2013 UCF Knights football team, Schedule
The 2013 schedule was officially released by The American on February 5, 2013. The 2013 schedule was developed as a "bridge" schedule for the 2013 and 2014 seasons, as a permanent system will be developed by the conference to address expanded membership and the creation of divisions by 2015. UCF will face eight conference opponents: UConn, Houston, Louisville, Memphis, Rutgers, SMU, South Florida, and Temple. They are also scheduled to play four non-conference games: Akron (MAC), FIU (C-USA), Penn State (Big Ten), and South Carolina (SEC).


2013 UCF Knights football team, Schedule
UCF was one of only nineteen FBS schools, and the only member of The American, to not play an opponent from the FCS. The Knights had three bye weeks in the 2013 season: their first during week four, before facing South Carolina, the second during week seven, before facing Louisville, and the third during week ten, before facing Houston.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Rankings
The Knights entered the season unranked in the preseason polls. The team slowly ascended in both the AP and Coaches' polls receiving votes and finally reaching the top 25 after their key victory at Louisville on October 18. The first BCS standings released in week 8 saw the Knights ranked 23rd. The team also entered the top 25 of the Harris poll the same week. The Knights elevated to 15th in the AP poll two weeks later, their highest individual ranking in school history to date.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Rankings
Despite winning head-to-head on the road in a nationally televised game, UCF ranked behind Louisville in the Coaches' poll until the final week of the regular season. This drew some ire of media and fans. The team slipped a couple spots in all three polls after their last second, come-from-behind victory at Temple, a game in which they struggled most of the early going. By the end of the regular season, the Knights had rebounded to cement themselves as 15th across the board in the AP, Coaches, and Harris polls. They were ranked 15th in the final BCS standings.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Rankings
Following their victory in the Fiesta Bowl, the Knights were voted 10th in the final AP poll, and 12th in the final Coaches' poll. It was the highest respective ranking in each poll in school history.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Akron
UCF quarterback Blake Bortles threw for 314 yards and three touchdown passes as UCF rolled past Akron by the score of 38–7. On the second play of the game, Bortles connected with wide receiver Breshad Perriman for a 91-yard touchdown pass, and opened a lead the Knights would not surrender.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Akron
Running back Storm Johnson rushed for 99 yards and two touchdowns. Akron avoided a shutout with a "garbage time" touchdown with 42 seconds remaining. With the victory, UCF won their eighth-consecutive season opener.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, FIU
Storm Johnson ran for three touchdowns as the Knights blew out FIU 38–0 for their second consecutive victory over the Panthers. With the win, UCF improved to 2–0 for the second time since 1999. Blake Bortles threw for 219 yards and Rannell Hall had four catches for 127 yards in the first half. Storm Johnson had 18 carries for 89 yards and three touchdowns. True freshman quarterback Justin Holman entered the game in the second half. Junior backup quarterback Tyler Gabbert quit the team for academic reasons earlier in the week.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Penn State
Quarterback Blake Bortles threw for 288 yards and three touchdown passes as UCF defeated the Nittany Lions in Happy Valley. The game was the third meeting between the Knights and Nittany Lions, with Penn State winning the previous two games (2002, 27–24; 2004, 37–13). The victory marked UCF's first against a Big Ten opponent, and is also the first time the Knights have started the season 3–0 since 1988. The meeting also reunited Bill O'Brien and George O'Leary, under whom O'Brien was a graduate assistant in 1995, his first season coaching. The two squads are also set to meet in Ireland to open the 2014 season.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Penn State
On the first drive of the game, Bortles led the Knights 89 yards on 13 plays to score first. Tied at the end of the first quarter, UCF took a 21–10 lead into halftime that they would not surrender. Though Penn State would get one touchdown with 13:55 left in the game, UCF answered with a 36-yard field goal from Shawn Moffitt to get a 10-point lead. Penn State drew within three with 2:51 left, but later fumbled inside UCF territory letting the Knights run out the clock. The Knights gained 507 yards of total offense, the most Penn State has allowed since the 2012 TicketCity Bowl. 34 points is also the most the Nittany Lions have allowed an opponent at home since joining the Big Ten in 1993.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Carolina
The Knights took a 10–0 lead into halftime. The defense knocked South Carolina quarterback Connor Shaw out of the game with an injured shoulder. In the second half, however, the Gamecocks scored 28 unanswered points, two of the touchdowns off of UCF turnovers. Trailing 28–10, UCF started a rally, with Blake Bortles connecting to Rannell Hall for a 73-yard touchdown reception. With 3:28 left in the game, the Gamecocks fumbled away the ball at the UCF 3 yard line. Bortles connected with Breshad Perriman for a 79-yard reception, and a touchdown to Rannell Hall to make the score 28–25. An onside kick attempt by UCF failed, and South Carolina was able to run out the clock to secure the victory.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Memphis
UCF trailed 17–10 late in the fourth quarter, but pulled off a come from behind victory with two touchdowns in 9 seconds. With 2:05 left in regulation, running back Storm Johnson fumbled at the goal line, but Chris Martin recovered it in the endzone for a UCF touchdown. On the ensuing kickoff, Memphis returner Marquis Warford fumbled the ball as he was tackled by William Stanback. UCF's Drico Johnson scooped up the ball and returned it 12 yards for another touchdown. In the final minute, Memphis drove to the UCF 6 yard line, but quarterback Brandon Hayes was intercepted in the endzone, and the Knights secured a 24–17 victory.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Louisville
The Knights achieved one of the biggest victories in school history against No. 8 Louisville in a nationally televised Friday primetime game on ESPN. UCF won for the first time against a Top–10 team, and earned their first victory over a ranked opponent since an upset of No. 12 Houston in 2009.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Louisville
Louisville jumped out to a 28–7 lead in the third quarter, behind two touchdown passes by Heisman-candidate Teddy Bridgewater. Late in the third quarter, however, UCF staged a rally that ties the greatest comeback in school history (21). Storm Johnson scored a 1-yard touchdown run to trim the deficit to 28–14. On the next possession, Cardinals running back Senorise Perry fumbled the ball and it was recovered by UCF. One play later, quarterback Blake Bortles completed a short pass to Storm Johnson, who then scrambled across the field for a 30-yard touchdown pass. The score tightened to 28–21.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Louisville
On the next drive, the Knights were able to pin Louisville at their own 15, and eventually forced a punt. On their next possession, UCF went 56 yards in only three plays, scoring yet another touchdown as time was winding down in the third quarter. The Knights scored 21 points in 4:20.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Louisville
At the start of the fourth quarter, the score was tied 28–28. UCF managed a field goal, and took a 31–28 lead, their first lead of the night. The Knights scored 24 unanswered points, and it was the first time Louisville had trailed in a game all season. With less than seven minutes left in regulation, Teddy Bridgewater led the Cardinals on a 9-play, 88-yard drive, capped off by a 15-yard touchdown run. With the score, Louisville took the lead 35–31 with 3:00 remaining. UCF's final drive went 75 yards in 11 plays, including two third-down conversions. Blake Bortles completed a 2-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Godfrey in the right corner of the endzone with 23 seconds left. With the win, the Knights entered the Top–25 for the first time since 2010.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, UConn
UCF quarterback Blake Bortles threw for 286 yards and four touchdown passes, and ran for another touchdown, as the Knights routed winless UConn by the score of 62–17. The Knights led 21–10 early in the second quarter, then exploded for 37 unanswered points, including two touchdowns in the final two minutes of the first half. Bortles was rested in the fourth quarter, and his replacement, Justin Holman threw a touchdown pass of his own. The Knights 45-point victory was its largest win in conference play since first joining the MAC in 2002. After the victory, UCF rose to No. 19 in the AP poll, No. 22 in the Coaches Poll, and remained steady at No. 23 in the BCS standings.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Houston
After a major defensive battle, UCF prevailed 19–14, capped off by a remarkable goal line stand in the final seconds in their Homecoming game over Houston. With the win, the Knights took sole possession of first place in The American, as the only team undefeated in conference play. The game began with two early turnovers by UCF in the red zone. Two field goals by Shawn Moffit gave the Knights a 6–0 lead at halftime, the first scoreless quarters by Houston all season. Houston responded with a touchdown in the third quarter on a 24-yard run by quarterback John O'Korn. UCF quickly responded, as William Stanback rushed for a touchdown to give UCF the lead that held for the rest of the night.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Houston
During the fourth quarter, the game took a terrible turn as a hit by Houston's Zachary McMillian took UCF's Breshad Perriman to the ground for nearly fifteen minutes. The play ended with McMillian ejected from the field for targeting. With emotion driving the Knights, they scored again with a 38-yard touchdown run by William Stanback, and took a 19–7 lead. UCF started to see the game slip away, however, as a blocked field goal attempt eventually led to a Houston touchdown by Wayne Beadle, and the lead was trimmed to 19–14.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Houston
UCF was forced to punt the ball with three minutes left and gave favorable field position to the Cougars. Houston quickly drove the field, and had 1st & Goal at the UCF 10 yard line with 54 seconds left in regulation. Houston had four attempts at a game-winning touchdown, but failed to convert. On 4th & Goal with 20 seconds left, O'Korn's pass was tipped incomplete by junior safety Brandon Alexander, and UCF held on for the victory.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
Knights wide receiver J.J. Worton made a remarkable one-handed diving touchdown catch in the back of the endzone with 1:06 left in regulation, as the Knights rallied for a last-second victory at Temple. The Owls (1–7) were in position most of the afternoon to potentially upset the 15th-ranked Knights. The game saw eleven lead changes, and both teams had combined for 1,175 yards of offense.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
The Knights scored a safety and field goal in the first quarter. In the second quarter, quarterback Blake Bortles threw a 49-yard touchdown pass to William Stanback to take a 12–7 lead. On the next drive, Storm Johnson broke free for a 73-yard run that set up another touchdown pass, a 4-yard throw to J.J. Worton. The Knights defense, however, was not able to keep Temple at bay. They marched 80 yards in only five plays, and took a 21–19 lead. UCF closed out the first half with a long field goal drive, and a 22–21 lead at halftime.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
In the third quarter, UCF drove to a First & Goal at the Temple 4 yard line. Facing 4th & Goal inside the 1, the Knights failed to convert. Five plays later, Temple burned the Knights with a 75-yard touchdown pass, and a swing of momentum in the game. UCF forced Temple to punt on their next two possessions. With less than 7 minutes left in regulation, Bortles connected with J.J. Worton for a 38-yard touchdown, and a 29–28 lead. When Temple got ball, their drive was short-lived. Brandon Alexander intercepted P.J. Walker, the first turnover of the game.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
UCF went three-and-out, however, and took only 54 seconds off the clock. Temple quickly drove 80-yards to a go-ahead touchdown. At the UCF 7 yard line, Walker scrambled to his left on a busted play to find Chris Parthemore wide open for the score. A two-point conversion made the score 36–29 in favor of the Owls.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
UCF received the ball with 2:04 left in regulation. Bortles made three straight completions to move to the Temple 30. With 1:06 left, Bortles was under pressure, rolling out to his left. He was hit as he threw, but found J.J. Worton downfield. It appeared Bortles had overthrown his receiver. Worton made a spectacular, one-handed, diving catch, landing just in-bounds to score the game-tying touchdown, a play which made ESPN's SportsCenter Top 10. UCF forced Temple to punt, and received the ball with 28 seconds left in regulation.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Temple
Rather than playing for overtime, Rannell Hall urged Bortles in the huddle to go deep against the Temple defense, which appeared unprepared for the play. Bortles connected on a 35-yard pass to Hall, who broke free for a gain of 64 all the way to the Temple 4 yard line. With 2 seconds left, kicker Shawn Moffitt made a chip-shot field goal, and UCF escaped with an improbable 39–36 victory. It was their fourth comeback win of the season.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
Quarterback Blake Bortles threw for 335 yards, one touchdown pass, and ran for another touchdown, as UCF routed Rutgers by the score of 41–17. The victory marked the first time in program history that the Knights started a season 9–1, and the first time UCF opened conference play 6–0. Running back Storm Johnson rushed for 75 yards and two touchdowns, and J.J. Worton caught five passes for 117 yards. The game was Worton's third 100-yard receiving game of the season. Breshad Perriman, who sat out the Temple game due to his injury against Houston, returned to make five receptions for 99 yards and one touchdown.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Rutgers
The Knights scored on seven of their first eight possessions, jumping out to an early 21–0 lead. Late in the second quarter, Rutgers executed a fake punt for a gain of 38 yards, which led to their first touchdown of the game. With 41 seconds left in the half, Rutgers blocked a UCF punt, recovering it in the endzone for a touchdown. The Knights took a 28–14 lead into halftime. The second half was all in favor of UCF. A touchdown in the fourth quarter put the game well out of reach, and the Knights lengthened their winning streak to six straight.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida
Despite turning the ball over five times, the Knights found a way to earn their first victory in the I–4 Corridor Clash against South Florida. The team wore their alternate black helmets and black trousers, a gesture to "Black Friday." Running back Storm Johnson fumbled the ball on UCF's first two drives, including a drop at the Bulls 10 yard line. Trailing with under five minutes left in regulation, Blake Bortles found Breshad Perriman for a 52-yard go-ahead touchdown reception.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida
With 1:20 left in the fourth quarter and charging down the field, South Florida quarterback Mike White was intercepted by Jordan Ozerities, and he returned the ball 52 yards to the Bulls 37 yard line. The Knights ran out the clock, and set a program record for best record through eleven games (10–1), and tied school records for best conference start (7–0), and longest win streak (7).


