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December 2012
December 3, 2012


Photo: Cycling is a stressful sport.
CyclingTips: The 2012 professional season is well and truely over and there have been many shuffles in the the placement of riders for 2013. Jono Lovelock tells us about which Aussies have found a new home, who's packed their bags and come back home, and who's hanging up the wheels for good…





Photo: This is commercial branding from Day 1 of the race and it exists today.
InnerRing: Minutes after crossing the finish line a rider can stand on the podium with a leader’s jersey that’s got their sponsors on the front. How this is done was the subject of a few emails from curious readers during the year and it’s worth explaining this again.





Photo: Euro Cross Camp.
Pavé: With world’s being held in the United States this year, the time has come for riders to make their bid to represent the US in Kentucky.





Photo: The photo finish: van Gilder takes it by a quarter of a wheel’s length. © Todd Prekaski.
CXMagazine: An epic day of racing completed this year’s edition of the NBX Gran Prix of Cyclocross today. Not only drawing to a close a fantastic weekend of racing, today’s races decided the final overall standings in the Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series presented by Verge.





Photo: An emotional Jasmin Achermann (Rapha-Focus) remembers Swiss mechanic Erwin Wildhaber at the end of the Roubaix World Cup on Sunday. Photo: Dan Seaton | VeloNews.com.
VeloNews:  For the first time since Thomas Frischknecht won the silver medal in Munich in 1997, Switzerland may have a real chance at a podium at the 2013 elite cyclcocross world championships in Louisville, Kentucky. Two young Swiss riders, Jasmin Achermann (Rapha-Focus) and Julien Taramarcaz (BMC Racing), are in the midst of spectacular seasons, and have raised Swiss medal hopes to new heights.





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: World Cup leader Katie Compton is among the locks for the U.S. worlds team. Photo: Dan Seaton | VeloNews.com.
VeloNews: Just six weeks remain before USA Cycling announces its roster for the 2013 elite cyclocross world championships in Louisville, Kentucky, but much is to be decided for the host nation’s squad of 21 riders.





Photo: World champion Niels Albert leads the group.
CyclingNews: Albert switches focus to UCI 'Cross World Championships.





Photo: Velo December 2012. Photo by Brad Kaminski; Crash photos by Cor Vos (Lewis), Jonathan Devich (Duggan).
VeloNews: Tara Llanes smashed her chin into the top of the berm. Her lower half arched, folding her in half. She rolled down the hill, her legs seeming as if they were anchors. She was paralyzed, from the waist down..





Photo: Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "A capable, composed, and refined tool that almost makes you forget how badly you're hurting."





Photo: Revenio 1.
road.cc: New models and many revisions in the road line-up.





Photo: Michele Scarponi turns to the camera just before Lampre start their team time trial.
CyclingNews: Crelan-Uphony, Team Type 1 also join list of applicants .





Photo: The slackest of any production 29er that is on my radar.
MBAction: This will not be a bike for everybody, and that is fine. But it will make a certain group of riders very happy. 





Photo: Lizzie Armitstead .
PodiumCafe: Marianne Vos and Lizzie Armitstead were all over the news before this Sunday's track Revolution. Read their thoughts on British Cycling, the UCI, and how much they both love cycling - and find out how to watch the Revolution this week!








Photo: Journalist and author Paul Kimmage.
“I always swore I’d never sue anybody, but I am prepared to make an exception for McQuaid and Verbruggen”






Photo: UCI Independent commission.
CyclingNews: End of year deadline set for submissions .







Photo: The Change Cycling Now organisation called a press conference in London on Monday..
CyclingWeekly: A broad group of cycling personalities gathered at the Hilton Hotel in London's Edgware road to reveal its four-page 'Charter of the Willing,' as well as present a way ahead for cycling and propose changes to anti-doping controls - as well as demanding the removal of UCI president Pat McQuaid and honorary president Hein Verbruggen.








Photo: Three-time Tour winner Greg LeMond could do without the UCI.
CyclingNews: Only US Tour de France winner says it is “now or never” for cycling.








Photo: Change Cycling Now Summit.
CyclingNews: Frenchman critical of his tenure as AIGCP head.





