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August 1, 2013




Photo: Stage Profile.
CyclingFans | Thursday's Tour de Pologne Stage 5 departs Nowy Targ at 2:40pm CET (8:40am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Zakopane at around 6:45pm CET (12:45pm U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Pologne live streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm CET (11:30am U.S. Eastern).





Races & Results.
Tour de Pologne - July 27-Aug 3 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Denmark - July 31-Aug 4 (Stages & Results),
USA Pro Challenge - Aug 19-25 (Stages),
Vuelta a Espaņa - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Races),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results)





Photo: Jon Izaguirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) in yellow.
CyclingNews | Attentive racing nets crucial 10-second time bonus.





Photo: Colombia’s Atapuma is hounded out of Poland breakaway.
VeloNation | “This is not what sport is about,” says ProConti team manager.






Photo: Hushovd wins classic slow motion sprint.
VeloNation | BMC gets three in a row after Norwegian takes grueling drag race.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins (Sky) in action during stage 2 at the Tour of Poland.
CyclingNews | Bradley Wiggins (Sky) will race the Eneco Tour from August 11 to August 18 according to the Eneco Tour organizers on Thursday.





Photo: Stuart O'Grady remains a 'hero' to Australian sprinter Leigh Howard (Getty).
SBS |  Orica-GreenEDGE sprinter Leigh Howard has come to the defence of his beleaguered ex-team-mate and mentor Stuart O’Grady.





Photo: The Velominati Keepers Tours take in the Spring Classics, often with a former pro who sips from the same V chalice.
Paved | Velominati is a community of borderline crazy people who love cycling an unreasonable amount.





Photo: Road racing has an incredibly rich history.
CyclingTips | Amid all the doom and gloom it's important to reflect on just why we love this sport so much.





Photo: Time trial world champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) would finish the stage 17 mountain time trial in 27th place, more than three minutes behind Chris Froome.
CyclingNews | On the road and behind the scenes with the Belgian outfit.





Photo: With nearly 2,000 riders, the Whiskey is one of North America’s largest mountain bike races. (Devon Balet).
Sonya Looney | The Whiskey 50 promoters are expanding their race series, which just might make racing better for everyone.





Photo: CycleOps has dropped the price on its PowerTap G3 hub by $510. Photo: PowerTap.
VeloNews | CycleOps has dropped the price of its popular PowerTap G3 power meter hubs down to $789, from $1,299, effective immediately.





Photo: The retention cradle is dial operated and vertically adjustable.
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Quickly and easily adjusted but check sizing carefully."





Photo: Taylor Phinney (BMC) celebrates his victory in Tour of Poland.
CyclingNews | Ace chrono rider times solo attack to perfection.




















Photo: the candidate Pat McQuaid.
VeloNation | “The only person who will take advantage of an ‘anticipated’ modification of Article 51 of the UCI Constitution is undoubtedly…the candidate Pat McQuaid.”





Photo: Matti Breschel (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) won the stage in a bunch sprint ahead of teammate Marko Kump and Moreno Hofland (Team Belkin).
CyclingNews | Cort continues as race leader.






Photo: Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) won the 2012 edition but he is not back to defend.
CyclingFans | Live streaming video for the final hour of each stage is announced. Live streaming video: 3:45pm CET?  (Roughly the final hour of each stage).





Photo: Today is the start of the transfer season for pro cycling, at least in official terms.
InnerRing | It’s the time when deals to change teams can be signed but also the start of a nervous two months for lesser riders whose contract is up at the end of the year.






Photo: Jan Ullrich riding for T-Mobile (picture credit Heidas:Wikimedia Commons).jpg.
road.cc | German doper says American doper should be recorded as beating all the other dopers.






Photo: Team Astana team time trials.
CyclingNews | The Italian rider was banned for two years for a UCI Biological Passport violation and made his comeback with the Androni Giocattoli team in May 2012.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins is showing signs of turning things around.
VeloNation | Australian says Sky rider is turning things around: ‘He is starting to produce some nice numbers’.





Photo: Westra and Pellizotti ink deals.
VeloNation | Five riders have current contracts extended.





Photo: The women's models aren't simply cheaper, smaller, pinker versions of men's bikes: they are purpose-built and hit a full range of price points. Photo: Jake Orness.
VeloNews | Since its inception three years ago, Liv/giant has worked to raise its profile and has steadily increased its product offerings for women. Last week, Liv/giant introduced five new off-road models designed specifically for female riders.





Photo: overcomplicated design means they cost a fortune and weigh a ton. .
BikeRadar verdict: 2 out of 5 stars. "Sophisticated internal-clamp aero design but at a massive weight and wallet cost."





Photo: Motorex Carbon Grease.
road.cc | If your carbon parts are slipping, Motorex Carbon Grease will help keep them in place.





Photo: Jan Ullrich (Bianchi) dictates the pace for yellow jersey Lance Armstrong (US Postal) during the 2003 edition of the Tour.
CyclingNews | German does not want changes to roll of honor.

























Photo: Thor Hushovd (BMC) on the podium.
CyclingNews | Hushovd claims another victory with stage 5.






Photo: Chris Horner will return to racing next week at the Tour of Utah before embarking on a bid for the overall at the Vuelta a Espaņa. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews | First, he’ll race the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, but then he’s headed to the Vuelta a Espaņa, in search of a result in a year muted by the din of injury.







Photo: McQuaid and Bruyneel (copyright aerocha:Flickr).
road.cc | “I have not solicited this at all," says reigning UCI pres of proposed rule change.





Photo: Franco to Astana but when?.
TwistedSpoke | "Today we present two scofflaws: Astana’s head honcho Alexander Vinokourov and UCI president Patrick McQuaid."






Photo: Rigoberto Uran (Sky).
CyclingNews | Australian re-unites with sprinter Cavendish.





Photo: Laura Trott (Wiggle Honda) pulled on the best young rider's jersey.
CyclingNews | Suggests a one-day race in Paris or Alpe d'Huez.





Photo: Ride & handling: Outstanding geometry overshadows 650b wheels .
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Refined geometry and increased suspension travel outpace the components."





Photo: the famous Didi Senft, better known as the Devil, or El Diablo.
PEZ | "I had no idea before leaving for France that I would spend so much time with the caravan. It is such a huge part of the Tour experience."






Photo: SRAM will offer X01 level chainrings in the very common 104mm BCD pattern.
BikeRadar | Today SRAM unveiled complete details, including pricing and claimed weights, for its second tier 11-speed mountain bike drivetrain.






Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid tried to defend the UCI's record on doping.
CyclingNews | UCI president claims to be part of "new guard."

















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