Guardian: Major doping scandals since Lance Armstrong returned to cycling in 1998 following his recovery from cancer.

SoCalCycling: The Ironman World Championship will stream live from Kailua-Kona, Hawaii today as the top pros and age groupers compete. Athletes will endure a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, and a 26.2 mile run along the black lava fields of the Kona Coast. The LIVE coverage gets underway at 9 am PST here.

CyclingNews: In the year of years for British cycling, the men in black of Team Sky have tended to dominate the column inches. But while the limelight may have focused largely on the achievements of Messrs. Wiggins, Froome and Cavendish, another Briton has been quietly putting together a solid campaign of his own – Steve Cummings of BMC.

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CyclingNews: Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) secured his second successive Tour of Beijing victory with a minimum of fuss in Pinggu, while Stephen Cummings took the stage honours on a day that was marked by an aggressive showing from Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Sharp).

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VeloNews: Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) made it through a rough week that saw him abandon the season-ending Tour of Beijing on Saturday and lose team manager Johan Bruyneel under a cloud of doping suspicion.

CyclingNews: One month after the crowning of the 2012 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup winners, organizers from the best venues were recognized for their efforts. As is the tradition, racers, UCI Mountain Bike Teams, media, sponsors, and UCI officials voted for the top events for each of the three World Cup disciplines: cross country, downhill and eliminator.

CyclingNews: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is working its way through the evidence supplied to the UCI by USADA in order to make a decision over whether to strip Lance Armstrong of his bronze medal from the Sydney Olympic Games in 2000.

DailyMail:  "I was called to a meeting with Jim Ochowicz, who played a big part in Lance’s career and at the time was Motorola team manager. Jim told me I would not be getting a new contract for the following season. I was out."

CyclingNews: Bob Stapleton, the man behind Team Highroad and HTC-Highroad, has told Cyclingnews that he is open to a return to cycling.

VeloNews: Sky Procycling will ask all of its staff members — among them sporting director Sean Yates, a former teammate and longtime friend of Lance Armstrong’s — to confirm that they have no issues that could breach the team’s zero-tolerance policy regarding doping.

RedKitePrayer: There have been some who said that Wednesday’s revelations were earth-shattering news. Some even declared they were “shocked.” Look, the evidence was extensive (you can see that for yourself), but was it surprising? Not so much.

CyclingNews: White has also stepped down from his role as national selector for the Australian men's road team. Although White's confession is public his future remains unclear. 

CyclingNews: Omega Pharma-QuickStep manager Patrick Lefevere has dismissed reports that he would be willing to trade Andy Fenn or Michal Kwiatkowski to Sky as part of a deal that would bring Mark Cavendish to his team in 2013.

Blazin' Saddles: By all intents and purposes it seems that Armstrong's seven Tour wins between 1999 and 2005 were accumulated largely thanks to a systematic doping ring that made the doctors of the Eastern bloc look like a bunch of interns at Boots.

road.cc: Philippe Maire, who remains on friendly terms with former Tour de France winner, says it wasn't him.

VeloNews: British cyclist David Millar called for the honorary president of the Union Cycliste Internationale to step down as the UCI came under pressure to explain how Lance Armstrong managed to evade detection for doping.

VeloNation: Italian determined to target 2013 worlds after near miss this year.

NBC: Even after scathing steroid report, ex-cycling star still confounds public with rivaling images.

NYT: In an interview Emma O’Reilly said she became a regular player in the the United States Postal Service team’s doping program, one that investigators have charged took on its most sinister and far-reaching dimensions with the arrival of Lance Armstrong in 1998.

CyclingNews: Johan Bruyneel's departure from Team RadioShack-Nissan “was probably the right decision, given the situation,” sports director Kim Andersen has said. The team announced Friday evening that it was ending its contract with the Belgian general manager.

VeloNation: Paper would seek to recoup settlement paid in 2006 plus pursue rider for fraud.

CyclingNews: Mark Cavendish defended pro cycling, saying, “It's not fair to say it's a dirty sport.” It is time for the public to realize that the sport has moved on and is far more than its past doping stories, the former world champion said.

BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Not all of the included kit matched our requirements, but quality and range are decent."

road.cc: The reasons behind driver aggression towards cyclists is unknown and cannot be accounted for with normal pyschological explanations, a prominent social psychologist has said.

road.cc: A nice looking cage and fine if you don't use it to carry bottles, but it fails at its only job.

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