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August 2013
August 2, 2013




Photo: Stage Profile.
Saturday's Tour de Pologne Stage 7, a 37km Individual Time Trial from Wieliczka to Krakow, gets underway at 3:40pm CET (9:40am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider.  Tour de Pologne live streaming video should get underway at around 5:30pm CET (11:30am U.S. Eastern). (CyclingFans)





Photo: Christophe Riblon: I have good legs .
Frenchman confident ahead of final time trial stage after taking back the yellow jersey. (VeloNation)








Photo: Darwin Atapuma (Colombia) finished second to Diego Ulissi on the first stage at the Tour of Poland.
Riblon takes over race lead. (CyclingNews)





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 España - 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: 21 year old Michael Valgren will make the step up.
Credit: VeloNation | “I felt the timing was right for me now to become a pro..I found a both the challenge and the security I was looking for in a team.”





Photo: Gilberto Simoni knows how to conquer Zoncolan, as he did here in 2003. But seven years on is he still up to the task?
Credit: CyclingNews | A finish in Trieste also on the cards.






Photo: The Empire MTB gets reinforced heel and toe areas and a special camo look. Photo: Josh Sawyer | Giro.
Credit: VeloNews | Mountain bikers and cyclocrossers rejoice: now you, too, can ditch the Velcro and buckles on your shoes and step into the past with a set of good, old fashioned laces.





Photo: Storck Fenomalist - full bike.
Credit: road.cc | An Ultegra Di2-equipped carbon road bike from the well-respected German brand.





Photo: PanoBike app turns your iPhone 4S/5 into a GPS bike computer.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The app and mount work superbly, and optional extras boost functionality."





Photo: Cervelo S2 Black Limited Edition launched.
Credit: road.cc | Starring a new Cervelo, Defeet socks, howies tees, Case Logic, cycling prints and a Park Tool 50th anniversary wrench.





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: Euskaltel-Euskadi was pleased with the defense it put up in support of Jon Izaguirre.
Weighing the favourites for the overall after Tour of Poland final time trial. (VeloNation)






Photo: Stage 3 winner Matti Breschel (Saxo-Tinkoff) is the new Tour of Denmark leader.
Saxo-Tinkoff rider moves into race lead. (CyclingNews)






Photo: There is time to enjoy the moment for Chris Froome (Sky).
Pate, Porte, Dombrowski and Boswell named in Team Sky squad. (CyclingNews)





Photo: MPCC is gaining in strength with now Astana waking up and respecting the code.
InnerRing | Astana announced the signing of Franco Pellizotti but seemed to forget that the team is a member of the self-regulatory MPCC grouping whose code of conduct goes above and beyond the WADA Code and UCI rules.





Photo: After chasing breakaways at the Tour de France, Ryder Hesjedal is hoping to end his 2013 campaign with a result in North America. Photo: BrakeThrough Media | VeloNews.com.
Credit: VeloNews | Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp) is hoping to end a rough and tumble 2013 season on a high note with strong performances on home roads over the next six weeks.





Photo: Nairo Quintana (Movistar) has emerged as the revelation of the 2013 Tour de France.
Credit: CyclingNews | Trek want the Van Poppels, Felline and Stuyven.





Photo: World scratch race champion Martyn Irvine.
Credit: VeloNation | Irish UnitedHealthcare rider’s recovery is ahead of schedule.





Photo: An early season expedition to Spain this year netted ninth in the Vuelta a la Rioja before his winning return to the US.
Credit: PEZ | Mike Friedman (Optum powered by Kelly Benefit Strategies) back on top after a long absence from the top step of the podium.





Photo: Marcel Kittel beats Mark Cavendish, Tour de France 2013, stage 12.
Credit: CyclingWeekly | As a symbol of how the Tour de France sprints were run off this year, the photograph of the finish line on the Champs Elysées at the end of the final stage is perfect.





Photo: Will Walker leads the charge for Drapac in a Subaru National Road Series event earlier this year. (Mark Gunter).
Credit: SBS |  Drapac Professional Cycling will wait until the eleventh hour to decide its official home, the United States or Australia, for the 2014 season pending a possible berth at next year's Santos Tour Down Under.





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: I'm the captain and that it's not going down on my Festina watch!
"I get up early to go for a walk in my flip-flops and clear my head. I live in a house beside Lac Leman, close to my office in the nearby town of Aigle." (Blazin'Saddles) 







Photo: Pat McQuaid fronts a French Senate hearing into anti-doping.
Credit: CyclingNews | Russian Federation president to challenge McQuaid's "astonishing" amendments.





Photo: Julian Alaphilippe (France) alone in the lead at the penultimate World Cup round in Rome.
Saxo-Tinkoff signs Valgren for three years, BMC adds three trainees. (CyclingNews)






Photo: Canyon has decided to end to Erik Zabel’s role.
Credit: VeloNation | “We condemn Erik’s actions, but we do not condemn the person. That is why we now want to find a new way of working together.”





Photo: Claudio Corti said he's been impressed with the way the team have taken to Europe.
Credit: CyclingNews | Team manager lambasts "shameful" actions by "huge budget" teams.







Photo: Ivan Basso has only raced the Vuelta once, finishing fourth in the 2009 race. Photo: Graham Watson.
Credit: VeloNews | The Vuelta a España (August 24-September 15) just keeps getting more interesting.





Photo: K-Edge Computer Mount for Garmin.
Credit: road.cc | An expensive mount that only offers the advantage of increased compatibility over its rivals.





Photo: Race handling with supreme comfort.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Believe us, this will challenge the best sportive bikes around."





Photo: We found the fit of the Oasiz a little odd.
BikeRadar verdict: 2 out of 5 stars. "Well-vented and interesting, but the fit just isn’t quite right."

















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




















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