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October 2013
October 2, 2013


Photo: Gabby Durrin (Raliegh Clement) on the front of the race with Helen Wyman close behind.
Anderson up to 3rd in women's standings after sweep in Gloucester. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Christophe Riblon is overcome with emotion after winning on Alpe d'Huez.
French team sending four climbers to fight for overall title. (cyclingnews.com)











Photo: Diego Ulissi (Lampre-Merida) delivered an explosive finish to Milano-Torino.
Italian beats Majka and Moreno in uphill finale. (cyclingnews.com)





Races & Results.
Tour of Tasmania - Sept 29-Oct 6 (Stages & Results),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Results),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results).





Photo: Joaquim Rodríguez is trying to leave his worlds disappointment behind as he prepares for Saturday's Giro di Lombardia. Photo: Graham Watson.
Joaquim Rodríguez is trying to put the best spin on Sunday’s bitter disappointment of losing the world title in a thrilling finale against Rui Costa. (velonews.com)





Photo: World champion Rui Costa...
Portuguese rider wants to clock up first win since taking gold in Firenze. (velonation.com)





Photo: An emotional Rui Costa celebrates his coronation as world road race champion. pic: ©Sirotti.
The UCI world road race championships saw one of the finest riders in the sport’s history re-crowned as world road race champion, the three best male time triallists in the world go head-to-head, and Great Britain’s men’s road team deliver a lacklustre performance criticized even by their manager. (roadcyclinguk.com)





Photo: Katie Compton is coming into the 2013-14 season late after fighting through leg pain and infection over the off-season. Photo: Dan Seaton | VeloNews.com.
She’s the best woman American cyclocrosser of all time, but she’s coming off a less-than-ideal summer, and will have only been on the bike about 10 days by the time this weekend’s Providence Cyclo-cross Festival comes around. (velonews.com)





Photo: The light box and mirror of the Footbalance system. The computer scans the pressure imprint of the feet on the glass. Photo: Lennard Zinn | VeloNews.com.
"I’m convinced that almost any rider could pedal more efficiently and powerfully and reduce injury with custom orthotics properly shaped to their feet." (velonews.com)





Photo: I kinda liked what I was seeing with the new Wire Vent Carbon.
New foot love from Sidi and Solestar, Italian Saddle maker Astute, a power pedal from Xpedo and a bit more bits from Fairwheel Bikes. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: The handling of the Cento Uno is fantastic: its stiff, low front end means you can change direction on a whim.
BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Comfortable yet agile steed for sportives and all-day rides."





Photo: Iced Gingerbread and Spiced Pumkin Pie, energy bar addicts can get their Pecan Pie.
For the past 11 years, Clif Bar has introduced a series of limited edition seasonal flavors. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: Most combative rider of stage 15 Nicki Sörensen (Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank).
Sorensen sees pay cut in any potential new contract, Rasmussen turns to track. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Darren Lapthorne (Drapac) with a brilliant win at Lake St Clair.
Haig takes yellow, Huon-Genesys weather Drapac storm. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Jonathan Hivert (Sojasun) collects himself after finishing on Mont Ventoux.
French team will disband at the end of 2013. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Coulda, woulda, shoulda.
There’s been a lot of post-worlds chat, especially the Spanish tactics and the British vanishing act. (inrng.com)





Photo: Hilaire van der Schueren, the current directeur sportif of Vacansoleil-DCM, has created a new team to save the majority of his riders.
Wanty the main sponsor for 20-25 of Dutch team’s current squad, but Accent.jobs to fold. (velonation.com)





Photo: Thomas De Gendt (Vacansoleil-DCM).
Will continue to look until end of month. (cyclingnews.com)












Photo: Taiwanese champion Kai Feng has been barred from taking part by his national federation.
General manager Ed Beamon “saddened and sickened by the provincial pettiness." (velonation.com)





Photo: Tracey Gaudry is the first woman to be serve as a vice president at the UCI. Photo: Neal Rogers.
Gaudry, a former professional rider, unanimously deposed fellow Australian Mike Turtor as president of the Oceana Cycling Confederation in 2012 and served on the UCI Management Committee — the top advisory board to the Switzerland-based UCI. (velonews.com)





Photo: Peter Sagan with Fernando Alonso...
Future team manager takes the riders for a spin. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Dan Martin has said that he is determined to turn around his season and to try to finish on a high note. .
“I need to try to finish the season on a high as the last few months have been hard.” (velonation.com)






Photo: Thomas Voeckler (Europcar) holds his bike aloft as he tries to get around a crash blocking the road.
French squad will add to roster if promoted. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Marcel Kittel, the rider who dominated the sprints in this year’s Tour de France.
Women’s team extends with Wild and Garner and makes three new additions. (velonation.com)





Photo: Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil)...
Vacansoleil-DCM rider said to have 90% chance of signing with Sagan's team. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Australian National Road Series has taken massive leaps forward (Mark Gunter).
It’s taken a few years to get it right, but the National Road Series standings now portray an accurate reflection of the best rider and best team. (sbs.com.au)