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida
With the victory, UCF earned at least a share of the American Athletic Conference football championship. On Thursday December 5, Louisville defeated Cincinnati in The Keg of Nails rivalry. With the Bearcats' loss, the Knights clinched the conference championship outright, as well as an automatic berth to a BCS bowl game.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, South Florida
The game marked the 400th football game in school history.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, SMU
In the coldest game in program history, UCF defeated SMU by the score of 17–13, to win the American Athletic Conference football championship outright, finish with a school-best 11–1 regular season record, and earn the school's first perfect conference record (8–0) since joining its first league (MAC) in 2002. The temperature at kickoff was 24 °F (−4 °C), with a wind chill of 13 °F (−11 °C). Fewer than 1,000 spectators were in attendance, after the city of Dallas had been nearly shut down by an ice storm.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, SMU
SMU took a 10–3 lead into halftime. After a sluggish first half, UCF decided to change tactics, and play "Fastball" in the second half, an up-tempo, no huddle offense. In the third quarter, Blake Bortles led the Knights on two touchdown scoring drives to take the lead for good. With just over eight minutes left in the third quarter, Bortles punched into the endzone with a QB sneak for UCF's first touchdown, and a 10–10 tie. After an SMU field goal, Bortles led the Knights on the go-ahead drive in the waning seconds of the third quarter. Facing 2nd & 10 at the Mustangs 15 yard line, Bortles rolled out to his left, avoided tackles, and ran the ball in just inside the pylon for the go-ahead touchdown.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, SMU
In the fourth quarter, SMU twice turned the ball over on downs. Facing 4th & inches at the UCF 40, with eight minutes left in regulation, quarterback Neal Burcham was tackled short of the first down, and he was knocked out of the game with a concussion. Burcham's replacement, third-string quarterback Garrett Krstich later threw an interception. In the final two minutes, UCF's defense forced another SMU turnover on downs, and the Knights secured the victory.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
In one of the biggest upsets of the BCS era, the No. 15 Knights stunned the No 6. Baylor Bears. Quarterback Blake Bortles led a potent offense that gained 556 total yards, 301 through the air and 255 on the ground. The Knights never trailed the entire game. Bortles threw for 301 yards, three touchdown passes, and ran for another touchdown. The victory marked the first time in program history that the Knights won a BCS bowl game, and the first time UCF defeated a Top–5 opponent (Baylor was ranked 5th in the Coaches Poll and the final BCS standings). Running back Storm Johnson rushed for 124 yards and three touchdowns. His three touchdown runs tied an individual school record for a bowl game. Rannell Hall caught four passes for 113 yards and two touchdowns.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
Entering the game as a 17-point underdog, UCF opened an early 14–0 lead midway through the first quarter. The Bears scored two touchdowns but botched a snap on an extra point to come within one point with eight minutes left in the second. UCF entered halftime up 28–20. Baylor scored quickly after the break, tying the game on a two-point conversion. The Knights responded with a nine-play, 76-yard drive to retake the lead. UCF would not relinquish the lead, growing it to 17-points with 4:44 left in regulation. Baylor quarterback Bryce Petty led the Bears down the field to bring the game within ten points with a minute left, but the Bears failed to recover an onside kick.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Game summaries, Fiesta Bowl
Blake Bortles won the offense player of the game award, while Terrance Plummer was named defensive player of the game. The game was the highest-scoring Fiesta Bowl in history (94 points), and the second-highest-scoring BCS bowl ever. First playing football in 1979, UCF became the youngest program to win a BCS bowl game (35 seasons). The game is considered one of biggest upsets of the BCS era.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Offseason
On January 5, 2014, quarterback Blake Bortles announced that he would forgo his senior season of collegiate eligibility and enter the NFL Draft. Running back Storm Johnson also declared his eligibility for the draft.


