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 CyclingNews:
National body given end of year deadline.
 CyclingFans:
The 2013 Etoile de Bessèges will be run January 30 to February 3.
 VeloNation:
Valverde confirmed as taking part, five WorldTour teams secured thus
far.
 CyclingNews:
Philly Cycling Classic to take over June date of International Cycling
Championship.
 CyclingWeekly:
The 2013 Tour of Qatar kicks off on Sunday February 3 for six days of
sandy, wind-swept action in the Middle East. The race offers a warm-up
for classics riders wishing to hone their form away from the harsh
winter in Europe.
 TwistedSpoke:
This season Heinrich Haussler is on the hot seat. So maybe it’s
symbolic that he’s down in Qatar, land of burning sun and hot winds and
bored camels. Twisted Spoke is an amused fan of the Duel in the Desert,
the Belgium of the Middle East, the Big Q.
 CyclingNews:
Argos-Shimano rider takes the overall race lead.
 CyclingNews:
US Olympian has fond memories of London, puts road race misfortune
behind her.
 303Cycling:
The 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships will be streamed live on
the UCI Cycling youtube channel, and also embedded on the
Louisville2013.com, USACycling.org. The livestream will be
geo-restricted for countries with TV broadcast.
Races & Results.
Ladies Tour of Qatar - Jan 29-Feb 1 (Races & Results), CX World Championships - Feb 2-3 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Results), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Results), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  PodiumCafe:
"The other day Belgium’s voice of cycling, Michel Wuyts, was recorded
in the Louisville airport grumbling about the World Championships of
Cyclocross coming to the United States."
 VeloNews:
One woman is the five-time world cyclocross champion, traveling across
the Atlantic to defend her rainbow jersey outside of Europe for the
first time. The other has never won at worlds, medaling three times,
but is the newly coronated World Cup champion, racing worlds on home
soil for the first time.
 PodiumCafe:
Lars van der Haar will probably take the holeshot on Sunday, and the
odds of him leading at the other end of the race are getting
better.
VeloNation:
Windy Spanish training camp prepares American team for desert
conditions.
VeloNation:
The women’s road season is underway this week at the Ladies Tour of
Qatar, where Americans Carmen Small, Shelley Olds, and Anna Barensfeld
are debuting new team colors..
VeloNation:
Three-time Tour de France champion suffers compression fracture.
Rules
of the
Road
Bicycle Tutor The Bicycle Safety Guide Kid's Bicycle Safety Guide On The Road, Bicycle Safety What drivers can do to be more cyclist aware Guide to Bicycle Safety Share the Road Beginners' cycling questions answered Bicycling Beginners' Guide Pre-Ride Safety Check Bicycle Insurance Lexicon of cycling terms How To Be A Good New Rider ‘How to pee’ - for women Unwritten rules of cycling etiquette Video: Performance Video: Get Dirty Video Downloads, races and documentaries |
 road.cc:
Tactical masterstroke or the last throw of the dice by a man who finds
himself cornered?.
 VeloNation:
Young American talent determined to work on his Achilles heel.
 VeloNation:
Suggestions that he will get reduced two year ban due to cooperation.
 VeloNation:
Substantial cooperation results in reduced ban of two years, wants to
return as directeur sportif.
 InnerRing:
This is a collection of photos accompanied by short accounts from 21
riders who were contemporaries of Coppi. The photography is excellent
and surpasses the normal sports clichés. If there are one or two podium
photos, there’s not one image of a victory salute.
 PEZ:
While most teams choose southern Spain, California or their home base
for their early season training camps, the lucky young riders of the
Hincapie Sportswear Development Team decided to go with a more
Caribbean flavor.
 VeloNews:
After 18 weeks of previewing races, we’ve finally arrived at one that
needs no introduction — the UCI Elite Cyclocross World Championships,
anticipated by fans since it was first announced in 2010 that the
sport’s biggest race would be coming to the United States.
 RedKitePrayer:
"I didn’t see the need for this bike. Initially, it struck me as the
inevitable result of the Specialized product machine."
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Solid performer that is let down by its
high price for an entry level turbo."
 BikeRadar:
Jens Voigt (RadioShack Leopard) is without doubt one of the most
popular men in the peloton, and even at the age of 41 with 17
professional seasons under his belt, he still only says he's "very,
very probably" retiring after 2013.
 CyclingNews:
American describes Pat McQuaid as 'pathetic'.
InnerRing:
Cycling’s embrace of Truth and Reconciliation did not last long. The
ambitious but vague spirit of inquiry and investigation evaporated as
the UCI and WADA traded angry press releases with words like “deceit”
and “arrogance” being used. This is the public relations equivalent of
a bar room brawl.
|
 VeloNation:
Fabian Cancellara to start Classics build up; Evan Huffman to make his
professional debut.
 CyclingWeekly:
Lotto-Belisol may have set an early season benchmark in sprint finishes
but Matt Goss is confident experience will pay dividends for he and his
Orica-GreenEdge outfit this year.
 CyclingNews:
Frenchman met with McQuaid, called UCI president "incompetent."
 road.cc:
Decision to suspend action comes as delays continue over USADA
arbitration hearing.
 CyclingNews:
Australian anti-doping expert against meeting Armstrong.
 CyclingNews:
Bannan and Dr. Barnes set to attend February 7 meeting.
 Bicycling:
America's reigning national cyclocross champion looks to Worlds and
talks about life in Europe.
 Peloton:
Yuzuru Sunada bringa us a look at the bikes of the 2013 WorldTour.
 BikeEurope:
The core bike shop customers made fewer purchases from the IBDs in the
US in 2012 compared to 2000. These bike shop consumers spent 13% points
less over the last twelve-years.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Remote shock feels stilted, but speed,
handling and performance are all great."
 road.cc:
RadioShack rider tested positive for diuretic during last year's race;
partially backdated ban means free to compete in mid-July.
Text
of the
USADA Report
U.S. Real Time Wind Map 2013 UCI World Calendar 2013 Calendar and iCal Guide to rider transfers 2012-2013 Transfer Overview 2013 2012 National Championships Summary UCI Cyclocross Calendar 2012-2013 Women on Bikes Men's Pro Cycling on Twitter Twitter Hashtags For Races Shop Talk Local Bike Shop Inventory Bike trade tweeps - who uses Twitter. Store - bikes and accessories for sale. Archive - looking? it may be in the archive. Health and Fitness - also training information. Tips and Safety - what to watch out for. Race Reports - Janel Holcomb. 5 things you should check before every ride |
 VeloNation:
Windy Spanish training camp prepares American team for desert
conditions.
 VeloNation:
The women’s road season is underway this week at the Ladies Tour of
Qatar, where Americans Carmen Small, Shelley Olds, and Anna Barensfeld
are debuting new team colors..
 VeloNation:
Three-time Tour de France champion suffers compression fracture.
303Cycling:
The 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships will be streamed live on
the UCI Cycling youtube channel, and also embedded on the
Louisville2013.com, USACycling.org. The livestream will be
geo-restricted for countries with TV broadcast.
 CXMagazine:
Fuji Bikes is proud to announce that it has reached a sponsorship
agreement with US National Cyclocross Champion Jonathan Page, who
tallied his fourth national title in commanding fashion earlier this
month in Wisconsin – notably crossing the tape without a bike sponsor.
 SBS:
Argos-Shimano's Kirsten Wild took out the second stage of the Ladies
Tour of Qatar in a bunch sprint, but only after seeing off an all-out
assault from the Orica-AIS team that blew the race apart.
 VeloNation:
Australian team smashes the peloton in the wind, but Dutch powerhouse
takes stage and Hosking holds lead.
Races & Results.
Ladies Tour of Qatar - Jan 29-Feb 1 (Races & Results), CX World Championships - Feb 2-3 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Results), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Results), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  Pavé:
The Under 23 Men’s race will take place Saturday afternoon and should
be a great race to watch.
 PodiumCafe:
No current elite woman rider has Katie Compton's record of close calls
at Worlds without having won. With a homefield advantage, can she
finally nab the elusive rainbow bands?.
 CyclingNews:
Former world champion uses Qatar to prepare for Minsk Track Worlds.
CyclingFans:
The 2013 Etoile de Bessèges will be run January 30 to February 3.
 VeloNation:
Last-gasp effort sees duo come from behind and snatch victory.
 CyclingTips: Ever
wonder why a professional cyclist might need an agent or manager?
Professional cycling is a business and results don't necessarily
translate into contracts and money.
CyclingNews:
Rider's attitudes need to change, says race director.
 VeloNews:
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Joe Dombrowski.
VeloNation:
Belgian rider back on track and eager to get racing.
CyclingNews:
Italian talks about his life after Operacion Puerto.
Rules
of the
Road
Bicycle Tutor The Bicycle Safety Guide Kid's Bicycle Safety Guide On The Road, Bicycle Safety What drivers can do to be more cyclist aware Guide to Bicycle Safety Share the Road Beginners' cycling questions answered Bicycling Beginners' Guide Pre-Ride Safety Check Bicycle Insurance Lexicon of cycling terms How To Be A Good New Rider ‘How to pee’ - for women Unwritten rules of cycling etiquette Video: Performance Video: Get Dirty Video Downloads, races and documentaries |
CyclingNews:
American describes Pat McQuaid as 'pathetic'.
 InnerRing:
Cycling’s embrace of Truth and Reconciliation did not last long. The
ambitious but vague spirit of inquiry and investigation evaporated as
the UCI and WADA traded angry press releases with words like “deceit”
and “arrogance” being used. This is the public relations equivalent of
a bar room brawl.
 VeloNews:
Spain has produced some of the world’s greatest surreal art, from
Dali’s melting clocks to Buñuel’s Andalusian dog. Based on the opening
two days of hearings here, perhaps the Operación Puerto trial will
someday be added to that list.
 CXMagazine:
Mechanics who went to register with their riders today for Masters
Worlds expecting to easily collect a pit pass were surprised by USA
Cycling requiring anyone in the pit to hold UCI or USA
Cycling licenses.
 PEZ:
Season 2013 is now upon us so we thought it was time to look at some
new faces in the WorldTour peloton this year.
 RedKitePrayer:
"From the first bottle I mixed up of the Chocolate Smoothie, I was
sold. After drinking Ensure, Muscle Milk, Pure Protein and a few other
notables, I pushed them all aside in favor of the Gu Brew."
 BikeRadar:
Upstart company Koala Bottle isn't the first to offer a 'new and
improved' water bottle and cage system, nor is it the first to
incorporate magnets. However, the system is very interesting from an
ease-of-use standpoint and could offer some genuine benefits if the
promises ring true.
 road.cc:
Australia’s Bont has updated their range for 2013, introducing their
most affordable shoe ever and altering the design, including the
closure systems, of a couple of important existing models.
 BikeRadar:
The standout bike on the Kinesis stand at the Core Bike Show was the
stunning new Tripster ATR (that last bit stands for Adventure Tour
Race).
 road.cc:
John Degenkolb's Vuelta a España five stage winning team bike.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Trek’s radical frame sets a whole new
benchmark for ultra-smooth speed sustain."
 VeloNation:
USADA CEO frustrated by governing body’s decision to shelve
investigation into it.
InnerRing:
Hesjedal stands at 1.88m (6′ 2″) tall and yet he rides a comparatively
tiny 56cm frame. Much of that is based on his extreme position, which
includes a gargantuan handlebar drop of over 17cm.
PEZ:
Juan Antonio always seems happy and ready to race, a rider who can’t
wait to pin that number on his back. Let’s face it; anyone who can put
that infamous crash with the TV car in the Tour de France'11 behind him
and relish a new season with a new team with the expectations of a
neo-pro must love cycle sport.
|
road.cc:
RadioShack rider tested positive for diuretic during last year's race;
partially backdated ban means free to compete in mid-July.
 VeloNation:
A Conflict of interest apparent, Belgian was accused of carrying out
transfusions in USADA report.
 VeloNation:
Ashenden: ‘I would find any explanation the UCI gives now about test
statistics very difficult to believe’.
 CyclingNews:
In the last 48 hours the UCI, WADA, the UCI's disbanded Independent
Commission and even a lobby organisation has released statements on the
state of cycling's
doping problems. Each press release has been more farcical and
ambivalent than the last, with only the Independent ommission
coming
out of the situation with any credibility after their suffocated
attempted to do their job properly.
 CyclingNews:
Rodriguez has offers in place but promises to await the CAS verdict.
 VeloNation:
Will wait to CAS decision about Katusha WorldTour licence before
deciding.
 VeloNews:
Mark Cavendish, fastest man on a bike. Tom Boonen, best man in the
classics. The two ride for the same team now. Both are absolute stars,
and are in the top of the class in their respective disciplines. Both
are former road world champions and have won the Tour de France’s
maillot vert.
 TwistedSpoke:
“I’m recovering just fine, thanks. That four hour sufferfest really
didn’t destroy my legs as much as I thought. Think I’ll do the Death
Ride tomorrow.” That’s compression gear in a nutshell..
 BikeRadar:
A good pair of pedals can transform your riding, whether you prefer
minimalist clip-in race pedals, are prepared to sacrifice weight
savings for stability with one of the latest trail pedals, or want to
push your limits downhill on flat pedals combined with sticky-soled
shoes.
road.cc:
More highlights from Core, this time from cutting edge carbon to retro
steel, do-anything practical to full on performance.
 Peloton:
Tubeless has benefits standard clinchers don’t, end of story. We can
debate rolling resistance and handing until the cows come home, but
increased puncture resistance is not up for debate.
 VeloNews:
Designing a bike is an exercise in balance, engineers teetering back
and forth as they plan and build, determining how much emphasis any
single attribute deserves and positioning those values into the
finished product. Within an aero road frame, this balance is even more
precarious.
 CyclingNews:
Former Katusha manager promises to be a "transparent and independent"
President.
Text
of the
USADA Report
U.S. Real Time Wind Map 2013 UCI World Calendar 2013 Calendar and iCal Guide to rider transfers 2012-2013 Transfer Overview 2013 2012 National Championships Summary UCI Cyclocross Calendar 2012-2013 Women on Bikes Men's Pro Cycling on Twitter Twitter Hashtags For Races Shop Talk Local Bike Shop Inventory Bike trade tweeps - who uses Twitter. Store - bikes and accessories for sale. Archive - looking? it may be in the archive. Health and Fitness - also training information. Tips and Safety - what to watch out for. Race Reports - Janel Holcomb. 5 things you should check before every ride |
 CyclingNews:
Rider's attitudes need to change, says race director.
VeloNews:
We’re not in Kansas anymore, Joe Dombrowski.
 VeloNation:
Belgian rider back on track and eager to get racing.
 CyclingNews:
Italian talks about his life after Operacion Puerto.
 VeloNation:
Czech star explains his absence from the Louisville ‘cross Worlds as
the road season approaches.
VeloNation:
Four riders escape the shattered bunch in the headwind and just stay
away.
 VeloNews:
Chloe Hosking (Hitec Products-UCK) created a busy night for herself at
Doha’s Ritz-Carlton by winning the Ladies Tour of Qatar’s first stage.
Races & Results.
Ladies Tour of Qatar - Jan 29-Feb 1 (Races & Results), Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Results), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Results), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Results), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  CyclingWeekly:
Marianne Vos is the best professional cyclist in the world, a colossus
bestriding women's cycling. At just 25, she has already won everything
there is to win, in most cases more than once.
 CyclingNews:
Stybar, Van Keirsbulck, Keisse, Terpstra and Velits to form leadout
train.
 VeloNation:
Italian sprinter believes there’s room for improvement after Saxo
Tinkoff move.
 CXMagazine:
"With so many parties and events being announced, we finally decided it
was time to take action and create a “master list” of all of the events
happening surrounding Worlds."
Rules
of the
Road
Bicycle Tutor The Bicycle Safety Guide Kid's Bicycle Safety Guide On The Road, Bicycle Safety What drivers can do to be more cyclist aware Guide to Bicycle Safety Share the Road Beginners' cycling questions answered Bicycling Beginners' Guide Pre-Ride Safety Check Bicycle Insurance Lexicon of cycling terms How To Be A Good New Rider ‘How to pee’ - for women Unwritten rules of cycling etiquette Video: Performance Video: Get Dirty Video Downloads, races and documentaries |
 CyclingNews:
Doctor at centre of Puerto case admits to treating athletes in other
sports besides cycling.
VeloNation:
USADA CEO frustrated by governing body’s decision to shelve
investigation into it.
 InnerRing:
Hesjedal stands at 1.88m (6′ 2″) tall and yet he rides a comparatively
tiny 56cm frame. Much of that is based on his extreme position, which
includes a gargantuan handlebar drop of over 17cm.
 PEZ:
Juan Antonio always seems happy and ready to race, a rider who can’t
wait to pin that number on his back. Let’s face it; anyone who can put
that infamous crash with the TV car in the Tour de France'11 behind him
and relish a new season with a new team with the expectations of a
neo-pro must love cycle sport.
 road.cc:
Multiple world and Paralympic champion also outlines his ambition to
ride the Kilo for England in Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.
 BikeRadar:
Ridley has announced a brand new version of their X-Night cyclocross
bike. They claim it's 500g lighter than the current model, which we
reckon puts it very close to the UCI weight limit of 6.8kg.
 BikeRadar:
The Fourstroke FS01 29 is the top bike in BMC's new 29er full-sus
lineup. It features an impressively light full carbon frame,
top-of-the-line components and a price tag to match.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Affordable, stiff, fast… But not as
comfortable as the Scale 920, so it’s harder work."
 BikeRadar:
"Rather than repair something that isn't functioning properly, the
first instinct now is to just replace the offending bit – preferably
with something newer, shinier and more expensive, of course."
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CyclingNews:
Former Katusha manager promises to be a "transparent and independent"
President.
 InnerRing:
The UCI. President McQuaid seems stuck and frantic attempts to get the
governing body on the move are stalling and leave the sport sunk in the
past. Meanwhile WADA stands on the sidelines, holding a tow rope but
preferring to criticize the immobile driver rather than helping.
 CyclingWeekly:
So, the UCI disbanded the Independent Commission (IC) it set up barely
two months after it was formed.
 TwistedSpoke:
The world of professional cycling is waiting for a “reasoned decision”
on UCI president Patrick McQuaid.
 CyclingNews:
Team Sky leader focused and excited about the season ahead.
 Heidi
Swift: "I used to give a lot of thought to the quality of my legs.
They're sore. They're dead. They're flat. They're heavy. They're
sluggish. Bad legs, I have bad legs today. The sensations, they're not
so good."
