SteepHill: The 2013 Tour de France route presentation is on Wed, October 24th. Live video at 11:30 CET / 2:30:00 AM PDT.

InnerRing: It should be one of the best jobs in cycling but Tour director Christian Prudhomme keeps finding his efforts to promote the world’s biggest race thwarted by its past. As much as he wants to promote next summer’s route he’ll also have to look back to the Armstrong years. These days no preview seems complete without a moment of retrospective regret.

CyclingNews: Report says 450,000 euros incurred in appeal.

CyclingNews: Disgraced cyclist threatened Democrats with Livestrong army.

CyclingNews: Samuel Sanchez is against the decision to sanction Lance Armstrong for doping, because the American “never tested positive.” There was no direct evidence, only “verbal accusations”, the Euskaltel-Euskadi rider said.

Bicycling: Lance Armstrong failed in a bid to find out in advance whether he would be banned for life and lose all of his major victories, according to world cycling chief Pat McQuaid.

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Crocodile Trophy - Oct 20-29 (Stages & Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),

Tour of Beijing - Oct 9-13 (Stages & Results),

Tour of Tasmania - Oct 2-7 (Stages & Results),

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CyclingNews: Czech rider Ivan Rybarik won the fourth stage of the 2012 Crocodile Trophy at Irvinebank on Tuesday. With a solid performance in the day's stage, the Belgian rider Michiel Van Aelbroeck was second at Irvinebank, and fellow Czech rider Ondrej Fojtik crossed the line in third.

Pave': The European schedule is filled with mid-week races over the coming weeks. This week Woerden, in the Netherlands, hosts it’s 12th annual night race. While the race is predominantly Dutch, many Belgian, and other international stars head to this race.

road.cc: Light, superfast aero wheels that handle well whatever the conditions.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Expensive but innovative, super stable, lightweight aero wheels."

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CyclingNews: Former US Postal rider says UCI is accountable for Armstrong case.

CyclingNews: The World Anti-Doping Agency president John Fahey has stated that "testing and analysis alone" is not enough in the fight against doping in sport.

NeilBrowne: It was just a couple of inconsequential incidents that brought down a sport legacy.

CyclingNews: Retired Norwegian rider Steffen Kjærgaard, who rode for US Postal from 2000 to 2003, has confessed to using EPO, starting in 1998. He had no knowledge of any other rider using doping products, he said at a press conference on Tuesday.

CyclingWeekly: Lance Armstrong is staring in to the abyss. After the Union Cycliste International (UCI) officially stripped him of his seven Tour wins that made him rich and famous, and banned him from the sport for life, his downfall is far from over.

BrowneEye: The Levi Leipheimer documentary, “The Levi Effect” is an interesting look at who is arguably one of America’s best stage racers. I use the word “arguably” as Leipheimer has admitted to performance enhancing drug use during his professional cycling career and in people’s minds that has tainted Leipheimer forever.

PodiumCafe: What a loooooong, long strange trip it's been...

CyclingNews: Tour Down Under's race director Mike Turtur had previously stated there were "no regrets" regarding the reported multi-million dollar appearance fee paid to Lance Armstrong in 2009, 2010 and 2011 however, the past weeks and yesterday's decision by the UCI to hand Armstrong a lifetime ban has perhaps shifted his opinion of the former Tour de France winner.

road.cc: Ridley limited edition lightweight Helium SL.

VeloNation: “This is the most crucial time in cycling’s history.”

CyclingNews: UCI president critical of Kimmage and Hamilton's confessional book.

CyclingNews: On announcing that the UCI would accept USADA’s decision to ban Lance Armstrong for life and strip him of his seven Tour de France titles, Pat McQuaid told the assembled media that it was “the biggest crisis cycling has ever faced.”

VeloNews: There were those willing to take the extra steps to ride with Lance Armstrong, to shepherd him though the Alps and Pyrénées and pilot him to victory over the Parisian cobbles. It was an honor and a privilege. There were financial rewards.

VeloNews: The UCI signed off on the Lance Armstrong doping case on Monday, but sees a new one brewing on the horizon in Italy.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Amazing virtual reality software, but it comes at a price."

PEZ: New Cranks from Zero G / Ciamillo, BMC’s TMR01, the lightest Cable housing from Aican, Gebiomized bring Ass Happy to the masses, Cyclologic sets the fitting benchmark, Praxis solve press-fit, Xpedo goes rubber, Speedsleeve storage.

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