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Enlarge textJust two weekends ago, a public spat in Formula One reminded sports fans that professional athletes are, by nature, a rather narcissistic bunch. While Webber and Vettel continue to bicker, it is easy to see the potential for a similar scenario unfolding in professional cycling.
Sky team-mates Richie Porte and Chris Froome at the recent Criterium International (Getty)
topThe accountability question
Let's talk accountability, a term that seems to be missing from the vernacular of many sports administrators and athletes, but it is important. In fact, the future of clean sport, championed by its integrity, is balancing on accountability being taken by organisations, by individuals.
Australia's Annette Edmondson, Melissa Hoskins and Josephine Tomic compete during the London 2012 Olympic Games (Getty)
The road to Rio begins now
As the long road to Rio begins, the cycling world will be watching what unfolds this week at the Dunc Gray Velodrome for the 2013 Subaru Cycling Australia National Track Championships.
With Anna Meares absent, Kaarle McCulloch is expected to shine in the sprint events (Mark Gunter)
It’s January and that means Australia’s Summer of Cycling is in full swing. Next week will see the elite of Australian cycling descend upon Ballarat for the Mars Cycling Australia Road National Championships.
Cycling Australia Road National Champion Amanda Spratt (Mark Gunter)
Kennedy highlights my year
In a year where emotions ran high for riders and fans alike, when records were broken, history was made, and cyclists around the world achieved many awe inspiring feats, it’s hard to pinpoint a single highlight.
Simone Kennedy competes in the Women's Individual C1-2-3 Pursuit Cycling at the London 2012 Olympic Games (Getty)
On the eve of the elite women’s road race it would be easy to bet the
house on Olympic champion Marianne Vos to take the title on home soil, but after a
thrilling time trial on Thursday, lets not be so hasty.
Face of a champion... Marianne Vos will have the home advantage (Getty Images)
Analysis: The Australian women's team
Ever since the Australia's long list for the UCI Road World Championships was released a few weeks ago, speculation has been rife as to who would, and should, make the final squad. With the team announced on Thursday, Kate Bates, takes a look at the balance of the women's team, which she calls an "interesting" crop of riders.
Tiffany Cromwell has a big future in women's road cycling, and off the
back of a podium finish at the recent UCI World Cup race in Plouay and fuelled by her
non-selection for the London 2012 Olympic Games, she is motivated to finish her season on
a high.
Tiffany Cromwell, Orica-AIS (Mark Gunter Images)
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