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December 2012
December 11, 2012



Photo: Czech billionaire and Omega Pharma-Quick Step majority stakeholder Zdenek Bakala has been in talks with the UCI to reform the pro road calendar.
CyclingNews: Stakeholders to be involved in consultation in first quarter of 2013.








Photo: Peloton passes Pavia Milan-San Remo 2012 (© Daniele Badolato, LaPresse via RCS Sport).
road.cc: Proposals revolve around sponsor and TV-friendly series of four day races to find world's best team and rider.





Photo: oaquim Rodríguez said after winning Lombardia that he was unhappy at Katusha. Photo: Graham Watson.
VeloNews: Joaquím Rodríguez is free to leave Katusha after the UCI denied the team first-division status on Monday. The rider ranked No. 1 in the world already said earlier this year that he is unhappy with the team.





Photo: Saxo-TInkoff.
PodiumCafe: One bedraggled team on the rebound... and with a budget.





Photo: Tom Boonen.
VeloNation: Belgian champion recovering from intestinal infection that saw him spend three days in the hospital.





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: Cross-over riders like Georgia Gould, who contest both the cyclocross and cross country seasons, have just a month to recharge after worlds in Louisville.
VeloNews: American mountain bikers intent on racing the world cyclocross championships in Kentucky will face an abbreviated off-season as USA Cycling on Monday announced a March 2 kickoff for the Pro Mountain Bike Cross-Country Tour (Pro XCT) calendar.





Photo: Stephens winning stage 17 of the 1997 Tour de France in Switzerland.
CyclingNews: Gerry Ryan not shocked by White's confession.





Photo: Cameron Meyer will be a key contendor at the 2013 Le Tour de Langkawi (Getty Images).
SBS: Cameron Meyer's climbing ability will be put to the test at the 2013 Le Tour de Langkawi when he leads the Orica-GreenEDGE team in the Asian tour.





Photo: Rotor's QXL rings are more oval than the company's standard Q-Rings.
BikeRadar: Rotor Q-Rings have been around for a good few years now, and the oval chainrings have proven effective for many pros. Rotor believe that their standard Q-Rings should still be the choice for the majority of riders, but for those who want to spend more time out of the saddle there's a new, more dramatic option.





Photo: Lance Armstrong (pic courtesy Photosport International).
road.cc: UCI formally notifies disgraced cyclist of sanctions, IOC prepares to ask for return of bronze medal from Sydney.







Photo: The Argos-Shimano team in the Tour of Hainan.
CyclingNews: Progressive program pays off for Dutch team.






VeloNews: The riddle of the European cyclocross race has long proven a tough problem for North Americans to solve. Year in and year out, however, Katie Compton has proven she belongs among the best in the sport, no matter which country she finds herself racing in.









Photo: Lance Armstrong in the Discovery Channel days.
CyclingNews: Lance Armstrong has officially lost his seven Tour de France titles and all of his other results after July 1988. The UCI informed him that the disqualifications were now in force, and he has three weeks to appeal that decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.










Photo: Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) climbs with Samuel Sanchez (Euskaltel) at the Tour of the Basque country.
CyclingNews: UCI's number-one rider unsure of next step.





Photo: Martin Hacecky.
PEZ: Professional road rider, six day rider, EuroSport commentator & writer - Czech Martin Hacecky is certainly a man of many talents.






Photo: The Lotto Belisol Ladies team..
CyclingNews: "Good for Belgian cycling."






Photo: Continental Grand Prix 4000 S.
SoCalCycling: "I have tried many different brands and models of tires over the long period of time that I have been riding my bike, and I have come to the conclusion that the Continental Grand Prix 4000 S road tire is the best."





Photo: Felt F1X.
BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "An interesting build, great geometry and outstanding performance."





Photo: Hotel Antheus in Saint Malo. Booked!
TwistedSpoke: Covering the biggest stage race in the world means serious advance planning. Painful lesson learned during my first Tour in 2010: logistics kill.





Photo: Felt iPad app.
BicycleRetailer: The app is intended to help improve communications between consumers, dealers, Felt's sales force and others.





Photo: James Williamson (New Zealand National Team) welcomes the customary 'Langkawi shower' after the stage finish in Melaka.
CyclingNews: Riders told to find another team, says team director.





Cyclismas: Jose Ibarguren Taus and Italian pharmacist Guido Nigrelli, ”between them procured, administered or in any case favored the use of substances not justified by pathological condition, towards the ends of altering the performances of athletes on the Fuji-Servetto professional cycling team, or otherwise to modify the ant-doping controls by the use of pharmaceuticals, and among these, substances containing testosterone: in Mariana Mantova and elsewhere up to the end of 30 April 2009.” ~ Mantova Court Summons, April 2012.





Distraction



Photo: Tom Danielson (Garmin-Sharp).
CyclingNews: Garmin-Sharp rider wants to be "transparent."




















Photo: Lance Armstrong (Getty Images).
SBS: Lance Armstrong could yet be facing more serious legal adversaries than that of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA), after it was revealed that the United States Postal Service and the Department of Justice were considering joining an existing 'whistleblower' fraud case filed by Floyd Landis.





Photo: U.S. Postal Service team era.
RedKitePrayer: Everyone agrees that confidence in professional cycling has to be restored after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency report revealed the sport’s sordid underbelly: the rampant blood doping within Lance Armstrong’s former U.S. Postal Service team and the ease with which riders fooled the anti-doping authorities (and the cycling community) at the height of the EPO era.





Photo: I recognize every spot where I ever peed.
Marijn de Vries: "Although I really hate dogs, I must admit that we female cyclists are a little doggie-like. At least I am. And I have a strong feeling I’m not the only one."





Photo: Linus Gerdemann.
InnerRing: As the year end approaches many riders are “out of contract” for 2013, the pro cycling euphemism for facing unemployment. Several riders have expressed surprise after their current team decided not to offer them a new contract for 2013 and they’re left scrambling for a new job.





Photo: Tayler Wiles.
VeloNation: Young American says she’s ambitious to learn and improve.






Photo: Edvald Boasson Hagen moved onto the podium after the final stage of the race.
CyclingNews: Classics contingent head to Australia.





Photo: Felt iPad app.
CXMagazine: The last weekend of the USGP saw some amazing racing: Gould and Nash duking it out for the win on day one, Johnson flying off the front of the men’s field early on in day two, Summerhill’s appallingly bad luck both days that cost him a potential podium, 17-18 winner Logan Owen’s two minute lead on second place, and Yannick Eckmann’s impressive ability to stay with the big guns in the lead group most of the race.





Photo: Georgia Gould took the overall USGP win ahead of Katie Compton. © Cyclocross Magazine.
CyclingNews: Details revealed as judge orders some documents to be made public.
















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