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September 2013
September 28, 2013





Photo: Marianne Vos wins the women's road race in Italy. Photo: Graham Watson .
Marianne Vos (Netherlands) added another rainbow jersey to her collection on Saturday at the UCI Road World Championships. (velonews.com)






Photo: Evelyn Stevens (USA) en route to a 5th place finish in the 2013 road race world championship.
American fifth in elite women's road race. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Double world champion Mahieu van der Poel (Toscana).
Mathieu Van Der Poel claimed his second world title of the year when he won the junior men's road race at the UCI Road World Championships in Florence. (sbs.com.au)





Photo: Chris Horner (RadioShack) crosses the finish line in Madrid.
Team USA backed Vuelta winner's decision to stay Stateside. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Marianne Vos (Rabo Women) enjoyed her victory at the GP de Plouay.
Strong Dutch team to challenge in Italy. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: This year has been the breakthrough for Bennett.
One of the revelations of the recent Tour of Britain was Sam Bennett, the 22 year-old Irishman took two second places on stages; both to former World Road Race Champions – Gerald Ciolek and Mark Cavendish – but made Stage Five his own to take a huge win for his AN Post team. (pezcyclingnews.com)







Photo: UCI Road World Championships.
Sunday's UCI Road Worlds Elite Men Road Race gets underway at 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern).  Road Worlds live streaming video should get underway at around *9:30am CET (*3:30am U.S. Eastern).  (cyclingfans.com)






Photo: The ballots are processed.
New UCI president admits he was emotional after winning the vote. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Matej Mohoric (Slovenia) wins the U23 men's road race at Worlds.
Meintjes earns silver while Enger sprints to bronze medal.






Photo: Doug Report...
Worlds'13 Junior Womens RR: The first road race of the Championships have been run and won with Denmark claiming first blood thanks to Amalie Dideriksen. Amalie claimed the gold ahead of Anastasia Iakovenko (Russia) and Olena Demydova (Ukraine) after an almost race long breakaway. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Races & Results.
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Races & Results),
Vuelta a Espaņa - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Results),
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: All smiles for Philippe Gilbert (BMC) as he awaits the start of stage 15 at the Vuelta.
Defending World Champion warns that rain could cause big crashes. (cyclingnews.com)








Photo: That’s a lot of climbing no matter how you look at it.
This Sunday’s Worlds Road Race sees the men take on one of the toughest Championship circuits in recent memory with also one of the best fields. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Barracuda) took second in the sprint in the GP de Denain.
Looking for a possible return to Saxo Bank. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Kisses on the podium for Tirreno-Adriatico leader Mark Cavendish (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
RCS Sport unveils the full race route. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Gert Dockx (Lotto - Belisol)...
Dockx, Kaisen, Van der Sande and Van Genechten longer with Belgian team. (cyclingnews.com)








Photo: With a blistering attack, Vos leaves the other riders in the distance on the final climb. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
Defending the rainbow stripes proved a tough task, but Marianne Vos (Netherlands) was unstoppable in a flawless performance Saturday to win her third career world crown. (velonews.com)





Photo: Simon Spilak (Team Katusha - Canyon)...
Katusha scrambling to build new bikes for Sunday's road race. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Bradley Wiggins topped the final podium at the 2013 Tour of Britain. Photo: Graham Watso.
Tour of Britain organizers on Saturday slammed the UCI’s decision not to upgrade their event’s status for 2014. (velonews.com)





Photo: The bookmakers think Fabian Cancellara, I think Peter Sagan but it’s a very open race.
There are few races when we see sprinters line up alongside classics contenders and stage race specialists all with the ambition of winning. (inrng.com)





Photo: Peter Sagan (Cannondale) pulls his wheelie for the fans.
Lombardi: Peter can win the sprint or alone. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Nys, Albert, Pauwels, Meeusen, Vantornout, Peeters, Wellens, Aernouts, Page, ...
The 2013 Soudal Classics Cyclocross series (previously Fidea) gets underway Saturday, September 28 with the GP Neerpelt. Coverage gets underway at 2:15pm CET (8:15am U.S. Eastern) with the Elite Men race beginning 15 minutes later. (cyclingfans.com)