 CyclingWeekly:
"There's no doubt that Chris was the special one. I shudder
to think what he could have achieved in the modern era with all the
benefits of the support structure we have in place now. He had it all
and could win any type of race. A mega talent."
 CyclingTips: Bontrager
recently redesigned its Aeolus wheels and expanded on the number of
models in its range. The Aeolus 3 D3 is the lightest wheel on offer and
is aimed at climbers looking for light wheels that also offer a
significant reduction in aerodynamic drag.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Comfortable and airy, with a good fit dial
system."
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Slightly clunky, but cheap and convenient
for detailed training data and entertainment."
Text
of the
USADA Report
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 VeloNation:
Triple Tour winner not convinced that Armstrong can change.
 VeloNation:
Second overall an encouraging sign as American heads into important
season.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  CyclingNews:
Time trials bookend the Race of the Two Seas.
 PodiumCafe:
Pretty good run of form, though he sagged in the sand (again) at the
Belgian Nats, finishing third behind Klaas Vantournout.
 VeloNation:
Believes it is ‘entirely possible’ to have a women’s stage race in
place for 2014.
 VeloNation:
Zdeněk Štybar to replace Tom Boonen after Belgian champion’s recent
elbow surgery.
VeloNation:
TV station strikes a deal with Qatar Cycling Federation as the country
builds up to the 2016 World.
 Christine
Vardaros: "My last two races were definitely an ice-skating experience!
It is rare we race on ice in a cyclocross race but last weekend we had
two ice-riddled events in a row."
 RedKitePrayer:
My first New England winter was an ordeal of such profound and biting
discomfort that it served as not just an education, but an expansion of
the possible, both in terms of conditions man could live in, and a
larger indication of just how inhospitable the universe can be.
 PEZ:
The KEO FLEX is a budget priced, lightweight clipless pedal that has a
lot of people talking about its one-piece body and lever design. It's
another a new patent by LOOK that’s worth a closer look.
Rules
of the
Road
Bicycle Tutor The Bicycle Safety Guide Kid's Bicycle Safety Guide On The Road, Bicycle Safety What drivers can do to be more cyclist aware Guide to Bicycle Safety Share the Road Beginners' cycling questions answered Bicycling Beginners' Guide Pre-Ride Safety Check Bicycle Insurance Lexicon of cycling terms How To Be A Good New Rider ‘How to pee’ - for women Unwritten rules of cycling etiquette Video: Performance Video: Get Dirty Video Downloads, races and documentaries |
VeloNation:
“This is too important for rushed discussions, or hasty decisions,”
says Pat McQuaid.
 CyclingNews:
Date change for Bucks County Classic.
 VeloNews:
When, a year ago at the cyclocross world championships in Koksijde,
Belgium, the host country’s elite men’s national team posted an
unprecedented sweep of the top seven spots.
 CXMagazine:
Finally, the Belgians (and Dutch) are coming to play on our turf for
the big event!
 road.cc:
Tour de France champ says cycling can learn from experience of people
such as Bobby Julich.
 CyclingNews:
Team Sky rider says the Armstrong's confession offers a chance for
change.
 PodiumCafe:
The women's season opens in the desert of Qatar with a well working and
popular race for the women's peloton. Being the opening race we will
see for the first time some of the changes in the teams for the 2013
season including an entirely new team in british Wiggle-Honda that gets
on the road for the first time for real.
 VeloNews:
The hot air and blowing sand in Qatar welcome the classics stars this
week and hold the key to success on the spring roads of northern
Europe. Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard) and others will land
Friday at Doha International Airport with their eyes on the
semi-classics and monuments one to two months away.
 NBCNews:
Apple has released a software update — iOS 6.1 — which gives you the
ability to purchase movie tickets through Fandango using Siri, supports
LTE capabilities for a bunch of carriers around the world and adds the
ability to download individual songs from iCloud.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Fine ride quality and tyres, although
weighty wheels hold it back."
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 SBS:
American jurors and US anti-doping officials should decide Lance
Armstrong's fate rather than the International Cycling Union (UCI), the
main investigator who has chased Armstrong for years has said.
 CyclingNews:
Fuentes testimony postponed as world's press descends on Madrid.
 InnerRing:
If you take nothing else away, remember that doping was not a crime in
2006. Therefore the police and judicial action has been slow and
non-priority.
 VeloNation:
Belgian won’t yet consider absence as non-cooperation but case may
proceed in his absence.
 TwistedSpoke:
While disgraced professional cyclist Lance Armstrong has declined his
yearly invitation to the show Dancing With The Stars, it appears his
worst enemy will take his place.
 BikeRadar:
Following the brand’s debut at Interbike, Stages Cycling is beginning
to ship its crank-arm power meters this week with free one-month
premium subscriptions to Strava and TrainingPeaks.
 Peloton:
The new Carbon G Chrono is a game changer. It brings the
glove-like, handmade Italian fit and incredible Italian craftsmanship
to a higher volume fit, no special wide size necessary. It does it with
a full arsenal of fit features and manages to keep the weight under 300
grams for a size 45.
 MBAction:
If you are steadying yourself because you already saw the $9900 price
tag, take a deep breath. Specialized offers the Stumpjumper FSR 29 and
26-inch-wheeled versions at various price points.
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 InnerRing:
"We might have had only a few days of racing but there are a few
observations to make and points to note from this race and the way it
sits alongside the Tour de San Luis in Argentina."
 CyclingNews:
Gavazzi sprints to victory on final stage.
 CyclingNews:
Blanco Pro Cycling leads the team ranking .
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  VeloNews:
Alberto Contador will be among those who will give testimony to a
Spanish court after it opens hearings into the Operación Puerto doping
scandal on Monday, seven years after it erupted in 2006.
 CyclingNews:
World Champion regrets Corkscrew pile-up.
 VeloNation:
Spaniard increasingly ambitious after coping well with pressure.
CyclingNews:
Giro d'Italia stage winner debuts for Lampre in Australia.
road.cc:
Team Sky's challenger in this year's race reflects on journey to top of
the sport.
CyclingNews:
Diaz a close second, remains in leader's jersey.
VeloNation:
German rider vying to return to top condition in 2013.
SBS:
Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault named his four
favourites for this year's race, and Cadel Evans is not among them.
VeloNews:
“The bike? A lot,” he said. “And I think the bike — it’s sacrifice.
It’s … costanza [Italian for steadiness, or constancy]. Your head like
a stone. Discipline. Suffering. Suffering.”
CyclingNews:
New Astana leader ready to take on Wiggins at the Giro
d'Italia .
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 CyclingNews:
Coy on the idea of his own truth and reconciliation.
 VeloNation:
Police moto crashes in the closing kilometres and brings down several
riders.
 VeloNation:
Moreno, Thomas round out podium thanks to final day bonus seconds.
 VeloNews:
After crashing out of the Santos Tour Down Under on stage 3 and
undergoing surgery in an Australian hospital, the reigning U.S. road
champion vows to be back in the pack as soon as possible
 IrishPeloton:
The curse of the rainbow jersey is a well known phenomenon within
cycling. The story goes that the winner of world road race title will
be saddled with bad luck during his year as world champion.
VeloNation:
Dutch newspaper states that rider had codename ‘Huerto’ on Fuentes’
doping list.
CyclingNews:
Life from inside the car at Orica GreenEdge.
VeloNation:
Hermans set to finish third overall; Machado and Bennett praise
stronger riders.
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 VeloNews:
"Even when Lance Armstrong portrayed himself as coming clean about his
career spent cheating to win, he was still lying."
 road.cc:
He's asked to come on the show every year.
 GetAddictedTo:
“We believe that the Clarity Bike could be a giant leap forward in
bicycle frame engineering and production. The design takes advantage of
an advanced polymer which combines high impact resistance, lightweight
properties and a gentle flexibility that usually would only be expected
on an old Italian steel frame.”
 VeloNation:
German believes US team can step up a level this season.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Big, sturdy and more fun the rougher it
gets, but could be better equipped – and lighter weight."
 Off
The Beaten Path: "We often extol the virtues of aluminum fenders over
plastic ones: They keep rider and bike drier and cleaner, they last
longer, they don’t make noise on rough roads, and they are lighter. (I
also think they look better.)"
 SBS:
Former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will be among those who
will give testimony to a Spanish court which will open hearings on
Monday into the 'Operation Puerto' doping scandal, seven years after it
erupted in 2006.
CyclingNews:
Tygart says the investigations are moving forward .
UCI_Overlord:The
depth and breadth of the connections inside the sport of cycling are
truly becoming apparent to the public eye, especially in light of the
developments during Friday’s UCI Independent Commission hearing.
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 CyclingNews:
Giro d'Italia stage winner debuts for Lampre in Australia.
 road.cc:
Team Sky's challenger in this year's race reflects on journey to top of
the sport.
 CyclingNews:
Diaz a close second, remains in leader's jersey.
 CyclingFans:
Saturday's Tour de San Luis Stage 6 departs Quines at 12:17pm local
(10:17am U.S. Eastern, 16:17 CET) and is expected at the finish at
Merlo (Mirador del Sol) at around 4:30pm local (2:30pm U.S. Eastern,
20:30 CET)..
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  VeloNation:
German rider vying to return to top condition in 2013.
 SBS:
Five-time Tour de France winner Bernard Hinault named his four
favourites for this year's race, and Cadel Evans is not among them.
 VeloNews:
“The bike? A lot,” he said. “And I think the bike — it’s sacrifice.
It’s … costanza [Italian for steadiness, or constancy]. Your head like
a stone. Discipline. Suffering. Suffering.”
 CyclingNews:
New Astana leader ready to take on Wiggins at the Giro
d'Italia .
 BikeRadar:
Setting up your front and rear suspension is crucial if you want to get
the most out of your mountain bike. Badly tuned suspension can cost you
grip, efficiency, speed and, most of all, enjoyment.
CyclingNews:
Thomas' lead not secure ahead of Queen stage.
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 CyclingFans:
Sunday's (Saturday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 6 (Adelaide City
Council Street Circuit) departs Adelaide at 1:15pm local (9:45pm U.S.
Eastern Saturday, 3:45am CET) and is expected at the finish at Adelaide
at around 3:15pm local (11:45pm U.S. Eastern Saturday, 5:45am
CET). Tour Down Under live streaming video should get
underway at around 1:00pm local (9:30pm U.S. Eastern Saturday, 3:30am
CET).
 VeloNation:
Dutch newspaper states that rider had codename ‘Huerto’ on Fuentes’
doping list.
 CyclingNews:
Life from inside the car at Orica GreenEdge.
 VeloNation:
Hermans set to finish third overall; Machado and Bennett praise
stronger riders.
 CyclingNews:
Slagter takes over race lead from Thomas
 CyclingWeekly:
Milan-San Remo champion Simon Gerrans plans to be at the first monument
of the 2013 season but his major early season objective is success at
the Ardennes Classics.
 VeloNews:
Timmy Duggan had his fractured collarbone and tibia surgically repaired
this week.
 CyclingNews:
Gilmore, Bronzini, Trott, King and Rowsell in 12-rider squad.
CyclingNews:
Spaniard 100 per cent committed to the Tour de France.
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SBS:
Former Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will be among those who
will give testimony to a Spanish court which will open hearings on
Monday into the 'Operation Puerto' doping scandal, seven years after it
erupted in 2006.
 CyclingNews:
Tygart says the investigations are moving forward .
 SBS:
Newly-appointed Oceania cycling president Tracey Gaudry wants confessed
dopers Matt White and Stephen Hodge to somehow stay involved in the
sport.
 UCI_Overlord:The
depth and breadth of the connections inside the sport of cycling are
truly becoming apparent to the public eye, especially in light of the
developments during Friday’s UCI Independent Commission hearing.
 VeloNews:
There are no easy answers: That was the vibe inside the peloton Friday
as momentum grows for a “truth and reconciliation” movement in the wake
of the Lance Armstrong scandal.
 CXMagazine:
"With the 2013 Cyclocross World Championships just a week away, the
cyclocross geeks at Cyclocross Magazine thought we’d take a look at the
UCI cyclocross rankings, starting with the men."
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Packs aero tech into a responsive,
friendly handling speed machine."
 VeloNews:
"When I look at a world map or the international section of a
newspaper, I often read it in terms of relevance to cycling."
BikeRadar:
Specialized is recalling the forks on all iterations of the 2012 Tarmac
SL4, 2013 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Crux and 2013 Secteur Disc bicycles and
framesets.
CyclingNews:
Madrid court will hear evidence from Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and
Jörg Jaksche.
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 CyclingNews:
Thomas' lead not secure ahead of Queen stage.
 CyclingNews:
Diaz takes over race lead in double success for hometown team.
 CyclingNews:
Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider with a wary eye on his rivals for the
title.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  road.cc:
Disparity in pay and prize money and lack of media coverage remain huge
problems, says Olympic silver medallist.
 InnerRing:
Saturdays inaugural 12 & 6 Hours Of Temecula was set to kick
off at 9am. With hundreds of races lining up under the SoCal sun the
demeanor was full of challenge and anticipation. There were many
celebrities in attendance, including Legendary Biker David " Tinker"
Juarez, reigning Xterra world champion Leslie Patterson, and Motocross
legend Johnny "O' Show" O'Mara.
 PEZ:
Johan Vansummeren stands at 1 meter 98, that’s tall for a cyclist, but
how tall must he have stood after winning the 2011 Paris-Roubaix?
 VeloNews:
He has two of the strongest riders in history on his Omega Pharma-Quick
Step squad, but director Brian Holm can’t help but look over his
shoulder.
 Pavé:
It’s a rare occasion when a race in the US gets more hype and more
coverage than in Europe. For the second time ever, the reigning World
Champion will race stateside in a race that has, perhaps, the strongest
field ever assembled in the US.
 VeloNews:
Quiet and comfortable with an easy and widely adjustable fitting system.
CyclingFans:
Friday's Tour de San Luis Stage 5 departs Juana Koslay at 1:00pm local
(11:00am U.S. Eastern, 17:00 CET) and is expected at the finish at
Carolina at around 5:30pm local (3:30pm U.S. Eastern, 21:30
CET). Tour de San Luis live streaming is expected for
the finish.
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CyclingFans:
Saturday's (Friday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 5 (Jayco stage)
departs McLaren Vale at 11:10am local (7:40pm U.S. Eastern Friday,
1:40am CET) and is expected at the finish at Old Willunga Hill at
around 3:02pm local (11:32pm U.S. Eastern Friday, 5:32am
CET). Tour Down Under live streaming video should get
underway at around 11:00am local (7:30pm U.S. Eastern Friday, 1:30am
CET).
 CyclingNews:
Spaniard 100 per cent committed to the Tour de France.
 VeloNews:
Mark Cavendish has come up against a number of Italians wanting to take
his crown. Manuel Belletti and Andrea Guardini beat him in the past,
and this week, Sacha Modolo struck in Argentina.
 VeloNation:
Thomas holds onto slender lead over Slagter as race heads towards Old
Willunga Hill finish.
 VeloNews:
U.S. champion Tim Duggan (Saxo-Tinkoff) spent Thursday night in an
Australian hospital wondering how long he will be off the bike.
 CyclingWeekly:
A crash denied Philippe Gilbert an opportunity to challenge for a Tour
Down Under title but the world champion has continued to race
aggressively in an effort to open his season account in Australia. .
 InnerRing:
Is there another sport where history is so important? It seems no race
can take part without a tribute to the past, from the extravaganza of
the 100th Tour de France this July to the observations of how many
times a particular mountain pass has been crossed.
 Peloton:
What’s wrong with this picture? Canada, whose population is one-tenth
that of the United States, has two UCI WorldTour classics, held in
Montréal and Québec, that are broadcast all over the world. In
contrast, USA Cycling has no WorldTour races.
 CyclingWeekly:
Mark Cavendish will replace OmegaPharma-Quick Step team-mate Tom Boonen
in the Tour of Qatar, February 3 to 8, according to L'Equipe. The
four-time winner is forced to miss due to an elbow injury.
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 BikeRadar:
Specialized is recalling the forks on all iterations of the 2012 Tarmac
SL4, 2013 Tarmac SL4, 2013 Crux and 2013 Secteur Disc bicycles and
framesets.
 CyclingNews:
Madrid court will hear evidence from Alberto Contador, Ivan Basso and
Jörg Jaksche.
 Yahoo!Sports:
Cycling's world body cast doubt on the role of its independent
commission inquiry into the Lance Armstrong scandal on Friday by
favoring a broader probe with anti-doping agency WADA into drugs use in
the sport.
 CyclingNews:
Hearing postponed until next week to clarify amnesty question.
 CyclingNews:
Former Rabobank team doctor investigated on doping suspicions.
 RoadCycling:
Team Sky Procycling's Bradley Wiggins is convinced Lance Armstrong
doped when the American returned to professional cycling in 2009 and
claims he was robbed of finishing on the podium in the Tour de France
that year.
 Pavé:
Kings CX will mark the first time that many European riders will race
in the United States. Here’s a quick guide to who these European guy’s
are and why you should get to know them.
 RedKitePrayer:
Scientific method suggests that if you want to judge the effectiveness
of a solution, you control all of the variables, save one. Real life
never really affords you that opportunity.
 InnerRing:
The Col du Soulor is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees that’s 1,474
metres above sea level. There are three main routes to the top. One is
to climb from Argelès Gazost, heading west and up the valley. The
second is cheating because you come down from the Col de l’Aubisque and
head east to the Col du Soulor.
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 CyclingNews:
Kwiatkowski emerges as new race leader.
 CyclingNews:
Sky captain feels no sympathy.
 VeloNation:
Team Saxo Tinkoff rider will be sidelined for immediate future.
 CyclingNews:
Thomas retains lead as Slagter shows his hand.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  CyclingNews:
Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider heading for the podium?
 VeloNews:
For the first time since September there will be little action on the
European cyclocross front this weekend, as all eyes turn to the United
States and the build-up to cyclocross worlds next weekend.
 PodiumCafe:
Looking at Movistar -- Persistence pays off big for rejuvenated Spanish
giants.
 CyclingWeekly:
Cycling Weekly spent a day with Ed Clancy and the rest of the British
team pursuit riders on their recent week-long training camp in Majorca.
 BikeRadar: During
the trick, the rider uses a combination of their pulling power and
shifting bodyweight to lift both wheels off the ground for some
self-propelled airtime.
