TwistedSpoke: The man who went up the high mountains of France so effortlessly failed to take the high road.

VeloNews: USA Cycling officials told VeloNews Wednesday morning that American professionals Christian Vande Velde, Dave Zabriskie, Tom Danielson and Levi Leipheimer — four active riders that testified in the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency investigation of Lance Armstrong and the U.S. Postal Service team — had not been suspended.

CyclingNews: Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) took a potentially decisive step towards retaining his Tour of Beijing title when he soloed to victory on stage two to Mentougou, taking a firm grasp of the overall standings in the process.

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Tour of Beijing - Oct 9-13 (Stages & Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Tour of Tasmania - Oct 2-7 (Stages & Results),
Paris - Tours - Oct 7 (Results),
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PEZ: He's one of the strongest riders in the WorldTour, known for his attacking style and quick finish and yet he has rarely stood on the top step of the podium. That all changed on Sunday though with his superb Paris-Tours victory and Pez tracked the speedy Italian down to talk about his big win.

USACycling: Jeremy Powers (Easthampton, Mass./Team Rapha-FOCUS) finished in the top five in four of the the five races to help him rack up 390 points. Helen Wyman (GBR/Kona Factory Team), who won four of the last five Pro CX races, has amassed 540 points.

BikeRadar: The Illinois Neurological Institute and Bradley University found what most cyclists probably already knew — bicycle helmets are effective to prevent or minimize injury in a crash. Scientists found that helmets can reduce acceleration of the skull in a crash by as much as 87 percent.

BikeRadar: This video from September's Interbike show offers a different perspective on some of the highlights of the new range.

VeloNation: Past Amstel Gold Race winner to guide riders.

VeloNation: Italian triumphs after five-man break is hauled back.

VeloNews: Strong northerly winds blew out choking clouds of smog just in time for Tuesday’s start of the five-day Tour of Beijing.

USA Cycling on Monday announced its 2013 USA Cycling National Racing Calendar (NRC) and 2013 USA Cycling National Criterium Calendar (NCC). The premier domestic road cycling calendars sanctioned by USA Cycling begin in the spring and continue into the fall staging races throughout the United States.

BicycleRetailer: The feature uses patent-pending eddy current technology completely enclosed in the rear drum, so there's no external devices, and no noise.

CNN: The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says it will release Wednesday more than 1,000 pages of evidence detailing the involvement of cyclist Lance Armstrong in what the agency calls "the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."

CyclingNews: Leipheimer, Vande Velde, Zabriskie, Danielson, Barry and Hincapie.

VeloNews: Canadian Michael Barry, a former member of the U.S. Postal Service team, issued a statement Wednesday admitting to having doped while a member of the team.

VeloNews: Never has a stage so short meant so much to Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan), who was happy to make it through the first two days at the Tour of Beijing.

InnerRing: "I have a mental picture of the cycling calendar where April is packed with racing and August is a sleepy month, the post-Tour de France blues set in and there’s not much going on. But after publishing the calendar of races on Tuesday I toyed with the numbers and the chart above shows the distribution of men’s pro racing throughout the year."

VeloNation: Sky rider looks back and track and road season.

VeloNews: Katusha’s management shake-up on Monday shocked those within the team, given the success the squad has seen this season with general manager Hans-Michael Holczer. The Russian team announced yesterday that Viatcheslav Ekimov would replace Holczer, effective immediately.

CyclingNews: De Jongh compares situation to unhappy marriage.

Team Sky will not renew Dr. Geert Leinders' contract with the team. The former Rabobank doctor was signed to the team in the winter of 2010 but found himself at the centre of a media storm during this year's Tour de France due to his links to alleged doping practices during his time with Rabobank.

VeloNation: Double junior World champion joined by Kirsten Wild and Charlotte Becker at ambitious Dutch team.

CyclingNews: The Colombian government has confirmed that it would continue to support Colombia Coldeportes as a Professional Continental team in 2013. The team was not listed by the UCI as having applied for a renewal of its licence but the team's future seems assured.

Pave': The weekend started out good on both sides of the pond, but Sunday sent things way off course.

CyclingNews: Garmin-Sharp riders Tom Danielson, Christian Vande Velde and David Zabriskie have made statements in relation to the news that they have been banned by USADA for their part in the US Postal doping programme. The trio rode for Postal and Discovery Channel – a later incarnation of US Postal - during their careers, but now ride for Jonathan Vaugthers’ Garmin-Sharp squad.

VeloNation: Data gathered includes 26 witnesses, including Hincapie, Leipheimer, Danielson and Vande Velde.

VeloNews: The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency on Wednesday released details of the Lance Armstrong case file it plans to transfer to the UCI on the same day. USADA CEO Travis Tygart detailed the evidence his agency relied upon in banning the former world champion for life in August, including testimony from George Hincapie and 10 other U.S. Postal Service riders and “scientific data and laboratory tests.”

CyclingNews: Little-known rider Steve Houanard may have chosen to take EPO as a result of not having his AG2r La Mondiale contract renewed says team manager Vincent Lavenu. The 26-year-old was informed by team management at the Canadian WorldTour races, where he finished 22nd and 41st at GP Québec and GP Montéal respectively that he would not be continuing with the French outfit in 2013.

VeloNews: A decade ago the aero road bike segment didn’t exist; today it is redefining how race bikes are made. Ten years after Cervélo led the way with its aluminum Soloist, Specialized, Felt, Scott, Litespeed, Ridley, Blue and others are fighting to make race bikes that best their round-tubed competitors.

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