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Stage 3

• 1. Hernani Broco (Por), La-Antarte, 4:04:47
• 2. Ricardo Mestre (Por), Palmeiras Resort / Prio, same time
• 3. Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por), Palmeiras Resort / Prio, at 0:06
• 4. Virgilio Martins Dos Santos (Por), La-Antarte, at 0:06
• 5. Nelson Victorino (Por), Palmeiras Resort / Prio, at 0:06

GC

• 1. Hernani Broco (Por), La-Antarte, 13:51:17
• 2. Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro (Por), Rabobank Continental Team, at 0:04
• 3. Ricardo Mestre (Por), Palmeiras Resort / Prio, at 0:16
• 4. Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por), Palmeiras Resort / Prio, at 0:20
• 5. Virgilio Martins Dos Santos (Por), La-Antarte, at 0:27

Stage 5

• 1. Mikel Landa Meana (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 4:00:20
• 2. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp), Geox-TMC, at 0:03
• 3. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp), Team Katusha, at 0:12
• 4. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp), Team Katusha, at 0:17
• 5. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:33

Final GC

• 1. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp), Team Katusha, 15:12:34
• 2. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp), Team Katusha, at 0:36
• 3. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp), Geox-TMC, at 0:45
• 4. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 1:23
• 5. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 1:52

Joaquim "Purito" Rodríguez (Katusha) hung on in Sunday's mountaintop finish to secure a morale-boosting victory at the Vuelta a Burgos just two weeks ahead of the start of the Vuelta a España.

The Bend, Oregon-resident won the Downieville All-Mountain World Championship last year on Giant's Anthem X 29er full-suspension bike, and is roundly considered one of the best descenders on the North American cross-country circuit.

If you're looking for a group ride or some pro advice on the Leadville Trail 100, this is the place to be.

Bobby Sweeting (Kenda-Geargrinder) and Leah Kirchmann (Colavita-Forno d'Asolo) win stage 2 of the sixth annual Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove.

Peter Kraiker shoots stage 2 of the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove.

Graham Watson's shots from the final stage of the 2011 Tour of Denmark.

Stage 6

• 1. Theo Bos (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, 3:27:51
• 2. Sacha Modolo (Ita), Colnago-CSF, same time
• 3. Manuel Belletti (Ita), Colnago-CSF, s.t.
• 4. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel), Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.
• 5. Angelo Furlan (Ita), Team Stenca Trading, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Simon Gerrans (Aus), Team Sky, 19:12:01
• 2. Daniele Bennati (Ita), Leopard-Trek, at 0:09
• 3. Michael Morkov (Den), Saxo Bank-Sungard, at 0:29
• 4. Damien Gaudin (Fra), Europcar, at 0:33
• 5. Alex Dowsett (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:41

Simon Gerrans (Sky) won the Tour of Denmark on Sunday as Theo Bos (Rabobank) sprinted to victory in the final stage.

Omega Pharma-Lotto standout Philippe Gilbert will start the Eneco Tour this week looking for the top placing that could dislodge Tour de France champion Cadel Evans from the world's No. 1 ranking.

Stage 2

• 1. Robert Sweeting (USA), Kenda Pro Cycling-Spinergy, 3:22:07
• 2. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub), Jamis-Sutter Home, at 0:03
• 3. Giampaolo Cheula (Ita), Geox-TMC, at 0:59
• 4. Andrew Dahlheim (USA), Bissell Pro Cycling, at 1:03
• 5. Chad Haga (USA), Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 1:01

GC

• 1. Luis Romero Amaran (Cub), Jamis-Sutter Home, 3:30:51
• 2. Robert Sweeting (USA), Kenda Pro Cycling-Spinergy, at 0:03
• 3. Chad Haga (USA), Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 0:57
• 4. Fred Rodriguez (USA), Team Exergy, at 1:02
• 5. Darren Rolfe (Aus), Fly V Australia, at 1:08

Experiment beforehand, not on race day. Sip steadily instead of chugging occasionally. Drink at least one bottle (or the equivalent thereof) per hour. And make sure your drink of choice is fortified with electrolytes and carbohydrates, not just plain water.

Todd Wells' Specialized S-Works Stumpjumper 29er

Graham Watson snaps the time trial at the Tour of Denmark.

