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November 2012
November 7, 2012


Photo: Wujiang Binhu Xincheng-Shengze .
CyclingIQ: The minute gaps between classification leaders and competitors aspiring to succeed them can only ever endure in a flat stage race like Tour of Taihu Lake. However, unlike GC contenders, points jersey hopefuls don’t have the luxury of finishing in the bunch to preserve their overall placings. La Pomme Marseille’s Benjamin Giraud made the right moves today to move on up.





Photo: Jérémy Roy (FDJ-Big Mat) launches an attack..
CyclingNews: Calls for UCI to hand over responsibility for dope controls and for WADA to act on “liberalized" corticoid use.






Photo: Tour South Africa.
VeloNews: Cooperation emphasised in what could be period of greater harmony in sport .





Races & Results.
La Ruta de los Conquistadores - Nov 1-3 (Stages & Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),






Photo: You don't need a huge amount of tools or kit to winterize your bike.
VeloNation: Swiss Classics specialist meets his fans at the Centrum Ronde van Vlaanderen.





Photo: Michael Torkler (Cardno) is the new race leader
CyclingNews: Kiwi overcomes injury for second time.





Photo: Bellis.
VeloNation: Manxman hoping for a slot as comeback continues.





Photo: k-edge mount.
road.cc: No space on your stem or handlebar for a Garmin mount? Try one of these alternatives.





Photo: You don't need a huge amount of tools or kit to winterize your bike.
BikeRadar: Get the best from your winter riding and make sure that your bike survives with these essential tips to prepare your bike for wet and salty roads.





Photo: Paul Odlin celebrates victory in the Oceania elite men's road race near Queenstown today.
CyclingNews: The "Eurocentric view" doesn't work says Secretary General Sycamore.






Photo: Stage 6: Huzhou Changxing -Taihu Tourist Resort.
CyclingIQ: Cycling’s veterans have had the lion’s share of successes in Tour of Taihu Lake thus far, so it was time for a change in the form of Nutrixxion Abus’ Sebastian Körber winning his first UCI stage. The 28-year old second-year pro was put out of contention by yesterday’s en masse crash but everything fell together in the right way today.





Photo: David Millar (Garmin-Sharp) celebrates his victory in stage 12 of the Tour de France.
CyclingNews: Garmin-Sharp rider says it's up to the UCI, riders to make people believe.














Photo: Sky says he will make a full and speedy recovery
CyclingNews: Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins (Sky) is being treated in a Lancashire hospital having collided with a vehicle while out training on Wednesday evening.






Photo: Landis .
VeloNation:  American opts against French court appearance.






Photo: Australian Olympic Committee president John Coates, shown at a 2012 press conference in Sydney, is to help choose a panel to investigate the UCI's links to the Lance Armstrong doping case. Photo: Greg Wood | AFP.
VeloNews: Cycling’s governing body made moves Wednesday to try to bolster its battered credibility with two initiatives it hopes will help it regain its footing in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal...






Photo: Jérémy Roy (FDJ-Big Mat) launches an attack..
Peloton: The "clean cycling" unionnn has called for a zero tolerance approach to doping from next year, as the sport tries to claw back its credibility after the damaging Lance Armstrong scandal..





Photo: The sport won't see this kit again after the 2012 season ends..
VeloNews: The Dutch cycling federation is to set up a commission to probe the “culture of doping” in the sport, laid bare by the scandal surrounding disgraced superstar Lance Armstrong.





Photo: Bradley Wiggins.
VeloNation: Tour de France winner says Armstrong “can get f***ed” if he doped during 2009/10 comeback.





Photo: Most cyclo-cross races are held between September and March.
road.cc: Everything you wanted to know about cyclo-cross racing but were too afraid to ask.





Photo: Drift HD Ghost.
BicycleRetailer: Drift Innovation's new camera features a wearable remote control, continuous loop recording and an integrated 2-inch LCD screen.





Photo: Cervélo S5 VWD Di2 EDITORS' CHOICE WINNER.
Bicycling: Proven in competition, aero road bikes are ready to make you faster..





Photo: the Bike You Have.
Off The Beaten Path: “You ride the bike you have, not the bike you might want or wish to have at a later time,” said a famous secretary of defense. (More or less. He was talking about armies, not bikes, but both are tools toward achieving an end.).





Photo: Vinokourov and Kolobnev.
VeloNation: Investigation into 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège.










Distraction
















Photo: UCI President Pat McQuaid tried to defend the UCI's record on doping.
CyclingNews: The International Cycling Union (UCI) has begun the process by which it hopes will address the serious allegations that surfaced during USADA's investigation into Lance Armstrong and the US Postal team.





Photo: Female Cyclists.
RedKitePrayer: The effect of the release of USADA’s “reasoned decision” and the accompanying documents has been rather like a Hollywood special-effects explosion. Debris has been raining down from the sky long after the explosion itself has ceased to reverberate.





Photo: Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen have been accused of protecting Lance Armstrong while he doped.
After decades of bullying and intimidation by the UCI, have we started to see the shift? Are those who have been “oppressed” during that time starting to remove and wave the decrepitly stench-riddled UCI shoes Pat McQuaid/Hein Verbruggen previously planted?





Photo: Alex Dowsett has signed for Spanish outfit Movistar for 2013. Photo: Graham Watson .
VeloNews: As the 2013 season approaches, teams are completing their rosters; riders are transferring here and there, and several neo-professionals are joining the ranks.





Photo: Track cycling's heyday faded after the 1920s .
BikeRadar: In the 1920s, track cyclist often made much more than professional baseball players or American football players. Fast forward nearly a century, and track cycling in America is obscure, while Major League Baseball and the National Football League dominate mainstream media.  So what happened? An argument can be made that radio played a key role in relegating cycling.





Photo: Female Cyclists.
Cyclismas: Asked to comment on the loss of women in the sport, UCI president Pat McQuaid responded, “What women?” .

















Photo: McQuaid.
VeloNation: Federation doctor calls for vote of no confidence in Irishman.





Photo: Juan Manuel Garate.
CyclingNews: Spanish rider Juan Manuel Garate (Rabobank) believes riders should watch for any signs of rule-breaking - i.e. doping - by their colleagues within a team rather than leave the UCI or WADA to enforce anti-doping legislation. Garate believes self-regulation can help eradicate doping.







Dead Star: First image in my head when I saw that McQuaid picture.

Good idea, so I ran with it.


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