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November 2012
November 24, 2012


Photo: Superprestige Cyclocross Gieten.
CyclingFans: The 2012 Superprestige Cyclocross - Gieten (Netherlands) is Sunday, November 25. Live streaming video: 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).








Photo: Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony) powered away.
VeloNation: Slippery mud stops Niels Albert on the sand dune course; Katie Compton.





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










Photo: Nicolas Roche will have a very different approach to his racing.
VeloNation: Irishman gives up leadership role in order to learn from Contador at Team Saxo Tinkoff.





Photo: Vacansoleil.
VeloNation: Dutch camping holidays CEO provides differing stance from exiting Rabobank.





Photo: Darren Lill (front left) racing into the lead in stage 7 of the Tour of Rwanda. Photo: Gregor Brown.
VeloNews: Tour of Rwanda opens eyes, for winners and losers alike.





Photo: Bernhard Eisel says cycling is moving forward and changing for the better.
VeloNews: "Eisel talked about his role on the Union Cycliste Internationale’s athletes’ commission, which met earlier this month to provide input to cycling’s governing body about issues vital to the riders inside the peloton, and major shakeups inside Team Sky that saw Bobby Julich and Sean Yates forced out of the team."






Photo: Astana.
VeloNation: Frenchman confirms Optum/Kelly Benefit Strategies and Plussbank BMC wish to come on board.





Photo: Niels Albert on his way to his world champion title in Koksijde. - Balint Hamvas.
PodiumCafe: "Think back to when you were seven, or eight, or maybe twelve years old, and your parents took you for a trip to the beach. For some that may have been a two minute walk, for others it meant a few hours in the car, and for some of you it was a bit of nature only enjoyed on holidays. But for all, it was special."








Photo: The Plzen World Cup junior men's podium: Quinten Hermans, Mathieu van der Poel and Logan Owen.
CyclingNews: McDonald, Owen and White fight for 'cross Worlds grid positions.






Photo: Sven Nys runs with his bike.
CyclingNews: UCI coordinator says new non-Belgian stars needed.





Photo: Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) crashed hard and ended the day in 12th place.
CyclingNews: Crash knocks Belgian from co-World Cup lead to fourth overall.





Photo: Scott engineer Benoit Grelier (Dan Milner/Future Publishing).
BikeRadar: Recently, Scott’s Benoit Grelier chatted to What Mountain Bike about the importance of cohesion between design and engineering, where 26in wheels will end up and carbon fibre frames.






Photo: Omega Pharma-Quick Step.
VeloNation: Pressure of WorldTour too much for emerging riders, says sponsor.





Photo: Simon Gerrans, shown after his victory at the 2012 GP de Québec. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
VeloNews: Simon Gerrans (Orica-GreenEdge) insists he’s clean and has always been so throughout his decade-long career, which began when the peloton was still deep into performance-enhancing drugs.





Photo: Race leader Jonathan Tiernan Locke goes to sign in.
CyclingNews: Weight loss key part of Sky preparation.





Photo: Giuseppe Martinelli and Alexandre Vinokourov look for a nice spot for dinner.
CyclingWeekly: MPCC head on requirements to join ethical movement.





Photo: Powers with Berden and Trebon on the flyover at the USGP. © Cyclocross Magazine.
CXMagazine: Is JPow the American Sven Nys? Are you ready for the impending Vos-Compton (and maybe Nash) duel? Was Nys right to say that Boom’s switch to the road has left him lacking in the field?





Photo: radley Wiggins in the maglia rosa (photo Pentaphoto Rcs Marco Trovati).
road.cc: Jonathon Tiernan-Locke also likely to get his chance in big races - but he'll need to shed a few kilos first.





Photo: Tim Johnson was a winner in Iowa and says that consistent, high-quality broadcasting is the missing piece for U.S. cyclocross. Photo: Nate Van Der Weide | CleverShutter.com.
VeloNews: Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld) is six-time U.S. cyclocross champion and was the first American to finish on the podium at ’cross worlds, as a U23 in 1999.





Distraction










Photo: US Anti-Doping Agency.
CyclingNews: USAC, promoters and teams to fund USADA-based program.






Photo: Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) managed to overcome jetlag.
VeloNation: US champion flies through the jetlag to extend World Cup lead with her third Koksijde victory.





Photo: The Road Back, A Journey of Grace and Grit by Michael Vitez, available at www.michaelvitez.com.
PEZ: “He cleared out the broken teeth with his fingers, and then – what almost no one else on the planet and even few doctors would have known to do – he tugged the boy’s shattered jaw forward,” writes Michael Vitez, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of The Road Back – A journey of Grace and Grit..





Photo: Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack-Nissan).
CyclingNews: After a year without riding a single grand tour Jakob Fuglsang looks set to lead Astana in the 100th edition of the Tour de France in 2013.





Photo: Running the same tire front and rear has advantages.
MBAction: There are very few tires marked “front” and “rear.”





Photo: Felt Edict Nine LTD.
BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Snazzy looks but with old-school handling and a rather soft frame."











Photo: Italian anti-doping tribunal .
CyclingNews: Padua investigation reveals he advised Bertagnolli on EPO use.






Photo: No charges for Europcar team.
VeloNation: Team reportedly had been accused of using corticosteroids during 2011 Tour.





Photo: Bjarne Riis.
Blazin' Saddles: With Lotto-Belisol and Ag2R-La Mondiale being granted WorldTour status, two remaining teams — Saxo-Tinkoff and Argos-Shimano — will battle it out for the last remaining berth in cycling's top division.





VeloNation: Dane will target Classics and Contador Tour de France victory.












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

Good idea, so I ran with it.


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