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November 2012
November 12, 2012



Photo: Tyler Hamilton got his Giro stage during the 2002 edition. Photo ©: Sirotti/www.sirotti.it .
CyclingNews: Calls for new leadership from outside the sport .





Photo: Director General of the WADA, David Howman.
CyclingNews: WADA keen to be a witness in UCI Commission.





Photo: The day's early break is led by Matti Helminen (Landbouwkrediet).
CyclingNews: Finn positive at Tour of Luxembourg.





Photo: Giro d'Italia head Michele Acquarone says he is prepared to discuss Zdenek Bakala's proposal for a new cycling league with the UCI. Photo: Andrew Hood | VeloNews.com.
VeloNews: Giro d’Italia boss Michele Acquarone plans to speak to the Union Cycliste Internationale about an alternative cycling league in the near future.





Photo: Di Luca.
VeloNation: Italian has several options post-Acqua & Sapone.





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





Photo: Marcel Kittel (Argos Shimano) wins the final stage.
CyclingNews: Sees no conflict with Argos-Shimano teammate Degenkolb.





Photo: Emma Johansson.
VeloNation: Former World time trial champion talks about her reasons for signing with Bigla as she looks back at 2012.





Photo: Emma Johansson.
VeloNation: Swedish road and TT champion looking forward to riding for Orica AIS in 2013.





Photo: Diamondback is recalling the X-10 and X-20 bikes.
In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), Raleigh America is voluntarily recalling about 2,800 bicycles. The frames on these bicycles can break, which can cause riders to lose control and crash.





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. 





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







PodiumInsight: Nash, Gould repeat podium performances on day 2.







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












Photo: Skins' chairman Jaimie Fuller says his company's $2 million lawsuit against Pat McQuaid and Hein Verbruggen is a bid to force change in the governing body and the sport as a whole. Photo courtesy: Skins.
VeloNews: In October, Jaimie Fuller, chairman of compression wear company Skins, posted an open letter to the UCI’s president Pat McQuaid asking that he either change how the sport’s governing body runs the sport or step down from his post. 






Photo: Lance Armstrong in the Discovery Channel days.
CyclingNews: Says Armstrong and UCI used “bullying attempts” to try and shut WADA down.





Photo: Oscar Freire Gomez (Katusha).
CyclingNews: Says it’s right to take action if American is guilty, but affair has put cycling “on its knees.”





Photo: Greg LeMond.
CyclingInquisition:  "Where there's good guys, there's also bad guys. For us, this meant the French. Hinault and Fignon were demonized by the Colombian press, something that was only exacerbated by tales of discrimination and mistreatment of Colombian riders." 





Photo: Shane Sutton, GB coach, London 2012 Olympics, track training, 30 July 2012.
CyclingWeekly: British Cycling head of performance Shane Sutton has been discharged from hospital and is on bed rest after he suffered head injuries in a crash involving a motorist last week. 





Photo: Marcel Kittel wins stage four, Eneco Tour 2012.
CyclingWeekly: Marcel Kittel has overcome sunstroke and is preparing to begin training proper ahead of the 2013 season he is confident his Argos-Shimano team will secure a WorldTour licence for.





Photo: Dan Piraro.
Seattlepi: Bizarro is the means by which cartoonist Dan Piraro unleashes both his secret symbols and uniquely eccentric view of the world on comics fans every day. 





Photo: Axle path: At a quick glance, the three Shimano pedals look the same. Comparing the spindles is the easy way to ID them. All three use chromoly spindles and fit all mountain bike cranks.
MBAction: It is tough not being a Shimano mountain bike pedal. SPD (Shimano Pedaling Dynamics) pedals have been the benchmark for mountain bike pedals since they were first introduced.





Photo: The groundbreaking ceremony Friday. Photo: Lynette Carpiet.
BicycleRetailer: The Irvine, CA facility is being expanded by 48,000 square feet in distribution space and by 3,000 square feet in office space.





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.




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.





CyclingNews: Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider ready to start training after vacation.





Distraction











Photo: Lance Armstrong.
VeloNation: Rejected offer of $1 million was a fraction of what is claimed by insurance compan.






Photo: Lance Armstrong happiest when surrounded by his adoring fans and pushing his Livestrong foundation.
CyclingNews: Hopes to protect charity from “negative effects” of his ban.





Photo: IG Cycling.
InnerRing: Having put the questions online last week I had a go myself and found it a tough challenge, a hors catégorie quiz.





Photo: A South African Chicken?.
TwistedSpoke: People watching Sky’s Chris Froome at the Tour de France couldn’t help but notice his emaciated frame. While top climbers are all thin, Froome appeared exceptionally skeletal.





Bicycling: The smooth-handling trail bike is one of the most capable 29ers we’ve ridden .





Photo: Purple Blast .
GetAddictedTo: With Purple Blast (roughly $16.250) creative bicycle designhouse Vandeyk continues to explore the intersection between design, art, handbuilt bicycles and photography.





Photo: Charge Filter Hi.
road.cc: New disc brakes and lighter specification improve a classic commuter/tourer/crosser.





Photo: Bike Console.
road.cc: This time they’re for the Apple iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy SIII .





Photo: The racks on the front and back are removable for storage.
road.cc: It’s the work of 3D industrial designer Ben Wilson, who is also a tutor on a design products course at the Royal College of Art in London.














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.





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





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





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.











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

Good idea, so I ran with it.


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