2013 UCF Knights football team, Offseason, NFL Draft
Two former players were selected in the 2014 NFL Draft:


2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup
The 2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup is a multi–race tournament over a season of BMX racing organised by the Union Cycliste Internationale. The season runs from 19 April to 28 September 2013. In this edition the World Cup consists of four rounds in Manchester, Santiago del Estero, Papendal and Chula Vista.


2013 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup, Manchester, England
The first round took place in Manchester at the National Indoor BMX Arena. As usual the competition consisted of a time-trail on the first day followed by heats and finals on the second day. Shanaze Reade and Liam Phillips of Great Britain won the time-trial prizes and went on to win the finals.


2013 UCI BMX World Championships
The 2013 UCI BMX World Championships were the eighteenth edition of the UCI BMX World Championships and took place in Auckland in New Zealand and crowned world champions in the cycling discipline of BMX.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships
The 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships was the World Championship for cyclo-cross. It took place at Eva Bandman Park in Louisville, Kentucky, USA on Saturday, February 2, 2013. It was the first ever cyclo-cross world championship held outside of Europe. As in past years, four events were held. These world championships were mostly dominated by Belgium and Netherlands who, combined, won nine of the twelve possible medals and all of the gold medals.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Schedule
The original schedule was set to hold four events spread out over two days. Due to rising water levels in the Ohio River and Beargrass Creek, which were predicted to flood low-lying parts of the venue by the morning of February 3, the UCI decided on Friday, February 1 to hold all the races on Saturday, February 2.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships, Schedule
The event organizers arranged for a temporary barrier to be erected to keep floodwaters from reaching the course on Saturday. In addition, the rider presentation, scheduled for the evening of February 1 at the Fourth Street Live! entertainment complex in downtown Louisville, was canceled. As a result of the schedule change, all four newly crowned world champions were able to attend the Louisville Foam Party.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race
This event was held on 2 February 2013 as part of the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Belgian Sven Nys took home the gold for the second time in his career, a few seconds ahead of Klaas Vantornout, another Belgian. In the background, Lars van der Haar of the Netherlands managed to secure a third spot in his first year with the elite men.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
The race started with some outsiders hoping for a lucky break, after one lap Martin Bína from Czech Republic, Francis Mourey from France and Marco Aurelio Fontana from Italy were the first three to cross the line. A mere lap further Mourey had even created a lead on the favourites. Slowly but surely those favourites, all Belgians, caught up with Mourey. Halfway into the race there was a lead group consisting of Mourey and the Belgians Kevin Pauwels, Klaas Vantornout and Sven Nys. 2012 world champion Niels Albert trailed shortly behind that group, but never really managed to catch up.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
Lap six saw the end of Pauwels' chances for the rainbow jersey. Twice his chain gave him troubles and he dropped back to the 15th spot. Mourey shared his luck and suffered a flat tire. Suddenly only Nys and Vantornout were left to compete for the gold. They kept an even match, though Nys showed he should be feared by 'flying' over the barriers every lap again, creating a small gap each time. In the last lap, as Nys grabbed the lead to go up the limestone steps.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
Vantornout, in his haste to keep up, turned too sharply into a corner and got stuck in the sidelines of the track. Vantornout only lost about a second, but Nys went for his chance and gave it his all. With that tiny lead he hopped quickly over the barriers again, sealing Vantornout's fate.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's elite race, Race report
In the back it long looked like Albert would be completing the podium, but the young Dutchman Lars van der Haar rode an impressive race and got the fifth medal for Netherlands in the 2013 World Championships. Albert dropped away completely to an eight spot. Bart Wellens of Belgium unexpectedly managed to grab the fourth spot.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race
This event was held on February 2, 2013 as a part of the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. Just like last year, Mathieu van der Poel of Netherlands took the gold, becoming the first person ever to win the junior's event twice.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race, Race report
Mathieu van der Poel went into the race as the big favourite, having won every single race he competed in during the 2012–2013 cyclo-cross season. This race wasn't different, he went full power from the very start and was safe from start to finish. A fall and a flat tire were not capable of taking it away from him. The race for the second spot was equally quickly decided with Martijn Budding, also from the Netherlands, having a nice lead on those behind him.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's junior race, Race report
There was more competition for the third spot, showing a nice battle between Belgians Yannick Peeters and Nicolas Cleppe, the Czech Adam Ťoupalík and the American Logan Owen. Peeters disappeared from that group after a fall, Owen shared the same faith. Cleppe had trouble following Ťoupalík, who took the bronze, and also got overtaken again by Owen who was giving it his all in hopes of reaching the podium.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Men's under-23 race
This event was held on February 2, 2013 as part of the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships. Mike Teunissen won the race after a strong last lap, leaving Wietse Bosmans, the pre-race favourite, stuck on a second spot. First year U23, Wout Van Aert, managed to impress by grabbing the third spot on the podium.


2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships – Women's elite race
This event was held on February 2, 2013 as a part of the 2013 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Louisville, Kentucky, United States. Marianne Vos dominated the race and took home her sixth cyclo-cross world title.


2013 UCI Europe Tour
The 2013 UCI Europe Tour was the ninth season of the UCI Europe Tour. The 2013 season began on 27 January 2013 with the Grand Prix Cycliste la Marseillaise and ended on 20 October 2013 with the Chrono des Nations.


2013 UCI Europe Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Europe Tour cycling jersey. John Degenkolb of Germany was the defending champion of the 2012 UCI Europe Tour. Riccardo Zoidl of Austria was crowned as the 2013 UCI Europe Tour.


2013 UCI Europe Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded.


2013 UCI Europe Tour
The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2013 UCI Europe Tour, Final standings
There was a competition for the rider, team and country with the most points gained from winning or achieving a high place in the above races.


2013 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
The 2013 UCI Juniors Track World Championships was the 10th annual Junior World Championship for track cycling held at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome in Glasgow, Scotland from 7 to 11 August 2013.


2013 UCI Juniors Track World Championships
The Championships offered medals for a range of race disciplines including Keirin, Sprint, Team sprint, Scratch race, Points race, Madison, Individual time trial, Omnium, Individual pursuit and Team pursuit. 250 competitors from 34 countries entered the Championships for the opportunity to be presented with the coveted rainbow jersey on offer for each event.


2013 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships
The 2013 UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships was the 24th edition of the UCI Mountain Bike & Trials World Championships, and was held in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa (Trials, Downhill, Cross-country Eliminator, and Olympic Cross-country events) and Leogang, Austria (Four-cross events).


2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup
The 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup includes three disciplines: cross-country, cross-country eliminator and downhill.


2013 UCI Oceania Tour
The 2013 UCI Oceania Tour was the ninth season of the UCI Oceania Tour. The season began on 23 January 2013 with the New Zealand Cycle Classic and ended on 17 March 2013 with the Oceania Cycling Championships.


2013 UCI Oceania Tour
The points leader, based on the cumulative results of previous races, wears the UCI Oceania Tour cycling jersey. Paul Odlin from New Zealand was the defending 2011–12 UCI Oceania Tour champion. Damien Howson from Australia was crowned as the 2013 UCI Oceania Tour champion.


2013 UCI Oceania Tour
Throughout the season, points are awarded to the top finishers of stages within stage races and the final general classification standings of each of the stages races and one-day events. The quality and complexity of a race also determines how many points are awarded to the top finishers, the higher the UCI rating of a race, the more points are awarded. The UCI ratings from highest to lowest are as follows:


