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SteepHill: Stage 14 start time: Saturday 13:20 CEST (4:20 AM PDT);
Earliest live video: 16:00 CEST (7:00 AM PDT);
Approximate finish: 17:40 CEST (8:40 AM PDT).

CyclingNews: USA Cycling finalized its team for the upcoming 2012 UCI Road World Championships in Limburg, Netherlands, an event which will hold championship races for elite and under-23 men, elite women and juniors for the first time together, from September 16-23.

VeloNews: If this Vuelta a España hasn’t been exciting enough, three brutal climbing stages this weekend will spice things up even more in what should be a thrilling GC battle up some of Spain’s steepest climbs.

SBS: Cummings ran the gauntlet in the finale to Stage 13 of La Vuelta a España which saw a break of seven riders, including the Brit defy the peloton controlled by Argos-Shimano.

SBS: Inclement weather forced organisers to alter the route for safety reasons with the 2000 metres climb up the Col de la Madeleine a casualty.

VeloNation: Polish rider escapes the breakaway into iconic hilltop city.

VeloNation: First race lead for Belgian champ.

Races & Results.
Vuelta a España - August 18 - September 9 (Stages & Results),
Giro Toscana Femminile - August 29 - September 2 (Stages & Results),
Tour de l'Avenir - August 16 - September 1 (Stages & Results),
USA Pro Cycling Challenge - August 20 - 26 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Denmark - August 22 - 26 (Stages & Results),
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CyclingNews: “We are not allowed to say much,” Norwegian says.

CyclingFans: Friday's World Ports Classic Stage 1 gets underway at 10:55am CET (4:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to finish at around 3:44pm CET (9:44am U.S. Eastern).  World Ports Classic live streaming video should get underway at around *2:00pm CET (*8:00am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingFans: Friday's Vuelta a Espana Stage 13 departs Santiago de Compostela at 1:20pm CET (7:20am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Ferrol at around 5:40pm CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

BikeHugger: Since Lance’s USADA non-concession concession, how he did it articles have been posted. Now Tyler’s book goes into gruesome details, including what happened when he transfused a bag of dead blood cells.

CyclingNews: Bjarne Riis has denied introducing Tyler Hamilton to Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes, as the American has described in his soon-to-be-published book. Riis said that he does not know the Spanish doctor.

Peloton: Despite racing through the most doping-addled period in cycling history, he maintained his schoolboy-like shyness and ready smile. Unlike many high-profile pro athletes, Hincapie went out of his way to be nice to the media.

Miller explains why, in 1965, he was inspired to step away from his role in organizing steelworkers to lead pro athletes.

BikeRadar: While everyone involved in bringing products to the Eurobike trade show has the best of intentions, you can't account for all tastes.

RBAction: "We’d be willing to shell out our $2000 for either bike, and we’d come away with a great purchase. But, the Cannondale CAAD10 is our first choice."

CyclingNews: The USA’s promising new young stage racer Andrew Talansky (Garmin-Sharp) continues to impress in the second Grand Tour of his career, lying comfortably in the top ten overall of the Vuelta a España after nearly two weeks of racing.

road.cc: Italian brand hide Campagnolo battery inside the frame.

VeloNation: Veteran broadcaster faulted after comments on South African talk show.

VeloNation: Luxembourg rider had been out of action for nearly three months.

InnerRing: French rider Laurent Fignon died two years ago today.The photo is from 1982. Fignon is in his first season as a pro and has already impressed. He won the Criterium International and played a big part in helping fellow Renault rider Bernard Hinault win the Giro d’Italia.

SingleTrack: In the last year Joe has shocked the peloton as he demolished race after race, but his biggest win was the breakthrough at the amateur Giro d’Italia, often called the Baby Giro.

VeloNation: Red now fits 32 sprocket, World’s fastest disc, cool summer threads and upgraded saddles.

road.cc: Felt has updated the Z2 for 2013. It's a much smoother and sleeker looking frame with a revised carbon layup to make it stiffer laterally while still retaining the comfort it provides over the racer F series.

TwistedSpoke: “Clearly, the early-onset Alzheimers is hitting you pretty hard. If you can’t put two coherent sentences together, keep your damn mouth shut.”

Cyclismas: With four stage victories to his credit, the hottest thing on two wheels at the Vuelta Espana so far has been Team Argos-Shimano über sprinter John Degenkolb, but off the bike it seems he’s also reportedly developing another reputation amongst his female fan base.

NBC: Tyler Hamilton says Lance Armstrong gave him an illegal blood booster at his house before the 1999 Tour de France and the two teammates compared notes on using performance enhancing drugs as far back as 1998.