 CyclingWeekly:
"The weather outside is frightful, as the man once sang. Snow, ice and
sub-zero temperatures aren't the best conditions to be out cycling, so
a lot of us are stuck indoors, noses pressed against the window waiting
for the big thaw."
CyclingFans:
Thursday's Tour de San Luis Stage 4, a 19.2km Individual Time Trial at
San Luis, gets underway at 3:16pm local (1:16pm U.S. Eastern, 19:16
CET) with the departure of the first rider and is expected to finish at
around 6:30pm local (4:30pm U.S. Eastern, 22:30 CET). Tour de
San Luis live video streaming is announced.
 Pavé:
With a fifth place at the final World Cup round on Sunday, Niels Albert
wrapped up his second overall World Cup title.
 CyclingWeekly:
Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport will unveil the route for its
March-stage race, Tirreno-Adriatico next week and help the Milan-San
Remo favourites decide their paths to potential glory. On the table
rests the classic choice, to race Tirreno-Adriatico or its older French
cousin, Paris-Nice.
VeloNews:
World champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) will race the Amgen Tour
of California this year, but is uncertain to start the Tour de France.
USACycling:
Owen is the most dominant junior cyclo-cross racer in the U.S., and a
real contender to win the junior men’s race at worlds. At the close of
the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup season on Jan. 20, Owen was ranked third
among junior men, behind Mathieu Van Der Poel and Martijn Budding of
the Netherlands.
VeloNation:
Biggest peloton ever for Tuscan gravel race; Giro del Lazio returns in
Italian Classic weekend.
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CyclingFans:
Friday's (Thursday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 4 (Bupa stage)
departs Modbury at 11:00am local (7:30pm U.S. Eastern Thursday, 1:30am
CET) and is expected at the finish at Tanunda at around 2:13pm local
(10:43pm U.S. Eastern Thursday, 4:43am CET). Tour Down Under live
streaming video should get underway at around 12:00pm local (8:30pm
U.S. Eastern Thursday, 2:30am CET).
 CyclingNews:
Slovak chases first big spring victory in 2013.
 CyclingNews:
BMC leader drops Contador as new rivals appear.
 VeloNation:
Geraint Thomas holds onto ochre jersey as Dutch prodigy escapes for
hilly stage win.
 InnerRing:
The UCI World Tour is the calendar of top races with the best teams.
Only each mention of the World Tour often comes with this definition
attached, as if we constantly need reminding. The sport’s premier
series of races can be confusing.
 VeloNews:
Setting goals for the coming season — at first glance a simple task,
even for road seasons that extend well through the summer — can and
should be nothing but motivating, especially when coupled with thoughts
of meeting, or beating, those goals.
 CyclingWeekly:
Sky team principal Dave Brailsford has denied that Shane Sutton's
switch from being the squad's head coach to taking on a consultancy
role was influenced by the team's anti-doping policy.
 Peloton:
"Their new apparel line kicks so much ass. Two years ago, they scrapped
everything and started over."
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Practical and stylish urban ride built more
for comfort than speed."
 CyclingNews:
Thomas retains overall lead after animated day.
 VeloNation:
Belgian champion to go home tomorrow but not soon enough for defence of
desert race.
 CyclingNews:
Sky versus RadioShack Leopard for overall honours in 2013?
InnerRing:
If you thought this meant Alberto Contador, Mark Cavendish or Philippe
Gilbert time to think again. They are mere millionaires riding in the
service of billionaire team owners.
VeloNation:
Briton takes over from dropped Greipel .
VeloNation:
Katusha misses out on both of the Tour de France organiser’s other
stage races.
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 VeloNation:
Global anti-doping agency dismisses Hein Verbruggen’s claim that the
practice is common across sports federations.
 CyclingNews:
Altitude training could have had same effect, claims Italian doctor.
 CyclingNews:
Becomes first to be suspended under Dutch anti-doping agreement.
 VeloNation:
South African road and MTB riders to be scrutinized.
 CyclingNews:
Doping reports are “upsetting and shocking.”
 PodiumCafe:
With a mere week and a half to go until the cycling world (or, at
least, a minority of us) turns its attention to Louisville, Kentucky,
for the cyclocross World Championships everybody is in full blown prep
for the big show.
 PEZ:
"John Degenkolb speaks perfect English, he is polite, answers every
question and likes a laugh, more importantly he knows where he stands
in the World of cycling and he has both his feet firmly on the ground."
 CyclingNews:
Orica GreenEdge sprinter fights for second place in Stirling.
 road.cc:
A close look at Team Raleigh's Militis race bike + 125th anniversary
race bike.
 VeloNews:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reached out to those who
contributed to the Floyd Fairness Fund, a fund set up by Floyd Landis
during his fight against doping charges stemming from the 2006 Tour de
France.
 CyclingNews:
Volksrant uncovers former soigneur's notebook.
CyclingNews:
Spanish police turn up large quantities of doping products after
year-long operation.
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CyclingFans:
Wednesday's Tour de San Luis Stage 3 departs La Punta at 1:25pm local
(11:25am U.S. Eastern, 17:25 CET) and is expected at the finish at
Mirador del Potrero at around 6:00pm local (4:00pm U.S. Eastern, 22:00
CET).
Pavé:
With a fifth place at the final World Cup round on Sunday, Niels Albert
wrapped up his second overall World Cup title.
CyclingWeekly:
Giro d'Italia organiser RCS Sport will unveil the route for its
March-stage race, Tirreno-Adriatico next week and help the Milan-San
Remo favourites decide their paths to potential glory. On the table
rests the classic choice, to race Tirreno-Adriatico or its older French
cousin, Paris-Nice.
 VeloNews:
World champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) will race the Amgen Tour
of California this year, but is uncertain to start the Tour de France.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  USACycling:
Owen is the most dominant junior cyclo-cross racer in the U.S., and a
real contender to win the junior men’s race at worlds. At the close of
the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup season on Jan. 20, Owen was ranked third
among junior men, behind Mathieu Van Der Poel and Martijn Budding of
the Netherlands.
 VeloNation:
Biggest peloton ever for Tuscan gravel race; Giro del Lazio returns in
Italian Classic weekend.
 RBAction:
For 2013, the German wheel company Lightweight is revamping its line
with new model names, updated versions of their tried-and-true
products, as well as a new website and marketing campaigns.
VeloNews:
Sacha Modolo won stage 2 of the Tour de San
Luis on Tuesday, topping overnight leader Mark Cavendish and Leigh Howard.
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CyclingNews:
Thomas retains overall lead after animated day.
VeloNation:
Belgian champion to go home tomorrow but not soon enough for defence of
desert race.
 CyclingNews:
Athletes commission members sees improvements in the sport but lack of
communication.
CyclingNews:
Sky versus RadioShack Leopard for overall honours in 2013?
 InnerRing:
If you thought this meant Alberto Contador, Mark Cavendish or Philippe
Gilbert time to think again. They are mere millionaires riding in the
service of billionaire team owners.
 VeloNation:
Briton takes over from dropped Greipel .
 VeloNation:
Katusha misses out on both of the Tour de France organiser’s other
stage races.
CyclingFans:
Wednesday's (Tuesday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 2 (Hahn Super
Dry stage) departs Mt. Barker at 11:00am local (7:30pm U.S. Eastern
Monday, 1:30am CET) and is expected at the finish at Rostrevor at
around 1:59pm local (10:29pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 4:29am
CET). Tour Down Under live streaming video should get
underway at around 12:00pm local (8:30pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 2:30am
CET).
CompetitiveCyclist: Banging
handlebars. The treachery of a springtime thunderstorm. Missing a feed.
Cars on the course. Moments of terror come to the bike racer in varied
forms.
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VeloNews:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has reached out to those who
contributed to the Floyd Fairness Fund, a fund set up by Floyd Landis
during his fight against doping charges stemming from the 2006 Tour de
France.
CyclingNews:
Volksrant uncovers former soigneur's notebook.
 CyclingNews:
Spanish police turn up large quantities of doping products after
year-long operation.
 CyclingNews:
Dutch rider encourages former teammates to come forward.
 Peloton:
Germany's only Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich, currently banned from
cycling, has been criticized for not following Lance Armstrong's
example and breaking his silence on doping.
 RoadCycling:
UCI Honorary President Hein Verbruggen says the International Cycling
Union (UCI) held meetings with riders, including Lance Armstrong, to
warn them when suspicious test values showed they were coming close to
testing positive for performance enhancing drugs.
 VeloNews:
The Latin influence on my Jamis-Hagens Berman team has given me many
opportunities to race in South America and the strongest common thread
that I have observed is that rarely is there a race down here without
incident.
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 VeloNews:
Sacha Modolo (Bardiani Valvole-CSF Inox) won stage 2 of the Tour de San
Luis on Tuesday, topping overnight leader Mark Cavendish (Omega
Pharma-Quick Step) and Leigh Howard (Orica-GreenEdge) in Terrazas del
Portezuelo, Argentina.
CyclingFans:
Tuesday's Tour de San Luis Stage 2 departs Tilisarao at 2:07pm local
(12:07pm U.S. Eastern, 18:07 CET) and is expected at the finish at
Terrazas del Portezuelo at around 6:30pm local (4:30pm U.S. Eastern,
22:30 CET). Live streaming should be available
throughout the race.
 VeloNation:
Public support nosedives with less than a fifth believing he was
completely honest.
 CyclingNews:
Briton reveals how he trains in Mallorca to escape life as a celebrity.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  CyclingWeekly:
British Cyclo-Cross Champion Nikki Harris has withdrawn from next
weekend's World Championships in Kentucky through injury.
 Bicycling:
This past weekend, while the gossipy world has spun its cranks at 180
revolutions per minute about Lance Armstrong, while people who have
never even watched a bicycle race have been outraged that Lance is a
liar and a sociopath and a controlling jackass and a disgrace to the
American way.
 road.cc:
Crank-based power measurement system updated for 2013.
 CyclingTips:
"I was able to track down most of the 2013 ProTeam bikes and managed to
bring back a good look of most of them from the Tour Village."
CyclingNews:
Manx Missile victorious in Omega Pharma-Quick Step debut.
VeloNation:
Another setback for Belgian Classics star; hopes for speedy
recuperation.
CyclingNews:
Cavendish, Contador, Nibali ready for season debut in Argentina.
PodiumCafe:
The course we know by now, a sprintfest spiced up by a hilltop finish
at Old Willunga Hill to clear up the GC battle. The startlist is
loaded, but unpredictable as it always is in January. Here is a look at
some of the other things we can expect from the World Tour season
premiere.
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CyclingFans:
Wednesday's (Tuesday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 2 (Hahn Super
Dry stage) departs Mt. Barker at 11:00am local (7:30pm U.S. Eastern
Monday, 1:30am CET) and is expected at the finish at Rostrevor at
around 1:59pm local (10:29pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 4:29am
CET). Tour Down Under live streaming video should get
underway at around 12:00pm local (8:30pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 2:30am
CET).
 CompetitiveCyclist: Banging
handlebars. The treachery of a springtime thunderstorm. Missing a feed.
Cars on the course. Moments of terror come to the bike racer in varied
forms.
 VeloNation:
The Gorilla equals Robbie McEwen’s stage-winning record.
 VeloNews:
Luxembourg’s 2010 Tour de France champion Andy Schleck
(RadioShack-Leopard) conceded that he was full of nerves during his
comeback race at the Santos Tour Down Under on Tuesday.
 VeloNews:
Timmy Duggan worked for teammate Jonathan Cantwell during Tuesday's
first stage, but conserved for the GC fight set for Tuesday and Friday.
 Benjamin
Berry:
"A few days ago, as I was pondering some of the consequences of Lance’s
confession, I had a Twitter discussion with my friend Jeff, who is both
a cycling fan and theologian. I asked him about forgiveness and when it
should be given."
 BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5 stars. "Great acceleration, effortless climbing and
all-day comfort make this the best conventional road bike we’ve ridden."
 BikeRadar:
"Possible? Sometimes. Prudent? Well, that’s another matter."
 Off
The Beaten Path: "When it is cold and foggy outside, or when the rain
is beating down, I like to remember the days when it was summer. My
mind wanders back to long hours of daylight, sunshine and memorable
rides."
road.cc:
Veteran commentator also insists South Australia government got value
for money on appearance fees it paid.
road.cc:
Blood doping experts says state government should come clean over
multimillion dollar payments to disgraced rider.
RedKitePrayer:
"While I doubt you even remember me, yours remain the most entertaining
interview I ever conducted. It was a truly fun afternoon."
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 VeloNation:
Former UCI President had previously insisted he had no doubts American
raced clean.
 VeloNation:
Steve Houanard suspended for two years after September EPO positive.
 InnerRing:
Le Monde made some serious allegations against the UCI yesterday. The
French newspaper accuses cycling’s governing body of “covering for
Lance Armstrong” and even alleges that they accepted a “falsified
document” to help Armstrong escape a doping ban in 1999.
 road.cc:
Public hearing due to be held in London today put back until Friday as
UCI and WADA stalemate threatens to undermine process.
 CyclingWeekly:
The President of British Cycling, Brian Cookson, has been linked with
the position of UCI president as calls intensify for the current head
of the world governing body, Pat McQuaid, to resign.
 VeloNation:
Howman wants other sports investigated too.
 BikeRadar:
As international racing gets underway in Australia, Lotto-Belisol's
sprinter Andre Greipel was quick to take the win at the People’s Choice
Classic and show off Lazer's new Chrome Aeroshell, a one-piece helmet
with an integrated reflective shell.
 BBC:
An Australian library sign promising to reshelve books by disgraced
cyclist Lance Armstrong in the fiction section has sparked approval
online.
Saddleblaze:
"You can be pretty sure that one of the people who stayed up in his
London home until 2am GMT to watch Lance Armstrong’s back-to-back
interviews with Oprah at the back end of last week was his old
directeur sportif, Johan Bruyneel."
CyclingNews:
Former head of UCI anti-doping claims he was clean in 2009.
TwistedSpoke:
Every cycling journalist, sports writer and even talk show host Oprah
Winfrey have given their opinions of the dark, doped years when Lance
ruled the peloton. Hundreds of experts, anti-doping people, federation
heads, the UCI, WADA and CNN, you name it.
VeloNation:
Considering amnesty and other issues, meeting could have crucial
importance for Armstrong review.
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Manx Missile victorious in Omega Pharma-Quick Step debut.
VeloNation:
Another setback for Belgian Classics star; hopes for speedy
recuperation.
CyclingFans:
Monday's Tour de San Luis Stage 1 departs San Luis at 1:36pm local
(11:36am U.S. Eastern, 17:36 CET) and is expected at the finish at
Villa Mercedes at around 5:30pm local (3:30pm U.S. Eastern, 21:30
CET).
 CyclingNews:
Cavendish, Contador, Nibali ready for season debut in Argentina.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  PodiumCafe:
The course we know by now, a sprintfest spiced up by a hilltop finish
at Old Willunga Hill to clear up the GC battle. The startlist is
loaded, but unpredictable as it always is in January. Here is a look at
some of the other things we can expect from the World Tour season
premiere.
 CyclingNews:
Drapac to provide Australian with improved 2013 race program.
 StickyBottle:
Well established is the fact that Emma O’Reilly, Paul Kimmage and David
Walsh suffered dreadful consequences for railing against Lance
Armstrong during the Texan’s drug-fuelled rise to the top of cycling.
But another who suffered just as badly was Waterford’s Ciarán Power.
 road.cc:
Cleat-based power measurement system scheduled for summer
launch.
VeloNation:
Maiden World Cup for Czech rider; no Belgians on the podium; Niels
Albert secures overall.
VeloNation:
World champ rides away from Van PVeloNation: aassen, Ferrier-Bruneau
takes third.
CXMagazine:
At first glance, the bikereg.com registered riders list seems more like
a promoter’s wishlist than a reality, but it’s really happening.
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CyclingFans:
Tuesday's (Monday evening U.S.) Tour Down Under Stage 1 (L'Oreal Men
Expert stage) departs Prospect at 11:00am local (7:30pm U.S. Eastern
Monday, 1:30am CET) and is expected at the finish at Lobethal at around
2:34pm local (11:04pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 5:04am CET). Tour
Down Under live streaming video should get underway at around 12:30pm
local (9:00pm U.S. Eastern Monday, 3:00am CET).
 road.cc:
Veteran commentator also insists South Australia government got value
for money on appearance fees it paid.
 road.cc:
Blood doping experts says state government should come clean over
multimillion dollar payments to disgraced rider.
 RedKitePrayer:
"While I doubt you even remember me, yours remain the most entertaining
interview I ever conducted. It was a truly fun afternoon."
 SBS:
Amid the mountains of words written in Australia about Lance
Armstrong’s recent interview with Oprah Winfrey, there has been
surprisingly little serious debate about what this case means for how
we should respond to drugs and doping in Australian cycling
 CyclingNews:
Confidentiality clause stops Rasmussen discussing his past.
 InnerRing:
We’ve only had one exhibition criterium in Adelaide but already some
sharp eyes have seen that some riders are using more narrow handlebars,
a trend that’s probably coming to a ride near you.
 VeloNation:
Spaniard says the route and a stronger team could make a Giro/Tour
double possible.
 VeloNews:
The 2012-13 World Cup of cyclocross wrapped up with a snowy finale on
Sunday in Hoogerheide, Netherlands, that offered few surprises — as
long as one looked only at the final classification, that is.
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 Saddleblaze:
"You can be pretty sure that one of the people who stayed up in his
London home until 2am GMT to watch Lance Armstrong’s back-to-back
interviews with Oprah at the back end of last week was his old
directeur sportif, Johan Bruyneel."
 CyclingNews:
Former head of UCI anti-doping claims he was clean in 2009.
 TwistedSpoke:
Every cycling journalist, sports writer and even talk show host Oprah
Winfrey have given their opinions of the dark, doped years when Lance
ruled the peloton. Hundreds of experts, anti-doping people, federation
heads, the UCI, WADA and CNN, you name it.
VeloNation:
Considering amnesty and other issues, meeting could have crucial
importance for Armstrong review.
 VeloNation:
Former USADA chief Madden backs suggestion attempt at $250,000 donation
was made.
CyclingNews:
Former Rabobank team doctor said to have facilitated doping at Dutch
team.
 PodiumCafe:
Nash might just stir things up at CX Worlds.
 RoadCycling:
Alberto Contador, a two-time winner of the Tour de France who was
stripped of a third title for using a banned substance, says cycling
needs to take something positive from the Lance Armstrong
scandal.