Stage 2

• 1. Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro (Por), Rabobank Continental Team, 5:08:18
• 2. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Lampre-ISD, at 0:02
• 3. Alessandro Bisolti (Ita), Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli, at 0:04
• 4. Hernani Broco (Por), La-Antarte, at 0:04
• 5. Andre Fernando S. Martins Cardoso (Por), Palmeiras Resort-Prio, at 0:04

GC

• 1. Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro (Por), Rabobank Continental Team, 9:46:16
• 2. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Lampre-ISD, at 0:12
• 3. Hernani Broco (Por), La-Antarte, at 0:24
• 4. Alessandro Bisolti (Ita), Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli, at 0:25
• 5. Julien Antomarchi (Fra), Velo-Club La Pomme Marseille, at 0:27

Stage 5

• 1. Richie Porte (Aus), Saxo Bank-Sungard, 15:09
• 2. Gustav Larsson (Swe), Saxo Bank-Sungard, at 0:10
• 3. Alex Dowsett (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:17
• 4. Rasmus Christian Quaade (Den), Team Concordia-Vesthimmerland Procycling, at 0:24
• 5. Simon Gerrans (Aus), Team Sky, at 0:29

GC

• 1. Simon Gerrans (Aus), Team Sky, 15:44:13
• 2. Daniele Bennati (Ita), Leopard-Trek, at 0:08
• 3. Michael Morkov (Den), Saxo Bank-Sungard, at 0:26
• 4. Damien Gaudin (Fra), Europcar, at 0:30
• 5. Alex Dowsett (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:38

Marco Pinotti, one of the veteran members of the HTC-Highroad team, says he cannot fully understand why cycling's most successful team is shutting down at the end of this season after a sponsor search came up short.

Stage 7

• 1. Marcel Kittel (Ger), Skil-Shimano, at 2:50:00
• 2. Peter Sagan (Svk), Liquigas-Cannondale, s.t.
• 3. Leigh Howard (Aus), HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 4. Heinrich Haussler (Aus), Garmin-Cervélo, s.t.
• 5. Marco Marcato (Ita), Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Peter Sagan (Svk), Liquigas-Cannondale, 26:40:00
• 2. Daniel Martin (Irl), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:06
• 3. Marco Marcato (Ita), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:07
• 4. Wouter Poels (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:23
• 5. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:25

Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) won the 68th Tour of Poland on Saturday after finishing second on the final stage.

Stage 1

• 1. Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro (Por), Rabobank Continental Team, at 4:35:06
• 2. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Lampre-ISD, s.t.
• 3. Antonio Carvalho (Por), s.t.
• 4. Emanuel Vona (Ita), Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli, s.t.
• 5. Diego Milan Jimenez (Esp), Caja Rural, s.t.

GC

• 1. Sergio Miguel Vieira Ribeiro (Por), Rabobank Continental Team, 4:38:10
• 2. Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita), Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli, s.t.
• 3. Hugo Sabido (Por), La-Antarte, s.t.
• 4. Francesco Gavazzi (Ita), Lampre-ISD, at 0:04
• 5. Filipe Duarte Sousa Cardoso (Por), Rabobank Continental Team, at 0:05

Asking a group of mountain bike racers what's the right bike for the Leadville 100 is like asking a kitchen full of master chefs what's the best thing they ever ate. A wide variety of answers is guaranteed – and there is likely merit to all of them.

Peter Kraiker shoots stage 1 of the 2011 Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove.

Stage 4

• 1. Sacha Modolo (Ita), Colnago-CSF, 2:25:20
• 2. Jure Kocjan (Slo), Team Type 1, same time
• 3. Daniele Bennati (Ita), Leopard-Trek, s.t.
• 4. Manuel Belletti (Ita), Colnago-CSF, s.t.
• 5. Pim Ligthart (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.

GC

• 1. Simon Gerrans (Aus), Team Sky, 15:28:35
• 2. Matti Breschel (Den), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:04
• 3. Daniele Bennati (Ita), Leopard-Trek, at 0:06
• 4. Michael Morkov (Den), Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:09
• 5. Bertjan Lindeman (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:17

Stage 4

• 1. Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Esp), Team Katusha, 168km in 3:44:28
• 2. Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:01
• 3. Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp), Movistar, at 0:01
• 4. Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Esp), Orbea, at 0:01
• 5. Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Esp), Geox-TMC, at 0:01

GC

Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare) and Anne Samplonius (NOW-Novartis) won the kickoff to the Alexian Brothers Tour of Elk Grove in Illnois on Friday.

Tour of Elk Grove, stage 1

• 1. Karl Menzies (Aus), UnitedHealthcare, 7.2km in 8:26
• 2. Tom Zirbel (USA), Jamis-Sutter Home, same time
• 3. Westley Gough (Nzl), Joker Merida, at 0:02
• 4. Rory Sutherland (Aus), UnitedHealthcare, at 0:02
• 5. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg), Jamis-Sutter Home, at 0:04

GC

• 1. Karl Menzies (Aus), UnitedHealthcare, 8:26
• 2. Tom Zirbel (USA), Jamis-Sutter Home, same time
• 3. Westley Gough (Nzl), Joker Merida, at 0:02
• 4. Rory Sutherland (Aus), UnitedHealthcare, at 0:02
• 5. Jose Fernando Antogna (Arg), Jamis-Sutter Home, at 0:04

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Earlier this year VeloNews tech editor Nick Legan rode with the Rapha Continental team to scout the stages of the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado. VeloNews and Rapha partnered to produce videos about the stages. Earlier this week we posted the first video and Nick's article about the ride. Today we are sharing the video about stage 1, from Salida to Crested Butte.