Photo: UCI President Brian Cookson - Pat McQuaid and Brian Cookson shake hands after Cookson won the UCI presidential election on Friday. Photo: Graham Watson.
Challenger ousts Pat McQuaid. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: UCI headquarters fumigated..
Wasting no time as the newly elected president of the UCI, Brian Cookson has already had his rival’s offices at UCI headquarters fumigated. (atwistedspoke.com)





Photo: The Champion System Pro Cycling Team held a final media presentation in Hong Kong before breaking camp.
The China-based Professional Continental team was formed with the objective of giving emerging Asian riders to opportunity to ride at the highest level. There was no reason given for its discontinuance. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Bakelants is not impressed with the descending skills of Mr. Froome.
Jan Bakelants (Radio Shack & Belgium) thinks that parcours is no good for Tour winner, Chris Froome (Sky & GB) with the climbs too short and the descents too technical, especially if it rains. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: John Gadret covered head to toe in mud...
Leaves AG2R La Mondiale for Spain. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: printed buttons that look so real it’s hard to even notice there’s a zipper there instead. And denim-like printed panels on the shorts..
We’ve seen some impressive cycling kits over the years, with the Peewee Herman skinsuit and jean short overall bibs being two of the favorites. But the limited edition Sugoi Ted King Lumberjack kit may just log roll them all. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: Former Rabobank rider Michael Rasmussen (Getty).
Former Danish professional Michael Rasmussen has given substantial information about doping and has had his ban reduced from eight years to two. (sbs.com.au)





Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid at the UCI headquarters in Aigle.
Management committee accepts Professional Cycling Council's proposed reforms.





Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.









Photo: The trio replaces Korean Hee Cho, Italian Renato Di Rocco and Portugal's Artur Lopes whom worked under McQuaid. (sbs.com.au)
Egyptian Mohamed Azzam, Australian Tracey Gaudry and Frenchman David Lappartient will comprise the second tier of the UCI hierarchy under Cookson. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: Headed for World's victory?
"World’s road race on Sunday and our hard-earned money is on Peter Sagan." (atwistedspoke.com)





Photo: Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack)...
"It'll be like racing on a roller coaster." (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Jan Bakelants for the one remaining place on the Omega Pharma Quick Step squad.
Peace of mind for Tour de France stage winner prior to the world road race championships tomorrow. (velonation.com)





Photo: Cycling Sport Promotion, the organiser of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda-Cittiglio round of the World Cup.
Italian race threatened by new UCI classification of Belgian Semi-Classic. (velonation.com)





Photo: The Schwalbe One tire.
The One is Schwalbe’s latest rubber for the gathered forces of Radioshack-Leopard, FDJ, and AG2R-La Mondiale, and debuted at the Tour de France. (roadcyclinguk.com)















Photo: It chose Brian Cookson by 24 votes to 18.
“We’ve had enough of this. I propose that we go straight to the vote between the two candidates.“ (inrng.com)







Photo: A determined campaign by Brian Cookson unseated Pat McQuaid as International Cycling Union president (Getty).
"Where does the vote leave global cycling? For starters there is now certainty, a clear break with the past and a chance for cycling's governance to repair itself." (sbs.com.au)






Photo: Pat McQuaid was all smiles.
Tensions bristle in UCI congress. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Alejandro Valverde knows the worlds podium well, but not the feeling of pulling on rainbow stripes every morning. Photo: Graham Watson.
The Spanish armada sails into Italy for Sunday’s men’s elite world championship road race with more pressure than perhaps any team other than the hosts. (velonews.com)





Photo: In reality, an aluminium frame of this quality will surpass most similarly priced carbon offerings.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Highly refined, lightweight frame and decent components add up to a great ride."






Photo: Brian Cookson watches racers pass by at the UCI Mountain Bike World Championships.
Who votes? Can McQuaid hang on? How can Cookson win? (cyclingnews.com)














Photo: Greg LeMond calls for change in UCI Leadership.
Pat McQuaid has demonstrated he is not capable of being an effective and stable leader. (velonation.com)





Photo: International Cycling Union (UCI) president Pat McQuaid.
Garmin Sharp manager Jonathan Vaughters told Reuters that McQuaid asked an unidentified employee to ignore the team's instructions to cooperate with a U.S. federal investigation in May 2010. (ca.sports.yahoo.com)






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