 PodiumCafe:
Last year's Tour Down Under gave the world its first real sight of the
new GreenEdge team, Australia's first World Tour level team and the
fulfillment of a generation of Australian riders' dreams. .
Peloton:
Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador described Lance
Armstrong's doping confessions as a bleak day for cycling, but insisted
the battered and bruised sport can enjoy a drug-free future.
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CyclingFans:
Monday's Tour de San Luis Stage 1 departs San Luis at 1:36pm local
(11:36am U.S. Eastern, 17:36 CET) and is expected at the finish at
Villa Mercedes at around 5:30pm local (3:30pm U.S. Eastern, 21:30
CET).
 VeloNation:
Maiden World Cup for Czech rider; no Belgians on the podium; Niels
Albert secures overall.
 VeloNation:
World champ rides away from Van PVeloNation: aassen, Ferrier-Bruneau
takes third.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  CXMagazine:
At first glance, the bikereg.com registered riders list seems more like
a promoter’s wishlist than a reality, but it’s really happening.
 VeloNation:
Sarah Hammer completes her domination of Women’s Omnium.
 CyclingNews:
Spaniard begins season in Argentina.
 WSJ:
The television in Tyler Hamilton's New York City hotel room didn't
carry the Oprah Winfrey Network. That was a little bit of a problem. So
on Thursday night he went to a friend's apartment, where, like three
million or so estimated viewers, he watched a tense Lance Armstrong
confess, finally, to using performance-enhancing drugs.
 CyclingNews:
Federation urges other cheaters to come forward.
 Bicycling:
This trail bike’s adjustable suspension, innovative fork and stiff
frame deliver a distinctive ride.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Great handling, price and upgradability but
heavy finishing kit."
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 VeloNews:
When Lance Armstrong rose to become the top cyclist in the world he
took his coach, Chris Carmichael, with him.
 CyclingNews:
Goss has no answer to German's lead out.
 Peloton:
World road race champion Philippe Gilbert says this week's
season-opening Tour Down Under is the perfect opportunity for cycling
to put the Lance Armstrong controversy behind it.
 CyclingNews:
"Old diesel engine" gets a kick-start in likely farewell.
 CyclingNews:
Australian criterium champion leaves Gimore and Macpherson behind.
 Guardian:
The Texan has admitted to being a cheat, a liar and a bully yet somehow
absolved himself of blame.
 TheSun:
Mark Cavendish fears no one will believe pro cyclists are clean again,
after Lance Armstrong admitted to widespread doping on the Oprah
Winfrey show.
 USACycling:
In the final UCI Track World Cup of the 2012/13 season, Sarah Hammer
(Temecula, Calif./Performance United - FELT) rode to victory in the
women’s omnium.
 road.cc:
Quirky, understated but generally well executed pocket tool.
SBS:
The Santos Tour Down Under represents a crucial re-start for Radioshack
Leopard Trek's Andy Schleck.
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 Peloton:
Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador described Lance
Armstrong's doping confessions as a bleak day for cycling, but insisted
the battered and bruised sport can enjoy a drug-free future.
 CyclingNews:
German not planning to speak publicly.
 VeloNation:
“These overdue admissions, and the resulting public scrutiny, are an
essential step."
 CyclingTips: Everyone
has an opinion about Lance Armstrong's confession and most of what we
read in the media is in agreement that he's a lying scumbag who
deserves to be locked up for life. There are so many people that Lance
affected in different ways - from cycling fans, to cancer survivors, to
reporters, to the people who he rolled over when they got in the way.
 RoadCycling:
First shunned, then vilified by Lance Armstrong, Mike Anderson had to
move to the other side of the world to get his life back.
 InnerRing:
This road lacks the myth and history of the others in the series as no
race has used it. Yet it has given its name to Trek’s top road bike and
was the first clue that Lance Armstrong was going to “win” the 1999
Tour de France.
 VeloNation:
World champion feeling good in People’s Choice Classic.
 PEZ:
Trinidad and Tobago’s Emile Abraham has been on the international pro
scene for a long time; 2013 will be his 12th season. But he’s still
grabbing those podium places on the super-fast US criterium scene, not
to mention racking up stage wins year after year in his home race, the
Tour of Tobago.
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The 2012-2013 Cyclocross season action continues Sunday with the UCI
Cyclocross
World Cup at Hoogerheide, Netherlands. (aka the GP Adrie van
der Poel) Live streaming video: Elite Men: 3:00pm CET (9:00am
U.S. Eastern).
 InnerRing:
There’s a race on. It’s becoming a cliché to say we should talk about
the sport instead of scandal, races instead of revelations. So here it
is, a proper World Tour race packed with big names, Australian sunshine
and it’s all just a few days away.
 CyclingNews:
Van Garderen eyes time trial.
 VeloNews:
After a decade of suspicion, weeks of speculation, three days of
post-taping leaks, and two and a half hours of riveting, frustrating,
and sometimes downright bizarre television, the dust is finally
settling on the first confession of Lance Armstrong. So what now?
 CyclingNews:
Armstrong denied offering $250,000 in Winfrey interview.
 VeloNation:
“I am among those who prefer to attack from afar… the points system
does not support this.”
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Santos Women's Cup - Jan 20-23 (Stages), Tour de San Luis - Jan 21-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  Peloton:
Lance Armstrong wants to return to competitive sport, but says the
driving force behind his belated doping confession was the well-being
of his five children.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Not perfect, but decent quality for the
money."
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The EX6 is light, balanced and neutral, but
it still has a pleasing sense of fun."
NBC:
Lance Armstrong may have come clean about his use of
performance-enhancing drugs in his cycling career, but in the eyes of
some of the people he hurt over the years, his slate will always be
anything but clean.
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Sunday's Tour Down Under departs Adelaide, East
End at 7:00pm local (3:30am U.S. Eastern, 9:30am CET) and is expected
at the finish at Adelaide, East End at around 8:00pm local (4:30am U.S.
Eastern, 10:30am CET). Tour Down Under live streaming should
be available throughout.
 SBS:
The Santos Tour Down Under represents a crucial re-start for Radioshack
Leopard Trek's Andy Schleck.
 VeloNation:
Movie will come after separate documentary by Oscar winner Alex Gibney.
CyclingNews:
Former World champion angered by Armstrong’s years of cheating
tarnishing the current sport.
 CyclingNews:
Admission that he's in therapy, and the toll on his family.
VeloNation:
Transcript of part two; former pro on losing LiveStrong and $75
million, returning to racing and more.
 RedKitePrayer:
"Walsh did appreciate that it was Armstrong himself publicly
acknowledging that he had cheated, but he remained deeply offended by
the interview subject’s unwillingness to concede that, for example,
Betsy and Frankie Andreu have been telling the truth for more than a
decade."
road.cc:
Tears as Armstrong describes impact on family; rejects Tygart
'donation' claim and explains *that* maillot jaune picture.
 Bicycling:
Lance moves on to family, punishment, and Livestrong, but leaves out
many of the dirty details.
 TwistedSpoke:
And now, the choked-up part of the Dopra Lance-athon. If part one was
was the Admission, part two was the Emotion. Or shall we say, the lack
thereof.
Bonnie
D. Ford It was a typical Lance Event, although it was about as far from
the bike as it gets. It was about spectacle and managed production and
trying to craft another chapter in a punctured epic that has lost its
helium and sunk to earth.
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 CyclingNews:
Former
Armstrong director planning another book.
 VeloNews:
Michele Ferrari must have watched the Lance Armstrong/Oprah Winfrey
interview with delight, seeing his old friend and client save him yet
again. Being key to Armstrong’s drug-fueled Tour de France wins, surely
he felt relieved his name was mentioned only three times in two and a
half hours.
.
 Bicycling:
In his own words, Frankie Andreu reacts to Lance Armstrong’s admissions
.
 CyclingNews:
David Walsh, the journalist who almost single-handedly queried
disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's remarkable comeback from cancer,
has accepted the American's apology. But he said he felt it hard to
sympathize with him despite his confession.
 CyclingNews:
Dutchman admits to blood transfusions.
 VeloNews:
Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Trek) says he believes Lance Armstrong was
clean when he returned to cycling in 2009.
 CyclingNews:
"He was obliged to win."
 VeloNews:
They almost came. Midway through the second half of Oprah’s “confession
light,” Lance Armstrong almost looked human as he described the anguish
of admitting to his son that his life and fortune were built upon a
Mount Everest of lies. Almost.
road.cc:
Meeting soon with ex-USPS boss, who is also said to be working on book
to put his side of story.
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 CyclingFans:
Live online streaming: Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide
Exclusive:
Thursday, January 17 and Friday, January 18 at
9:00pm ET (3:00am CET).
 NBC:
Lance Armstrong may have come clean about his use of
performance-enhancing drugs in his cycling career, but in the eyes of
some of the people he hurt over the years, his slate will always be
anything but clean.
 CyclingNews:
Agency expresses lack of confidence in UCI, independent commission.
 CyclingNews:
Says he owes more “to the sport he destroyed”.
 Peloton:
Belgian cycling great Eddy Merckx on Friday said that he was "extremely
disappointed" that Lance Armstrong doped his way to seven Tour de
France victories.
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  PodiumCafe:
Two weeks from Worlds... and much work to do.
 CyclingNews:
Shane Sutton has stepped down as head coach of Team Sky although the
Australian will continue to serve a consultation role as a performance
advisor and “troubleshooter.
 road.cc:
"We finally get to play with the newly updated Garmin Edge 810. And
we're impressed."
VeloNation:
“Lance was a warrior…but not in the tradition of Hercules. Lance fought
for gains in tradition of Bernie Madoff.”
TwistedSpoke:
Every over-hyped media event from the Super Bowl to the Academy Awards
has a Pre-Show extravaganza. That goes double for tonight’s Oprah
Winfrey blockbuster interview with disgraced pro cyclist Lance
Armstrong.
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 Bonnie
D. Ford It was a typical Lance Event, although it was about as far from
the bike as it gets. It was about spectacle and managed production and
trying to craft another chapter in a punctured epic that has lost its
helium and sunk to earth.
VeloNation:
USADA CEO calls for disgraced rider to testify under oath if he is
truly sincere.
 InnerRing:
Everyone seems to have a verdict on the Oprah show. Reviewing last
night’s TV would be a novelty for this blog so if you want a good take
see Bonnie Ford on ESPN for a strong piece that goes from body language
to the big picture.
 PEZ:
"There really is a lot of teams in this part of Spain this year with
apart from the ones I’ve already seen there is BMC which is still a
possibility and I’ve spotted Cofidis, Astana, Sojasun,
Euskaltel-Euskadi, CCC Polsat, Top Sport Vlaanderen and some
Orica-GreenEdge riders, not to mention Lotto Belisol a bit further
north and Blanco south down the coast. Vacansoleil-DCM."
 CXMagazine:
Need a kickstart to your spring season training? Looking for
warm sunny skies to ignite your motivation?
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Fast to shift and fast to handle despite
the budget wheels."
CyclingNews:
Tells Oprah Winfrey he could not have won the Tour seven times clean.
VeloNation:
Disagrees with UCI, says there is no barrier to granting an amnesty to
riders who are providing evidence.
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road.cc:
Meeting soon with ex-USPS boss, who is also said to be working on book
to put his side of story.
 VeloNation:
UCI President welcomes disgraced rider’s confession; “cycling is a
completely different sport today”.
 CyclingNews:
Schleck, Kittel, Livestrong and Novak Djokovic give their opinions .
 Peloton:
"This year’s pro road season has all the makings of one that will focus
our attention on racing excellence and a new generation of athletes,
rather than the doping sins of the past."
 CyclingWeekly:
Peter Sagan officially began his 2013 season in Los Angeles last Sunday
when presented with his Cannondale.
 VeloNation:
UnitedHealthcare, Vini Fantini name rosters for stage race.
PodiumCafe:
The content of Lance's confession will surprise few who follow closely
the sport of cycling. After the US Anti Doping Administration (USADA)
released it's "reasoned decision" in October that detailed all of its
evidence that Armstrong broke numerous anti-doping codes, there could
be little doubt that the allegations levied against Lance over the past
years were true.
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 VeloNation:
“Lance was a warrior…but not in the tradition of Hercules. Lance fought
for gains in tradition of Bernie Madoff.”
 TwistedSpoke:
Every over-hyped media event from the Super Bowl to the Academy Awards
has a Pre-Show extravaganza. That goes double for tonight’s Oprah
Winfrey blockbuster interview with disgraced pro cyclist Lance
Armstrong.
 InnerRing:
This week a leaked expert report suggest that Frank Schleck’s positive
test in the Tour de France probably didn’t result from doping.
 CyclingNews:
Belgian rider on Cancellara, Sagan and Pozzato.
CyclingFans:
Live online streaming: Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide
Exclusive:
Thursday, January 17 and Friday, January 18 at
9:00pm ET (3:00am CET).
Races & Results.
Santos Tour Down Under - Jan 20-27 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  BikeRadar:
Triathlon website TriRig is getting ready to launch the Mercury pedal,
a 35g sleeve-clamp design inspired by the Aerolite pedal from 1986.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Fast, stable all-round wheelset that goes
and stops well but could be better finished."
 road.cc:
Leather saddle that's being launched in the UK at this week's London
Bike Show.
 NBC:
It’s a shame that the mission of the Livestrong Foundation has been
undermined by the turmoil engulfing its founder, but when your work is
so closely tied to the celebrity of somebody like Lance Armstrong, that
type of confluence is inevitable.
 CyclingNews:
Any decision to come after Oprah/Armstrong interview.
CyclingNews:
Report claims Texan's offer to be a witness also knocked back.
InnerRing:
Too many acronyms? Yes but no matter which way you arrange the letters
this spells trouble for the UCI.
VeloNation:
Press and public attend velodrome launch at Eddy Merckx Cycling Centre
in Gent, Belgium.
CyclingNews:
Saxo-Tinkoff Spaniard's season kicks off in six days.
road.cc:
Olympic silver medallist insists cycling clean now and says focus on
doping should be left in past.
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 CyclingNews:
Tells Oprah Winfrey he could not have won the Tour seven times clean.
 VeloNation:
Disagrees with UCI, says there is no barrier to granting an amnesty to
riders who are providing evidence.
 CyclingNews:
Armstrong, Bruyneel, Weisel, Stapleton, Knaggs listed as defendants.
CyclingNews:
Then-UCI president had assets managed by Thomas Weisel Partners.
 SBS:
Tour de France organiser Christian Prudhomme said Thursday that
disgraced rider Lance Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour
titles because of doping, "was already in the past".
 VeloNews:
On Thursday evening, after years of vigorous denials, Lance Armstrong
will deliver a televised confession to doping throughout his storied
career, in an interview with Oprah Winfrey that was recorded over
two-and-a-half hours on Monday in Armstrong’s hometown of Austin, Texas.
 CyclingNews:
BMC team boss outlines strategy leading into the Tour de France.
 RedKitePrayer:
"When I was in my ascendancy as a cyclist, at a certain point, I began
chasing numbers. We all did. There was higher speed—both average and
max—because chasing velocity is inarguably the pursuit of fun itself.
Then came longer rides."
 CyclingNews:
Dopers are thieves deserving jail punishment.
 NBC:
Lance Armstrong won seven Tour de France cycling titles in a career
that made him a superstar. But he was dogged by allegations of doping,
and last year he was stripped of his titles after a scathing report by
the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Here are some of the key people in the
Armstrong story.
VeloNews:
At the UCI, it’s the same as it ever was.
VeloNation:
Hopes for change in stance from governing body and that WADA, USADA and
CCN will return.
|
 PodiumCafe:
The content of Lance's confession will surprise few who follow closely
the sport of cycling. After the US Anti Doping Administration (USADA)
released it's "reasoned decision" in October that detailed all of its
evidence that Armstrong broke numerous anti-doping codes, there could
be little doubt that the allegations levied against Lance over the past
years were true.
 VeloNation:
Bruyneel writing book about doping allegations.
 VeloNews:
Brian Holm took a long pause after talking about the classics and
offering some season predictions, and gradually said, “Sooner or later,
I would like to say something nice about Lance.”
 CyclingWeekly:
Lance Armstrong will appear on the Oprah Winfrey show in America
tonight. It promises to be another high-profile event in the life of
the American cyclist who loves the limelight. .
 VeloNews:
Last Sunday, countries around the world crowned new national champions
and this weekend, cyclocross will wrap up its second big contest with
the World Cup finale in Hoogerheide, Netherlands. Many of the big
questions have already been settled.
 VeloUK:
It was the only cross win of the season for Zdenek and well deserved
after several top class performances against Europe’s finest, well
Belgium finest mainly.
 BikeRadar:
Giant unveiled two new carbon fiber aero road machines just before the
start of the Tour Down Under: the Propel Advanced SL and the
women's-specific Liv/giant Envie Advanced.
 ColoradoDaily:
A s Lance Armstrong confesses to doping to Oprah Winfrey in a special
two-part series airing Thursday and Friday night, some Boulder cyclists
will be yelling at their television sets in bars, restaurants and homes.
Helen
Wyman: "Selection for any world championships is always a contentious
issue. Riders feel they have missed out or been let down by their
federations, many having met selection criteria or worse still, not
known of criteria to meet, ultimately resulting in them missing out on
the opportunity to compete in the most prestigious event on the annual
cyclocross calendar."
InnerRing:
The story stretches from primetime sofa to the US Department of Justice
via the Tour de France and features an international celebrity in the
midst of a downfall more public than Felix Baumgartner’s leap.
CyclingNews:
Cannot rule out the possibility of “manipulation” though.
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NBC:
It’s a shame that the mission of the Livestrong Foundation has been
undermined by the turmoil engulfing its founder, but when your work is
so closely tied to the celebrity of somebody like Lance Armstrong, that
type of confluence is inevitable.
CyclingFans:
Live online streaming: Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide
Exclusive:
Thursday, January 17 and Friday, January 18 at
9:00pm ET (3:00am CET).
CyclingNews:
Any decision to come after Oprah/Armstrong interview.
 CyclingNews:
Report claims Texan's offer to be a witness also knocked back.
 InnerRing:
Too many acronyms? Yes but no matter which way you arrange the letters
this spells trouble for the UCI.
 VeloNation:
Press and public attend velodrome launch at Eddy Merckx Cycling Centre
in Gent, Belgium.
CyclingNews:
Saxo-Tinkoff Spaniard's season kicks off in six days.
Races & Results.
USA Cross Championships - Jan 9-13 (Races), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  road.cc:
Olympic silver medallist insists cycling clean now and says focus on
doping should be left in past.
