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October 2013
October 31, 2013


Photo: Giro d'Italia director Michele Acquarone continues to sit on the sidelines as RCS Sport undergoes an independent audit. Photo: Andrew Hood | VeloNews.com.
Giro d’Italia race director Michele Acquarone sits alone and in the dark at home as winter moves in on Milan. (velonews.com)





Photo: Michael Rasmussen (Christina Watchces-Ofone) returns to the Tour de San Luis. © Robert Bettini
Year-long investigation likely to reveal the full extent of doping in Denmark. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Tour de Suisse winner Rui Costa (Movistar). © Sirotti
Verbier and Saas-Fee to feature on final weekend. (cyclingnews.com)





Races & Results.
La Ruta - Oct 24-26 (Results),
Tour of Hainan - Oct 20-28 (Results),
2014 Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages),
2014 Giro d'Italia - May 10, 2014 (Stages),
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: Cervelo TestTeam riders Jeremy Hunt and Andreas Klier crashed hard on the 2010 Tour de France’s cobbled third stage. (James Startt).
Frankie Andreu takes a look at the 2014 Tour edition’s route and remembers his biggest first week of the Tour, back in 1994. (bicycling.com)





Photo: Russell Downing has had a successful career to date but is excited about the challenges awaiting with NFTO (pic: Alex Whitehead/SWpix).
As a much-travelled former national road race champion, an inaugural member of Team Sky – the first British rider to win an individual stage for them – and current national criterium champion, Russell Downing has been there, done that. (roadcyclinguk.com)





Photo: former Olympic champion Samuel Sanchez still remains without a contract.
Van der Schueren trying to get additional budget to sign more riders. (velonation.com)





Photo: The Volagi Liscio has been a disc-specific model for three years already.
Volagi is a small US based firm with a clear and simple focus - creating products designed specifically for the endurance cyclist. (bikeradar.com)





From the earliest days of the LeMond/Armstrong conflict there has been an unseemly, jealous and petty sense to LeMond’s dislike of Arrmstrong. (redkiteprayer.com)





Banned Italian to take on Mayo's Ventoux mark and others. (cyclingnews.com)





Races like the Eneco Tour and Tour de Pologne get downgranded. Paris-Nice, Tirren0-Adriatic, the Dauphiné and Tour de Suisse all shrink. Other races vanish. (inrng.com)





Dutch union reportedly starting Continental team for unemployed pros. (cyclingnews.com)





 Mark Cavendish has been invited to train with the Great Britain track team before the end of this year as officials assess whether he’s a genuine contender for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. (velonews.com)





Former Tour de France green jersey rider says no hard feelings with Australian team. (velonation.com)





2013 saw the introduction of TeXtreme to the bicycle industry with Felt’s first use of the incredible fabric in the launch of their FRD line. Since then, Felt has introduced 4 new models that also get the special checkerboard look. (bikerumor.com)








Photo: Ryder Hesjedal waited so long before admitting that he had used banned substances . © Bettini Photo (cyclingnews.com)
Agency ‘disappointed’ in delay, says many clean Canadian athletes were cheated out of opportunity to shine. (velonation.com)





Photo: Shane Sutton revealed the secrets to his success at Jaguar’s Ride Like a Pro event.
Shane Sutton has an enviable coaching track record and his previous pupils include two Sirs – Bradley Wiggins and Chris Hoy. (roadcyclinguk.com)





Photo: all eyes are on the cobbled stage for a race: it’s difficult.
Look at the map and it looks like a Tour of Eastern France. How can you have a race that misses out so much of the country? (inrng.com)





Photo: Sven Nys (Crelan-KDL) will start tomorrow’s Koppenbergcross in search of an incredible tenth victory in the race.
Kannibaal aiming for incredible tenth victory on Flemish hill; Helen Wyman aiming for number three. (velonation.com)





Photo: Geraint Thomas (Sky) wonders if he could have pushed a little harder in the time trial. © www.allaboutcycling.de
Welshman aims to return to Paris-Nice (cyclingnews.com).





Photo: two diameters with varying layups for different weight riders and for road or mountain bike use.
It’s a simple single bolt design using carbon rail clamps on a curved base to adjust both tilt and slide. Weights are as low as 89g. (bikerumor.com)





Photo: elite handling and confidence for beginners.
BikeRadar verdict: 90 out of 100 stars. "High quality build and proven handling at a modest price."






Photo: The numbers of riders within teams to be implemented by 2015. © Cicloweb.it
2020 world calendar with no US or British races. (cyclingnews.com)













Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.














Photo: Lance Armstrong (US Postal) protected by his body guard at the 2004 Tour de France.
Insurance company looks to recoup $7.5 million payment. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Early on, as Gibney was working on this film, it was often criticized as a puff piece.
There can be no doubt that the result from his failed attempt to document Armstrong’s comeback makes a far more interesting film than what he had intended." (redkiteprayer.com)







Photo: Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervelo Test Team. © Russell Standring (cyclingnews.com)
“I plan to fight for my place up until Paris-Roubaix.” (velonation.com)





Photo: Chris Froome is wearing it for the first time in competition since the Champs Elysees in July and Peter Sagan has the green kit on exactly as it was in Paris.
The mighty ASO machine behind the Tour de France came to Japan this past weekend and with them they brought Chris Froome, Rui Costa, Peter Sagan and a host of other big stars to particpate in the first ever Saitama Criterium. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Jack Haig and Ryder Hesjedal. Both are featured in this week's Cycling Central Podcast - for let's face it - different reasons. (Mark Gunter/Getty).
It’s an impassioned podcast this week at Cycling Central HQ. (sbs.com.au)





Photo: Mad Fiber tests their carbon rims to the extreme.
The manufacturer recently shuttered their Seattle factory and word from co-founder Ric Hjertberg ( who also co-founded Wheelsmith and Wheel Fanatyk) is that the company is headed for bankruptcy. (bikerumor.com)















BikeRadar verdict: 60 out of 100 stars. "The Armstrong Lie does not offer new insight into Armstrong, but rather, neatly packages the story to date."





In response to Michael Rasmussen’s claims that Ryder Hesjedal learned how to use EPO in 2003, the Canadian rider has come clean and publicly admitted to being a part of cycling’s “dark past.” (velonews.com)













States both Bjarne Riis and the UCI were aware of his use of banned substances but didn’t act. (velonation.com)






Tour de France champion Chris Froome has won the prestigious Velo d'Or award as the best rider of 2013. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)











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