Photo: Lucas Sebastian Haedo.
Argentinean sprinter takes the place left by Canadian David Boily after contract negotiations failed.





Photo: Tom Boonen shows his Kristallen Fiets trophy.
CyclingNews: Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider in hospital for three days.





Photo: Giro d'Italia 2012, stage 17 Dolomites.
CyclingWeekly: Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport is this month considering which wildcard teams to invite, taking into account new anti-doping rules that may work in favour of the Brits. By early January, it will decide which three second division teams will line up with the 18 first division teams on May 4 in Naples, and NetApp-Endura could be one of them..





Photo: Arte Selle Misy AX 3 Action saddle.
road.cc: A decent, comfortable saddle with a pretty good weight, let down by average build quality.





Photo: The Baum/Rapha collaboration bike.
BikeRadar: This weekend marked the first Fyxo Australian Custom Bicycle Show, with bike builders and craftspeople from all over Australia converging on a South Melbourne studio to share their expertise and display their wares.





Photo: Many choices: Riders need to fine-tune the shock to get everything out of the Trigger. Cannondale’s System Integration extends to the stem.
MBAction: Cannondale felt something was missing. There needed to be a bike platform between the RZ One-Twenty and Jekyll.










CyclingNews: Top female cyclists feature in 8th edition.





Distraction















Photo: John Coates, at the behest of the UCI, has selected Sir Phillip Otton, Tanni Grey-Thompson, and Malcolm Holmes to the three-member independent commission investigating the UCI's past conduct in relation to doping. Photo: Greg Wood | AFP.
VeloNews: The UCI is under fire in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal and has put its fate in the hands of an independent commission charged with reviewing the federation’s handling of sports doping. The three-member commission is meeting already and, after hearings in April, is scheduled to issue its findings in June.





Photo: It hasn't been the best of Tours for Frank Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan).
CyclingNews: No indication of whether a decision will be announced.






Photo: Giro Donne.
VeloNation: Women’s cycling could be set to lose its one "Grand Tour".





Photo: Bike commuters in Saigon. (photo courtesy tropicalisland.de).
James Stout: And the world’s your oyster? Well not quite the world, but perhaps the UCI Asia tour if all goes to plan and nobody indulges too heavily in the local sandwiches and gets banh’ed (sorry, but at least it wasn’t a pho pun).





Photo: Garmin-Sharp.
PodiumCafe: A look at the highs and lows of Garmin-Sharp's 2012 season and a look ahead to what might be in 2013..





Photo: Riders in the Amgen Tour of California make their way north along Bear Valley Parkway during their ride through Escondido in 2009. Murrieta will serve has the host city for the start of the second stage of the 2013 race.
NCTimes: Matt Barringer, the owner of IE Bikes in Murrieta, said the event should be a boon to the region, which is home to a burgeoning cycling community..





Photo: Luke Roberts (AAP).
SBS: German UCI Continental Team Stölting has announced the signing of Australian Luke Roberts for the 2013 season, confirming his departure from Saxo-Tinkoff.





Photo: Zipp 202 Firecrest Carbon Clinchers.
RedKitePrayer: The Zipp 202 Firecrest Carbon Clinchers are an achievement borne of compromise.





Photo: Powertap G3 Wheelset.
PEZ: It's December - that can only mean, well, one of a hundred things - but for many, it means the Holidays are on the horizon!






Photo: BH Ultralight.
Peloton: "You like the idea of having the lightest bike money can buy, without relying on gimmicky carbon. You want to climb faster without getting fitter. You understand that, while the price is steep, riding a bike as lively and confident as the Ultralight is simply more fun."





Photo: The Empires have an unmistakeable look that would be just as fitting on a soccer cleat as a cycling shoe. Photo: Logan VonBokel | VeloNews.com.
VeloNews: Giro‘s unique Empire shoes generated plenty of buzz when they debuted on the high-profile feet of Taylor Phinney at this year’s Giro d’Italia thanks to a combination of high-visibility colors and a lace-up design that harkens back to the days before clipless pedals.












Photo: Greg LeMond.







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