2013 UCI Road World Championships
The 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy, between 22 and 29 September 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships
The Championships consisted of 12 events for elite, under-23 and junior cyclists. It was the 86th Road World Championships, the 13th in Italy and the first time that the event took place in Tuscany. The different events finished near the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. Host cities for the starts were Florence, Pistoia, Lucca and Montecatini Terme.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Marketing
Tickets for crucial points of the course in Florence and Fiesole could be bought in advance. Ticket prices ranged from 20 Euro to 100 Euro for seating near the finish line of the men's road race. Related to the Championships, many events were organized including expositions, exhibitions, a cyclosportive, and the Bicycle Film Festival. Poste italiane made a stamp dedicated to the Championships in 3.290,000 pieces and Chianti Classico produced wine bottles with special Championships labels.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Marketing, Mascot Pinocchio
The organizers showed the mascot for the event, Pinocchio the brainchild of Florentine writer Carlo Collodi, on 26 October 2012. The wooden figure is dressed in a rainbow sweater and a hat with the same motif. The choice of Pinocchio, whose nose grows when he lies, appeared to be significant after the cycling world was rocked by the doping case of Lance Armstrong. The decision for the mascot however, was taken much earlier according to the organizers.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Marketing, Traveling
To promote the public transport, more trains ran during the Championships to Florence and a special ticket was produced to ride on all regional trains. For safety reasons, all schools in Fiesole were closed on 27 and 28 September, because reaching schools was complicated.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Events summary, Elite events
On the first day, the team time trial events were for the second consecutive year won by Specialized–lululemon (women) and Omega Pharma–Quick-Step (men). The men's squad's victory in the men's team time trial came by 0.81 seconds over Orica–GreenEDGE. Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands, who won a gold medal in the women's team time trial, won her second gold medal in the women's time trial. Van Dijk won with an advantage of 24 seconds over Linda Villumsen, who finished on the podium for the fourth successive Championships.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Events summary, Elite events
Van Dijk became the second Dutch woman to win in the discipline, after Leontien van Moorsel's victories in 1998 and 1999. Tony Martin, who also won with his team a gold medal in the team time trial, won his third successive men's time trial gold medal, beating main rivals Bradley Wiggins and Fabian Cancellara. In the last weekend of the championships, Marianne Vos won her third gold and her eighth medal in the women's road race.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Events summary, Elite events
With help from Anna van der Breggen who helped close down the breakaway attempts, Vos made her break on the final ascent of the 600 m (2,000 ft) long Via Salviati – with around 5 km (3.1 mi) to go – and soloed to a 15-second victory over Emma Johansson and Rossella Ratto. On the last day of the Championships, Rui Costa from Portugal won the rain-soaked Men's road race as he beat Spain's Joaquim Rodríguez by a bike-length on the finish line, with Alejandro Valverde from Spain taking bronze.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Events summary, Junior events
After winning the women's junior time trial at the European Championships, Séverine Eraud won the women's junior time trial at the Road World Championships. European runner-up Igor Decraene won the gold medal in the men's junior time trial. In the women's junior road race won Amalie Dideriksen the sprint from Alexandria Nicholls and Alexandra Manly. The three riders escaped with one other rider on the first lap. Mathieu van der Poel won the men's junior road race. He attacked in the closing stage and soloed to the finish. It was van der Poel's first road world title, having previously won two junior world titles in cyclo-cross, in 2012 and 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Participating nations
76 nations participated. Two riders from Uganda were on the start list for the men's and women's time trial but did not start. One rider from Iran was registered for the women's team time trial, but did not start. The number of cyclists per nation (exclusive riders in the team time trials) is shown in parentheses.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Medal table
Team time trials are included under the UCI registration country of the team.


2013 UCI Road World Championships, Prize money
The UCI assigned premiums in all of the twelve events.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior road race
The Men's junior road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy on 28 September 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's junior time trial
The Men's junior time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy on 24 September 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The Men's road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took take place on 29 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race
The course of the race was 272.26 km (169.17 mi) from the town of Lucca to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. As in previous years, the race was the final event of the Road World Championships. The race was won by Rui Costa who beat Joaquim Rodríguez in a sprint finish, with a total time of 7h 25min 44s, the second highest time in UCI Road World Championships history.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Route
The race started in Lucca and ended in the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. The early part of the route was identified as particularly difficult, with climbs up the Montecatini Alto at 30 km (19 mi) and the San Baronto at 66 km (41 mi). The final run-in of the race around Florence was also hilly, with the ride up to Fiesole and the via Bolognese in Florence being particularly steep. This run-in was similar to that of stage 9 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, National qualification
Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours during 2013. Results from January to the middle of August would count towards the qualification criteria on both the 2013 UCI World Tour and the UCI Continental Circuits across the world, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous tour rankings on 15 August 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, Results, Final classification
Of the race's 208 entrants, 61 riders completed the full distance of 272.26 km (169.17 mi).


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
The Men's team time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships cycling event took place on 22 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's team time trial
The course of the race was 57.2 km (35.5 mi) from the town of Montecatini Terme to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. Omega Pharma–Quick-Step were the defending champions, and successfully defended their title by 0.81 seconds over Orica–GreenEDGE, with Team Sky completing the podium in third place.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The Men's time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event scheduled that take place on 25 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's time trial
The course of the race was 57.9 km from Montecatini Terme to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence. German rider Tony Martin was the defending champion and he retained his title.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 road race
The Men's under-23 road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy on 27 September 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Men's under-23 time trial
The Men's under-23 time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place in Tuscany, Italy on 23 September 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification
This page is an overview of the qualification criteria for the 2013 UCI Road World Championships.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Elite men's road race
Qualification was based on performances on the UCI run tours during 2013. Results from January to the middle of August would count towards the qualification criteria on both the 2013 UCI World Tour and the UCI Continental Circuits across the world, with the rankings being determined upon the release of the numerous tour rankings on 15 August 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Elite men's road race
All places to be confirmed as of 15 August 2013.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Elite women's road race
Qualification was based mainly on the 2013 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2013. The first five nations in this classification qualified 7 riders to start, the next ten nations qualified 6 riders to start and the next 5 nations qualified 5 riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send 3 riders to start.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Elite women's road race
Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions were able to take part in the race.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Elite men's time trial
All National Federations may enter 4 riders of whom 2 may start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions may take part.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Elite women's time trial
All National Federations may enter 4 riders of whom 2 may start. Besides of that, the outgoing World Champion and the continental champions may take part in addition to this number.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Men's team time trial
It's an obligation for all 2013 UCI ProTeams to participate. Besides of that invitations are sent to the 20 leading teams of the 2013 UCI Europe Tour, top 5 leading teams of the 2013–14 UCI America Tour and 2013–14 UCI Asia Tour and the leading teams of the 2013–14 UCI Africa Tour and 2013 UCI Oceania Tour on 15 August 2013. Teams that accept the invitation within the deadline have the right to participate. Every participating team may register nine riders from its team roster (excluding stagiaires) and has to select six riders to compete in the event.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Women's team time trial
Invitations were sent to the 25 leading UCI Women's Teams in the UCI Team Ranking as of 15 August 2014. Teams that accepted the invitation within the deadline had the right to participate. Every participating team had the opportunity to register nine riders from its team roster, with the exception of stagiaires, and had to select six riders to compete in the event.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Elite events, Women's team time trial
Teams that did not accept the invitation are listed below in italics.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Under-23 events, Men's under-23 road race
Qualification is based on performances on the UCI run tours and the Men Under 23 Nations’ Cup during 2013. Results from January to the middle of August would count towards the qualification criteria. The first 5 nations of the final classification of the Men Under 23 Nations’ Cup are entitled to anextra rider. In addition to this number the current continental champions may take part. The outgoing World Champion is not allowed to start because she is not an under-23 rider


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Under-23 events, Men's under-23 time trial
All National Federations may enter 4 riders of whom 2 may start. In addition to this number, the outgoing World Champion and the current continental champions may take part.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Junior events, Men's junior road race
Qualification will be based mainly on the final UCI Juniors Nations' Cup ranking as of 15 August 2013. The first ten nations in this classification qualified 6 riders to start, the next five nations qualified 5 riders to start and the next 5 nations qualified 4 riders to start. Spain, as the organizing nation, shall be entitled 5 riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send 3 riders to start. Moreover, continental champions are qualified to take part in the race on top of the nation numbers. The outgoing World Champion is not allowed to take part because he is not a junior rider anymore.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Junior events, Women's junior road race
All National Federations may enter 8 riders of whom 4 may start. Besides of that, the below listed continental champions may be entered in addition to this number.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Junior events, Men's junior time trial
All National Federations could enter 4 riders of whom 2 could start. Besides of that, the below listed continental champions could take part in addition to this number.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Qualification, Junior events, Women's junior time trial
All National Federations could enter 4 riders of whom 2 could start. Besides of that, the below listed continental champions could take part in addition to this number.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race
The Women's junior road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 27 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race
The race route was 82.85 km long and the start and finish were by the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior road race, Qualification
All National Federations could enter 8 riders of whom 4 could start. Besides of that, the below listed continental champions could be entered in addition to this number.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior time trial
The Women's junior time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships is a cycling event that took place on 23 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior time trial
The course of the race was 16.27 km from the Cascine to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's junior time trial, Qualification
All National Federations could enter 4 riders of whom 2 could start. Besides of that, the below listed continental champions could take part in addition to this number.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The Women’s road race of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships was a cycling event that took place on 28 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race
The course of the race was 140.05 km (87.02 mi) from the town of Montecatini Terme to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Qualification
Qualification was based mainly on the 2013 UCI Nation Ranking as of 15 August 2013. The first five nations in this classification qualified 7 riders to start, the next ten nations qualified 6 riders to start and the next 5 nations qualified 5 riders to start. Other nations and non ranked nations had the possibility to send 3 riders to start.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Qualification
Moreover, the outgoing World Champion and continental champions were able to take part in the race.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Participating nations
141 riders from 43 nations participated in the women's road race.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's road race, Results, Final classification
Of the race's 141 entrants, 46 riders completed the full distance of 140.05 km (87.02 mi).


