CyclingWeekly: Steven de Jongh has written an open letter detailing more information about the times he used EPO as a rider.

VeloNation: Directeur sportif exits team due to past transgression.

CyclingNews: According to Jörg Jaksche, professional riders are bearing the brunt for cycling’s current problems surrounding doping and team bosses, if needed, should be held accountable for either facilitating or encouraging doping.

Rybarik wins 2012 Crocodile Trophy title in Cooktown.

CyclingNews: Major clinches women's overall victory.

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CyclingNews: Philippe Gilbert (BMC) has confirmed that he will target the spring classics in 2013, and he explained why he will again look to peak for the Ardennes classics rather than the Tour of Flanders.

PodiumCafe: Belgium is the motherland for cyclo-cross, but the sport is growing dramatically in the United States. So how does the year look on this side of the pond?

Felt Bicycles athlete and 5-time World Champion Terenzo Bozzone, 27,  of Auckland, New Zealand won the City Bikes Ironman 70.3 Miami race in Miami, Florida on Sunday. Bozzone’s time of 3:42:17 bested second place Jan Van Berkel of the Netherlands by 1:15.

BikeRadar: Get your training on track for 2013 with the BikeRadar Training Hub which is returning to The London Bike Show this January. Our partners Koolstof Coaching will be on hand again to put you through your paces in a series of tests and consultations, designed to enhance your cycling performance and show you exactly where you can improve.

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CyclingNews: Team insists he was not forced to leave.

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CyclingWeekly: Sky's round of doping talks with its riders and team staff are nothing new to some. Rolf Aldag confessed to doping in the wake of the Spanish Operación Puerto drugs investigation and successfully continued as a sports director. Next season, he works with team Omega Pharma-QuickStep as Sport and Development Manager.

InnerRing: The weekend brought news that Sean Yates was leaving Team Sky. First it was for doping as London’s Telegraph ran the front page headline “Exclusive: British Cycling Star Quits Over Doping” next to a big picture of the big man.

Julich is collateral damage in longtime Armstrong rivalry.

VeloNews: It was the 1999 Tour de France and Bobby Julich was wearing the No. 1 bib for the opening prologue in Le Puy du Fou.

TwistedSpoke: "I am about to send off my application for the position to Director Sportif to Dave Brailsford, I thought I would share my cover letter."

NYTimes: The Web is full of outliers who are constantly posting about vast conspiracies, advanced by powerful interests and enabled by the mainstream media. The truth, they say, is out there in plain sight.

VeloNation: High interest in Dutch “white jersey” team from potential sponsors.

road.cc: Former world champion also says wrong to view all cyclists as dopers in Times interview.

VeloNation: Production version of 001 SuperBike to launch in January.

BicycleRetailer: The titanium Legend SG now starts at $5,695, a $300 reduction, while the carbon MeiVici SG now starts at $5,895, a reduction of $1,100.

MBAction: After being impressed by Rocky Mountain’s aluminum Element 29er, we couldn’t help but think about how the rig would improve with some carbon DNA. Only a year after Rocky Mountain entered the 29er market, our wish came true. It’s time to see if the Element has really been taken to the next level.

Peloton: Former Swiss rider Tony Rominger has denied his management company has links to what Italian investigators believe is a network designed to finance doping, aid tax evasion and launder money.

CyclingNews: Doug Ellis, the chairman of Slipstream Sports, has backed the UCI’s proposal for a full and independent commission to examine the allegations surrounding the UCI's handling of the Lance Armstrong case. However, the American has warned that cycling has but one opportunity to rescue its image in order for the sport to regain credibility in the eyes of sponsors and fans.

VeloNews: Sky hit the top by winning the Tour de France just three months ago, but must start over again from scratch without Sean Yates. The team — which made an unprecedented run through Paris-Nice, the Tour de Romandie and the Critérium du Dauphiné with Yates at the wheel — announced on Sunday afternoon that it had split with its senior sports director and, essentially, started a new chapter.

CyclingNews: Marco Pinotti (BMC) has said that the financial penalties for doping need to outweigh the potential benefits if it is to be eradicated from cycling. The Italian also welcomed the simultaneous publication of a manifesto for credible cycling by five European newspapers on Saturday, but he stressed that good intentions needed to be followed by firm action.

VeloNation: Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank’s place in danger with Alberto Contador’s points not counting.

VeloNation: Voeckler lands French title for third consecutive year.

road.cc: "We chat to Ultralite founder Bill Emerson about the pedals and the driving force behind their development."

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A high quality stem, but make sure you use a torque wrench."

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Pricey, but you get a good range of Allen key sizes here, and the set should last a long time."

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