 VeloNews:
The Lance Armstrong doping scandal is cutting a large swath across
cycling and it’s being particularly felt in cycling-crazed Flanders.
 CyclingNews:
New points system to favor UCI-sanctioned races.
 VeloNews:
The U.S. government can take Lance Armstrong to court once the fallen
rider publicly admits to doping, according experts and people familiar
with the matter.
 Bicycling:
Ride On, Tucson! charges no admission and welcomes cyclists of all
levels.
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CyclingNews:
Dopers are thieves deserving jail punishment.
NBC:
Lance Armstrong won seven Tour de France cycling titles in a career
that made him a superstar. But he was dogged by allegations of doping,
and last year he was stripped of his titles after a scathing report by
the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Here are some of the key people in the
Armstrong story.
 VeloNews:
At the UCI, it’s the same as it ever was.
VeloNation:
Hopes for change in stance from governing body and that WADA, USADA and
CCN will return.
 CyclingNews:
Complete Armstrong confession could have “enormous consequences.”
 road.cc:
Bradley Wiggins under Twitter attack after references to 1990s and Paul
Kimmage, while Mark Cavendish goes off the deep end in Belgium.
 SBS:
A Taiwanese news group has released its cheeky take on the Lance
Armstrong scandal with an animation of the disgraced cyclist turning
into a vampire during his interview with chat show queen Oprah
Winfrey.
 VeloNation:
“There will be a lot of people wanting a slice of his bank account.”
 VeloNation:
Talented Briton speaks about step up to the pro ranks with Argos
Shimano.
 Peloton:
Raleigh has a long and storied history as one of the oldest bicycle
companies in the world.
 BikeRadar:
If you're commuting by bike or doing some off-road touring in the heart
of winter, a low maintenance approach to your bike makes a lot of
sense.
CyclingNews:
All of cycling could lose if UCI is proven complicit in covering up
doping.
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ColoradoDaily:
A s Lance Armstrong confesses to doping to Oprah Winfrey in a special
two-part series airing Thursday and Friday night, some Boulder cyclists
will be yelling at their television sets in bars, restaurants and homes.
 Helen
Wyman: "Selection for any world championships is always a contentious
issue. Riders feel they have missed out or been let down by their
federations, many having met selection criteria or worse still, not
known of criteria to meet, ultimately resulting in them missing out on
the opportunity to compete in the most prestigious event on the annual
cyclocross calendar."
 InnerRing:
The story stretches from primetime sofa to the US Department of Justice
via the Tour de France and features an international celebrity in the
midst of a downfall more public than Felix Baumgartner’s leap.
 CyclingNews:
Cannot rule out the possibility of “manipulation” though.
 USAToday:
The worst cheater in the history of sports has come clean not because
it's the right thing to do, but because he must believe it's the
expedient thing to do.
 CyclingNews:
Dutchman claims not to understand the “whole fuss.”
VeloNews:
The U.S. government can take Lance Armstrong to court once the fallen
rider publicly admits to doping, according experts and people familiar
with the matter.
 NBC:
Lance Armstrong may not face criminal charges for admitting to doping,
but fending off millions in civil claims could be tougher than climbing
the Col du Tourmalet, experts say.
 CyclingTips: Minister
for Sport Kate Lundy today released the independent review into Cycling
Australia conducted by the Hon James Wood AO QC.
 CyclingWeekly:
Lance Armstrong "mesmerized and riveted" Oprah Winfrey on Monday when
he reportedly confessed to doping. The talk show host said that she
prepared, but was surprised by Armstrong's answers in an interview that
airs Thursday and Friday.
 PEZ:
Tom Peterson is a quiet guy from North Bend near Seattle, he won a
stage in the Tour of California in 2009 and has ridden the Vuelta a
España twice and the Giro d’Italia and has been a trusted domestique
since he turned Pro with TIAA-CREF in 2006. He moved on to Garmin-Sharp
and now will be a Grand Tour specialist at Argos-Shimano.
VeloNation:
Agency says lack of amnesty for witnesses, terms of references and
timeframe are of concerns.
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CyclingFans:
Live online streaming: Oprah and Lance Armstrong: The Worldwide
Exclusive:
Thursday, January 17 and Friday, January 18 at
9:00pm ET (3:00am CET).
 Yahoo!:
Lance Armstrong "did not come clean in the way I expected" on whether
he used performance-enhancing drugs in his cycling career, celebrated
talk show host Oprah Winfrey said on Tuesday, a day after a lengthy
interview with the disgraced athlete.
 CompetitiveCyclist:
Eighty seven days 'til the most underrated classic of the
year, the Amstel Gold Race. Your enjoyment will be greatly enhanced
through a better grasp of the geopoliticial underpinnings of Holland's,
or the Netherlands', most important bike race:
 VeloNation:
Team reaffirms intention to push for WorldTour license registration.
CyclingNews:
After an illness-hit season, Norwegian believes he is getting back to
his best.
Races & Results.
USA Cross Championships - Jan 9-13 (Races), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  CyclingNews:
Moving the finish said to open the race to more contenders.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "“Unbreakable” lenses coupled to a frame
that can be fitted to nearly any shape face."
 VeloNews:
Since entering the crowded wheel market in 2009, the engineers at
Vision have tested more than 350 rim profiles using computational fluid
dynamics, endeavoring to produce a complete wheel line with optimized
rim depths for all riding conditions.
VeloNews:
USA Cycling announced its roster for the 2013 UCI Elite Cyclocross
World Championships on Monday. Top automatic qualifiers and national
champions Jonathan Page (EGNVT) and Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross
Collective) will lead the 22-person team in Louisville, Kentucky,
February 2-3.
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 CyclingNews:
All of cycling could lose if UCI is proven complicit in covering up
doping.
 TwistedSpoke:
Welcome to the the Twisted Spoke, All Armstrong, All Week Extravaganza.
Race previews for San Luis, Qatar and Oman — who needs that meaningless
crap?
 VeloNews:
Lance Armstrong answered the questions that “people around the world
have been waiting to hear” in an two-and-a-half hour interview, talk
show host Oprah Winfrey said Tuesday.
CyclingNews:
Governing body calls on Armstrong to testify to Independent Commission.
 InnerRing:
Lance Armstrong to confess to doping? Thanks to USADA there’s already
hundreds of pages of evidence. At first the Oprah Winfrey interview
looked like a celebrity stunt. Only the story now seems to be going a
step further with reports that Armstrong will testify against senior
UCI officials, shifting the story away from sofa interview into the
saddle of pro cycling.
 VeloNews:
British cycling star Bradley Wiggins said Lance Armstrong’s anticipated
admission of doping in a two-episode interview with talk-show host
Oprah Winfrey would be both a “great” and “sad” day for the sport.
 BikeRadar:
If you’ve let the muck build up on your bike, here's a step-by-step
guide that will get it looking like new – and running much better – in
less than an hour.
 BikeRadar:
Cables and housing – the lifelines of your bike – translate input at
the controls into an output at the other end.
 MBAction:
The year 2013 is an important year for Felt Bicycles. With the
introduction of several brand-new and redesigned models, the Southern
California-based company is making yet another big push.
AP:
Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday
that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a
person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
Neil
Browne: Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah. Will it be the whole
truth and nothing but?
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VeloNation:
Agency says lack of amnesty for witnesses, terms of references and
timeframe are of concerns.
 CyclingTips: Will
we be able to believe a word of Lance's confession after so many lies?
When history looks back at this, Oprah vs Lance will be the sporting
world's soft fluffy version of Frost vs Nixon.
 VeloNews:
A game that was once painfully slow and perfectly managed by Lance
Armstrong is now at warp speed, and it seems the fallen champion finds
himself on more unstable sporting and legal grounds than ever
before.
 PEZ:
"As Lance Armstrong wrapped his interview with Oprah Winfrey – the most
important of his career, I was reminded that it was almost 9 years ago
exactly that PEZ was getting ready for the biggest interview of our
career – with Lance Armstrong. Man, how things can change…"
 RedKitePrayer:
It’s a relatively benign story, reported in other media outlets, but
the incident illustrates the hurdles the media faced in dealing with
Armstrong.
 CyclingNews:
Violations after January 1 2008 will lead to immediate dismissal.
 VeloNation:
Wiggins, Contador, Cavendish, Evans and world champion Gilbert among
best-ever lineup.
 Off
The Beaten Path: Winter is a great time for riding around here. We have
a choice between cold and sunny or not-so-cold and rainy. If
we can, we pick the sunshine, but that often means starting our rides
when it is just below freezing.
 MBAction:
Mountain Bike Action took three Jamis hardtails and conducted a
shootout. The difference? The wheel sizes. There was a 26, 27.5 and a
29er in the mix.
CyclingNews:
Garmin-Sharp manager hopes he will help the broader fight against
doping.
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 VeloNews:
USA Cycling announced its roster for the 2013 UCI Elite Cyclocross
World Championships on Monday. Top automatic qualifiers and national
champions Jonathan Page (EGNVT) and Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross
Collective) will lead the 22-person team in Louisville, Kentucky,
February 2-3.
 TwistedSpoke:
Walsh may have missed a few things that passionate cycling fans who’ve
followed this tragic-comedy are dying to know.
 PodiumCafe:
It's the end of an era for British Cycling, as World and Olympic
Champion Nicole Cooke retires - with very strong words on Armstrong,
the UCI, doping in the men's and women's sport, and how women cyclists
needs more protection.
 VeloNation:
2008 World and Olympic champion “robbed by drug cheats” but won more
than she “dreamed of.”
 Peloton:
Moser, 22 and nephew of Francesco a former world road race champion and
winner of the 1984 Giro d'Italia, will head the team, formerly known as
Liquigas, alongside Slovakian star Peter Sagan.
 VeloNation:
German hoping for a solid squad with a decent race program.
Races & Results.
USA Cross Championships - Jan 9-13 (Races), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  VeloNews:
Newly crowned national champions Jonathan Page (EGNVT) and Katie
Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective), and the rest of the men’s and
women’s elite fields, are still shivering after a frigid USA Cycling
Cyclocross National Championships on Sunday, but all eyes have already
turned south to Louisville, Kentucky, and the elite world
championships.
 CyclingWeekly:
Production is limited to 125 examples - so you genuinely will have a
very rare machine.
NBC:
Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly
looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has
shadowed his storied career like an angry storm cloud.
VeloNation:
Page gets first title in eight years, Compton grabs ninth in a row.
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 AP:
Lance Armstrong confessed to Oprah Winfrey during an interview Monday
that he used performance-enhancing drugs to win the Tour de France, a
person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press.
 Neil
Browne: Lance Armstrong is interviewed by Oprah. Will it be the whole
truth and nothing but?
 VeloNews:
In a few hours’ time, Oprah Winfrey will sit down with Lance Armstrong
inside his Austin, Texas, compound to conduct what may be a
course-altering interview with the banned former world champion. Could
a long-anticipated confession finally be at hand, delivered from the
upholstered pulpit of Oprah’s notoriously sympathetic couch?
 CyclingNews:
2013 will again be a season of two halves for Taylor Phinney as the
American looks to continue his development in the Classics and against
the watch.
 CyclingNews:
Neo-pro American joins Wiggins at Team Sky.
 InnerRing:
Think of a pro cyclist and who you think of? Alberto Contador, Philippe
Gilbert or Mark Cavendish? Well they’re amongst the obvious picks. But
if you wanted to pick the typical pro, think of a 27 year old Frenchman
instead because that’s what the numbers say.
VeloNation:
Meeting tomorrow will consider requests by WADA and others to broaden
Terms of Reference.
 CXMagazine:
By now, we all know the results of the 2013 Cyclocross National
Championships, but what cyclocross dorks like us like to do is look at
the race within the race: Lap times and split times.
 road.cc:
New wheelsets feature trickle-down aero design technology.
 MBAction:
Check out what the The Independent feels are the top ten mountain bikes
and be sure to read the comments that follow.
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 CyclingNews:
Garmin-Sharp manager hopes he will help the broader fight against
doping.
CyclingNews:
Report reveals plans are part of confession strategy.
VeloNews:
The Cannondale team camp was one of Hollywood charm, with a faux red
carpet and planted paparazzi, even, greeting the team’s riders and
press at Hollywood’s Paramount Studios Saturday night.
 CyclingNews:
Basso, Pellizotti and Scarponi available for Florence Worlds.
 VeloNews:
In the wake of Klaas Vantornout’s (Sunweb-Napoleon Games) huge upset
win at the Belgian national championships on Sunday, Belgian national
team coach Rudy De Bie will have some difficult decisions to make about
exactly who will pack their bags for Louisville, Kentucky, and who will
have to watch the cyclocross world championships on TV.
 CyclingWeekly:
It's a commonplace observation to note that the entire professional
riding class is ‘fitter' compared to thirty or forty years ago.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Exceptionally fast, with great handling and
a firm but not unforgiving ride."
 SBS:
The top-level review into Cycling Australia (CA) that was prompted by
the Lance Armstrong doping scandal is set to report its findings.
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 NBC:
Out for a Sunday morning jog in bright sunshine, Lance Armstrong hardly
looked like a man about to finally confront the doping scandal that has
shadowed his storied career like an angry storm cloud.
 VeloNation:
Page gets first title in eight years, Compton grabs ninth in a row.
 PodiumCafe:
Will Sven Nys lose his tricouleur to Niels Albert or Kevin Pauwels?
Will we finally have a Dutch cx champion in the peloton? And who the
hell is gonna stop Marianne Vos?
 CyclingFans:
The USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championship Elite Women and Elite
Men races are being held Sunday at Madison, Wisconsin. There
will be live streaming video.
Live streaming video: Elite Women: 1:00pm CST (20:00 CET) Elite Men: 2:15pm CST (21:15 CET).
Races & Results.
USA Cross Championships - Jan 9-13 (Races), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  VeloNation:
Former SpiderTech C10 rider speaks about team’s end, Canadian cycling
and racing clean.
CyclingNews:
The Sunday Times has taken the bold move of placing an open letter in
the Chicago Tribune in which they pose 10 questions Oprah Winfrey
should ask Lance Armstrong..
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Peloton:
The cyclist Lance Armstrong could lose much more than his already
ravaged reputation if he confesses to doping this week during a
television interview with Oprah Winfrey – he could end up in jail.
 InnerRing:
AICAR test in place – Dutch doping amnesty – Steven de Jongh passes go
– Europcar to quit? – Big teams for Bongo – Grand Tours and breakaway
cities – ASO vs RCS.
 CyclingNews:
Viatcheslav Ekimov has said that Katusha’s top rider Joaquim Rodriguez
cannot leave the team until CAS resolves the situation, and that the
Russian squad will do their utmost to “convince Purito he should remain
with the squad.”
 VeloNation:
Orica GreenEdge one-two in men’s road race.
 PEZ:
Due to the popularity of vintage racing events like the Eroica and
other new ones popping up, prices for old bikes are on the
rise.
 road.cc:
Good looking modern cranks that'll blend in nicely with your retro
project.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "A sleek, well made pump that does its job
superbly."
VeloNation:
BMC Racing Team rider says Evans is leader for Tour but he won’t pull
his brakes.
MBAction:
Business Day Live in South Africa is reporting that the driver of the
automobile that killed mountain bike racer Burry Stander will be
charged with culpable homicide.
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SBS:
The top-level review into Cycling Australia (CA) that was prompted by
the Lance Armstrong doping scandal is set to report its findings.
 CyclingNews:
Tejay van Garderen is set to reprise his role as second in command to
Cadel Evans on the BMC team at the 2013 Tour de France but the American
does not believe that riding in support of the Australian will
necessarily prove detrimental to his own ambitions in July.
 Peloton:
What was once the de-facto Italian national team has truly been
reinvented. The Liquigas-Cannondale squad is now the Cannondale Pro
Cycling Team as the US bike manufacturer takes over as title sponsor.
 VeloNews:
The selection of disc brake equipment for cyclocross remains
conspicuously slim and it looks like it will be next season before we
see some big announcements.
 CyclingIQ:
Road cycling stars in the recent screenplay adaptation of a Chinese
novel which explores the spirit of sport and the dynamics of
cross-cultural relationships in modern-day China. Though it’s not along
the same hard-core lines as ‘American Flyers’, the film hints at a
growing institutional support for cycling on the mainland.
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 CyclingNews:
The Sunday Times has taken the bold move of placing an open letter in
the Chicago Tribune in which they pose 10 questions Oprah Winfrey
should ask Lance Armstrong..
 Peloton:
Live streams are expected Sunday for cyclocross national championships
in Belgium and France. The Belgian Elite Men championship gets underway
at 3:00pm CET (9am U.S. Eastern) Sunday. The French
Elite Women Championship gets underway at 10:45am CET (4:45am U.S.
Eastern) and the French Elite Men championship gets underway at 1:35PM
CET (7:35am U.S. Eastern).
 CyclingNews:
Eleven summit finishes with Angliru as most decisive climb.
Races & Results.
USA Cross Championships - Jan 9-13 (Races), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), Vuelta a España - Aug 24-Sept 15 (Stages),  Peloton:
While his top domestic rivals were in Europe contesting the World Cups
in Namur and Zolder over the holiday week, Ryan Trebon (Cannondale
Cyclocrossworld.com) was in San Diego, California, training alone for
the national and world championships.
 VeloNews:
Alessandro Ballan’s smiling face was beamed via Skype from Italy back
to Belgium during the team presentation Friday at BMC’s concept store
and the Italian couldn’t have been happier.
 PodiumCafe:
There are some funny trends happening in cycling. On the one hand, a
spirit of doom and gloom pervades the sport, under siege by doping
accusations and convictions to the point where you start to wonder if
it's all gonna fall apart. Really, things just get worse and worse.
 CyclingNews:
Former US pro rider Burke Swindlehurst will direct the Hagens Berman
domestic elite amateur team for the 2013 season, the Pacific
Northwest-based squad announced this week.
Blazin'Saddles:
Lance Armstrong's gradual shift from cyclist to celebrity will come
full circle on Thursday when he interviews the fabled American talk
show host Oprah Winfrey.
USACycling:
Ten additional national champions were crowned on Friday at the 2013
USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships at Badger Prairie Park
in Verona, Wis.
SBS:
Australia's former Tour de France winner Cadel Evans insisted on Friday
that he was still capable of competing at the highest level in 2013
despite his 36th birthday fast approaching.
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 VeloNation:
BMC Racing Team rider says Evans is leader for Tour but he won’t pull
his brakes.
