycling: Researchers estimate that you make more than 200 food decisions each day. That’s 200 chances to to tip the scale in your favor. Here are 10 fast diet tips that will keep the pounds coming off.





Photo: For 2014 Kona have expanded their range with a new entry-level carbon road bike and an aluminium model, plus there's the Rove Ti gravel racer/do-everything bike.
road.cc: New entry-level carbon and alloy road bikes, an updated carbon CX model and the Rove Ti gravel grinder debuts.





Photo: racers will appreciate it's low weight (a hair over 20 lbs) and the efficiency a rigid bike will offer on smoother trails and certain race situations (e.g. the ultimate short-track bike?).
MBAction: The 2013 Specialized Stumpjumper Expert Carbon Evo R 29 is a purpose-built cross-country race bike.





Photo: http://www.dirtragmag.com/userfiles/lynskeymt650-2.jpg.
DirtRag: Don't call it a comeback. Titanium bikes never went away.





Photo: Tour de France podium (l-r) Nairo Quintana, Chris Froome, Joaquim Rodriguez (Getty Images).
SBS: Chris Froome's Tour de France victory has propelled him to the top of the UCI WorldTour rankings.























Photo: Jan Ullrich and Bobby Julich have each previously confessed to EPO use and will be named in a report on Wednesday as having retroactively tested positive at the 1998 Tour de France. Photo: Graham Watson .
VeloNews: Italian Marco Pantani, Germany’s Jan Ullrich, and American Bobby Julich — the top three during the 1998 Tour de France — were all taking the banned blood booster EPO, according to reports published by French daily Le Monde on Tuesday.





Photo: Marco Pantani, Jan Ullrich and Bobby Julich on the podium at the end of the 1998 Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Commission expected to name riders caught for EPO in retroactive testing.





Photo: In this Monday, July 22, 2013 photo, Lance Armstrong, left foreground, rides through Gutherie Center, Ia., during the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Rid.
Yahoo!Sports: Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong says fellow riders have been generally supportive of him this week during an annual bike ride across the U.S. state of Iowa.





Photo: Chris Froome at the TDF 2013 launch © Simon MacMichael.
road.cc: Tour de France winner on doping controls & African yellow jerseys.





Photo: Geraint Thomas rode almost the entire Tour de France with a broken pelvis. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Geraint Thomas’ face was dripping sweat and water, while Peter Kennaugh was smiling as wide as his cheeks would allow.







Photo: Gerald Ciolek (MTN - Qhubeka) wins Milan-San Remo: VeloNation photo.
CyclingNews: German sprinters happy at Argos-Shimano and MTN-Qhubeka.





Photo: When I personally think of female road cyclists, a number of (mostly retired) rider’s names immediately spring to mind: Jeannie Longo, Sarah Ulmer, Sungeun Gu, Bridie O’Donnell.
CyclingIQ: "Team SKY, Lotto Belisol, BMC Racing Team, Garmin Sharp, ORICA-GreenEDGE; a small selection of the 19 men’s professional road cycling teams. How many women’s teams come to mind? How about female pro cyclists?"





Photo: A thinning peloton snakes up Alpe d’Huez last Thursday led by Team Sky. Sunday Times journalist David Walsh and fellow Irishman Dr Alan Farrell, who works as Team Sky’s doctor, have painted a picture of abuse directed at the team on the climb. And both have said some Irish fans were among those involved.
StickyBottle: Riders and officials from Team Sky were abused on Alpe d’Huez during last Thursday’s stage of the Tour de France and Irish fans were involved in some of the abuse, a report in The Sunday Times has alleged.





Photo: David Lopez averaged 360 watts during the first ascent of Alpe d'Huez in stage 18. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: "Let’s compare his data from the two epic mountain stages of the Tour, stages 18 and 19."





Photo: Stephen Huntley takes a calculated look at speed and braking distances.
stay-or-go.
RideOn: Will you make it across that intersection? Past that rider? Avoid that car door?





Photo: This week, Lennard Zinn answers reader questions on tubeless tires.Material is added near the spoke holes for added strength. Photo: Caley Fretz.
Lennard Zinn: "With more riders adopting road tubeless wheels and cyclocross season just around the corner, we’ve seen a number of questions related to tubeless set-up come in lately."


















Photo: Brian Cookson (copright Britishcycling.org.uk).
road.cc: UCI presidential contender vision to keep cycling honest.
























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