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November 2012
November 28, 2012


Photo: Leipheimer a jelly bean?
TwistedSpoke: "What we’re now talking about is Leipheimer somehow cutting a one year deal with a domestic Pro Continental or Continental team for a final run at Cali."





Photo: Robert Gesink won the tour in 2012. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
VeloNews: The 2013 Amen Tour of California will work its way from south to north for the first time in the race’s history, skip Mount Baldy in favor of Mount Diablo and finish in three-time champ Levi Leipheimer’s hometown of Santa Rosa. .





Photo: The 2010 Edition Challenged Riders With Slippery, Aggressive Mud © Bart Hazen.
CXMagazine: Last held in 2010, the brutal race was dominated by Zdenek Stybar, who proved best in the muddy, slippery slog as behind him Klaas Vantornout slipped away from Sven Nys to claim second..





Photo: Matt Cooke might not get his shot to beat Francisco Mancebo after Exergy ducked out of its men's team commitment. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
VeloNews: Thirty-five days isn’t much time to find a new job — particularly with the holidays thrown in the middle.





Races & Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages),
Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),





Photo: UCI.
VeloNation: Colombia, MTN-Qhubeka and Team Type 1 confirmed as ProConti; WorldTour registration to wait until December 10th.





Photo: Thumbs up from Andrew Dillman on the start line.
CyclingNews: New location selected for Euro racing experience.





Photo: Game face... Natash Hansen's determination saw her fast-tracked to the London Olympic Games (Getty Images).
SBS: It has been one hell of a year for New Zealand Olympian Natasha Hansen..





Photo: Feminine graphics and women's-specific cut. Photo courtesy Girl Bike Love.
VeloNews: Here are a few items that would appeal to the casual weekend warrioress or the bicycle-obsessed lady who would be unrecognizable to her own family without her helmet.





Photo: Jeremy Durrin attacked during the last half of a lap, taking the win as Mike Garrigan rolled in for second at Baystate Cross. Photo: Todd Prekaski.
Pave': "In what has to be considered one of the most exciting weekends of racing across the board, I quickly watched as my glorious predictions came crashing down."





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







road.cc: Set up by Skins, who are suing the UCI for $2 million for failing to rid sport of doping.






CyclingNews: Pauwels holds slim lead over Nys on men's standings.





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.





CXMagazine: The final race of the Seattle Cyclocross Series took place Sunday at the Fairgrounds in Monroe, WA.













Photo: Tyler Hamilton (Tinkoff Credit Systems) at the 2007 Trofeo Laigueglia.
CyclingNews: Believes Armstrong is "still denying the past.".





Photo: Thibaut Pinot.
InnerRing: First up the scenes of joy as Thibaut Pinot won a stage of the Tour de France and behind team manager Marc Madiot goes beserk with joy and pride. But all is not quite as it seemed or was reported at the time.







Photo: Exergy Development Group.
VeloNation: Under-pressure company blames the sport for its decision, says it will continue other backing.






Photo: The Colombia - Coldeportes before the start.
CyclingNews: The UCI announced today that three teams, Colombia, MTN-Qhubeka and Team Type 1, have been granted Professional Continental licenses for the 2013 season following a review of additional documents received from the squads.






Photo: Tour of the Battenkill .
VeloNation: Drake states that UCI has been inconsistent in its message and needs to accept some blame.





Photo: The 2012 Tour de France final podium (l-r): Chris Froome, Bradley Wiggins and Vincenzo Nibali.
CyclingNews: Team Sky prepared to switch leadership roles in 2013.





Photo: When life stalls for Matthew Beaudin, he heads up, up, up. Photo: Matthew Beaudin.
VeloNews: "When things stall for me, I go up, up, and up. I’ve yet to encounter something so brutal, something more complete, than tearing myself to bits on long climbs."





Photo: Santos Tour Down Under.
VeloNation: Santos Tour Down Under and national championships gain support.





Photo: When I get fast, I’m outta here.
RedKitePrayer: "When I get fast, I’m outta here. I realized this just today. When I get fast there won’t be any reason to write these words, to talk about bikes, to look for ways to get faster or to talk about pros who are fast. When I get fast, I’m done."





Photo: Sampson Sports' 35mm bar and stem.
BicycleRetailer: Sampson Sports has started production on its new 35 mm diameter CN stem and carbon bar.  .





Photo: Affordable disc-brake ’cross racer.
Bicycling: The aluminum Mares AX 2.0 Disc proved that the long-loved mountain bike technology is equally viable for bikes with skinnier tires—and that disc brakes need not require stratospheric prices.





Distraction



Photo: Johan Bruyneel (Getty Images).
SBS: Former RadioShack-Nissan general manager Johan Bruyneel has slammed the newly-formed Change Cycling Now Organisation on twitter, calling its members 'douches'.






Photo: Philippe Gilbert (BMC) waves to the crowd at the start of the race.
CyclingNews: World Champion says he's suited to Adelaide parcours.


















Photo: Paul Kimmage .
VeloNation: Lawyer states delay is not unusual.





Photo: Danilo Hondo (Lampre-ISD).
CyclingNews: German supports four-year doping bans.





Photo: Simon Gerrans wins the 2012 Milano-Sanremo (Getty Images).
SBS: The UCI has announced that the Professional Cycling Council (PCC) has accepted the request filed by RCS to modify the dates of the Milano-Sanremo and Il Lombardia events in 2013 .





Photo: Carolin Schiff (SDG/Felt/IRT/SPY) clinched the SoCalCross elite Women’s A title for 2012-13 with her ninth straight Prestige Series victory.
CXMagazine: For cyclocross enthusiasts in Southern California the Thanksgiving holiday is not about turkey, football and shopping malls. The real tradition here is the Turkey Trot ’Cross.





Photo: Campagnolo Bullet Ultra 80.
Peloton: You can run tire pressure low enough to make even the stiffest bike a magic carpet and tubeless tires almost never flat.






Photo: Northwave 53/11 bib.
TwistedSpoke: When you hear the name Northwave, you think well-made Italian cycling shoes like the Extreme Tech we reviewed a month ago. However, the Treviso, Italy company makes a wider range of cycling gear including apparel and eye wear.















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?





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.












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

Good idea, so I ran with it.


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