 MBAction:
Business Day Live in South Africa is reporting that the driver of the
automobile that killed mountain bike racer Burry Stander will be
charged with culpable homicide.
 CyclingNews:
In cycling, as in politics, few stories stir passions like a leadership
contest. Cadel Evans stressed that there would be no doubt as to the
hierarchy of his BMC squad at the 2013 Tour de France.
 CyclingNews:
"Yeah, she's going down, is what I'm saying!" joked Georgia Gould (Luna
Pro Team) when asked about her chances against Katie Compton (Trek
Cycling Collective) in Sunday's National Cyclo-cross Championship race
being held in Verona, WI.
 CXMagazine:
In a race that surprised no one, two-time World Champion Zdenek Stybar
(Omega Pharma-Quickstep) took his sixth consecutive national title on
his hometown course. Martin Bina and Vojtech Nipl rounded out the
podium.
 VeloNation:
Optum/Kelly Benefit rider would like to aim for results in Redlands and
Tour of California.
 SoCalCycling:
The Champion System Pro Cycling Team kicked off their 2013
team presentation today in Carson, CA. It was a great experience and an
in depth look at what the team has conquered in its first season, along
with the teams future plans and goals.
 VeloNews:
After Katie Compton (Trek Cyclocross Collective) won the World Cup
overall, the women’s U.S. world championship team was awarded an extra
slot, making Cal Giant rider Meredith Miller’s discretionary nomination
a safe bet.
CyclingNews:
Martial Saugy met with Lance Armstrong and explained how the EPO test
worked, but did not in any way supply him with information as to how to
beat the tests.
Peloton:
There’s more to look forward to as the summer approaches and the year’s
first Grand Tour hits the roads of la bella Italia.
CyclingNews:
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) has backed new team boss Luca Guercilena
to bring success to the Luxembourg team.
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 VeloNews:
In an interview with Global Cycling Network (GCN), Irish journalist
David Walsh said that American Tour de France champion Greg LeMond had
been “vilified” by Lance Armstrong for years for speaking out against
Armstrong’s involvement with Italian doping doctor Michele Ferrari.
 BrowneEye:
As we’re all aware Lance Armstrong is going to sit down with Oprah
Winfrey for a 90 minute interview. It will be conducted in Armstrong’s
home in Austin, Texas, broadcast on OWN and streamed on her website
Oprah.com. However, the interview will not be live but pre-recorded
before the 17th.
 BikeHugger:
"My money is on the following scenario: Lance gives a teary confession
to doping, but not to being a mastermind behind a doping ring. He
apologizes just enough to make the Yellow Bands feel awesome about
supporting a man who was just doing what he needed to do to help cancer
patients."
 VeloNation:
American likely to sit out Tour, will ride Giro instead.
 VeloNation:
World champion hoping for another winning Classics season.
 PEZ:
Young American Tom Gibbons is a man who had the guts and drive to pack
his bike into a cardboard box, jump on the plane and hope that his legs
could do the talking for him in the heartland of
Belgium.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "The fork hinders the overall performance,
but that aside this is a confident ride and a good buy."
VeloNews:
"Frankie’s professional life was seriously damaged by his wife’s
determination not to lie for Lance Armstrong.”
VeloNation:
British Cycling president vouches for 2012 winner, says Armstrong
should get no reduction in ban.
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 Blazin'Saddles:
Lance Armstrong's gradual shift from cyclist to celebrity will come
full circle on Thursday when he interviews the fabled American talk
show host Oprah Winfrey.
 USACycling:
Ten additional national champions were crowned on Friday at the 2013
USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships at Badger Prairie Park
in Verona, Wis.
 CyclingNews:
“When it was announced that he was going to be the team manager, I
wasn’t so happy. I wasn’t clapping my hands."
 SBS:
Australia's former Tour de France winner Cadel Evans insisted on Friday
that he was still capable of competing at the highest level in 2013
despite his 36th birthday fast approaching.
 VeloNation:
Kannibaal recovered from bronchitis; aiming for a ninth driekleur.
 VeloNation:
Four fewer than 2012 as Olympic cycle ends; “Fictitious Ranking” to
decide early race invites.
 InnerRing:
A fixture in the Tour de France and other races this is another Mecca
for cyclists who ride up the giant of Provence every summer.
 CyclingNews:
Steven de Jongh has joined Team Saxo-Tinkoff as a sport director, the
Danish team announced Friday. He recently served in that capacity at
Team Sky, but was released from his contract this fall due to violating
the team's anti-doping policy.
Races & Results.
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Often considered the pre-World Championships, especially after last
year when Belgium swept to top seven spots at World’s, the Belgian
National Championships return to Mol.
 PEZ:
Sufferfest videos’ use of actual pro race footage, variety of sessions,
and heavy doses of humor are great motivators through the dark days of
winter.
 road.cc:
Easy-to-use torque wrench that will handle the most commonly adjusted
bike bolts.
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BrowneEye:
As we’re all aware Lance Armstrong is going to sit down with Oprah
Winfrey for a 90 minute interview. It will be conducted in Armstrong’s
home in Austin, Texas, broadcast on OWN and streamed on her website
Oprah.com. However, the interview will not be live but pre-recorded
before the 17th.
 CyclingNews:
Martial Saugy met with Lance Armstrong and explained how the EPO test
worked, but did not in any way supply him with information as to how to
beat the tests.
 Peloton:
There’s more to look forward to as the summer approaches and the year’s
first Grand Tour hits the roads of la bella Italia.
 CyclingNews:
Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack) has backed new team boss Luca Guercilena
to bring success to the Luxembourg team.
 CyclingNews:
Team claims rider abandoned the team and therefore cancelled his
contract.
 Peloton:
Dutch cycling outfit Argos-Shimano on Friday unveiled their team for
the 2013 WorldTour season.
 VeloNews:
Christopher Thompson probably knows more about the roots of the Tour de
France than anyone. The 53-year-old Ball State University history
professor has been studying the event for his entire career.
 VeloNation:
L’Equipe says decision has been made for top Italian race to visit
Belfast and Dublin.
 road.cc:
A lightweight, high definition camera that runs on a constant loop.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5 stars. "Great value turbo trainer for beginners,
with the lack of remote the only minor issue."
 CyclingTips: "The
competition has come to a close and voting is complete. Here are the
lucky winners of the wonderful prizes donated by our generous sponsors."
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 VeloNews:
"Frankie’s professional life was seriously damaged by his wife’s
determination not to lie for Lance Armstrong.”
 VeloNation:
British Cycling president vouches for 2012 winner, says Armstrong
should get no reduction in ban.
 VeloNews:
Philippe Gilbert had one good month last year, but it was perfectly
timed to help everyone forget that the rest of his season was full of
frustration and disappointment.
 PodiumCafe:
Warning: this article contains pure, unadulterated sacrilege.
 RBAction:
You’ve probably seen the brightly colored strips of fabric adorning the
limbs of many a pro cyclist in recent years. Or, perhaps you’ve spotted
them on the appendages and torsos of several athletes at the recent
Summer Olympic Games in London in such sports as varied as volleyball,
swimming and rowing.
 CyclingNews:
Luuc Eisenga looks set to take over from Jonathan Vaughters as the head
of the International Association of Professional Cycling teams (AIGCP)
this spring after the Dutchman stepped down from his role as manager of
innovation and technology at the Blanco squad.
 VeloNation:
Team Sky’s remaining Manxman putting the Olympics behind him as he
looks ahead to 2013.
 BikeRadar:
Would you like somebody to ride with? It certainly makes training a lot
easier and far more social than cycling on your own.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "There’s a lot to like about this good value
race bike – but it’s not a comfy cruiser."
 VeloNation:
‘No solid plans’ to run professional event in the future.
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 CXMagazine:
On what perhaps was the most treacherous course conditions of the day,
as the sloppy snow and mud began to freeze over in the cooling
temperatures, Steve Tilford (TradeWind Energy) once again dominated the
race to win in the Masters Men 50-54 category.
 CyclingNews:
Belgian 'crosser says nationals this weekend will be “difficult”.
Races & Results.
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Further hearing and decision “as quickly as possible,” Court says.
 InnerRing:
With the Giro making its picks for May, ASO will also choose four teams
for 2013 Tour de France. Who gets the golden ticket?
 PodiumCafe:
It's National Championship time in the Cyclocross world. The action
starts... any moment now.
 VeloNews:
This weekend is the start of a long crescendo that will culminate with
four races for rainbow stripes in Louisville, Kentucky, at the
beginning of next month.
 road.cc:Evans
Cycles tell us that the initial range of Hoy bikes are close to sign
off by Sir Chris. We told you last November how the multiple-Olympic
gold medalist was working with Evans on four city bikes and three road
bikes.
CyclingNews:
Patrick Lefevere’s Omega Pharma-QuickStep team were one of the most
successful squads of 2012. This didn’t stop them being caught up in the
USADA case at the tail end of the year, which resulted in the sacking
of Levi Leipheimer.
InnerRing:
What’s a ferry got to do with the Tour de France? Well the Mega
Esmerelda will be the headquarters of the Tour de France during the
grand départ in Corsica.
CyclingIQ:
“Before Huang, it was impossible to find any trace of a Chinese victory
in a UCI stage race outside China."
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 VeloNews:
In an interview with Global Cycling Network, Irish journalist David
Walsh said he felt that Lance Armstrong’s longtime team manager Johan
Bruyneel is every bit as complicit in the U.S. Postal Service doping
conspiracy as Armstrong, and has no place in the sport of cycling.
 VeloNews:
They’ve waited for him to come into sight. Waited for a clean shot at a
man slick as Teflon, as weightless as wind.
 InnerRing:
With the Katusha team struggling for a licence Joaquim Rodriguez and
his agent Angel Edo have been shopping around for a new team. Rodriguez
agreed new terms with the Russian team at the end of last season but
these were based on the premise of riding in World Tour. He has stated
his prime target for 2013 is the Tour de France.
 CyclingNews:
Return date bounces from April to January to March.
 BikeRadar:
The ‘Gwingate’ saga continues to rumble on, with World Cup champ Aaron
Gwin posting a public statement on his blog insisting that he didn’t
break any contract with Trek World Racing in order to join
Specialized’s downhill team for 2013.
 PodiumCafe:
Catching up with Amber Pierce, on what it's like as an American in the
European peloton, how fans can use social media to actively help
women's cycling, and a lot more!
 road.cc:
Light shifting, powerful, well-modulated braking – Shimano have made
their best groupset even better.
 VeloNation:
Asia’s biggest team hoping to compete with newly signed big names.
VeloNews:
In an interview with Global Cycling Network, recorded prior to
Tuesday’s news that Lance Armstrong will appear in an Oprah Winfrey
interview next week, Irish journalist David Walsh said he thought a
tell-all interview might be Armstrong’s only path out of
“purgatory.”
Cyclismas:
Colin is an Irish Paracycling Team member, C2 Class, where he is the
current UCI World Champion in the Time Trial and Pursuit and is working
towards Rio 2016.
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Gary
Lundberg: An
open letter to anyone who cares, or has asked me what I think about
“the whole Lance Armstrong thing”.
 VeloNation: Suspicious
Tour de Suisse 2001 tests led to ‘inappropriate’ meeting.
 Yahoo!Sports:
Tour de France winner Andy Schleck will be transfixed to the television
when Lance Armstrong breaks his silence on cycling's darkest chapter
but the Luxembourger remains unsure if the disgraced American will
admit to a drugs-tainted past.
 road.cc:
Paddy Power has become the latest bookmaker to offer odds on what Lance
Armstrong may or may not say during his interview with Oprah Winfrey
next week.
 USACycling:
Like many young children, Mari Holden dreamed of becoming an Olympic
champion long before she won the silver medal in the Women’s Time Trial
at the 2000 Sydney Games.
 PEZ:
Back in the 70's and 80's the red squad of the Soviet teams dominated
International amateur racing and were feared at every event they
entered.
 BikeRadar:
In credit crunch times it pays to do your own wrenching, but to
maintain and repair your bike with any success you'll need a decent
quality tool kit.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Patience pays off – the new carbon CruX
is a winner."
PodiumCafe:
Lance is supposedly going to bare his soul on Oprah next week. Is that
the best choice?
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 BrowneEye:
Three time Tour de France champion Greg LeMond posted this open letter
on his Facebook page.
 CyclingNews:
Patrick Lefevere’s Omega Pharma-QuickStep team were one of the most
successful squads of 2012. This didn’t stop them being caught up in the
USADA case at the tail end of the year, which resulted in the sacking
of Levi Leipheimer.
 InnerRing:
What’s a ferry got to do with the Tour de France? Well the Mega
Esmerelda will be the headquarters of the Tour de France during the
grand départ in Corsica.
 CyclingIQ:
“Before Huang, it was impossible to find any trace of a Chinese victory
in a UCI stage race outside China."
 VeloNation:
Late charge tactic secures title.
 VeloNews:
Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) and Shara Gillow (Orica-AIS) repeated
their Australian time trial national championships on Wednesday in
Ballarat.
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tape serves as a critical contact point on the bike, and as such,
deserves a little extra attention. In this post, I take a look at the
range of tapes available, handlebar plugs, some options for
customisation, and offer a few tips for wrapping your bars like a pro.
 BikeRadar:
EPO coffee is handcrafted using a cast iron Probat roaster, by
award-winning artisans Extract Coffee Roasters. The 100 percent Arabica
goods are said to be ethically sourced and feature a blend of Brazilian
Daterra and Costa Rican beans honey-processed to deliver a sweeter and
fruitier taste – "sweeter than a solo breakaway on the Ventoux" as
Paniagua put it.
VeloNews:
In a series of interviews with the U.K.-based Global Cycling Network
(GCN), Irish journalist David Walsh, recent winner of the British
Journalism Award as the 2012 Journalist of the Year, spoke at length
about what has become the defining story of his career — the imposing
rise and calamitous fall of Lance Armstrong.
Bicycling:
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol) has admitted to visiting the
doctor at the center of a Belgian doping investigation but insisted
that his consultations were for purely medical reasons.
CyclingNews:
Katusha and NetApp-Endura miss out, MTN-Qhubeka invited to
Milano-Sanremo.
Bicycling:
It’s only January, but there’s much to look forward to in the world of
cycling over the next few weeks.
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 VeloNews:
In an interview with Global Cycling Network, recorded prior to
Tuesday’s news that Lance Armstrong will appear in an Oprah Winfrey
interview next week, Irish journalist David Walsh said he thought a
tell-all interview might be Armstrong’s only path out of
“purgatory.”
 Cyclismas:
Colin is an Irish Paracycling Team member, C2 Class, where he is the
current UCI World Champion in the Time Trial and Pursuit and is working
towards Rio 2016.
 CyclingWeekly:
British bookmaker Ladbrokes is taking bets on the words and phrases
that Lance Armstrong may - or may not - use during his 'tell all'
television interview with veteran broadcaster Oprah Winfrey on
Thursday, January 17.
 TwistedSpoke:
Joaquin Rodriguez, the UCI number one ranked rider in 2012, was beaten
in the Giro d’Italia by dark-horse Ryder Hesjedal of Garmin-Sharp.
Rodriguez was then beaten in the Vuelta a Espana by the return of
Alberto Contador.
 PEZ:
Boss Patrick Lefevere must be looking forward to this season with Mark
Cavendish, Tom Boonen and World TT champion Tony Martin in the team
with lots of BIG guns to back them up.
 road.cc:
Product
development company Cambridge Consultants have made what they claim to
be the world’s first wireless automatic gear-changing bicycle. It is
controlled by smartphone technology.
 BikeRadar:
"We’ve got a tour of the Santa Cruz factory, an epic ride in Greenland
and some all-mountain shredding on the slopes of Mount Etna – Europe’s
tallest active volcano!"
VeloNation:
“It was a clear conflict of interest for USADA. We had no hesitation in
rejecting that offer.”
RoadCycling:
He's going to have to crawl through a lot of crap before he sees
daylight.
VeloNation:
BMC Racing Team denies speculation about contract bid.
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 PodiumCafe:
Lance is supposedly going to bare his soul on Oprah next week. Is that
the best choice?
 CyclingNews:
Alessandro Ballan has traveled from Spain to Italy but will spend a few
more days in hospital in Castelfranco Veneto before finally returning
home.
 Cyclocosm:
"In humor, as in all things, there is a point of diminishing return,
and we have long-since passed it."
 Peloton:
This is the 2013 Dogma 65.1 Think 2. It’s a mouthful, but as it turns
out, an important one. The Dogma 2 was launched in 2011 as a 2012
model, and now they were revamping it only 12 months later.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Fantastic set of disc-ready carbon tubulars
for the mud loving crowd."
 road.cc:
Do-it-all wheelset transforms your ride, but the braking surface lets
them down.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Light and reasonably snappy but too narrow
for cyclocross."
 CyclingNews:
Lance Armstrong will give his first interview since being stripped of
his seven Tour de France titles later this month when he appears on the
'Oprah's Next Chapter' program on her eponymous US cable television
network.
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VeloNews:
In a series of interviews with the U.K.-based Global Cycling Network
(GCN), Irish journalist David Walsh, recent winner of the British
Journalism Award as the 2012 Journalist of the Year, spoke at length
about what has become the defining story of his career — the imposing
rise and calamitous fall of Lance Armstrong.
 Bicycling:
Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Lotto Belisol) has admitted to visiting the
doctor at the center of a Belgian doping investigation but insisted
that his consultations were for purely medical reasons.
Races & Results.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Jan 3-6 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),  CyclingNews:
Katusha and NetApp-Endura miss out, MTN-Qhubeka invited to
Milano-Sanremo.
 Bicycling:
It’s only January, but there’s much to look forward to in the world of
cycling over the next few weeks.
 VeloNation:
Rivals waiting to pounce as action reaches crescendo.
 CyclingWeekly:
"Only weeks before the team was required to submit the official team
roster to UCI, Mr Gwin informed the team that he was abandoning TWR in
total disregard of his contractual obligations."
VeloNews:
Irishman had completed term on separate Executive Committee
CyclingNews:
He’s always been there for me as a manager. Regarding doping, I’ve
never him talk about it once. I don’t know what else I can say. When I
was on Shack and Discovery it was never a conversation we had."
VeloNews:
With an easy second-place finish in Rome on Sunday, Katie Compton (Trek
Cyclocross Collective) became the first American ever to win a
cyclocross World Cup overall, despite the fact that another round, in
Hoogerheide, Netherlands, remains in two weeks’ time.
