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November 2012
November 22, 2012



Photo: Team Astana Pro Team from Kazakhstan crosses the finish line during the men's team time trial at the UCI Road World Championships in Valkenburg (Reuters).
EuroSport: Astana team manager Giuseppe Martinelli has told Eurosport that the team intends to join anti-doping movement MPCC. .





Photo: Jesse Anthony.
VeloNation: Optum Pro Cycling rider argues the case for a cleaner future. .





Photo: Lachlan Morton (Chipotle) looking pretty satisfied with his second place finish today.
CyclingNews: Moves up from Chipotle Development team.





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





Photo: Two months into the cyclocross season .
PEANUT: "I am now two months into the cyclocross season and it has already been filled with highs and lows.  It started off solid with a 4th, 10th, and 12th at the first three events of Hoboken CX, Soudal Neerpelt, and Bosduin Kalmthout."





Photo: Seldo reluctantly saddled up for this test.
PEZ: "The Sufferfest training videos are legendary here at PEZ and their latest video that uses officially licensed footage from the Tour de France '12 is no exception."





Photo: Velo October 2012. Photo: Wil Matthews | VeloNews.com.
VeloNews: Every sport has its fundamentals; cyclocross is no different. You need a certain level of fitness, handling skills, technique, and equipment to ride and race. And once you start racing, you’re certain to want to go faster.






Photo: Vinnicombe with the gold medal that he won at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in New Zealand (Getty Images).
SBS: Cycling Australia has made contact with former track cyclist Martin Vinnicombe following an allegation he made which stated that a current high-level figure in the sport once helped him with an injection.






VeloNews: Near-total Cobbled Classics domination sees Belgian champion see off Philippe Gilber.








Photo: The team of CCC Polsat Polkowice prior to the start of stage five in Haikou.
CyclingNews: CCC Polsat rider loses one win, keeps next day's victory.





Photo: Team Saxo – Tinkoff WorldTour.
VeloNation: Governing body states it’s too soon to know what teams will get the green light.





Photo: Mr Derailleur.
InnerRing: "What strikes me is the lack of change over the years. Since the early models we’ve only seen refinements in engineering and progress has been quite linear. Even today’s electronic shifting are still based on a parallelogram bolted onto the bike."





Photo: Elite V-Arion Parabolic Rollers.
BikeHugger: Rollers can enhance your pedaling technique as well as give you a proper workout..





Photo: Webb's Col du Galibier.
CyclingWeekly: Earlier this year Melvin Webb's imagination was captured by a Strava/Specialized challenge to ride 105,000 vertical feet in just 47 days.





Photo: Passoni Top Force W - full bike.
road.cc: Oozing Italian flair, we take a first look at the titanium Top Force W.





Photo: Turkey on single speed.
TwistedSpoke: Thanksgiving Day greetings from Twisted Spoke in Northern California where all the turkeys are organic and cost $90.





Photo: Lance Armstrong shows off a Tufts University cycling jersey after delivering the 2006 commencement address at Tufts University (AAP).
SBS: An American university has stripped disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong of an honorary degree after a unanimous vote by the school's trustees.















Distraction










Photo: Michele Scarponi is learning that it pays to not hang around people with targets on them.
RBAction: Being judged for the company he kept.





Photo: Director General of the WADA, David Howman.
CyclingNews: WADA director-general on UCI's external commission and 2001 Tour de Suisse.





Photo: Tom Boonen.
VeloNation: Belgian rider unimpressed by more relaxed whereabouts requirements for other sports.





Photo: RIDLEY X-FIRE.
RBAction: The Belgian brand's 2013 flagship cyclocross racer.





Photo: VVelo October 2012. Photo: Michael Robson | VeloNews.com.
VeloNews: Keeping your cyclocross machine primed and ready.













Photo: There are rumblings of news but nothing more. Yet.
Boulder Report: Despite the loss of his titles, sponsors, role at the foundation, and reputation, Armstrong has remained silent. The problem in any admission of doping is that it exposes him to potentially huge civil and criminal liabilities, lawsuits, perjury charges, and even jail time.










VeloNation: Vacansoleil rider describes outcome as ‘a great load off my mind’.







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

Good idea, so I ran with it.


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