Photo: Coors Classic Cycle Sport feature.
The recent USA Pro Cycling Challenge races were by no means the first time the big names of world cycling raced through the wonderful landscape of Colorado. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)





Photo: PressFit 30 bottom bracket shell, new dropouts, and oversized head tube deliver pure modernity.
In the quarter-century since the Extralight first debuted, bicycle design has changed dramatically. (competitivecyclist.com)





Photo: Raleigh’s Capri series of women’s bike got a facelift for 2014.
Women’s cycling is growing, and so are the number of bikes designed for us. Here are a few of our favorite newcomers for 2014. (bicycling.com)





Photo: The Schwalbe Ultremo ZX tubeless tyre.
The Schwalbe Ultremo ZX provides a supple, comfortable ride and seals easily in the event of a puncture. Crucially, it is not notably slower than its clincher equivalent, even when rolling at lower pressures. (roadcyclinguk.com)





Photo: Chris Horner is still without a contract for 2014. Photo: Graham Watson.
Chris Horner is the 2013 Vuelta a España champion. Chris Horner is a transcendent climber. He’s 41, and has recently ridden the best he ever has, at least with the pressure on. (velonews.com)





Photo: Fighting back: Jonathan Tiernan-Locke insists strange blood tests down to illness Photo: GETTY IMAGES.
On the day Tiernan-Locke vowed to prove he was not a doper, Endura Racing sought to distance themselves from suggestions any discrepancies occurred while he was allegedly under their care after Team Sky insisted on Sunday the anomalies dated from the period before he joined Sir Dave Brailsford’s team. .







Photo: Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (JTL), has released a statement to declare its anti-doping stance (cyclingnews.com).
Former British team tried and failed to get additional testing in successful 2012 season. (velonation.com)





Photo: If Costa was the winner and Nibali the loser, then these guys were the heroes.
The World Cycling Championships men’s road race was always going to be an epic, but then the weather gods dialed that epicness up just one notch more with some monsoonal style rain. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.














Photo: Lance Armstrong confession.
Cyclist to tesify under oath on 21 November; meanwhile, two men admit sending threatening emails to USADA's Travis Tygart. (road.cc)





Photo: The guys dissect Pat McQuaid's removal as head of the UCI and the controversy that has erupted around Team Sky and Jonathan Tiernan-Locke.
Scott O'Raw and John Galloway break down all the latest goings-on in the sport: Pat McQuaid's removal as head of the UCI and the controversy that has erupted around Team Sky and Jonathan Tiernan-Locke. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)






Photo: Boy and Danny van Poppel...
Vacansoleil-DCM siblings to become new US team’s second pair of brothers. (velonation.com)





Photo: Vehicle running costs include fuel the two “Death Star” team buses which cost thousands of Euro to fill.
What’s the secret of Team Sky’s success? One element is money as the squad has one of the highest budgets in the sport. (inrng.com)






Photo: 2000 Sydney Olympic time trial podium: Jan Ulrich, Viatcheslav Ekimov and Lance Armstrong.
Olympic committee confirms medal is in storage. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Janier Acevedo will join Garmin-Sharp in 2014. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
Colombian breakout rider Janier Acevedo will join U.S.-based Garmin-Sharp in 2014. Despite claims by Omega Pharma-Quick Step boss Patrick Lefevre that the UCI America Tour champion had inked a deal with the Belgian squad. (velonews.com)





Photo: Rui Costa could be a fine world champion.
Here's an argument why Rui Costa could, barring the usual randomness, be the best world champion since the pre-EPO days. (podiumcafe.com)





Photo: The Roubaix model is positioned in Specialized’s “Endurance” range rather than its “Competitive Road” line-up.
Specialized’s Roubaix S-Works is the bike Tom Boonen rode on his way to his fourth Paris-Roubaix title last year. (cyclingtips.com.au) 





Photo: new titanium locks take the most elegant and seductive approach to bicycle security we have ever seen.
Bicycle locks come in dozens of iterations but it’s rare to see real innovation. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: I caught this in the Surly booth.
Bike people are not without a sense of humor. (redkiteprayer.com)





Photo: This creature hung ominously over rack maker Sea Sucker's booth like some sort of inflatable orange Cthulhu.
Things that caught our eye...things that made us ask 'why?' (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Stages crank arm based power meter measures force applied to the non-driveside crank arm.
Power meters are becoming increasingly popular as a method of measuring performance. (roadcyclinguk.com)



















Photo: Sylvain Georges (AG2R La Mondiale), winner of stage 6 of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California.
Frenchman suspended for six months by FFC. (cyclingnews.com)







Photo: Chris Horner ends season (cyclingnews.com).
Vuelta winner to miss Lombardia and Beijing. (velonation.com)





Photo: Race leader, Janier Acevedo (Jamis-Hagens Berman).
Another spot open on Omega Pharma Quick-Step. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Mikel Nieve (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
Basque climber looking forward to joining “the best team in the world.” (cyclingnews.com)






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