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VeloNation:
“It was a clear conflict of interest for USADA. We had no hesitation in
rejecting that offer.”
 RoadCycling:
He's going to have to crawl through a lot of crap before he sees
daylight.
 VeloNation:
BMC Racing Team denies speculation about contract bid.
 VeloNews:
This week the country’s best cyclocrossers head to Verona, Wisconsin,
for the 45th U.S. national cyclocross championships in a bid for gold
and the stars-and-stripes jersey.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 5 out of 5 stars. "A winner in terms of performance and value
for money."
 CyclingWeekly:
"Let's face it, cycling's a great sport for gadget lovers. Heart-rate
monitors, GPS, smartphone training apps and power meters are all there
for the taking."
 VeloNews:
"When I get built up layers of glue, I use a heat gun and a thin hard
plastic scraper to heat the glue up and scrape it off. Doesn’t take
long."
RedKitePrayer:
"When I heard the news that Lance Armstrong was considering a
confession, I chuckled. Back in the news already?"
CyclingNews:
Italian national coach and former world and Olympic champion Paolo
Bettini has called on Lance Armstrong to confess to his doping past so
that professional cycling can start afresh.
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CyclingNews:
Lance Armstrong will give his first interview since being stripped of
his seven Tour de France titles later this month when he appears on the
'Oprah's Next Chapter' program on her eponymous US cable television
network.
 VeloNation:
UCI now says decision was taken in November.
 VeloNews:
As you plan your approach to the coming season, no doubt you’ve thrown
the book at your quest to train better (and smarter) and race faster.
 Bicycling:
"Bicycling’s pundits pick their top riders, races, and disappointments
of the year."
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Awesomely quick and responsive but a very
hard ride."
 303Cycling:
This week's Coffee Talk deals with probably one of the most commented
stories of 2011, the integration of ACA with USA Cycling.
CyclingUtah:
The one-of-a-kind “Crusher in the Tushar” – the road/dirt bicycle race
through Utah’s Tushar mountain range – promises to be as challenging
and unusual as it has been in its first two editions, race organizer
Burke Swindlehurst said as field size and depth increases for 2013.
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 VeloNews:
Irishman had completed term on separate Executive Committee
 CyclingNews:
He’s always been there for me as a manager. Regarding doping, I’ve
never him talk about it once. I don’t know what else I can say. When I
was on Shack and Discovery it was never a conversation we had."
 VeloNews:
With an easy second-place finish in Rome on Sunday, Katie Compton (Trek
Cyclocross Collective) became the first American ever to win a
cyclocross World Cup overall, despite the fact that another round, in
Hoogerheide, Netherlands, remains in two weeks’ time.
 VeloNation:
Duo overtake Stroetinga and Schep as race heads towards conclusion.
Races & Results.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Jan 3-6 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),  VeloNation:
Earlier start for Middle Eastern season opener.
 USACycling:
The riders of the USA Cycling Professional Cyclo-cross Calendar (Pro
CX) returned to action after a hiatus for the holidays, competing in
the Chicago Cyclocross Cup New Year's Resolution in Bloomingdale, Ill.,
on Saturday and Sunday.
 MBAction:
The Smart Activity Tracker is a pocket-sized personal tracking tool
designed to help users achieve their personal health and fitness goals.
 PEZ:
"Frame stress be-gone… Locking down a $4-5-8,000+ bike by the rear QR
and flexing the hell out of it bothers me and having very little
movement while pounding out indoor miles stinks. Kinetic addresses both
with the Rock and Roll Trainer."
 PodiumCafe:
Welcome to Team Presentation Week, folks! Or maybe week(s). I know BMC
and Cannondale are happening at the end of this week, conveniently
before the universe turns to the Cross Worlds.
 CXMagazine:
Compared to yesterday’s surprise snow storm, the elite racers started
in perfect conditions today. .
CyclingNews:
Calvin Watson (Jayco-VIS-Apollo) will do well to top his 20th birthday,
claiming the overall win at the 60th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - the
youngest-ever victor of the prestigious stage race.
VeloNation:
A bad day for Sven Nys sees Niels Albert take control of overall World
Cup.
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 RedKitePrayer:
"When I heard the news that Lance Armstrong was considering a
confession, I chuckled. Back in the news already?"
 CyclingNews:
Italian national coach and former world and Olympic champion Paolo
Bettini has called on Lance Armstrong to confess to his doping past so
that professional cycling can start afresh.
 VeloNews:
Giro d’Italia organizer RCS Sport will attempt to select its final
invitations for the 2013 race in a meeting tomorrow despite Katusha’s
lingering license case..
 CyclingNews:
Jens Voigt will begin his seventeenth season as a professional at the
Tour Down Under in Australia, while fellow German Marcel Kittel will
lead the Argos-Shimano team and target the many expected sprint
finishes.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A notable update on the powerful Edge 800
but not quite what we were hoping for.".
 BikeRadar:
Best known for its saddles, the Italian brand Fi'zi:k is continuing to
expand, this time into handlebars and stems.
 MBAction:
Wahoo says the KICKR Power Trainer is an iPhone-powered bike trainer,
but we'll bet it is a RIDER-powered bike trainer that uses an iPhone to
measure your progress and control the trainer.
 BikeRadar:
This year Giro Sport Design is making small-batch runs of products and
selling them via Facebook on the first Friday of each month. The first
product, an "East Meets West" cycling cap, sold out the stock of 50
almost immediately last Friday.
CyclingNews:
Vermont-based firm ENGVT supports Page's bid for fourth elite title.
CyclingNews:
"I love you," were the last words of mountain biker Burry Stander, to
his wife Cherise before he was tragically killed by a taxi while on a
training ride on Thursday in Shelley Beach in South Africa.
VeloNation:
Says Australian event is ‘perfect and well balanced’.
CyclingNews:
Frankie Andreu has told Cyclingnews that he has no concerns over
managing Francisco Mancebo as part of the 5-hour Energy/Kenda Racing
Team.
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 CyclingUtah:
The one-of-a-kind “Crusher in the Tushar” – the road/dirt bicycle race
through Utah’s Tushar mountain range – promises to be as challenging
and unusual as it has been in its first two editions, race organizer
Burke Swindlehurst said as field size and depth increases for 2013.
 VeloNews:
More than seven years after Spanish police uncovered one of cycling’s
most extensive doping rings, defendants in the infamous Operación
Puerto will finally see their day in court.
 VeloNation:
Australian unsure about how his system will respond to racing.
 road.cc:
Brian Cookson, who also sits on UCI management board, urges disgraced
cyclist to tell all.
 TwistedSpoke:
Is this more fallout from the USADA Reasoned Decision? Along with
sponsors fleeing, teams dying, riders outed, UCI under fire and
lawsuits galore, has Big George Hincapie lost his own signature?
 road.cc:
Two new GPS models for 2013 - Live tracking, social media sharing and
weather updates.
Sonya: "I love the start of a new year. It’s a blank slate to fill
with new plans and personal goals. It’s also a time when I reflect on
how much I’ve grown as a person and as an athlete over the past year."
 Peloton:
Very few things can ruin a ride faster than the wrong saddle. It's a
very personal choice, dependent on your riding style, anatomy and
budget.
 VeloNation:
New Lampre Merida rider has his bike stolen.
VeloNation:
Polish climber ready for new direction.
InnerRing:
Pierre Cogan died just days short of his 99th birthday. He was eleventh
in the 1935 Tour and seventh in the 1950 Tour, his career cut in half
by war. But he’d been known for an alternative longevity, that as the
oldest Tour de France rider.
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CXMagazine:
Compared to yesterday’s surprise snow storm, the elite racers started
in perfect conditions today. .
 CyclingNews:
Calvin Watson (Jayco-VIS-Apollo) will do well to top his 20th birthday,
claiming the overall win at the 60th Jayco Herald Sun Tour - the
youngest-ever victor of the prestigious stage race.
 VeloNation:
A bad day for Sven Nys sees Niels Albert take control of overall World
Cup.
 VeloNation:
Compton takes second to secure World Cup title.
 CXMagazine:
On a blistering fast, flat course, World Champion Mathieu van der Poel
continued his winning ways to take yet another World Cup title ahead of
Italy’s Gioele Bertolini and Dutchman Martijn Budding.
Races & Results.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Jan 3-6 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),  EuroSport:
Jason Kenny might be the young pretender to Sir Chris Hoy's throne but
the latter is proving there is life in the old dog just yet as he
replaced his compatriot at the top of the Six Days of Rotterdam
leaderboard.
 CyclingWeekly:
Endura MTB Racing's Oli Beckingsale secured overall victory in the
National Trophy cyclo-cross series with a strong ride in the final
round in Derby on Sunday.
 MBAction:
No, it wasn't John "Johnny T" Tomac who won the Anaheim Supercross last
night. It was his son.
TwistedSpoke:
The Vuelta a Espana has become the Giro d’Italia under empresario
Angelo Zomegnan.
VeloNews:
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) will have a heavy race
schedule this spring ahead of his return to the Tour de France, he will
race Tirreno-Adriatico (March 6-12), followed by
Critérium International (March 23-24) and the Vuelta al País Vasco
(April 1-6).
SBS:
National Road Series winner Luke Davison claimed Stage 2 of the Jayco
Herald Sun Tour, with Aaron Donnelly retaining the overall lead ahead
of tomorrow's final stage.
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 CyclingNews:
Vermont-based firm ENGVT supports Page's bid for fourth elite title.
 CyclingNews:
"I love you," were the last words of mountain biker Burry Stander, to
his wife Cherise before he was tragically killed by a taxi while on a
training ride on Thursday in Shelley Beach in South Africa.
 VeloNation:
Says Australian event is ‘perfect and well balanced’.
 CyclingNews:
Frankie Andreu has told Cyclingnews that he has no concerns over
managing Francisco Mancebo as part of the 5-hour Energy/Kenda Racing
Team.
 IrishPeloton:
To win a Grand Tour having never before won a stage race is highly
unusual. But in May 2012, Ryder Hesjedal achieved just this.
 CyclingNews:
After a successful introduction into a four-day stage race in the
spring of 2011 for the elite men's event, the Merco Cycling Classic
presented by Mercy Medical Center announced that the women's Pro/1-2
event for 2013 will change from a three-day omnium to a four-day stage
race, to be called the Dignity Health Medical Group Merced Women’s
Stage Race.
 Off
The Beaten Path: The “Bavarian Forest” is a lovely landscape that
offers some
of the best cycling anywhere. The name is deceptive, because most of
the “forest” is an agricultural landscape that has been farmed for many
centuries.
 road.cc:
Capable on- and off-road steel milemuncher; well worth the extra money
over the CdF.
SBS:
World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman says his
organisation has had no approach from cyclist Lance Armstrong that
would indicate he is about to admit using performance-enhancing drugs.
DanWetzel:
"So now, according to the New York Times, Lance Armstrong is
considering coming clean and admitting the entire thing was a lie; that
he did indeed use performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions to
win all those Tour de France titles. And this would be news to … um,
anyone?"
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VeloNation:
New Lampre Merida rider has his bike stolen.
 VeloNation:
Polish climber ready for new direction.
 InnerRing:
Pierre Cogan died just days short of his 99th birthday. He was eleventh
in the 1935 Tour and seventh in the 1950 Tour, his career cut in half
by war. But he’d been known for an alternative longevity, that as the
oldest Tour de France rider.
 VeloNation:
No date set for return to racing.
Cyclismas:
Colin is an Irish Paracycling Team member, C2 Class, where he is the
current UCI World Champion in the Time Trial and Pursuit and is working
towards Rio 2016.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Addictively fast and surgically precise
machine."
 MBAction:
Specialized Bicycles has been a supporter or motocross athletes for
over ten years dating back to Jeremy McGrath's and Ricky Carmichael's
careers.
PodiumCafe:
Lance is going to confess. Maybe...
CyclingNews:
Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) has claimed that cycling is already
doing everything it can to combat doping and said that the Lance
Armstrong case belonged to “another era.”
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 CyclingFans:
2012-2013 Cyclocross season action continues Sunday with UCI Cyclocross
World Cup at Rome, Italy. Live streaming video: Elite Men:
2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
 TwistedSpoke:
The Vuelta a Espana has become the Giro d’Italia under empresario
Angelo Zomegnan.
 VeloNews:
Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) will have a heavy race
schedule this spring ahead of his return to the Tour de France, he will
race Tirreno-Adriatico (March 6-12), followed by
Critérium International (March 23-24) and the Vuelta al País Vasco
(April 1-6).
 SBS:
National Road Series winner Luke Davison claimed Stage 2 of the Jayco
Herald Sun Tour, with Aaron Donnelly retaining the overall lead ahead
of tomorrow's final stage.
 CyclingNews:
The Australian National Team gave themselves every chance to blow the
Jayco Herald Sun Tour apart on Saturday's second stage into Healesville.
Races & Results.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Jan 3-6 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),  VeloNews:
Nick Stöpler and Yoeri Havik (CT De Rijke) are the new leaders in the
Rotterdam Six after the second night of racing.
 CyclingNews:
2013 route to contain one more mountain-top finish than 2012?
 CyclingNews:
Frenchman frustrated by length of ban in comparison to former US Postal
riders.
 VeloNews:
First shots of new Team Saxo Tinkoff kit.
PodiumCafe:
Part III of three parts... that can only mean we're nearing the end of
cyclocross season. Oh, the humanity!
PodiumCafe:
Gould looking to medal at Nats and Worlds before entering mtb season.
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 SBS:
World Anti-Doping Agency director general David Howman says his
organisation has had no approach from cyclist Lance Armstrong that
would indicate he is about to admit using performance-enhancing drugs.
 DanWetzel:
"So now, according to the New York Times, Lance Armstrong is
considering coming clean and admitting the entire thing was a lie; that
he did indeed use performance-enhancing drugs and blood transfusions to
win all those Tour de France titles. And this would be news to … um,
anyone?"
road.cc:
Lance Armstrong could publically admit his secret doping and cheating
that led him to seven Tour titles, in a bid to stage a comeback into
sport.
 NBC:
The New York Times reported Friday that Lance Armstrong, who has
strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of
his seven Tour de France titles, has told associates he is considering
admitting to the use of performance-enhancing drugs.
 PodiumCafe:
Is this the Schleck's stale project, the Cancellara express, or
something new?
 BikeRadar
verdict: 2.5 out of 5 stars. "We’re long-time fans of the Spark’s
quirky take on trail riding, but the rear shock puts a downer on
performance."
 CyclingNews:
Team NetApp-Endura is hoping for another wildcard invitation to the
Giro d'Italia, and looking to claim its first grand tour stage win this
year. The team sees its chances for the invitation as “better than last
year,” when it was surprisingly invited to the race.
 CycleLive:
Liz is flying now to Brussels and she arrives late in the evening
today. After a very intense weekend of several fotoshoots, bikefitting
and testing, she flies on monday, early in the morning to Spain, for a
18 days during trainingcamp.
 VeloNews:
To say that Dr. John Hoberman is skeptical of the independent
commission set to review the UCI — and even more so the authorities in
world sport — is an understatement.
CyclingNews:
Peter Luttenberger has denied claims from an anonymous source that he
used a blood centrifuge to check his blood values.
SBS:
American sprinter Tyler Farrar will make his return to racing at the
Santos Tour Down Under later this month after sustaining concussion in
a crash at the Tour of Britain in September which brought his 2012
season to a premature end.
VeloNation:
Organizers expecting to build on success of punchy, difficult 2012
edition.
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 PodiumCafe:
Lance is going to confess. Maybe...
 CyclingNews:
Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Leopard) has claimed that cycling is already
doing everything it can to combat doping and said that the Lance
Armstrong case belonged to “another era.”
 InnerRing:
The Madonna del Ghisallo was described as “the poor man’s spaceship” by
Italian writer Gianni Brera for the way it allowed someone with a
bicycle to copy Neil Armstrong and go up to the heavens. Only it’s not
so much the vertical gain but because of the chapel at the top that is
a Catholic shrine to cycling.
 PEZ:
Parlee Cycles have worked very hard over the past 10+ years to go from
a "who?" brand in north America to an "it" brand virtually the world
over...
 CyclingNews:
Tony Martin was well beaten by an Arabian racehorse in a special race
in Dubai but he seemed to enjoy making an early season debut in the
Middle East.
 VeloNation:
Colnago no longer name sponsor or technical supplier to Italian
ProConti team.
 road.cc:
Merida’s aluminium disc-equipped cyclocross is ready to race or commute.
 VeloNation:
Luxemburger felt abandoned by Johan Bruyneel; fighting to come back
after a disastrous 2012.
CyclingNews:
Photographer Graham Watson has defended Lance Armstrong, saying
“Outright angels do not win a Tour de France. That is the domain of the
most talented, hard, driven, ruthless and selfish riders.
VeloNation:
Belgian cyclocross rider proclaims innocence on Twitter; replaced by
Sven Vanthourenhout.
CyclingNews:
Family, friends and the cycling community mourned the loss of Olympian
Burry Stander after he was killed in an accident while training on
Thursday.
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VeloNews:
First shots of new Team Saxo Tinkoff kit.
CyclingFans:
2012-2013 Cyclocross season action continues Sunday with UCI Cyclocross
World Cup at Rome, Italy. Live streaming video: Elite Men:
2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
 PodiumCafe:
Part III of three parts... that can only mean we're nearing the end of
cyclocross season. Oh, the humanity!
 PodiumCafe:
Gould looking to medal at Nats and Worlds before entering mtb season.
 VeloNation:
Defending champion Haas sacrifices chances for team-mates Gerrans and
Clarke.
Races & Results.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Jan 3-6 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),  CyclingNews:
Nathan Haas (Australian National Team) is happy to just try and defend
his Jayco Herald Sun Tour title.
 CyclingNews:
For Matt Goss (Orica GreenEdge) arriving back in Australia for the
start of the 2013 season was a case of going from the fridge into the
fire as he lined up for his start in the Jayco Herald Sun Tour less
than 48 hours after touching down at the airport..
 VeloNews:
With wins including the British cyclocross championships and the
European ‘cross championships, Kona-FSA rider Helen Wyman has had a
glowing season. She will arrive to the world championships in February
on the front row of starters and says it’s high time the U.S. has a
chance to face the world’s top ’crossers on home soil.
 VeloNews:
Ryder Hesjedal will join Alberto Contador and Vincenzo Nibali this
weekend in Dubai for an exhibition race in the Arab emirate.
 VeloNation:
Farrar back in action for Garmin – Sharp.