The news of HTC-Highroad’s collapse was yet another blow to absorb for Craig Lewis, who can only describe the past three months as “a rough summer.”

Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com added strength to the team’s women’s side this week with the addition of U.S. masters national champion Nicole Duke. In her third season of elite cyclocross racing, Duke will focus on a return to Europe and a run at the world championships in Koksijde, Belgium.

Three-time Tour of Denmark overall winner Jakob Fuglsang (Leopard-Trek) won Friday's stage 3 of the race, while Team Sky's Simon Gerrans took second and the overall lead.

• 1. Movistar Team, in 9:54
• 2. Katusha Team at 10
• 3. Acqua & Sapone at 13
• 4. Saur - Sojasun at 17
• 5. Caja Rural at 19

Stage

• 1. Jakob FUGLSANG, (DEN) Leopard-Trek, in 4:29:38
• 2. Simon GERRANS, (AUS) Team Sky, at 2
• 3. Daniele BENNATI, (ITA) Leopard-Trek, at 11
• 4. Niki OSTERGAARD, (DEN) Glud & Marstrand Horsens, at 13
• 5. Bertjan LINDEMAN, (NED) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 13

GC

• 1. Simon GERRANS, (Australia) Team Sky, in 13:03:15
• 2. Matti BRESCHEL, (Denmark) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 4
• 3. Daniele BENNATI, (Italy) Leopard-Trek, at 8
• 4. Michael MORKOV, (Denmark) Saxobank-Sungard, at 9
• 5. Bertjan LINDEMAN, (Netherlands) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 17

WARSAW (AFP) - Ireland's Daniel Martin of the Garmin-Carvelo team took the overall Tour of Poland race lead after winning Friday's 207.7km sixth stage around Bukowina Tatrzanska.

Stage

• 1. Daniel MARTIN, (IRL) Garmin-Cervelo, in 5:41:05
• 2. Wouter POELS, (NED) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 1
• 3. Marco MARCATO, (ITA) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 4
• 4. Przemyslaw NIEMIEC, (POL) Lampre-Isd, at 4
• 5. Tiago MACHADO, (POR) Team RadioShack, at 6

GC

• 1. Daniel MARTIN, (Ireland) Garmin-Cervelo, in 23:50:06
• 2. Peter SAGAN, (Slovakia) Liquigas-Cannondale, at 3
• 3. Marco MARCATO, (Italy) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 3
• 4. Wouter POELS, (Netherlands) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 17
• 5. Peter KENNAUGH, (Great Britain) Team Sky, at 19

Rémy Di Gregorio will return to a French squad in 2012 after signing with Cofidis, the team announced Friday. Di Gregorio, 26, will leave Astana at the end of the season.

Find out how you deal with the altitude at the Leadville Trail 100 in this exclusive video feature from the Herbalife24 Basecamp.

The Twitter airwaves were alive with reactions to Thursday's surprise announcement that HTC-Highroad would fold at the end of the 2011 season.

With the collapse of the HTC-Highroad team at the end of the 2011 season, all eyes are on where cycling's most productive sprinter will land next year.

Light carbon climbing wheels at a good price

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Tom Danielson has waited his entire career for a major stage race in Colorado and the Garmin-Cervélo rider thinks he has the genetics and experience at altitude to contend for the overall win in the inaugural USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

July has come and gone and with the Cascade Classic came the second half of the U.S. racing season. The Tour of Elk Grove opens Friday and kicks off the busiest August in memory. Between two major stage races in Utah and Colorado and a run of national criteriums, the eighth month of the year is one of its fullest.

Iñigo Cuesta, the veteran Spanish rider on Caja Rural, is likely racing his final event in this week's Vuelta a Burgos.

New Australian team GreenEDGE has rolled out the first of many arrivals for its debut season next year.

PRESS RELEASE: GreenEDGE signs Bobridge and Meyer brothers

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Stage

• 1. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, in 3:26:22
• 2. Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 3
• 3. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 7
• 4. Julien SIMON, (FRA) Saur-Sojasun, at 9
• 5. Juan Jose COBO ACEBO, (ESP) Geox-Tmc, at 10

GC

• 1. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (Spain) Team Katusha, in 7:17:29
• 2. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, (Spain) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 7
• 3. David LOPEZ GARCIA, (Spain) Movistar, at 17
• 4. Sergio PARDILLA BELLON, (Spain) Movistar, at 17
• 5. Juan Jose COBO ACEBO, (Spain) Geox-Tmc, at 18

Prologue

• 1. Hugo SABIDO, (POR) La-Antarte, in 3:04
• 2. Filipe Duarte sousa CARDOSO, (POR) Rabobank Continental Team, at 6
• 3. Bruno SILVA, (POR) La-Antarte, at 6
• 4. Sergio Ferreira SOUSA, (POR) Rabobank Continental Team, at 7
• 5. Ricardo VILELA, (POR) Onda, at 7

We have a chat with Brian and Chris of Cycles of Life bike shop in Leadville, CO.

