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November 2012
November 27, 2012


Photo: Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) gets welcomed to the start.
CyclingNews: Team situation still uncertain.







Photo: he group, Change Cycling Now, is to pressure the UCI.
road.cc: Set up by Skins, who are suing the UCI for $2 million for failing to rid sport of doping.






Photo: World Cup leader Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) soloed to victory in Koksijde, Belgium, the World Cup's third round.
CyclingNews: Pauwels holds slim lead over Nys on men's standings.





Photo: Graziano Gasparre called time on his professional career in 2009..
CyclingNews: Former European under-23 champion Graziano Gasparre, who underwent surgery to remove a tumour in Reggio Emilia last week, has blamed doping for causing the growth, according to Gazzetta dello Sport, ANSA and a number of other Italian sources.





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





Photo: Carnage corner claims another victim © Janet Hill.
CXMagazine: The final race of the Seattle Cyclocross Series took place Sunday at the Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA.





Photo: This is where it all looked good and most people thought that it was a done deal, as Vantornout was leading by a few bike-lengths. But note, that Nys had already started sprinting. – Balint.
Pave': By now most cross fans have seen and/or read about the final lap in Gieten on Sunday and several of the theories surrounding the bizarre final few hundred meters that saw Sven Nys nearly steal victory.





Photo: No Ordinary Road.
InnerRing: A piece of road you’d want to avoid suddenly becomes the centre of the cycling world, the most desirable piece of real estate in the pro cycling world.






Photo: He's most likely going through a similar process that I went through.
road.cc: Hamilton told the Daily Telegraph: "He's still denying the past and that picture saddens me, I don't enjoy looking at that.





Photo: The last spot in the WorldTour, which includes a definite Tour invitation, is going to Argos-Shimano or Saxo-Tinkoff. Think “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory” and the Golden Ticket is the Tour invite .
RoadCycling: It takes more than points to make it to the WorldTour.





Photo: The NBX courses offer challenging features, incorporating beaches and trails in the scenic Goddard Park.
PodiumInsight: The classic course of the NBX Gran Prix of Cyclocross, with its long bayside beach runs and tough trails, provides a stunning setting for this weekend’s exciting finale of the 2012 Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series Presented by Verge.





TwistedSpoke: Is this a planned PR campaign or simply coincidence? With Saxo-Tinkoff and Argos-Shimano locked in battle to win the final WorldTour spot, both teams used the weekend to issue strong anti-doping statements. Were they making a last-ditched play to improve their “ethics” score on the UCI’s mysterious selection criteria?.














Photo: Robert Gesink's 2012 Amgen Tour of California win will make him an even bigger hero both in California and at home in Holland.
CyclingNews: Iconic East Bay climb, coastal views to feature in South-North route.  Escondido will host the start and the second stage will start in the nearby and beautiful town of Murrieta [home of the Doug Report] and travel through the San Jacinto Mountains to the desert town of Palm Springs.






Photo: Kittel and Gretsch amongst riders previously.
VeloNation: Kittel and Gretsch amongst riders previously cleared by earlier judgement.





Photo: Team RadioShack-Nissan.
CyclingNews: Luxembourg team still with no word on 2012 license.





Photo: A profile MRI of the brain with color shaded areas corresponding to areas of increased gray matter volume in active people.
NBC: Scientists have images that show people who were the most active had 5 percent more gray matter than people who were the least active.





Photo: JP Van Zyl, director of the UCI's World Cycling Center in South Africa, hugs riders after a Tour of Rwanda stage win.
VeloNews: The future of cycling is brewing in South Africa at the UCI’s World Cycling Center. With focus on the Lance Armstrong doping scandal and allegations of corruption, to find that the governing body’s investment in Africa is paying off is refreshing news.





Photo: Other than the change in decals, I believe that the new Easton EC90 SLX3 handlebar I put on my bike on November 14 is identical to the broken one when it was in new condition. Photo: Lennard Zinn.
VeloNews: "When I can have a bar that weighs only 204g in a 46cm center-to-center width, that is something very appealing to me. I also find the shape to my liking, and I really like the vibration damping the bar offers as well."





Photo: Giorgia Bronzini (Diadora-Pasta Zara) moves up with her teammates..
CyclingNews: Double world champion joins Wiggins-backed team.





Photo: Swift and lithe – a brilliant ride.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "The very impressive Madone was a tough bike to better but Trek have managed it."





Photo: The R320 is the top of the line, at $380. Heat moldable and super light at 295 grams per shoe for size 45.
NYVeloCity: Here's the rest of the wares Shimano brought to New York a couple weeks ago."





Photo: Winner: Giant Trance 3 — Score: 293.
MBAction: What's the Best Way to Spend 20 Benjamins?






The president of the International Olympic Committee expressed support on Monday for the plans of the World Anti-Doping Agency to raise from two to four years the punishment for serious violations of its rules.





Distraction













Photo: Frank waiting, sport suffering.
TwistedSpoke: File this under: “More things change, more they stay the same.” Do the folks at the Luxembourg Anti-Doping Agency have any clue what message they’re sending cycling fans — and potential team sponsors — by not yet ruling on Frank Schleck’s doping positive from the Tour de France four months ago?





Photo: USADA CEO Travis Tygart pointed to Levi Leipheimer's dismissal by Omega Pharma-Quick Step as the exact opposite of the
VeloNews: Why shouldn’t a rider guilty of doping sins come clean? U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart can’t see why not, if the proper system for disclosure is established.





Photo: N for Nys. It’s being said that Belgian cyclo-cross star Sven Nys, 36, could be his discipline’s greatest-ever athlete.
RedKitePrayer: Performances by three 22-year-old pros, and an almost perfect sets of results by the women’s Eddy Merckx. But let’s start with one remarkable ’cross racer.





Photo: Riders from the Chipotle Development Team apply the sunscreen before the stage start, although the heavens opened up for the majority of the stage.
CyclingNews: Lack of sponsors could be end of the road for Slipstream's U23 team.





Photo: Alberto Contador is threatening Tour de France organizer Amaury Sport Organisation (A.S.O.) .
RoadCycling: Alberto Contador says he will boycott the 2013 Tour de France if Bjarne Riis' Saxo-Tinkoff Team isn't granted a WorldTour license for the 2013 season.





Photo: The sleek new Joule GPS also includes sleek new gps tracking, and mates perfectly with the newly designed PowerTap G3 hub.
PEZ: Power monitor options for cyclists continue to expand. One company that has stood the test of time has been PowerTap, which has been making hub-based power measurement for over a decade.





Photo: The number of visits made to a bike shop dropped 24 percent from nearly 10 visits per year in 2000 to 7 visits per year in 2012.
BikeEurope: In the past twelve years the average number of visits to bike shops in the United States is down across the board. This is one of the results of the American Bicyclist Study conducted by the Gluskin Townley Group on the American retail market.





Photo: The FLC 29 Pro is a brand new model for 2013. Haro has designed it to be a high-performance, value-packed, no-compromises trail machine.
MBAction: The top-tier Pro model features a Shimano XT drivetrain featuring the new Shadow Plus rear derailleur. While we originally thought these derailleurs would be most useful on full suspension all-mountain bikes, they have also proved to be great on cross country hardtails which can transfer quite a bit of energy to the drivetrain through rough sections.


















VeloNews: Alberto Contador says he’s worried about returning to the Tour de France yet again..





CyclingNews:"The Secret Race" named sports book of the year.






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

Good idea, so I ran with it.


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