 CyclingWeekly:
Helen Scott is one of the able-bodied competitors at the Paraylmpic
games, piloting Para-cycling legend Aileen McGlynn in the 3km pursuit
and kilo.
 road.cc:
ASO said to be in talks to host star-studded criterium in city close to
Tokyo.
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VeloNews:
To say that Dr. John Hoberman is skeptical of the independent
commission set to review the UCI — and even more so the authorities in
world sport — is an understatement.
 CyclingNews:
Peter Luttenberger has denied claims from an anonymous source that he
used a blood centrifuge to check his blood values.
 SBS:
American sprinter Tyler Farrar will make his return to racing at the
Santos Tour Down Under later this month after sustaining concussion in
a crash at the Tour of Britain in September which brought his 2012
season to a premature end.
 VeloNation:
Organizers expecting to build on success of punchy, difficult 2012
edition.
 Blazin'Saddles:
"Back from enough festive debauchery to make even Jan Ullrich squirm,
Blazin' Saddles gazes into his crystal ball to predict the major events
that will shape the coming season."
 Pavé:
In Europe, all eyes shift to Italy where Niels Albert and Sven Nys will
do battle with Europe’s top riders at a World Cup round in
Rome.
VeloNation:
Last year’s winners on top after tight battle.
 NYVeloCity:
Alessandro Matteucci was born and raised in Rome, he is a wily and
aggressive competitor, constantly picking the correct moves to be in
and rarely finishing outside of the top 10 in any race he enters. How
does he manage this?
 VeloNation:
Polish rider hopes to race Tour de France for the first time.
 BikeRadar:
If you're in the market for a high-end city bike that no one else has,
then the new Budnitz No. 3F might just be the ride for you.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Superb handling, one for aspiring elite
racers."
 MBAction:
Brent Foes didn’t set out to be a bike manufacturer. Nearly 20 years
ago, he looked at the state of mountain bike designs and
thought that he could do better.
 CyclingNews:
Nicholas Roche has accepted that he will ride for Alberto Contador at
the Tour de France but is looking forward to learning from the multiple
grand tour winner.
 CyclingNews:
The Dubai Sports Council has announced that the gulf Emirate will host
a stage race in the spring of 2014 as part of a long-term plan to help
develop cycling in the United Arab Emirates.
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VeloNation:
Luxemburger felt abandoned by Johan Bruyneel; fighting to come back
after a disastrous 2012.
 CyclingNews:
Photographer Graham Watson has defended Lance Armstrong, saying
“Outright angels do not win a Tour de France. That is the domain of the
most talented, hard, driven, ruthless and selfish riders.
 VeloNation:
Belgian cyclocross rider proclaims innocence on Twitter; replaced by
Sven Vanthourenhout.
 CyclingNews:
Family, friends and the cycling community mourned the loss of Olympian
Burry Stander after he was killed in an accident while training on
Thursday.
 Peloton:
It’s the first week of a new year and cycling has already had its first
winners.
 InnerRing:
There are 507 riders from 43 nations registered with the 18 UCI World
Tour teams for 2013.
 CyclingWeekly:
Ensuring the safety and security of the whole Tour is the
responsibility of one individual; Capitaine Pierre-Charles Grosse from
the Garde Républicaine. He's the guy who makes sure each and every one
of the 9,000 police and 12,000 gendarmes is in the correct
position.
 RedKitePrayer:
Learning to ride in a paceline is one of the core skills of cycling on
the road, and at some point, someone tells us how to do it. Stay close.
 PEZ:
It’s hard to avoid art in Venice. One of Fabian Cancellara’s Treks,
it’s not every day that the guys at Trek get a request for one of their
bikes to go on display at the Guggenheim.
 Bicycling:
From Tour de France triumphs to Classics disappointments, here’s a look
at the highs and lows of the past race season—and some riders to watch
in 2013.
 CyclingNews:
The Cyprus Sunshine Cup continues in 2013 with a similar set of venues
and dates as in recent years. Three races within two weeks will occur
on the Mediterranean Island in February and March.
 RBAction:
An essential tool for all avid cyclists is a quality floor pump. And if
you happen to have an air compressor, then we also recommend you pick
yourself up a bicycle-specific inflation tool.
VeloNews:
"The sport of cycling in 2012 endured the most difficult year in its
much-maligned history and over the last four months the international
governing body’s president has had emails, letters, phone calls and
faxes telling him to “get the #$%& out and resign.” That last
flowery little dispatch came from three-time Tour de France winner Greg
LeMond, no less."
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 SBS:
Sweltering conditions did little to stop Aaron Donnelly on the opening
road stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, edging his break companions to
take victory and the overall lead.
 PodiumCafe:
New team aims to break Belgian stronghold on the top level of
cyclocross by supporting foreign riders.
CyclingNews:
The Centrumcross podium: Thijs van Amerongen, Rob Peeters and Philip
Walsleben.
 Demotix:
Marianne Vos wins the Centrumcross in Surhuisterveen for the second
time. The race in Surhuisterveen, the Netherlands has been held 18
times and the field keeps getting better.
 VeloNation:
Young Australian grabs early advantage over WorldTour rivals, including
defending champ Haas.
 CyclingNews:
Dangerously hot conditions expected in Victoria on Friday have forced
race organisers of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour to start Stage 1 two hours
earlier in a bid to avoid potential threats to the peloton.
Races & Results.
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GreenEDGE
had another outstanding day with Mitch Docker dominating the Men's race
and Mellissa Hoskings taking the Women's race and securing the overall
win.
 CyclingNews:
To concentrate on Classics instead of time trials.
 CyclingNews:
BMC DS will take position if Di Rocco re-elected.
 CyclingNews:
Sprinter returns to racing after being knocked out of Tour of Britain.
 PEZ:
"With the Aussie Nationals and Tour Down Under looming closer we
thought
it was time to look at one big name Aussie star who won't be riding
this year, the great sprinter Robbie McEwen."
 MBAction:
Racers are always looking for an edge—the lightest equipment, the
shortest lines around the track, the perfect pre-race routine and, most
important, the proper workouts. But, how do you gauge your progress?
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 VeloNation:
Shockwaves reverberate in the sport after training accident.
 TwistedSpoke:
This is the make or break year for Tyler Farrar. Will he come back to
the top tier, A-List, Rival of Cav, grand tour stage winner or not?
 SBS:
Bay Cycling Classic winner Caleb Ewan has been ruled out of a possible
Santos Tour Down Under start after selectors of the UniSA-Australia
team said they would restrict their choices for the seven man team to
second year under 23 riders and above.
 CyclingNews:
Little Bella and Elevation Cycles help promote junior MTB participation.
 VeloNation:
Encouraging 2012 results suggest bright future ahead.
 VeloNews:
A week before national championships weekend, much of the cyclocross
world will travel to the outskirts of Rome, Italy, where the weather
forecast — with temperatures in the 60s Fahrenheit and sunny skies — is
positively spring-like.
 MBAction:
"Cannondale Bicycles graciously supplied us with two mid-priced
aluminum hardtails that sell for the same suggested retail of $1069.
Why offer two bikes at the exact same price? Because the Cannondale
Trail SL 2 has 26-inch wheels and the Trail SL 2 29er sports
larger-diameter 29-inch wheels."
 InnerRing:
The new season is just weeks away and riders have been training hard on
their bikes. With this in mind, here is the list of pro team bikes for
2013.
 BikeRadar:
"The staff of BikeRadar have been looking back at
what we most enjoyed this year."
 road.cc:
The bike industry's major players say that discs on road bikes is the
future.
 Bicycling:
Save time, money, and headaches with these essential pieces of bike
equipment.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Supportive, stiff but comfortable – even
before you’ve baked them."
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 VeloNews:
"The sport of cycling in 2012 endured the most difficult year in its
much-maligned history and over the last four months the international
governing body’s president has had emails, letters, phone calls and
faxes telling him to “get the #$%& out and resign.” That last
flowery little dispatch came from three-time Tour de France winner Greg
LeMond, no less."
 CyclingNews:
Following last month's extensive report which included information from
an anonymous former Rabobank rider about the team's past doping, Dutch
website NOS.nl published a second anonymous rider's anecdotes, which
referred to Michael Boogerd and Peter Luttenberger.
 CyclingNews:
Former world champion killed in collision with taxi.
 PodiumCafe:
More fallout from the uncertainty surrounding Exergy, one of the major
sponsors of US cycling, this time threatening the biggest women's
stagerace in North America.
 VeloNation:
Tours of San Luis, Qatar and Oman wildcards secured.
 CyclingNews:
Dutch company signs up for “several years.”
 VeloNews:
"I am no fair-weather rider. In fact, I get few greater pleasures than
a good powder day on my ‘cross bike."
 USACycling:
As an official sponsor of the sport’s national governing body,
Grape-Nuts will support the development of America’s next generation of
world champions and Olympic medalists.
 DirtRag:
Profile Racing has been building high-end, race-worthy chromoly and
aluminum parts since before BMX hit it big and before mountain bikes
were but a glimmer in the Klunkers’ eyes.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "The Zesty has been setting the standard
for mid-travel trail bikes for years. For 2013 it just got better…"
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CyclingFans:
The 2013 Internationale Centrumcross van Surhuisterveen (Netherlands)
is Thursday, January 3. Live streaming video: 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S.
Eastern) (Women's race at 1pm CET, Men's race at 2:30pm CET).
.  VeloNation:
Former Vuelta runner up will fight for Maglia Rosa.
Races & Results.
Jayco Herald Sun Tour - Jan 3-6 (Stages), Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages), road.cc:
Speculation over how cycling's biggest race will get to London... and
we look at the case for Olympic Park stage finish.
 CyclingNews:
Alessandro Petacchi has denied that he was to blame for Roberto
Damiani’s departure from the Lampre-Merida squad ahead of the 2013
season. The veteran sprinter also welcomed the arrival of his friend
and former teammate Michele Bartoli as coach.
 CompetitiveCyclist:
History will likely be unkind to 2012. For fans of pro
cycling, 'twas the year of perps, snitches, schadenfreude, and
nauseating self-righteousness.
 CyclingTips: The
Bay Crits aren't the best place for pros or amaters to race if you're
looking for an ego boost. The hot dog circuit held in Geelong last
evening is a good example of what happens to poorly positioned riders,
but this Portarlington course is just plain hard.
 EuroSport:
Mark Cavendish says he has never felt more at home in a professional
cycling team after swapping Team Sky for Omega Pharma-Quick Step.
 VeloNation:
Greipel heads Tour Down Under squad, selections named for five
different races.
 VeloNews:
The UCI elite cyclocross world championships open one month from today
in Louisville, Kentucky, and with two weeks of non-stop Kerstperiode
racing in the books, the road to the Ohio River is becoming clearer
everyday.
 VeloNation:
National marketing agency Marca País features to promote South American
country.
 CyclingNews:
Dane's suspension for whereabouts violations shortened by one month.
 MountainBike:
We’ve ridden, tested and evaluated dozens of the most promising bikes
of 2013. From beautiful trail models with 27.5-inch wheels to
ultra-light 29ers, here are 13 of our favorites.
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 SBS: Caleb Ewan has become the youngest rider in the history of the
Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic to take overall honors after
successfully seeing out the final stage in Williamstown.
 CyclingNews:
Tactics during Bay Crits questioned.
 CyclingNews:
Too many similarities to Armstrong, Irish journalist says.
 CyclingNews:
Team Sky has appointed Dan Hunt to the role of Sports Director for
2013. Hunt moves across from working as a track coach with British
Cycling, although he previously spent some time as a race coach with
Sky in 2010.
 CXMagazine:
New Year’s Resolution race organizers announced today that reigning
American cyclocross champion Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) will compete
in the first day of this weekend’s event, set for the Hilton Indian
Lakes Resort in Bloomingdale, Ill.
 CyclingNews:
After helping the Exergy Development Group get its namesake women's UCI
stage race in Idaho off the ground last year, Medalist Sports will not
return as organizer for the 2013 event, Medalist Managing Partner Chris
Aronhalt confirmed this week.
 VeloNews:
Thomas De Gendt's long-range attack on the Giro's final mountain stage
was one for the ages and he nearly stole the race.
 CyclingNews:
Joaquim Rodríguez's agent has told Cyclingnews that the Spanish star
has various offers on the table should Katusha fail to receive a
WorldTour licence, but that Rodríguez is not making any decisions on a
possible move until CAS's verdict comes through.
 Marijn
de Vries: We Dutchies think we live in such a cycling-friendly little
country, but I’ve lost count of the number of times a car driver has
tried to kill me. I’d rather live in Spain, a country which should be a
great example for the Netherlands.
 InnerRing:
Recent memory can displace the past but I think the first volume of
Cycling Anthology should stand as one of the better cycling books of
2012.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "There’s so much to love about the Merida at
this price. It’s a great frameset with impressive acceleration and
handling."
 CyclingNews:
Belgian to captain squad in Argentina.
 CyclingWeekly:
USE's reputation precedes it: its forte in making aftermarket finishing
kit, as used by our very own Dr Hutch, and of course housed under the
same roof as one of the best known and respected bike light brands
Exposure.
 CyclingNews:
Sky's Colombian ready to top good results of previous year.
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 SBS:
A field of 108 riders will take on the 60th edition of the Jayco Herald
Sun Tour which gets underway in Williamstown with a prologue time
trial, and finishes on Arthurs Seat on Sunday, January 6.
 VeloNews:
If 10 summit finales seemed like a lot in last year’s wildly successful
Vuelta a España, expect even more fireworks for 2013.
 Cyclelive:
The American cyclist Liz Hatch makes a very remarkable comeback in the
ladies peloton in 2013.
 VeloNation:
MTN Qhubeka gives new start to former Cervélo Test Team rider.
 PEZ:
His first season went very well with the King of The Mountains jersey
in the Etoile de Bessèges, getting in the long break in Paris-Roubaix,
winning the Ronde van Drenthe, 3rd in the Dutch National championships
and being very aggressive in his first Grand Tour; the Vuelta a España.
 CyclingNews:
Paolo Bettini has expressed the desire to take on a more developmental
role at the Italian Cycling Federation and has recommended that Max
Sciandri succeeds him as Italian national team coach.
 VeloNation: Omega
Pharma-Quick Step duo hoping to improve on last year’s fourth place.
 CyclingWeekly:
Virtually all modern life can now be conducted on-line; business
conferences, shopping, study, even friendships and dating.
 Off
The Beaten Path: Replacing a square taper bottom brackets can seem a
bit daunting. What threading do I need? How long should the spindle be?
Which taper? It’s really quite simple, and here is how to figure it out.
 BikeRadar:
A conventional chain drive consumes 2.92 watts on average, while the
belt eats up 3.93 watts. Although the difference is just 1 watt – not
enough for most people to care – this works out as a substantial 34.6
percent.
 CyclingNews:
After being passed over all season for the Belgian team for the UCI
Cyclo-cross World Cup, Jan Denuwelaere will finally be allowed to race
in the round in Rome on Sunday, January 6.
 VeloNation:
Italian manager concedes team may not have strength in depth to take
overall win in 2013.
 DirtRag:
Meet the new Slash, but don’t confuse this bike with Trek’s previous
all-mountain bike, the Scratch.
 Peloton:
Stages Cycling will be the exclusive power meter supplier to the team
for 2013.
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VeloNation:
Becomes only the fourth different winner of the Kannibaal van Baal’s
race.
 VeloNation:
Czech champion looks back with satisfaction at his brief Flemish
cyclocross cameo.
 VeloNation:
Bronchitis worsened for Belgian champion; Tom Meeusen also out sick.
Races & Results.
Giro d'Italia - May 4-26 (Stages), Tour of California - May 12-19 (Stages), Tour de France - June 29-July 21 (Stages),  MBAction:
Georgia Gould has been a force to be reckoned with in cross-country
racing since her first National Championship in 2006. This past season
proved to be a bit of a roller coaster ride for her.
 BikeRadar:
"Looking forward to this year; whether it's hydraulic disc brakes, an
ethereally light wheelset, the new Garmin Edge or the Brad Wiggins
backed women's pro team."
 CyclingNews:
Change of schedule due to earlier illness for Belgian champion.
CyclingNews:
Ivan Basso has put his disappointing 2012 season behind and is
convinced he can be a contender in the 2013 Giro d'Italia against
likely rivals Bradley Wiggins and former teammate Vincenzo Nibali.
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 NBC:
After all the champagne, beer, spirits or (and?) wine on New Year’s
Eve, some of us will wake up with a persistent pounding in our heads,
mouths as dry as deserts and overwhelming nausea -- all the telltale
signs of a hangover.
 SBS:
Caleb Ewan of New South Wales and Canberra's Kimberly Wells sprinted to
elite men's and women's victories at the Mitchelton Bay Cycling Classic
opener in Geelong.
 road.cc:
Art, tricks, racing, parody, crime, the Olympics, jaw dropping Cipo
& 2012's best cycling Downfall vid +more.
 CyclingNews:
The WorldTour era may be one of ever-increasing specialization, with
more and more riders targeting specific sections of the calendar to
flesh out their UCI points tallies, but for much of the sprinting
fraternity, the mantra remains more or less unchanged – win often and
win early.
 BikeRadar:
Colorado-based startup Butter's sole product, the b1, doesn't exactly
break new ground. At its essence it's a clamp-on chain keeper that
affixes to a quick-release rear dropout and maintains tension on your
chain when the wheels are removed.
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 road.cc:
13 predictions (and then some) for 2013 as the road.cc crystal ball
gets its annual airing.
 road.cc:
The 10 best bikes that we've tested over the last 12 months + 5 bike
Superbike shootout.
 Today:
Although we’re not yet time traveling or commuting via hoverboard,
we’ve made some impressive technological advances: Robot vacuums,
refrigerators with apps, holographic celebrities. The future has indeed
arrived. Wondering what’s around the corner? Here are some amazing
trends you’ll begin to see more and more in 2013.
 CyclingNews:
Australian gets the better of Gilmore and Hoskins.
 Bicycling:
Calorie burning and muscle building are the obvious ways cycling helps
you drop unwanted pounds. But that’s just the beginning. Here are a few
stealth and sometimes surprising ways that bicycling can help you shed
body fat fast.
 VeloNews:
"Not to pick a favorite, but I’m wearing cycling sunglasses from a
major
manufacturer whose name begins with “O.” They are pretty spendy, but
“O” makes prescription lenses, including progressives."
PEZ:
Johan Bruyneel might not be with the RadioShack team anymore, but one
thing Andy Schleck has learnt from the master is how to talk!
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