CyclingFans: Saturday's Tour of Britain Stage 7 departs Barnstaple at 10:15am BST (5:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Dartmouth at around 2:37pm BST (9:37am U.S. Eastern). Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 1:15pm BST (8:15am U.S. Eastern).

Bicycling: We asked some of the world's savviest pro racers for the single piece of wisdom they received during their careers that made the biggest difference in their riding.

Bicycling: The world cycling championships get under way on Sunday, with seven days of racing set to produce several new champions as Britain’s Mark Cavendish attempts to defend his road race crown on the final day of the competition on September 23.

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CyclingNews: Tiernan-Locke takes race lead from breakaway.

VeloNews: Peter Sagan arrived in the Netherlands ahead of the world championships slightly off his best. In fact, his trainer says the 22-year-old Slovak enjoyed his best already — at the Tour de France, where he won three stages and the green jersey.

VeloNation: Sky rider’s worlds participation not thought to be threatened.

CyclingNews: In a season that includes nine ‘big’ wins, including Flèche Wallonne, two Giro d’Italia and three Vuelta a España stage wins, it would be appropriate for ‘Purito’ Joaquin Rodriguez to seek better conditions at his current Katusha team. He is considering terminating his contract - unless his new demands are met.

Races & Results.
UCI Road World Championship -  Sept 16-23 (Races & Results),
Tour of Britain -  Sept 9-16 (Stages & Results),
Vuelta a España -  Aug 18 - Sept 9 (Stages & Results),
Tour of China -  Sept 7-13 (Stages & Results),
Mountain Bike Championships - Aug 31 - Sept 9 (Races),
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CyclingWeekly: Organisers will officially present the 2013 Giro d'Italia route on September 30 in Milan, the day after the Tour of Lombardy, but some important details are already filtering through. The race will start in Naples, visit Italy's southern regions, head north for the Galibier in France and conclude in Milan on May 26.

road.cc: The most interesting titanium bikes from the biggest bike show in the world.

VeloNews: Since his retirement in 2008, Paolo Bettini has gone from back-to-back world champion to the director of Italy’s national team program. Bettini has faced adversity during his tenure, failing to place a rider on the worlds or Olympic road race podium.

Bicycling: Five cleaning secrets from the experts.

CyclingFans: The 2012 Grand Prix Impanis-Van Petegem is Saturday, September 15. Live streaming video: 2:35pm CET (8:35am U.S. Eastern).

Cyclismas: Tyler Hamilton’s tell-all book, The Secret Race, identifies Maire as the shadowy individual Phillipe the ” Motoman,”  who acted as an EPO mule for Armstrong and select members of his USPS team during their 1999 bid to win the Tour de France.

VeloNation: Verifies Texan can ride unsanctioned races only, UCI licence holders can be penalised.

InnerRing: When a team fails to deliver the most common outcome is the manager is sacked. Yet this very rare in pro cycling as most team managers are also the owners of the team. Not so at Rabobank.

Peloton: Most pro racers say it’s their favorite event. Team directors and coaches say it takes more technical preparation than any other competition. While journalists and fans alike say it’s one of cycling’s most beautiful disciplines. That’s why the return of the team time trial to the UCI world championships this Sunday in the Netherlands—after an 18-year absence—has been so greatly anticipated.

CyclingNews: After a season that Andy and Fränk would rather forget, RadioShack-Nissan Sports Director Kim Andersen has said it was wrong to try and separate the Schlecks’ racing schedule. Anderson was left out off the management roster for the Tour de France after Johan Bruyneel sought to shake up the brothers racing tactics and dynamic.

SBS: "Cutting myself was showing them how much it was hurting me. It should have been the happiest moment of my life, I’ve just become an Olympic champion, but I felt like I had killed somebody."

USCyclingTrport: In the rankings published on August 25th, Rory Sutherland (United Healthcare) is second in the UCI America tour, less than eight points behind. But the Australian, who resides in the United States, is full steam ahead towards the final overall victory.

BikeRadar: Specialized Bicycle Components has just purchased Retül, a 3D data capture and fitting company based in Boulder, Colorado.

CompetitiveCyclist: "The Secret Race" by Tyler Hamilton and Daniel Coyle is a coming-of-age story that fascinates in countless ways before a slow deflation by the end. It shines brilliantly in its anecdotal detail.

VeloNation: Astana’s Alexandr Dyachenko set to become race winner.

RBAction: Eight years ago this week, Tyler Hamilton won the Stage 8 time trial at the Vuelta a España. Hamilton was a hero; he had won the Olympic time trial a month before, but a subsequent positive test for blood doping at the Olympic and Vuelta ruined everything for the American cyclist, who went from hero to zero.

PEZ: After 14 years as a professional cyclist, Michael Barry raced for the last time in front of a Canadian crowd at the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal, with his wife, children, parents and friends watching on.

Pave': Sunday’s Süpercross Baden in Switzerland will mark the start of the 2012/13 cross season in Europe. This C1 race promises a lot of UCI points and a lot of action as some of the best cross racers in the world will line up on Sunday.

RedKitePrayer: We’ve often heard that necessity is the mother of invention. That may be true. However, the engineering required to bring any new bike product to the market can be monumentally difficult. One could be forgiven for imagining that a pedal would be a relatively easy device to re-invent.

Tony Martin hopes to cap a leaden season with gold at worlds.

VeloNews: Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) is hoping to salvage what’s been a virtually disastrous season with a gold medal at next week’s world championships.

BikeRadar: Giovanni Pinarello first opened a bike factory in 1952 in Treviso, where Pinarello is still based, and success in the racing world soon followed.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A pure racer’s machine with quality kit, for those who want speed."

Stella Yu: "Each saddle is created for a specific type of cycling and cyclist, with unique shapes and designs to fit every saddle need. Saddles for the recreational cyclist tend be broader, providing greater cushioned comfort in a traditional sense. Performance and competition saddles emphasize high-tech comfort."