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September 2013
September 9, 2013




Photo: Warren Barguil (Argos-Shimano) wins stage 13 of the Vuelta a Espana.
Nibali loses time to Horner in final Pyrenean stage. (cyclingnews.com)





Races & Results.
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Alberta - Sept 3-8 (Stages & Results),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Races),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results)





Photo: Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) went on the attack.
Explosive Spaniard gains 28 seconds on Nibali. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: All the Tour de France action will be free-to-air across Europe until 2019 (Getty Images).
The Tour de France will remain on free-to-air television in major European markets including Britain and Italy until 2019 after organisers agreed to a new broadcast deal. (sbs.com.au)








Photo: Stage Profile.
Tuesday is the second and final rest day. (cyclingfans.com)





Photo: Chris Horner (RadioShack Leopard) finished 3rd on stage 14 and is the only rider still within one minute of GC leader Vincenzo Nibali.
Forty years on, Spanish race revisits Formigal. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Nicolas Roche (Saxo-Tinkoff) celebrates his stage win on the second day of the Vuelta.
Irishman sixth before final Pyrenean stage. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Capturing a gradient effectively through the lens is an often hard task for even the accomplished stills photographer. It isn't on the Angliru. (Steve Thomas).
However settled the race’s heads of state appear in this year’s Vuelta pecking order, the fat lady won’t be even humming a chord until after Stage 20. (sbs.com.au)





Photo: Peter Disera (Canada)...
Up and coming Canadian junior is one to watch. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Contador competed in yesterday’s GP Fourmies.
“He doesn’t want to leave.” (velonation.com)





Photo: going ti only saves 40g off the already lighter-than-XTR 332g of my Baldwins.
"The very features that made the Baldwin seem a bit more serious than perhaps I warranted turned out to be some of its best points." (redkiteprayer.com)







Photo: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) delivers another win, this time in the fifth and final stage of the Tour of Alberta.
Sagan sprints to final stage victory. (cyclingnews.com)







Photo: Alexandre Geniez (FDJ) celebrates victory in the queen stage at the Vuelta a Espana.
Frenchman solos to maiden Grand Tour stage win. (cyclingnews.com)









Photo: Vincenzo Nibali showed some weakness on stage 16.
Italian says holding the top spot "for so long" is getting fatiguing. (cyclingnews.com)







Photo: Chris Horner (RadioShack Leopard) and Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) climb to the finish.
Veteran content to play the waiting game to Peyragude. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Horner on the attack..
After the second day in the Pyrenees, Chris Horner said “we just all watched each other to the line. If we keep this up, nothing will change. We might need someone to have a bad day before we can make another selection.” (atwistedspoke.com)





Photo: Fabian Cancellara working for Chris Horner on stage 8. Photo: Graham Watson.
To time trial, or not to time trial? That is the question for Fabian Cancellara ahead of the world championships later this month. (velonews.com)





Photo: Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) played his hand in the early breakaway.
Belgian looks ahead to 2014. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Silvan Dillier (BMC) crosses the line in front of Serghei Tvetcov (Jelly Belly).
Move follows Alberta stage win as stagiaire. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Rohan Dennis (Garmin-Sharp) gets his final podium kisses for taking the overall win.
Garmin Sharp investment in youth paying dividends. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The painfully steep Monte Zoncolan is reported to be part of the 2014 Giro d'Italia route. Photo: Graham Watson.
The Giro d’Italia organizer will present the 2014 route October 7 in Milan but details are already leaking. (velonews.com)





Photo: The Bontrager Aeolus 3 follows the new trend among carbon hoops for a low, broad, and rounded profile.
"With wheels our first stop for performance upgrades, we took a look at Bontrager’s Aeolus 3 carbon clinchers." (roadcyclinguk.com)





Photo: Manuel Fumic (Germany)...
Comeback complete after broken collarbone. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Chris Horner has said that he hasn’t given up his hope of winning this year’s Vuelta a España.
With several more mountain stages ahead, American rider seeking chink in Nibali’s armor. (velonation.com)





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) finishes stage 15.
Italian rides down challenges, finishes fourth. (cyclingnews.com)







Lotto Belisol and Vacansoleil down to four riders. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.















Photo: Chris Horner in La Vuelta a Espana 2013 .
"I'm going to address the elephant in the room. I'm going to say what quite a few of you have been thinking." (roadcycling.com)






Photo: 2000 Sydney Olympic time trial podium: Jan Ulrich, Viatcheslav Ekimov and Lance Armstrong.
Nine months have passed since decision to strip him of the result and medal. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The worry now is that he gets buried under a landslide of media coverage and squashed by pressure.
Two stage wins in the Vuelta means a remarkable début for Warren Barguil in the pro peloton. This time last year he was an amateur but with a difference as he’d just won the Tour de l’Avenir overall. (inrng.com)





Photo: American rider Brent Bookwalter clocked up his fourth big stage race runner-up slot.
BMC Racing Team rider receives ‘nice confirmation’ of his improvement this season. (velonation.com)






Photo: Philippe Gilbert put himself back on the list of favorites to win the road worlds title after earning a stage win at the Vuelta. Photo: Graham Watson.
Defending world champions Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) and Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) both abandoned an ever-extreme Vuelta a España ahead of title defenses later this month. (velonews.com)





Photo: Tour and Tour-related cycling books - have been left desperately in need of revising and updating.
"As one of the most senior English-speaking Tour historians I had hoped for more from Fife and from this, the most senior of English-language Tour histories." (podiumcafe.com)





Photo: Jan Bakelants displayed great tactical awareness to claim a memorable victory for the underdog on stage two of the hundredth Tour de France.
A large part of the excitement and appeal of racing comes from the fact that the underdog can win, and a smart rider can outwit a stronger rider by engaging their brain as well as their muscles. (roadcyclinguk.com)





Photo: Pat McQuaid © Simon MacMichael.jpg.
Adds he 'wasn't part of the decision' not to involve the CAS in upcoming UCI elections. (road.cc)





Photo: e-bikes aren’t our industry. They belong to the powersports industry — the realm of Honda and Kawasaki.
"Apparently the best way to attract newcomers to our sport is to eliminate all exercise from it. Electric bikes, or e-bikes, were the rage." (competitivecyclist.com)











Photo: cold, pain, lungs closing up, can’t feel my legs, etc.
The queen stage of any grand tour is always meant to present the greatest challenge to the peloton. For me, that was certainly the case. (cyclingtips.com.au) 





Photo: Philippe Gilbert played it safe and withdrew from the Vuelta a España.
“The form is good and I am still motivated to train at home.” (velonation.com)





Photo: Francesco Reda (Androni Giocattoli).
Italian caught up in an anti-doping investigation. (cyclingnews.com)






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