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November 2013
November 5, 2013



Photo: The Amgen Tour of California will return to Mount Diablo, site of Leopold Konig's stage win, in 2014. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
The Amgen Tour of California will return to Sacramento for the start of the ninth edition of the race, AEG, presenter of the race, announced on Tuesday.  (velonews.com)





Photo: Lance Armstrong solos over the line in Oslo in 1993. Rival Jan Ullrich won the U23 race that same year.
Oslo 1993, the UCI and the switch to "high-octane" doping. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup - Manchester Videos.
2013 UCI Track Cycling World Cup Videos from a variety of sources are listed. (cyclingfans.com)





Photo: Paul Pagano of Team Sho-Air kept our bikes dialed the whole race. © Alex Grant
Season draws to a close. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Cavendish is a highly intelligent individual. A genius, in fact.
Britain's greatest ever sprinter Mark Cavendish has revealed the unique and meticulous preparation that he undertakes pre-race to maintain his status as cycling's greatest sprinter. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)






Rider's agent, Team Sky and UCI won’t comment for now. (velonation.com)





Photo: Giovanni Visconti (Movistar) wins stage 15 of the Giro d'Italia. © Bettini
Former Italian Champion still recovering from Lombardia fall. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The beauty of six racing and what also makes them so hard is their variety. Here Guy’s pictured in Amsterdam in the derny race – which he won.
Guy East, winner of the 2008 UiV Cup for U23 winter track events – with fellow American, Austin Carroll – has teamed up with Daniel Holloway and the pair have been marketing themselves to the European promoters. (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Rumors suggest the painfully steep climb of Angliru could be replaced by a new ascent dubbed the
First the Giro d’Italia, then the Tour de France. Now it’s time for the Vuelta a España to reveal its route for the 2014 edition. (velonews.com)





Photo: money pressures at Team Saxo Tinkoff after two of its directeurs sportif were dropped from the team. .
Frost: “It is an uncertain situation, and they can't promise me something.” (velonation.com)





Photo: Right and left: both shifters are programmed to operate Berden's one and only rear derailleur.
Like the man, Berden’s race bike is one of a kind. (bikeradar.com)





Races & Results.
2014 Tour de France - July 5-27 (Stages),
2014 Giro d'Italia - May 10, 2014 (Stages),
UCI Road World Championships - Sept 22-29 (Results),
Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Results),
Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Results),
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Results).





Photo: Team SDG/Felt collected three top spots as Jason Seigle won both days in the SoCal Prestige Series events 7 & 8 in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Danny Summerhill added another win to his palmares as he took top honors in the Feedback Cup in Golden, CO while showing off his still-growing fall fitness and some deft bike handling skills.  (feltbicycles.com)





Photo: International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson.
Riders and managers who have been involved in past doping practices have been urged to come forward by International Cycling Union (UCI) president Brian Cookson so that the sport can draw a line under its troubled reputation. (uk.eurosport.yahoo.com)





Photo: Jake Keough in the leader's jersey. © Tour of Americas Dairyland
Full roster for American team released. (cyclingnews.com)













Photo: Michael Rasmussen claimed that
Michael Rasmussen has retreated from explosive comments he made to Danish television that he suggested that “100 percent” of Rabobank’s 2007 Tour de France squad was doped. (velonews.com)







Photo: Marcel Kittel's Argos-Shimano team and André Greipel's Lotto-Belisol squad must see the UCI Licensing Commission over irregularities in their applications for 2014. Photo: Graham Watson. (velonews.com)
16 Pro Continental team get licenses so far. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The team does hold a WorldTour licence for the 2014 season.
Belgian team green-lighted on sporting, ethical and financial criteria. (velonation.com)





Photo: It’s based around a trio of British writers: Lionel Birnie, Daniel Friebe and Richard Moore.
One enjoyments of Tour de France is the additional coverage given to the race. Instead of a few lines in L’Equipe there are five pages or more every day and the same is true across all of the cycling media. It’s not just volume, it’s the variety with extras like podcasts. Only the Humans Invent podcast from the Tour de France has kept going after the race and now has a near-settled weekly format. (inrng.com)





