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November 2013
November 10, 2013


Photo: Albert, Nys, Vantornout, Meeusen, Pauwels, Peeters, Simunek, Aernouts, Mourey, Duval, Page ... The 2013/2014 cyclo-cross season continues.
The 2013 Soudal Classics Cyclocross series (previously Fidea) continues Monday, November 11 with the Jaarmarktcross at Niel. Live streaming video: 2:45pm CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern). (cyclingfans.com)






Photo: Katie Compton rode away on the first lap to her second win of the weekend. Photo: Wil Matthews | www. wilmatthewsphoto.com.
Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) swept the weekend’s racing at the MudFund Derby City Cup in Kentucky. (velonews.com)






Photo: Nairo Quintana will target the Tour de France but was out in Milan. © Roberto Bettini
Report: Colombian star to head for Italy next May. (cyclingnews.com)









Photo: Niels Albert celebrates a breakthrough race, his first victory since the beginning of the season. Photo: Dan Seaton.
Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) rode away from world champion Sven Nys (Crelan-KDL) and Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) to win the Hamme-Zogge stop of the Superprestige series on Sunday. (velonews.com)





Photo: Klaas Vantornout had his rear wheel ruined in a clash with Sven Nys. © Photopress.be
Pair engages in physical battle for Superprestige lead. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The final stage podium: Alois Kankovsky, Yuriy Metlushenko and Ahmet Orken.
Kankovsky runner-up over Shpilevskiy. (cyclingnews.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: recently turned 33 years old, Bartosz Huzarski (NetApp-Endura).
Polish rider gives himself a passing grade, but barely, in 2013. (velonation.com)































Photo: Cadel Evans with Gerry Ryan and Klaus Mueller. © Cycling Australia/John Veage
Board meetings in Melbourne ratify decision. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Dan Martin wins stage 9 of the 2013 Tour de France in a two-up sprint with Jakob Fuglsang. Photo: Graham Watson.
The first Irish stage winner in the Tour de France in more than two decades, Dan Martin admits that he may have to forgo a ride in the 2014 Tour to get a good result at the Giro d’Italia, which begins in Ireland next May. (velonews.com)





Photo: Best young rider, Ben King (RadioShack), was all smiles before the stage start. © Sonoko Tanaka
American links up with Talansky. (cyclingnews.com)






Photo: Grinding to the top of a 3,275, eighty kilometres-plus climb on yesterday’s Taiwan KOM Challenge, Orica AIS competitor Tiffany Cromwell.
“I think it is certainly the most difficult parcours I’ve ever raced on.” (velonation.com)





Photo: The AiR/9.0 is the entry-level build of Boardman’s 2014 AiR model, which features a Shimano 105 drivetrain and will retail for $3000..
After several years of successful brand-building and high sales figures throughout Europe, Boardman Bikes were finally made available in North America a few months ago. (roadbikeaction.com)





Photo: Mariposa porteur...
"Like most cyclists, I have several bikes hanging in my garage. Which is my favorite? That’s easy—the Mariposa porteur bike that my father built for me eight years ago."  (competitivecyclist.com)















Photo: PEZ Daily Distraction.










Photo: Jorg Jaksche rode for Bjarne Riis at CSC. © Sirotti
"It's about solutions not sanctions' German says. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: Marco Pantani attacks Lance Armstrong on the Mont Ventoux in 2000. © Bettini
Deconstructing the Lance Armstrong story. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The Hamme-Zogge podium: Sven Nys, Niels Albert and Philipp Walsleben.
Belgian nets first major win of the season in Superprestige. (cyclingnews.com)





Photo: The new hubs look to be based on XTR but with 11-speed compatibility.
Disc brakes have begun permeating the amateur cyclocross ranks but up until now, detractors of the technology have always been able to use the argument that top pros were still running on cantilevers. That landscape has now been forever altered. (bikeradar.com)





Photo: There are certain turns in the road where you duck under rock outcrops, into deep tree cover.
It’s a challenge unlike any other. There may be races to higher altitudes, but for eye-watering gradients and morale-sapping length the Taiwan KOM Challenge trumps them all. World Tour riders have come here and had meltdowns – 87 kilometers of climbing can do that to you! (pezcyclingnews.com)





Photo: Wang rode cross-country, and his bike was promptly stolen in S.F. - and returned. Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle .
Life, to Zilong Wang, is like a bicycle. To stay balanced, he keeps rolling forward - even when the bicycle is stolen by a homeless guy on a San Francisco street corner. (sfgate.com)





Photo: 4iiii’s new Cliiiimb app pulls live segment data as you ride and relays it to their Sportiiiis heads up display.
Strava’s game-ified cycling like nothing else before it, turning virtually any hill, flat or descent into a leaderboard. The only “problem” with it was you didn’t know if you toppled a segment’s record until you finished the ride. Not any more. (bikerumor.com)



























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