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
The Women's team time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place on 22 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial
The course of the race was 42.79 km (26.6 mi) from the town of Pistoia to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Qualification
Invitations were sent to the 20 leading UCI Women's Teams in the 2013 UCI Team Ranking on 15 August 2013. Teams that accepted the invitation within the deadline had the right to participate. The Italian team Vaiano Fondriest (placed 23rd) also received an invitation. Every participating team selected six riders from its team roster (excluding stagiaires) to compete in the event.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Qualification
The UCI women's teams that received an invitation are listed below in order of the team ranking as of 15 August. Teams that did not accept the invitation are listed below in italics. In total sixteen teams from eignt nations (where the teams are based) participated.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Preview
Specialized–lululemon, which won the team time trial at the 2012 Championships, was the favourite for the event. The team won the 42.5 km (26.4 mi) UCI World Cup team time trial race, the Open de Suède Vårgårda TTT 38 seconds ahead of Rabobank–Liv Giant, who finished fourth at the 2012 championships, and 1' 26" ahead of 2012 runners-up Orica-AIS on 16 August.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's team time trial, Preview
As well as this, Specialized–lululemon won all team time trials held during the 2013 season; at the Lotto-Belisol Belgium Tour, they won the 19.75 km (12.3 mi) team time trial by 35 seconds from Orica-AIS, while Rabobank–Liv Giant did not participate. At the Holland Ladies Tour, Specialized–lululemon won the 32.2 km (20.0 mi) km team time trial by 15 seconds ahead of Orica-AIS, and 37 seconds ahead of Rabobank–Liv Giant.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
The Women's time trial of the 2013 UCI Road World Championships took place on 24 September 2013 in the region of Tuscany, Italy. The course of the race was 22.05 km from Parco delle Cascine to the Nelson Mandela Forum in Florence.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial
Ellen van Dijk from the Netherlands lived up her expectations as main favourite and won the time trial by dominating the race, beating perennial podium finisher Linda Villumsen and the surprising American Carmen Small.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Qualification
All National Federations may enter 4 riders of whom 2 may start. Besides of that, the outgoing World Champion and the continental champions may take part in addition to this number.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Preview
Ellen van Dijk, the Dutch National time trial Champion and the number 5 in the time trial at the 2012 UCI Road World Championships was the absolute favourite. She won many time trials in the 2013 women's road season. Of the 10 time trials she rode she won eight of them including the time trial at the prestigious Giro d'Italia Femminile and a week before the championships the Chrono Champenois – Trophée Européen. Van Dijk did not win two time trials, Emma Johansson from Sweden beat her in the Emakumeen Euskal Bira and Shara Gillow from Australia in the Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Preview
Hanna Solovey, a Ukrainian track cyslint, won the time trial at the European Road Championships, the only race she rode before the World Championships. With an average speed of over 47 km/h it was the fastest average speed in a time trial of the season. Linda Villumsen, who was on the podium in the last four editions, and Evelyn Stevens were other podium candidates.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Race
Danish mountain biker Annika Langvad, who finished 6th in the end, was the early leader after setting a time of 28' 27" and stayed in the hot seat for a long time. German Trixi Worrack, the first of the final 10 riders to finish, took over the lead after finishing in a time of 28' 19". The main favourites started last and showed some fast intermediate times at the two intermediate time points after 12.7 kilometres (7.9 miles) and 17.1 kilometres (10.6 miles).


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Race
The Dutch Ellen van Dijk was the fastest from the start by riding 20 second faster than Linda Villumsen and 24 seconds faster than Carmen Small at the first time point. At the second split the gaps were 25 and 28 seconds respectively. Van Dijk lost one second to Villumsen in the final five kilometres but her margin was large enough to win her second world title of the championship after winning the team time trial with her Specialized–lululemon squad on Sunday. For Villumsen it was her fifth consecutive time on the world championship time trial podium, but never won the rainbow jersey.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Medalists reactions
Van Dijk lived up the expectations as main favourite and won the time trial by dominating the race. "I'm super happy. It's difficult to describe how I feel now," she said after the race. "I'm so excited because I dreamt so long of this one and the pressure was high to finish it off. It's great to have won. My intention was to start fast but I wanted to keep going a bit longer than I did. I maybe got over excited and a went too fast, but I maintained the time difference and so it was all ok."


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Medalists reactions
This race was the seasons' main goal for Van Dijk. She had been tested on her time trial position during the season and found a better position which she was able to maintain for almost half an hour. Van Dijk told she practiced the course twice in August at 5:00am to avoid traffic and made video recordings of the course to get to know the turns. She had watched the video over and over again until she could dream it.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Medalists reactions
Villumsen rode the New Zealand National Time Trial Championships in January before backing off until June. She rode the Giro Rosa and won La Route de France and the time trial at the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche before heading to World Championships. "It was a different year for me but a good year." She said in an interview. "I started late and with a different approach. I trained more at home and then did race after race. I enjoyed it. I was still there on the podium so I can thank my team for helping me this far."


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Medalists reactions
Villumsen, a former a Danish national road race champion, switched her nationality in 2010 from Danish to New Zealand. It was her fifth straight podium at the world championships in the time trial. She took her first bronze in 2009, 2010 and 2012, and won silver in her former home county in 2011. "It's not bad luck." Villumsen said. "If someone is better, they deserve to win. Ellen van Dijk has been riding very well all throughout the year, she has won all kinds of time trials, short ones, long ones. She really deserved to win. A place on the podium is still nice. I go close every year but something is missing. I'll try to work it out and go all the way to the top perhaps next year."


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Medalists reactions
Small, American national time trial champions, considered retirement in 2012 before signing by Specialized–lululemon. She won her first medal at the World Championships. “I’m pretty surprised, I didn’t expect to actually podium. I thought top five would be a really good ride for me. Jim Miller (USA Cycling vice president of athletics) and I met before and I really wanted Jim in the car talking to me because he was in the car at Nationals with me when I won. I just buried myself in the last 500 meters.


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Medalists reactions
I knew it was going to hurt, but it hurts for everyone. With 100 meters to go I wanted to quit, but I did one more click down on my gears and I just counted the pedal strokes to get me to the finish. This hurt worse than I’ve ever hurt before." She also felt sorry for Evelyn Stevens who missed a place on the podium by 0.04 seconds. "It's a very bittersweet feeling for me. Evelyn is a good friend, a teammate and a fellow countryman. We've spent a lot of time together this season and it's hard to have been beaten and have it be so close".


2013 UCI Road World Championships – Women's time trial, Final classification
Of the 48 riders on the starting list, 3 riders did not start.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
The 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships took place in Minsk, Belarus from 20 to 24 February 2013 in the Minsk-Arena. The Championships featured 19 events, the same as 2012.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Great Britain, with five gold medals (four in Olympic events), and nine in total topped the medal table. Australia, Germany, France, the United States and Ireland all enjoyed a successful championships.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Becky James of Great Britain, debuting at this level, won four medals, including two gold, in a single Championships, the first British cyclist to do so. Sarah Hammer of the United States also won two gold medals from two events, as did Stefan Bötticher of Germany and Michael Hepburn of Australia.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships
Martyn Irvine of Ireland broke a 116-year wait for a male Irish track medal with silver in the individual pursuit, only to return an hour later to take Ireland's first ever track gold medal in the Scratch race. Laura Trott suffered her first major senior track defeat, taking silver in the Omnium behind Hammer, but she  retained for a third time her Team Pursuit title with Dani King and debutant and World Junior Road Time Trial champion Elinor Barker.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's 1 km time trial
The Men's time trial at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 20. 19 athletes participated in the contest.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's individual pursuit
The Men's individual pursuit at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 21. Twenty-three athletes participated in the contest. After the qualification, the two fastest riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd- and 4th-fastest riders raced for the bronze medal.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The Men's keirin at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 22. 28 athletes participated in the contest. After the 4 qualifying heats, the fastest two riders in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that did not advance to the second round, raced in 4 repechage heats. The first rider in each heat advanced to the second round along with the 8 that qualified before.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's keirin
The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advanced to the Final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–12 final.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's madison
The Men's madison at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 24. 17 teams participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 200 laps, making a total of 50 km (31.1 mi).


