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November 2012
November 11, 2012


Photo: Acquarone.
CyclingNews: Giro d'Italia director open to beneficial change.







Photo: Katie Compton (trek Cyclocross Collective) on her way to victory.
PodiumInsight: Nash, Gould repeat podium performances on day 2.







Photo: Sven Nys.
VeloNation: Belgian champion rides most of the race alone to take his seventh Bollekescross.





Photo: Sanne van Paassen (Rabobank Women Cycling) on the top step of the podium.
CyclingNews: Havlikova takes second, Dombroski eighth.






Photo: Geraint Thomas.
VeloNation: Welshman turns away from track, wants to focus fully on road racin.





Races & Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),





Photo: 16-GoPros.
Peloton: Ten test riders, the entire staff of switchback and peloton magazines, 80+ companies and their products, a large amount of Sierra Nevada beer, 16-GoPros and a full week of riding and reviewing bikes, product and gear on the trails of Ojai, CA.





Photo: Recalled Diamondback Steilacoom RCX.
BicycleRetailer: Diamondback is working with the Consumer Product Safety Commision on a recall of about 40 cyclocross bikes that were assembled with incorrect headset parts. 






CyclingFans: The 2012 Superprestige Cyclocross - Hamme-Zogge is Sunday, November 11. Live streaming video: 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).











Photo: Dan Martin.
VeloNation: Irishman busy during time off bike.







Photo: Niels Albert.
VeloNation: World champion asserts himself over Sven Nys as tenacious Bart Aernouts takes second.






Photo: Zdenek Bakala speaks at the team press conference.
CyclingNews: “Champions League” plan with preliminary weaknesses.






Photo: Bradley Wiggins of Team Sky and his mentor and coach Shane Sutton.
Blazin' Saddles: British drivers this week showed they have zero tolerance towards British Cycling key figures for whom zero tolerance is not an issue.





road.cc: New limited edition Reynolds 525 bike harks back to the 1980s.







Photo: Sven Nys in the lead.
CyclingNews: Nys takes break to argue for sharing across disciplines.






Photo: The photo posted on the Twitter account of Armstrong shows the disgraced racer and his yellow jerseys.
Bicycling: Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong posed provocatively on Sunday with his framed seven Tour de France winners jerseys, tweeting a picture of him in his Austin home—unleashing dozens of comments for and against the Texan.




Photo: Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) wins day 1 of USGP Derby City Cup.
PodiumInsight: Reigning US champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) notched another win, another C1 win, on Saturday’s USGP Derby City Cup at Eva Bandman Park. This one was important because the race was a dry-run of the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships coming up in February.





Photo: Belgian champion Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) was a pre-race favorite at the Grand Prix de Wallonie.
CyclingNews: Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider ready to start training after vacation.





Photo: It’ll be a week or two before Wiggo can get on the boards.
Irontwit: Traditionally, 1st November is the date where cyclists who finished their road year at the end of September climb back on their bikes having had a month off and start preparing for the new season.





Photo: a massive space that's set aside for all the team vehicles and bikes.
RBAction: Taking an exclusive look at the home of the world's #1 rider.





Photo: The 2013 NetApp-Endura team jersey.
CyclingNews: German team developing sprint and stage race squads.





Photo: airless tyres.
road.cc: Colorado-based company shows prototype airless tire design that will never flat.





Photo: Concealed cables give the 105 levers a clean look.
BikeRadar: "Decent weight and excellent kit, but the ride could be more inspiring."







Photo: UCI.
New Champions’ league of the sport could be in the pipeline.





Photo: Almost every village in France and Italy has its memorial to the fallen.
InnerRing: Fallen cyclists might make you think of a crash but this is the story those who fell in the ugly battle of warfare, of those that are remembered on Sunday in Europe and beyond. Almost every village in France and Italy has its memorial to the fallen.






Photo: Jakob Fuglsang.
VeloNation: German sprinter has had issues of his own, says Danish rider.





Photo: Katerina Nash .
VeloNews: After a rough end to the mountain bike season, it seems Luna’s Katerina Nash is coming back to form, and she is feeling strong and pleased to be back on the bike.





Photo: Oscar Freire (Spain) was emotional before the race.
CyclingNews: Triple world champion tipped for job if Antequera elected as president .





Distraction













Photo: Zdeněk Bakala.
InnerRing: Meet the new boss of cycling, Zdeněk Bakala. Whether he’s the same as the old boss depends but the UCI has signed a memorandum of understanding with Bakala, the Czech billionaire to invest up to €20 million from Bakala alone being cited.





Photo: Michael Rasmussen.
VeloNation: De Rooij, Breukink and Leinders called as witnesses.





Photo: Skins.
VeloNation: “I have absolutely no interest in Skins landing a commercial windfall from this action.”





Photo: Michele Acquarone hopes to help cycling become more popular and profitable for all concerned. Photo: Dan Wuori.
VeloNews: A much-anticipated revenue-sharing agreement with cycling’s top teams could be in place for 2013, and may be finalized as early as this month, says the managing director of RCS Sport.





Photo: To The Ghisallo!
PEZ: "There’s something about sharing the pain of a tough climb with a group of guys that pretty much turns you into friends… you know what I’m talking about."





Photo: Ceramica Flaminia riders push the pace.
CyclingNews: Italian company set to announce WorldTour partnership.





Photo: John Degenkolb and Marcel Kittel.
RBAction: Rising stars Degenkolb & Kittel have a 2013 home.





Photo: Giant TCR Advanced.
Giant offered the TCR Advanced 0 for the first time in 2012, and it was a price-killer by delivering a bike with Ultegra Di2 for $4000. For 2013, the bike is unchanged (including the price) save for the color scheme.












Photo: Hein, Pat, ya really shoulda left that dog asleep..
RedKitePrayer: The UCI, Hein Verbruggen and Pat McQuaid originally filed a civil suit against Kimmage, following a path they had pursued in two earlier cases against former World Anti-Doping President, Richard Pound and former professional cyclist, Floyd Landis (As you recall, Pound settled the case with a delightfully worded “retraction” and Landis lost his case by means of a default judgment, when he failed to show up for the hearing in Switzerland.






Photo: Luxembourg champion Benoit Joachim is the team's French speaker.
CyclingNews: Luxembourger regrets not working with Dr. Ferrari.






Photo: That’s what 100 percent commitment to disc brakes looks like. Photo: Lennard Zinn.
VeloNews: Discs or cantilevers? The Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com team has committed itself to the newer braking system, but Raleigh-Clement is still hedging its bets.





road.cc: Now it's SRAM's turn to get in on the Garmin alternative mount game.






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

Good idea, so I ran with it.


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