Taylor Phinney will skip the opportunity to inherit the leader’s jersey his father Davis last held at the Coors Classic in 1988. Phinney’s BMC Racing team confirmed Thursday that the neo-pro would start his first grand tour, the Vuelta a Expaña, this month, instead of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

Bob Stapleton, owner of HTC-Highroad, confirmed Thursday that he was unable to secure a satisfactory sponsorship partner to carry the team forward at the competitive and ethical level that he and his staff wanted.

Amgen, the biotech corporation that has been the title sponsor of the Tour of California since its inaugural event in 2006, will continue with the race through 2013, Sports Business Daily reported Thursday.

Get a feel for the 100 miles of Leadville trail that riders face in the 2011 Leadville Trail 100 race.

• 1. Rémi CUSIN, (FRA) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, in 4:34:19
• 2. Matti BRESCHEL, (DEN) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0
• 3. Daniele BENNATI, (ITA) Leopard-Trek, at 2
• 4. Sacha MODOLO, (ITA) Colnago-Csf, at 2
• 5. Daniele COLLI, (ITA) Geox-Tmc, at 2

PARIS (AFP) - Kazakhstan's Andrey Kashechkin announced Thursday he would race the Vuelta a España this month with former team Astana, with whom he has signed a deal until the end of 2013.

• 1. Peter SAGAN, (SVK) Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4:52:26
• 2. Michael MATTHEWS, (AUS) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0
• 3. Heinrich HAUSSLER, (AUS) Garmin-Cervelo, at 0
• 4. Marco MARCATO, (ITA) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 0
• 5. Peter KENNAUGH, (GBR) Team Sky, at 0

PARIS (AFP) - Frenchman Tony Gallopin will ride for RadioShack as of next season after signing a two-year deal with the American outfit, according to the French Cycling Federation (ffc.fr) Thursday.

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) will ride a criterium in the hometown of Bjarne Riis on August 12, but whether he'll race again this season remains up in the air.

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BUENOS AIRES (AFP) - Italy's Olympic cycling champion Attilio Pavesi has died aged 100 in a retirement home in Buenos Aires, his family announced on Wednesday.

Due to a change in security protocol at the United States Air Force Academy, the location of the USA Cycling 24-Hour Mountain Bike National Championships has been changed from the Academy to Palmer Park in Colorado Springs. The date of the event remains Oct. 1-2, 2011.

Nate covers his background and how he got started in mountain biking and now rides for Team Herbalife24

Rebecca Rusch covers her history at the Leadville 100 race and future plans.

• 1. Sacha MODOLO, Colnago-Csf, in 3:59:21
• 2. Matti BRESCHEL, Rabobank Cycling Team at s.t.
• 3. Michael MORKOV, Saxobank-Sungard at s.t.
• 4. Daniele COLLI, Geox-Tmc at s.t.
• 5. Andrea PASQUALON, Colnago-Csf at s.t.

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Sébastien Rosseler will add more time trial and classics zip to Garmin-Cervélo in 2012.

Liquigas-Cannondale's Slovak phenom, Peter Sagan, won Wednesday's stage 4 of the 2011 Tour of Poland, taking over the race lead from Skil-Shimano's Marcel Kittel, who won the race's first three stages.

Stage 4

• 1. Peter SAGAN, (SVK) Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4:21:15
• 2. Daniel MARTIN, (IRL) Garmin-Cervelo, at 3
• 3. Marco MARCATO, (ITA) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 3
• 4. Paul MARTENS, (GER) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 3
• 5. Fabian WEGMANN, (GER) Leopard-Trek, at 3

• 1. Peter SAGAN, (Slovakia) Liquigas-Cannondale, in 13:16:35
• 2. Marco MARCATO, (Italy) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 5
• 3. Romain FEILLU, (France) Vacansoleil-Dcm, at 7
• 4. Daniel MARTIN, (Ireland) Garmin-Cervelo, at 7
• 5. Manuel Antonio Leal CARDOSO, (Portugal) Team RadioShack, at 13

• 1. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi, in 3:51:07
• 2. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 0
• 3. Sergio PARDILLA BELLON, (ESP) Movistar, at 4
• 4. Denis MENCHOV, (RUS) Geox-Tmc, at 4
• 5. David LOPEZ GARCIA, (ESP) Movistar, at 4