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium
The Men's omnium at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held February 22–23. 19 athletes participated in the contest. The final standings were determined by adding ranks in the six events.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Individual event results, Points Race
The points race was 120 laps (30 km) with 12 sprints; the race was held at 15:35.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Individual event results, Elimination Race
An elimination race ended day one; the race was held at 21:45.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Individual event results, Individual Pursuit
4 km individual pursuit started day two; the race was held at 13:55.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Individual event results, Scratch Race
A 15 km scratch race was the second event on day two; the race was held at 16:45.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's omnium, Individual event results, 1 km Time Trial
The last event was 1 km time trial; the race was held at 20:25.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's points race
The Men's points race at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 22. 19 athletes participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 160 laps, making a total of 40 km (25 mi) with 16 sprints.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's scratch
The Men's scratch at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 21. 23 athletes participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 60 laps, making a total of 15 km (9.3 mi).


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's sprint
The Men's sprint at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 23–24. 41 cyclists participated in the contest.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 20. 15 nations of 4 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Men's team sprint
The Men's team sprint at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 21. 15 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's 500 m time trial
The Women's Time Trial at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 21. 12 athletes participated in the contest.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's individual pursuit
The Women's individual pursuit at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 20. 15 athletes participated in the contest. After the qualification, the fastest 2 riders advanced to the Final and the 3rd and 4th fastest riders raced for the bronze medal.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The Women's keirin at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 24. 17 athletes participated in the contest. After the 3 qualifying heats, the fastest two riders in each heat advanced to the second round. The riders that did not advance to the second round, raced in 2 repechage heats. The fastest 3 riders in each heat advanced to the second round along with the 6 that qualified before.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's keirin
The first 3 riders from each of the 2 Second Round heats advanced to the Final and the remaining riders raced a consolation 7–11 final.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium
The Women's omnium at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held February 23–24. 17 athletes participated in the contest. The final standings were determined by adding ranks in the six events.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Individual event results, Points Race
The points race was 80 laps (20 km) with 8 sprints; the race was held at 17:20.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Individual event results, Elimination Race
An elimination race ended day one; the race was held at 21:45.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Individual event results, Individual Pursuit
3 km individual pursuit started day two; the race was held at 10:00.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Individual event results, Scratch Race
A 10 km scratch race was the second event on day two; the race was held at 11:25.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's omnium, Individual event results, 500 m Time Trial
The last event was 500 m time trial; the race was held at 14:10.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's points race
The Women's points race at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 23. 17 athletes participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 100 laps, making a total of 25 km with 10 sprints.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's scratch
The Women's scratch at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 22. 18 athletes participated in the contest. The competition consisted of 40 laps, making a total of 10 km.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's sprint
The Women's sprint at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 22–23. 21 cyclists participated in the contest.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 21. 10 nations of 3 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's team sprint at the 2013 UCI Track Cycling World Championships was held on February 20. 9 nations of 2 cyclists each participated in the contest. After the qualifying, the fastest 2 teams raced for gold, and 3rd and 4th teams raced for bronze.


2013 UCI Women's Road World Cup
The 2013 UCI Women's Road World Cup is the 16th edition of the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The calendar retained the same races as the 2012 edition. Marianne Vos is the defending champion.


2013 UCI Women's Road World Rankings
The 2013 UCI Women's Road Rankings is an overview of the UCI Women's Road Rankings, based upon the results in all UCI-sanctioned races of the 2013 women's road cycling season.


2013 UCI Women's Road World Rankings, UCI Teams Ranking
This is the ranking of the UCI women's teams from 2013.


2013 UCI World Tour
The 2013 UCI World Tour is the fifth edition of the ranking system launched by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) in 2009. The series started with the Tour Down Under on 22 January.


2013 UCI World Tour, Teams
The UCI ProTeams compete in the World Tour, with UCI Professional Continental teams, or national squads, able to enter at the discretion of the organisers of each event.


2013 UCI World Tour, Events
All events from the 2012 UCI World Tour are included. For the second successive year, the Tour of Hangzhou was scheduled originally as part of the tour, but later withdrawn.


2013 UCI World Tour, Final standings, Individual
Riders tied with the same number of points were classified by number of victories, then number of second places, third places, and so on, in World Tour events and stages.


2013 UCI World Tour, Final standings, Team
Team rankings are calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders of a team in the table, plus points gained in the World Team Time Trial Championship (WTTT).


2013 UCI World Tour, Final standings, Nation
National rankings were calculated by adding the ranking points of the top five riders registered in a nation in the table. The national rankings were also used to determine how many riders a country could have in the World Championships.


2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team
The 2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins competed in the Pac-12 Conference, and played their home games in Jackie Robinson Stadium. John Savage served as head coach for his 9th season. The Bruins swept through the NCAA Tournament's Los Angeles Regional, Fullerton Super Regional, and College World Series bracket to reach the final against Mississippi State, their second appearance in four years.


2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team
The Bruins swept the Bulldogs in a best of three series to win their first NCAA National Championship in baseball, while going a perfect 10–0 in the postseason; the third consecutive NCAA Division I baseball team to sweep the postseason en route to the championship, and also the last to do so.


2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team, Ranking movements
^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season. * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.


2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team, UCLA Bruins in the 2013 MLB Draft
The following members of the UCLA Bruins baseball program were drafted in the 2013 Major League Baseball Draft.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team
The 2013 UCLA Bruins football team represented the University of California, Los Angeles in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by second year head coach Jim L. Mora and played its home games at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. They were members of the South Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Bruins finished the season 10–3, including 6–3 in conference play to finish second in the South Division, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 480 to 301.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Previous season
Last season, the Bruins won the conference's South Division and played in the Holiday Bowl, where they lost 49–26 to Baylor.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nevada
Under first year head coach Brian Polian, Nevada played UCLA for the first time. The Wolfpack were highly ranked in the nation last year: scoring (18th), total offense (8th), and rushing (7th).


