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We can take a few things away from the Tour's opening weekend; an idea for the GC competition isn't one of them

Trail gnomes, fireworks, teapots, superhero conditions, gravity enduro sections, all in the first day of BC Bike Race

Over the weekend, Russian Denis Menchov reminded everyone that he's finished on the podium in Paris three times

World time trial champ suffers wrist fracture at the Tour de France, but stays in the race to aim at the stage 9 time trial

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Gallery: Wells, Plaxton, Kabush, Schultz top 10 in Windham

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The Hyde Park Blast in Cincinnati was one of the hardest-fought races of the USA CRITS season

1. Evelyn STEVENS, Team Specialized - Lululemon, in 3:34:25 2. Fabiana LUPERINI, Faren Honda Team, at :20 3. Emma POOLEY, Aa Drink - Leontien.nl Cycling Team, at :20 4. Marianne VOS, Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team, at :31 5. Claudia HÄUSLER, Greenedge - Ais, at 2:02

Peter Sagan has made quite a splash in his Tour debut, latching onto a surging Fabian Cancellara and beating him to the line

A chat with Garmin-Sharp's Tom Danielson following stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Andrew Hood and Matt Beaudin pore over stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Graham Watson captures the action during stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Casey B. Gibson's collection of images from stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Andrew Hood contributes a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France

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Double-stage winner and defending champ Marianne Vos slips to second overall

A Canadian company rewards its Canadian Giro champ with a maple-leaf-adorned Cervelo R5CA

1. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4:58:19 2. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Nissan, at 0 3. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at 0 4. Philippe GILBERT, BMC Racing, at 0 5. Bauke MOLLEMA, Rabobank, at 0

Slovak champs takes a tactical sprint in Belgium as Cancellara goes on the attack in yellow

Bernie Eisel describes waiting and waiting for the phone to ring before the race and the huge expectations at Team Sky

Garmin-Sharp's Jonathan Vaughters wants to inject a little chaos into the normally managed Tour

He's not in yellow, but Sky's Bradley Wiggins commands top spot amongst the favorites at the Tour de France after seven minutes of racing

Caley Fretz scopes out Look's new endurance frame and finds it brilliant

Casey B. Gibson is on hand as the 2012 Tour de France gets under way in Liège, Belgium

Post-prologue analysis from the experts at Velo magazine and VeloNews.com

Andrew Hood compiles a daily notebook at the Tour de France

The Argos-Shimano rider has done well elsewhere and hopes to bring that success to the Tour

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Tejay van Garderen is happy to hold the white jersey, but knows the race is about putting Cadel Evans in yellow

The Swedish time trial champ rides a large but has an unusually narrow arm position for a big guy

Graham Watson shoots the prologue to the 2012 Tour de France

Specialized breaks out a new aero lid and some speedy clinchers for the Tour prologue

1. Marianne VOS, Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team, in 8:50 2. Clara HUGHES, Team Specialized - Lululemon, at :5 3. Judith ARNDT, Greenedge - Ais, at :12 4. Shelley OLDS, Aa Drink - Leontien.nl Cycling Team, at :15 5. Evelyn STEVENS, Team Specialized - Lululemon, at :17

Garmin-Sharp sprinter has had some near misses this season, but no victories

1. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Nissan, in 7:13 2. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, at :7 3. Sylvain CHAVANEL, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :7 4. Tejay VAN GARDEREN, BMC Racing, at :10 5. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at :11

The defending champion takes her second consecutive stage win, an individual time trial

Swiss Time Machine storms back for first post-surgery win as Bradley Wiggins scores the first GC shot in Liege

American veteran gets a snazzy new bike for his final Tour, and says he plans to keep riding after retirement

Big George Hincapie has a special-edition BMC for his 17th round of the Tour de France

USADA announces that review panel unanimously supports pursuing a case against seven-time Tour champ

1. Marianne VOS, Stichting Rabo Women Cycling Team, in 3:48:31 2. Shelley OLDS, Aa Drink - Leontien.nl Cycling Team, at 0 3. Giorgia BRONZINI, Diadora - Pasta Zara, at 0 4. Ina TEUTENBERG, Team Specialized - Lululemon, at 0 5. Judith ARNDT, Greenedge - Ais, at 0

Hesjedal is calm heading into the Tour, saying, "I'm going into the biggest bike race in the world, so it's all good"

The defending champ gets off to the best possible start, taking the opener ahead of American Shelly Olds

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Like him or not, Alberto Contador is always a factor in a race — and perhaps never more so than in the Tour he will be missing

Dan Wuori, author of Velo magazine's "At the Back" column, provides his insights on Le Tour 2012

Challenger Bradley Wiggins has the results this season, but Cadel Evans has the title — and he'll fight to defend it

Liquigas-Cannondale captain is a strong descender who hopes to catch the favorites off their guard

The boss of British Cycling and Team Sky fights a two-front war for Tour yellow and Olympic gold

With the FasCat Tour de France training calendar, you can mimic every stage of the Tour in your own riding

The 2012 Tour de France, by the numbers

Aussie team brings sprinters and breakaway opportunists to its debut Tour

Movistar's Spaniard is no time trialist, but hopes to take advantage in other stages

Startlist for the 99th edition of the Tour de France

The big Swiss will face challenges from Martin, Wiggins and Sagan on tight, technical course

The Canadian's not flamboyant, but has the loyalty of his teammates and the tools to win, says Allan Peiper

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The popularity of mountain bike racing is constantly in flux with one new disciplines becoming popular as other ones fade

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Two years ago, Ernest Gagnon weighed 570 pounds. The docs urged surgery, but he chose the bike over the knife

Jens Voigt vows that after retirement he will not attempt a comeback, an ironman or a marathon and will put the suffering behind him

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Smartphone functionality the biggest of recent changes

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Defending champion returns eying a ‘Hat Trick'

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Friction, schmiction, says Horner. "There's no problem with guys on the team. Everyone is professional."

Omega Pharma rider hopes to make the most out of Tour's long time trials

Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda crank sponsor Rotor releases a brand-new aero crankset