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September 2013
September 20, 2013



Photo: Simon Yates (Great Britain) celebrates victory in stage 6 at the Tour of Britain on the Haytor mountain finish.
Wiggins remains in leader's jersey on Haytor uphill finish. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Andrea Dvorak, left, will replace Shelley Olds, right, in the U.S. team for the world championships. Photo: Casey B. Gibson | www.cbgphoto.com.
“This is very disappointing for me, but I have decided not to race worlds,” Olds said in a press release. (velonews.com)





Photo: teams will get a special logo for their jersey and this will be worn in all events the following year.
This Sunday sees the UCI World Championships start with the team time trial. If a team time trial isn’t new, the format is still a novelty at the worlds after it was introduced last year.. (inrng.com)






Photo: Jonathan Tiernan-Locke won the 2012 edition.
Saturday's Tour of Britain Stage 7 departs Epsom at 12:00pm BST (7:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Guildford at around 3:56pm BST (10:56am U.S. Eastern).  Tour of Britain live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm BST (9:00am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)





Photo: Sunday, Day 7: Elite Men's RR.
Live video for Sunday's (September 29th) Elite Men's RR starts at 10:00 CET / 1:00:00 AM PST. (steephill.tv)





Photo: Peter Sagan will look to dethrone world champion Philippe Gilbert in Florence on September 29. Photo: Graham Watson.
Peter Sagan has tuned his 2013 season to be ready for the world championship road race next Sunday in Florence, Italy. He skipped the post-Tour de France criteriums and honed his form; all that is left is for the Slovak champion to take the rainbow jersey. (velonews.com)





Races & Results.
CrossVegas - Sept 18 (Results),
Tour of Britain - Sept 15-22 (Races & Results),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Races),
Vuelta a Espaņa - Aug 24-Sept 15 (esults),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results)





Photo: The winner of each individual discipline earns the right to wear the coveted rainbow jersey of world champion for the following year.
The 2013 UCI Road Cycling World Championships kicks off in Florence, Italy, on Sunday September 22 with the women's and men's team time trials. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: the latest edition sees the guys dissect the 2013 Vuelta a Espana and discuss cycling outside of the Grand Tour..
The Eurosport cycling podcast is back for another episode as Scott O'Raw and John Galloway break down all the latest goings-on in the sport. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)





Photo: This is the new EC90 carbon wheel from Easton.
"The carbon layup work on this wheel was remarkable. This is definitely the first carbon fiber rim bead that seemed capable of holding on to a road tubeless tire." (redkiteprayer.com)





Photo: the iBike Newton: how it stacks up against some of the bigger names in cycling power meters..
"The iBike Newton+ is actually a rather impressive device with some great features that far exceeded my expectations." (cyclingtips.com.au)





Photo: Drug maker Amgen has extended its contract with the Tour of California. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
Amgen’s most recent contract with the race ended after the 2013 edition. The brand behind cancer drug Erythropoietin (EPO), Amgen has renewed with the race multiple times since its 2006 inception. (velonews.com)






Photo: Sam Bennett takes stage five.
Irishman goes one better than Kendal at the head of an elite final group. (velonation.com)













Photo: Point to prove: Pat McQuaid is battling to save his career in cycling Photo: AFP.
Pat McQuaid is confident of pulling cycling back together if he is elected next week to serve a third term as International Cycling Union president ahead of challenger Brian Cookson. (telegraph.co.uk)





Photo: Sven Nys has won both U.S. races in which he's competed — the 2013 worlds and this week's CrossVegas. Photo: Chris Case | VeloNews.com.
The curse of the rainbow jersey? Not a chance. (velonews.com)





Photo: Farrar has been dogged by injuries, bad crashes, a concussion and the death of a close friend Wouter Weylandt. en.wikipedia.org
There were two high profile American riders without contracts late in the season: RadioShack’s ancient Chris Horner and Garmin-Sharp’s struggling sprinter Tyler Farrar. (atwistedspoke.com)





Photo: Team BMC lined up and ready.
Race is “a high priority” for American team. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Belgian champion Tom Boonen won Paris-Brussels.
Belgian team eager to continue with former world champion despite an injury hit 2013. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Fabian Cancellara cruised to victory in Flanders.
"Life's short, you've got to take every chance you get."





Photo: Dale Stetina (center), winner of the 1979 Red Zinger Classic. Photo courtesy U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame..
Stetina suffered a traumatic brain stem injury in the crash, which reportedly came after a driver pulled across the oncoming traffic lane ahead of a group of cyclists in Lefthand Canyon. (velonation.com)





Photo: to tune how much comfort the bike provides.
What the? Flexible down tubes can be changed on this commuter bike. (road.cc)





Photo: Allan Peiper, BMC Racing.
Allan Peiper, former rider, former directeur sportif at Garmin and High Road, switched teams in the close season to work with BMC. To go from the ostensibly happy-clappy freewheeling Garmin squad to the rather more troubled BMC team seemed like a weird move, but the 51 year old had good reasons. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Sven Nys (Crelan-Euphony) takes the win in Las Vegas.
World Champion soloes in to victory. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Katerina Nash (Luna) wins CrossVegas.
Davison and Pendrel round out podium. (cyclingnews.com)










Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.

















Photo: Stefano Agostini (Cannondale) ...
Italian had already been suspended by Cannondale team. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Juan Antonio Flecha and several of his teammates are without jobs for next season. Photo: Graham Watson.
Vacansoleil-DCM ended its final grand tour with only three riders arriving to the finish line at the Vuelta a Espaņa. (velonews.com)





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali dug deep at the Vuelta a Espaņa and hopes to recover in time for a run at a home world title in Florence, Italy. Photo: Graham Watson.
Vincenzo Nibali and Astana can check the “mission nearly accomplished” box next the Vuelta a Espaņa on their 2013 calendar. In a little over a week, the Italian hopes to check the “rainbow jersey” box next to the world championship road race.  (velonews.com)





Photo: Sean Downey holds third place overall in the Tour of Britain climbers’ classification. Seen here on today’s stage 6 (Photo: Larry Hickmott: VeloUK).
"Dan Martin twice thrust himself toward glory, but his aggression backfired on stage 6 of the Tour of Britain today, Friday." (stickybottle.com)





Photo: Stefan Ytterborn, founder of POC, says his Swedish brand is unwilling to compromise its priority on safety. Photo courtesy POC.
Ytterborn credited the company’s constant focus on improving its operations on a daily basis for its success in the snowsports and mountain bike markets. (velonews.com)





Photo: A string drivetrain on a city bike…, or how about a funky road version?
"The innovative, futuristic or just plain bizarre is also a big part of this show." (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Zipp announce wheel improvements.
New jerseys, base layers, jumpers, wheels, bikes, water bottles, cycle posters and much more. (road.cc)





Photo: The Ursus Miura carbon clinchers use a bronze mesh to dissipate brake heat. (Andrew J. Bernstein).
What’s cool at Interbike? Heat dissipating carbon wheels. (bicycling.com)



















Photo: Hein Verbruggen passed the ProTour to McQuaid.
Former UCI president will not comment on specific allegations.






Photo: USA Cycling president Steve Johnson speaks at the press conference announcing the new European training base in the Limburg province of the Netherlands.
Johnson cites “questionable behavior” within UCI. (cyclingnews.com)















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