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nevada
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 37-yard run (Kai'mi Fairbairn kick); NEV – Brent Zuzo 28-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nevada
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 40-yard field goal; NEV – Zuzo 21-yard field goal; UCLA – Shaquell Evans 5-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); NEV – Cody Fajardo 1-yard run (Zuzo kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nevada
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Hundley 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Phillip Ruhl 4-yard blocked punt return (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Jordon James 26-yard run (Jerry Neuheisel pass failed)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nevada
4th quarter scoring: NEV – Fajardo 19-yard run (Zuzo kick); UCLA – Paul Perkins 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Malcolm Jones 25-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Jones 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
This is the 12th meeting between the two teams, with Nebraska leading the series 6–5. UCLA defeated Nebraska last year 36–30 at the Rose Bowl. When both teams were ranked in 1994, Nebraska (No. 2) won 49–21 over the 13th-ranked Bruins. The teams will honor the passing of UCLA player Nick Pasquale by placing his number 36 on their uniforms.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
1st quarter scoring: NEB – Quincy Enunwa 11-yard pass from Taylor Martinez (Pat Smith kick); UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 44-yard field goal; NEB – Enunwa 14-yard pass from Martinez (Mauro Bondi kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
2nd quarter scoring: NEB – Kenny Bell 22-yard pass from Martinez (Smith kick); UCLA – Paul Perkins 10-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Nebraska
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 28-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Phillip Ruhl 12-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Nate Iese 3-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
First meeting between the two schools. New Mexico State head coach Doug Martin replaced DeWayne Walker, who was a former UCLA defensive coordinator. Nick Pasquale was remembered during the game.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 4-yard run (Kaim Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Steven Manfro 20-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Manfro 12-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 38-yard field goal; UCLA – Devin Fuller 21-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquell Evans 7-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – James 19-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, New Mexico State
4th quarter scoring: NMSU – Adam Shapiro 33-yard pass from A. McDonald (Mitch Johnson kick); UCLA – Malcolm Jones 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick); NMSU – B. Betancourt 4-yard run (Johnson kick failed); UCLA – Jones 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah
In this series, UCLA has a 9–2 overall record and 3–2 in Salt Lake City. Utah has won two of the last three games with UCLA (2007 and 2011, under Kyle Whittingham). UCLA won last year 21–14.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Jordon James 1-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick); Utah – Dres Anderson 54-yard pass from Travis Wilson (Andy Phillips kick); Utah – Sean Fitzgerald 6-yard pass from Wilson (Phillips kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Hundley 7-yard pass from Devin Fuller (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Jordan Payton 17-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); Utah – Phillips 44-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Utah
4th quarter scoring: Utah – Keith McGill 19-yard interception of Hundley pass (Phillips); UCLA – Fairbairn 47-yard field goal; UCLA – Hundley 36-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Hundley 36-yard run (Fairbairn kick); Utah – Phillips 44-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
California is 32–50–1 against UCLA since the series began in 1933. This is Sonny Dykes first year taking on the Bruins as California's head coach, whose team implements an air raid offense that will challenge UCLA's young but talented secondary. Hoping to avenge last year's 43–17 loss, the Bruins are favored to win at home.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
1st quarter scoring: UCLA	– Ka'imi Fairbairn 24-yard field goal; UCLA – Devin Fuller 18-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA	– Paul Perkins 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); CAL	– Vincenzo D'Amato 51-yard field goal; 	CAL – Daniel Lasco 6-yard run (D'Amato Kick); UCLA – Thomas Duarte 27-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
3rd quarter scoring:  UCLA – Fairbairn 22-yard field goal; UCLA – Fairbairn 27-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, California
4th quarter scoring: UCLA	– Shaquelle Evans 22-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
1st quarter scoring: STAN – Conrad Ukropina 31-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Ka'imi Fairbairn 38-yard field goal; STAN – Kodi Whitfield 30-yard pass from Kevin Hogan (Ukropina kick); STAN – Tyler Gaffney 1-yard run (Ukropina kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Stanford
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 3-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); STAN – Gaffney 4-yard run (Ukropina kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 4-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick); ORE – De'Anthony Thomas 1-yard run (Alejandro Maldonado kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon
2nd quarter scoring: ORE – Byron Marshall 40-yard run (Matt Wogan kick); UCLA – Thomas Duarte 11-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon
3rd quarter scoring: ORE – Marshall 11-yard run (Maldonado kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Oregon
4th quarter scoring: ORE – Bralon Addison 8-yard pass from Marcus Mariota (Maldonado kick); ORE – Marshall 3-yard run (Maldonado kick); ORE – Thomas Tyner 2-yard run (Wogan kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
1st quarter scoring: COLO – Will Oliver 23-yard field goal; UCLA – Devin Fuller 76-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Ka'Imi Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
2nd quarter scoring: COLO – Paul Richardson 7-yard pass from Sefo Liufau (Will Oliver kick); UCLA – Hundley 11-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Devin Fuller 6-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); COLO – Oliver 47-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Hundley 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Damien Thigpen 5-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Colorado
4th quarter scoring: COLO – Tony Jones 2-yard run (Oliver kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 45-yard field goal; COLO – Oliver 37-yard field goal; UCLA – Fuller 8-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
UCLA leads the series at 20–15–2 and Arizona has won five of last six games between the two teams. Jack Folliard is the referee.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
1st quarter scoring: ARIZ – Jake Smith 44-yard field goal; UCLA – Shaquell Evans 66-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Kaim Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Hundley 15-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
2nd quarter scoring: ARIZ – Ka'Deem Carey 4-yard run (Smith kick); UCLA – Evans 4-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Fairbairn 34-yard field goal; ARIZ – Smith 27-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona
4th quarter scoring: ARIZ – N. Phillips 15-yard pass from B. Denker (2-point conversion failed); UCLA – Myles Jack 66-yard run (Fairbairn kick); ARIZ – Phillips 14-yard pass from Denker (Smith kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington
The Bruins lead the series, 38–30–2. Last time the teams met, during the 2010 season, Washington won 24–7 in Seattle. UCLA was the winner in the Rose Bowl, a 24–23 decision in 2009. The Bruins have won the last seven straight games played in the Rose Bowl against the Huskies.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Myles Jack 8-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Cassius Marsh 2-yard pass from Brett Hundley (Fairbairn kick); WASH – Bishop Sankey 2-yard run (Travis Coons kick); UCLA – Jack 1-yard run (failed kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Jack 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); WASH – Jaydon Mickens 2-yard pass from Keith Price (Coons kick); WASH – Coons 34-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington
3rd quarter scoring: WASH – Austin Seferian-Jenkins 1-yard pass from Cyler Miles (Coons kick); UCLA – Jack 2-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Washington
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Devin Lucien 40-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick); WASH – Damore'ea Stringfellow 14-yard pass from Miles (Coons kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
1st quarter scoring: ASU – Taylor Kelly 3-yard run (Zane Gonzalez kick); UCLA – Devin Lucien 42-yard pass fromBrett Hundley (Kaim Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 48-yard field goal; ASU – D. J. Foster 3-yard run (Gonzalez kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
2nd quarter scoring: ASU – Carl Bradford 18-yard interception return (Gonzalez kick); ASU – Michael Eubank, 1-yard run(Gonzalez kick); UCLA – Fairbairn 23-yard field goal; ASU – Jaelen Strong 19-yard pass from Kelly (Gonzalez kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Myles Jack 3-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Paul Perkins 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); ASU – Gonzalez 28-yard field goal


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Shaquell Evans 27-yard pass from Hundley (Hundley pass intercepted


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
Last season, the Bruins defeated the Trojans 38–28 in the Rose Bowl.


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Myles Jack 3-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Eddie Vanderdoes 1-yard run (Fairbairn kick); USC – Javorius Allen 11-yard run (Andre Heidari kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
3rd quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 12-yard run (Fairbairn kick); USC – Xavier Grimble 22-yard pass from Cody Kessler (Heidari kick); UCLA – Hundley 5-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, USC
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 8-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech (Sun Bowl)
1st quarter scoring: UCLA – Brett Hundley 7-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn kick); VT – J.C. Coleman 1-yard run ( Michael Branthover (kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech (Sun Bowl)
2nd quarter scoring: UCLA – Hundley 86-yard run (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Game summaries, Virginia Tech (Sun Bowl)
4th quarter scoring: UCLA – Paul Perkins 5-yard run (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Myles Jack intercepted pass from Mark Leal 24-yards return (Fairbairn kick); VT – Sean Covington 3-yard loss for safety; UCLA – Thomas Duarte 8-yard pass from Hundley  (Fairbairn kick); UCLA – Shaquelle Evans 59-yard pass from Hundley (Fairbairn kick)


2013 UCLA Bruins football team, Awards and honors
Eight Bruins were selected to the 2013 Pac-12 Conference Football All-Academic team:


2013 UConn Huskies football team
The 2013 UConn Huskies football team represented the University of Connecticut in the 2013 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by third year head coach Paul Pasqualoni for the first four games then interim head coach T. J. Weist for the rest of the season. They played their home games at Rentschler Field.


2013 UConn Huskies football team
After starting the year 0–4 and going 10–18 since being hired in 2011, head coach Paul Pasqualoni was fired on September 30.


2013 UConn Huskies football team
They finished the season 3–9, 3–5 in American Athletic play to finish in a tie for sixth place.


2013 UEC European Track Championships
The 2013 UEC European Track Championships was the fourth edition of the elite UEC European Track Championships in track cycling and took place at the Omnisport Arena in Apeldoorn, Netherlands, between 18 and 20 October. The Event was organised by the European Cycling Union.


2013 UEC European Track Championships
All ten Olympic events, (sprint, team sprint, keirin, team pursuit and omnium, for both men and women) and the non-Olympic men's madison championship and points races for both genders were held as part of the championships.


2013 UEC European Track Championships
A highly competitive championships, gold medals were share among five teams, and medals among ten teams, with Germany leading the medal table with three gold and three silver medals. Great Britain won the most medals with eight, three of them also gold, the same number as Russia. The host Netherlands also enjoyed a highly successful event, with two gold medals and six in all, by far their strongest showing at this level. Ireland also won its first ever medal at this level, a bronze in the men's omnium for world scratch race champion Martyn Irvine.


2013 UEC European Track Championships
Individually Laura Trott of Great Britain, Maximillian Levy of Germany and Elia Viviani each won two gold medals, while Kristina Vogel won three medals, including gold in the women's sprint. Trott was also part of the Great Britain women's team pursuit quartet who twice lowered the world record in their event.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin
The men's keirin was held on 20 October 2013, with 27 riders participating.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, First Round
Top 2 in each heat qualified directly for the second round; the remainder went to the first round repechage.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's keirin, Results, Second round
First three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder went to the small final (for places 7-12).


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison, Results, Qualification
25 teams participated over a distance of 25 km (100 laps), with sprints every 20 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four; teams are ranked by lap gains on their opponents, then points between teams on the same lap. The top 8 teams in each heat progressed to the final.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's madison, Results, Final
16 teams participated over a distance of 50 km (200 laps), with points awarded in the same fashion.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's omnium
The Men's omnium was held on 19 and 20 October 2013. 20 riders participated.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's points race
The Men's points race was held on 18 October 2013. 24 riders participated over a distance of 40 km (160 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four; 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint
The men's sprint was held on 19 October 2013, with 27 riders participating.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Qualifying
The fastest 24 riders advanced to the 1/16 finals, the qualifying was held at 11:30.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, 1/8 Finals
Winners proceed directly to the quarter-finals; losers proceed to the repechage.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Quarter-finals
One-on-one matches are extended to a 'best of three' format hereon. Winners proceed to the semi-finals; losers proceed to the race for places 5-8.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's sprint, Results, Semi-finals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit
The Men's team pursuit at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2013. 14 nations participated.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team pursuit, Results, Qualifying
The fastest two teams progressed to the gold medal final; the following two progressed to the bronze medal final.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint
The Men's team sprint at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2013. 12 nations participated.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Men's team sprint, Results, Qualifying
The fastest two teams progressed to the gold medal final; the following two progressed to the bronze medal final.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin
The women's keirin was held on 20 October 2013, with 18 riders participating.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First Round
Top 2 in each heat qualified directly for the second round; the remainder went to the first round repechage.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, First Round Repechage
Top 3 in each heat qualified for the second round.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's keirin, Results, Second round
First three riders in each semi qualified for the final; the remainder went to the small final (for places 7-12).


