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December 2012
December 18, 2012




Photo: Rick Crawford.
CyclingNews: Colorado Mesa University relinquishes "second chance." 








Photo: Chris Froome.
VeloNation: “It’s going to be very tough but I think I can win the Tour.”





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: Amanda Carey rides to the win on day two of the North Carolina Grand Prix. Photo by Weldon Weaver.
USACycling: This season's USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar (Pro CX) concluded its 2012 side with three recent events: the USGP of Cyclocross – Deschutes Cup in Bend Ore., and the rescheduled Supercross Cup in East Meadow, N.Y., on December 8-9, and the North Carolina Grand Prix in Hendersonville, N.C., on Dec. 15-16.






Photo: Nicole Duke and Amy Dombrowski compete at the 2012 World Cyclo-cross Championships.
USA Cycling, together with the Louisville (Ky.) Sports Commission, have teamed up to stage the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships race, to be held Feb. 2-3 in Louisville, after the event found itself in danger of collapsing due to a sponsorship shortfall.





Photo: 2012 Tour de France champion Bradley Wiggins celebrates on the Champs-Élysées with his son.
CyclingNews: Brailsford also tipped for knighthood in New Year Honor.





Photo: Stage 11 winner Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocattoli).
CyclingNews: Italian sprinter targets stage wins in Australia.





Photo: Scott Mitchell.
CyclingWeekly: Photographer Scott Mitchell, whose photos of Team Sky are in the new book 21 Days to Glory talks about being pals with Wiggo, snapping Richie Porte in the shower and life on the road with the season's most successful outfit. 





Photo: The USADA
TwistedSpoke: In the shockwave aftermath of the USADA Reasoned Decision comes a rumor that the US ANti-Doping Agency is considering a special commemorative “Saint Betsy Andreu” coin.



















Photo: The lead bunch leaves Caledon during stage 5 of the 2012 Absa Cape Epic Mountain Bike stage race from the Overberg Primary & High School in Caledon...
CyclingNews: Mountain bike stage race also increases in-competition testing. 





Photo: Alberto Contador .
VeloNation: Rider pleased about Saxo Tinkoff lineup and WorldTour license.





Photo: Le Nordique, c’est chic.
InnerRing: The extreme cold can both slow and shorten rides. Clothing is arguably the greatest technological leap in the last 25 years but wearing 20 items of clothing from underlayers to overshoes makes things harder even if its less bulky and more breathable.





Photo: Top cycling YouTube clips of 2012.
CyclingWeekly: It's nearly Christmas, so grab an eggnog, kick back and relax with our pick of the year's best cycling clips. 






Photo: Mark Cavendish.
VeloNation: Success in London 2012 nets £37 million on the run up to Rio 2016. 





Photo: Bryn Lennon.
PodiumCafe: Canadian and Kiwi talent rounds out the US-based Vanderkitten team.





Photo: Use bike lanes with caution.
CyclingNirvana: Don’t trust bike lanes. Lots of new bike riders think bike lanes are the solution to safe cycling. That’s seldom true.





Photo: The prototype Fix-it-Sticks multi-tool is lightweight and simple to use.
VeloNews: Innovative prototype multi-tool anticipated to be available to consumers early next year. Extremely lightweight and durable; T-grip handle for great torque; made in the USA.





Photo: BH G6 - full bike.
road.cc: BH haven’t had the biggest presence lately so here are three quick facts about the brand to get you started. Use them to fascinate your friends at Christmas parties.










VeloNation: Duo had been separated by Bruyneel. 





Distraction





Photo: Katusha.
VeloNation: Russian team claims shortfall in WorldTour registration application was already rectified.
















Photo: The Wilier Triestina Izoard XP .
BicycleRetailer: Norco and Wilier Triestina each separately issued bike recall notices Tuesday in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.





Photo: Embattled Tour de France leader Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank).
CyclingNews: Former teammate testifies in wrongful termination suit. 





Photo: Today is Keith Bontrager's birthday, so Happy Birthday Keith!
DirtRag: Keith Bontrager's last name is etched, emblazoned, or cast into thousands of bicycle components and accessories, courtesy of his business relationship with Trek, dating back to 1995. The former motorcycle racer-turned-tuner was a physics major at the University of California-Santa Cruz, and was instrumental in developing mountain bike suspension in the 1980s.. 





Photo: Team Blanco sprinter Theo Bos scored seven wins during the 2012 season.
CyclingNews: "British team is the only WorldTour-level team in an amater sport." 





Photo: The Schleck’s had turned up.
PEZ: The training camps have hit the ground running and here in this part of Spain we can’t move for WorldTour teams on the roads of the Costa Blanca. The list is too long, with Ag2r, Vacansoleil, Orica-GreenEdge, Argos, BMC and RadioShack-Nissan, plus the usual smattering of solo Pro’s.





Photo: The Clif Bar junior cyclo-cross team.
CyclingWeekly: Namur World Cup on the shedule. 





Photo: 100 Hundred Years of the Tour de France.
CyclingNews: For its entire hundred-year history, the Tour de France has been an event steeped in heroism, intrigue and controversy. Valiant cyclists such as Coppi, Anquetil, Merckx, Hinault and Indurain have all become riders of legendary acclaim, while the likes of the Festina team and, of course, Lance Armstrong, all plummeted from grace when their organised doping inside the Tour was exposed. 












RoadCycling: A look at how the media coverage of the current crisis in cycling may intentionally or unintentionally be contributing to preserving a status quo, which will lead to the UCI organization failing to undergo needed reforms in the wake of the Lance Armstrong doping scandal. 






CyclingNews: Kenda/5-Hour Energy rider with list of injuries







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