Photo: Part of the course uses a road and cycle path which is closed to other users.
Riders risk fines if they cut corners, jump to bike paths and footpaths. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Vincenzo Nibali looks set to compete at the Tour de France in 2014. © Roberto Bettini
Director Martinelli looks ahead to next year's Grand Tours. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Francisco Mancebo won stage 6 at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah this year. Photo: Casey B. Gibson.
Francisco Mancebo is leaving 5-Hour Energy-Kenda for a new squad based in the United Arab Emirates, it was announced on Monday. (velonews.com)





Photo: Static, linear fittings are never as reliable. I do them customer on the bike. Typically, a fitting session takes about three hours..
Steel frame sets start at $2850. That’s frame, fork, headset, single, standard color. We have a bit more than 100 standard colors. Titanium framesets start at either $3500 or $3900 depending on whether the tubing is butted. (redkiteprayer.com)





Photo: What to do in order to get from Force 10-speed to Quarq and Force 22 in two steps. Photo: Caley Fretz | VeloNews.com.
"We continue to receive inquiries on 10- and 11-speed compatibility and we’ll take a look at the issue from a number of different perspectives." (velonews.com)





Photo: The Kinesis Racelight TK3 provided the basis for the 2013 RCUK winter bike build.
When motivation is low, rain is falling and the temperature plummeting, having a dedicated winter bike can help you get from bed to shed, and out on the road in relative comfort. (roadcyclinguk.com)





Photo: Crelan-Euphany saying goodbye at the Tour of Taihu Lake.
A chapter of 25 years closing at Tour of Taihu Lake. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Castelli Pocket Liner waterproof jacket.
BikeRadar verdict: 80 out of 100 points. "Well made, waterproof and breathable, but it isn't cheap." (bikeradar.com)





Photo: For casual wear, their new ChromaPop lenses pictured above, help filter specific color wave intersections to make colors pop.
From the streets to the trails, Smith Optics has an arsenal of new high quality products to help you explore the world. (bikerumor.com)
















Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.




















Photo: Tour of Poland winner Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge). © Sirotti
Dutchman and Niermann downplay 2007 doping allegations. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Ryder Hesjedal admitted to using banned substances earlier in his career.
Garmin-Sharp team-mate vouches for Canadian rider, believes he has been racing clean in recent years. (velonation.com)





Photo: The Armstrong Lie opens Friday in New York, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas. Photo: Still from film.
Producers Frank Marshall and Matt Tolmach joined Competitor Radio host Bob Babbitt earlier this week to discuss Alex Gibney’s new film, The Armstrong Lie, which opens in New York City, Los Angeles, and Austin, Texas, on Friday. (velonews.com)





Photo: A message denouncing French rider Richard Virenque doping was painted on the prologue course in Le Puy du Fou in the 1999 Tour de France after the previous year's Festina scandal.
IOC chief interested in how EPO changes cells for long periods. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Bontrager Aeolus 3 D3 rim proved to be wonderfully fast, supremely stable, and offered decent climbing performance.
The Bontrager Aeolus 3 D3 carbon clincher wheelset is wonderfully fast, offers supreme stability in crosswinds, and climbs well, despite falling outside the category of super lightweight climbing wheels. (roadcyclinguk.com)






“Now people are challengi (velonation.com)






Photo: 27-year-old from Munich spent 2013 with Tibco-To The Top, but returns to a European team.
Former German champion targets a second Giro Donne victory after “adventure” in the US. (velonation.com)





Photo: After the race the real work begins. Complete rebuilds are not uncommon after racing in horrendous conditions.
There’s no getting around it, cyclocross is a dirty sport. Course conditions that are described as ‘epic’ are often despised during a race and then remembered with increasing fondness as time goes by. At least, that’s the only logical explanation of why anyone would repeatedly subject perfectly good bicycles to the mud, sand and grass that conspire to ruin them. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: we've had some big changes recently - the return to the peloton for Emma Pooley (going to Lotto) and Claudia Häusler adding some mountain power to Argos-Shimano.
It's November, and we're still waiting for some big decisions - where IS Tiffany Cromwell going? What will MCipollini and Wiggle and Specialized-lululemon look like next year? (podiumcafe.com)





Photo: Epic. It’s a word that’s overused in cycling.
And never speak of epic rides again. (bicycling.com)





Photo: Specialized S3, 229g.
When it comes to versatility and fitting most head shapes, Specialized has got it nailed with its ‘Mindset' cradle. (cyclingweekly.co.uk)













Photo: Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in action during stage 1 of the 2007 Tour de France.
Spaniard ready to take legal action. (cyclingnews.com)











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