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's omnium
The Women's omnium was held on 19 and 20 October 2013. 16 riders participated.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's points race
The Women's points race was held on 18 October 2013. 20 riders participated over a distance of 25 km (100 laps), with sprints every 10 laps awarding 5, 3, 2 or 1 point to the first four; 20 points are also awarded/withdrawn for each lap gained/lost respectively.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint
The women's sprint was held on 19 October 2013, with 18 riders participating.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, 1/8 Finals
Winners proceed directly to the quarter-finals; losers proceed to the repechage.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Quarter-finals
One-on-one matches are extended to a 'best of three' format hereon. Winners proceed to the semi-finals; losers proceed to the race for places 5-8.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's sprint, Results, Semi-finals
Winners proceed to the gold medal final; losers proceed to the bronze medal final.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit
The Women's team pursuit at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2013. 9 nations participated. This was the first time the event had been held in the new four person, 4000 metres format. Notwithstanding the change in format, the event continued to be dominated by Great Britain, who won the final against Poland in a new world record.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team pursuit, Results
The event was held over two rounds, both run on the same day. all teams competed in the qualification round, while the teams with the fastest 2 teams raced for gold in the final. The teams with the third and fourth fast times raced in the bronze medal final. The Great Britain team set a new world record in qualification, bettering their own previous mark. In the final, with a slightly revised line up, they repeated the feat against fellow finalists Poland to set a second world record. In the bronze medal ride off, russia held off the team from Belgium for the last medal.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint
The Women's team sprint at the 2013 UEC European Track Championships was held on 18 October 2013. 10 nations participated.


2013 UEC European Track Championships – Women's team sprint, Results, Qualifying
The fastest two teams progressed to the gold medal final; the following two progressed to the bronze medal final.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final
The 2013 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, the 58th season of Europe's premier club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 21st season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final
The match took place on Saturday, 25 May 2013, at Wembley Stadium in London, England, between German Bundesliga clubs Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. In the first all-German Champions League final, Bayern won the match 2–1 with goals from Mario Mandžukić and man of the match Arjen Robben coming either side of an İlkay Gündoğan penalty for Dortmund.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final
One week later, Bayern won the 2012–13 DFB-Pokal and, having already won the 2012–13 Bundesliga, completed the continental treble. As a result of their Champions League win, Bayern qualified to play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League, in the 2013 UEFA Super Cup, and also earned the right to enter the semi-finals of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup as the UEFA representative. They would eventually go on to win both competitions.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
Wembley Stadium, England's national stadium and home of the England national football team, was announced as the venue of the 2013 final on 16 June 2011. Having hosted the 2011 final, Wembley made history for being the first stadium in the tournament's history to host the final twice in three years. Discussing the short time between the two finals, UEFA President Michel Platini explained that the final would be in celebration of 150 years of the Football Association's existence. It was the seventh occasion that Wembley hosted the final after hosting the 1963, 1968, 1971, 1978, 1992 and the 2011 finals of Europe's premier club competition.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
The original Wembley Stadium hosted five European Cup finals. The 1968 and 1978 finals were both won by English sides: Manchester United beat Benfica 4–1 in 1968 and Liverpool defeated Club Brugge 1–0 in 1978. Benfica also lost in the 1963 final, beaten 2–1 by A.C. Milan, while Ajax won the first of three consecutive European Cups at Wembley in 1971, beating Panathinaikos 2–0. In the 1992 final, Spanish club Barcelona defeated Italian side Sampdoria 1–0 in the final match played as the European Cup prior to the following season's introduction of the current Champions League format.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Venue
First opened for the British Empire Exhibition in 1923, the stadium was originally known as the Empire Stadium. That year, it hosted its first FA Cup Final, when almost 200,000 spectators attempted to watch the match between Bolton Wanderers and West Ham United. Wembley played host to all of England's matches at the 1966 FIFA World Cup, including the 4–2 victory over West Germany in the final, and at UEFA Euro 1996. The original stadium was closed in 2000 and demolished three years later, to be replaced by a 90,000-capacity arena, which opened in 2007. The new stadium hosted the 2011 UEFA Champions League Final, which pitted Barcelona against Manchester United in a re-match of the final played two years previously. Barcelona claimed their fourth European title as they ran out 3–1 winners.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
This was the first time in the history of the Champions League (and European Cup) that the final was contested between two German sides. There were three previous Champions League finals between two clubs from the same country: 2000 (Spain), 2003 (Italy), and 2008 (England).


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
It was Bayern Munich's 10th European Cup/Champions League final, third all-time behind Real Madrid (12) and A.C. Milan (11). They won four of those finals: in 1974, 1975, 1976, and most recently in 2001. The 2013 final was Bayern's third final in four years; they lost in both 2010 and 2012 (as the first team since 1984 to reach the Final held in their home stadium), adding to previous final losses in 1982, 1987, and 1999.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
For Dortmund, this was their second Champions League final, with them winning their first title in 1997. The next season as defending champions, they defeated Bayern in their only previous meetings in European competitions, winning 1–0 on aggregate in the 1997–98 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals, before being eliminated 2–0 on aggregate in the semi-finals by Real Madrid, managed at the time by Jupp Heynckes.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
In 2003, Bayern provided a €2 million loan without collateral to the nearly bankrupt Dortmund which has since been repaid. There has been a heated rivalry between Bayern and Dortmund, known in Germany as Der Klassiker, which became prevalent during the 1990s. In 2011–12, Dortmund won the Bundesliga and the DFB Pokal with Bayern finishing runners-up in both competitions; Dortmund clinched the league title in a home match where bananas were tossed at Bayern goalkeeper Manuel Neuer. In 2012–13, Bayern bested Dortmund for both trophies, as well as the DFL-Supercup.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Background
Just before Dortmund's Champions League semi-final, it was announced that one of their homegrown stars, Mario Götze, would make a €37 million transfer to Bayern for the upcoming 2013–14 season, a move that some felt would have put more distance between wealthy Bayern and the rest of the Bundesliga. The final 2012–13 Bundesliga game between the two clubs was a 1–1 draw marked by acrimony as Bayern's Rafinha was sent off for elbowing Dortmund's Jakub Blaszczykowski, sparking an argument on the touchline between Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp and Bayern sporting director Matthias Sammer. The press has used terms like 'power shift' and 'changing of the guard' after Dortmund and Bayern eliminated Spanish giants Real Madrid and Barcelona, respectively, in the Champions League semi-finals.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Road to the final
Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away).


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ambassador
The two-time Champions League winner and ex-England international Steve McManaman was appointed as the official ambassador for the final.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Officials
In May 2013, Italian referee Nicola Rizzoli was selected to supervise the final. He was joined by compatriots Renato Faverani and Andrea Stefani as assistant referees, Gianluca Rocchi and Paolo Tagliavento as additional assistant referees, Gianluca Cariolato as reserve assistant referee, and Slovenian Damir Skomina as fourth official.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Opening ceremony
The opening ceremony was directed by Kevin Spacey's executive assistant and The Prince's Trust ambassador Hamish Jenkinson and his business partner Jonny Grant, who had previously directed the 2011 opening ceremony, also at Wembley. The ceremony, also titled "Battle of Kings", was produced by Films United. It was directed and produced by Grigorij Richters and his producing partner Alex Souabni. Both were the former filmmakers-in-residence of Kevin Spacey and Jenkinson at The Old Vic Theatre in London. The film focused around the story of activist and fundraiser Stephen Sutton, who was part of the group of performers.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Match ball
The match ball for the final was the Adidas Finale Wembley, which featured the same "Starball" panel configuration as the last three finals. The ball was predominantly white, with each star in blue with yellow patterning and a purple border. Six of the 12 stars featured designs recalling the six previous times that the European Cup final had been held at Wembley Stadium. The ball was unveiled on 30 January 2013 and was used for all knockout stage matches in the 2012–13 competition.


2013 UEFA Champions League Final, Pre-match, Ticketing
The international ticket sales phase for the general public ran from 11 February to 15 March 2013. Tickets were available in four price categories: £330, £230, £140, and £60. Due to the high demand for tickets, allocation was determined by a lottery.