All Content

Here is a Mavic free hub overhaul shown by Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn shows us how to install a rear brake hose.

Whether in Sedona or Berlin, Lennard Zinn says Uvex products are made to protect you

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

There’s perhaps no better indication of an athlete’s strength and form than time-trial performances. There were three major TTs this past weekend, and they were all won by riders from teams in the Anglo Empire: Brad Wiggins of Team Sky at Germany’s Tour of Bavaria; David Millar of Garmin-Cervélo at the Giro d’Italia; and Dave Zabriskie, also of Garmin, at the U.S. national TT championship.

Sixteen year old Addyson Albershardt from Charlotte, North Carolina, a member of the new NOW and Novartis for MS professional women’s cycling team, described why she is proud to be apart of a new team that actively supports muscular sclerosis.

Recent Amgen Tour of California winner Chris Horner attributed his impressive climbing at the race, in part, to his ability to shed weight prior to the race, and told VeloNews his biggest concern heading into the Tour de France will be how to stay lean while in Europe.

The latest in the series of videos of top riders talking about their start in the sport.

What does two-time Olympian Wells think of the London venue?

Andrew Messick, president of AEG Sports and the man in charge of the past four editions of the Amgen Tour of California, will leave his post next month to take a new position as CEO of the World Triathlon Corporation, the company that organizes, promotes and licenses the Ironman brand.

PARIS (AFP) — Alberto Contador edged closer to taking part in the 2011 Tour de France after his doping hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) was set for August 1-3.

Theresa Cliff-Ryan (Forno d'Asolo-Colavita) and Tim Gudsell (PureBlack Racing) won Monday's Tour of Somerville criterium in New Jersey.

Random memories…

Check out Brian Holcombe's author page.

Lennard fields questions about thumping front rims, removing stickers from carbon and malfunctioning Shimano Di2 shifters.

Vuelta a Espana officials confirmed that four wildcard teams will start the 2011 edition of the Spanish tour, set to start Aug. 20 in Benidorm with a team time trial.

Alberto Contador received a hero's welcome Monday in Spain following his Giro d'Italia victory, but remained cautioned on a possible start in next month's Tour de France.

The road to the Tour de France heads through Switzerland for the Schleck brothers and time trial star Fabian Cancellara.

Brett Tivers and Veronique Fortin win in the Green Mountain state.

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

GREENVILLE, South Carolina (VN) – Jeremy Powers was recovering Monday evening from injuries sustained in a crash early in the U.S. pro road championships. The Jelly Belly-Kenda rider was thought to have broken ribs in a crash that caught him from behind.

GREENVILLE, South Carolina (VN) — Three-time U.S. road champion George Hincapie wanted hard racing Monday. His BMC Racing teammates gave him just that at the USA Cycling Professional National Championships and they weren’t alone.

BMC Racing Team announced Monday it will immediately lift the suspension it imposed on Alessandro Ballan and Mauro Santambrogio, originally announced on May 2.

• 1. Matthew Busche, Team RadioShack, in 4.28:02
• 2. George Hincapie, BMC Racing Team, in
• 3. Ted King, Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4.28:04
• 4. Tejay Van Garderen, HTC-Highroad, in 4.28:09
• 5. Kyle Wamsley, Bissell Cycling, in 4.29:31

Check out Casey B. Gibson's author page.

• 1. Matthew Busche, Team RadioShack, in 4.28:02
• 2. George Hincapie, BMC Racing Team, in
• 3. Ted King, Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4.28:04
• 4. Tejay Van Garderen, HTC-Highroad, in 4.28:09
• 5. Kyle Wamsley, Bissell Cycling, in 4.29:31

TEHRAN (VN) — The International Presidency Tour is in its fourth year and the parcours make this race one of toughest in the world with the race crossing 3,400-meter mountain passes. Many of the foreign teams were shocked to see the stage profiles with only a few days' notice, which suddenly turned the 708km five-day race into a race from hell, designed for bantam weight climbers.

Women’s final GC

• 1. Veronique Fortin, Pk Express/hnz Strategic.com
• 2. Veronique Labonte, Team Juvederm-Specialized
• 3. Sue Schlatter, Stevens Racing P/b The Cyclery
• 4. Susan Palmer-Komar, Pk Express/hnz Strategic.com
• 5. Kristen Gohr, Stage5/cycling Fusion

Men’s final overall

• 1. Brett Tivers, Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton Rose, in 5:43:21
• 2. Hugo Houle, Independant, in 5:43:30
• 3. Rémi Pelletier-Roy, Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton Rose, in 5:44:22
• 4. Sean Smith, J.a.m. Fund / Ncc, in 5:44:54
• 5. Arnaud Papillon, Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton Rose, in 5:44:56

Women

• 1. Theresa Cliff-Ryan, Colavita/forno D'asolo P/b Coo
• 2. Laura Van Gilder, Mellow Mushroom
• 3. Lenore Pipes, Guam National Team
• 4. Giorgia BRONZINI, Colavita Forno D'asolo
• 5. Christine Fennessy, South Mountain Cycles

Men

• 1. Timothy GUDSELL, Pure Black Racing
• 2. Karl MENZIES, Unitedhealthcare Professional
• 3. Eric Young, Uci Ct: Bissell Pro Cycling
• 4. Alejandro Borrajo, Jamis Sutter Home
• 5. Matthias FRIEDEMANN, Team Champion System

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard), his nation and his team each zoomed up the UCI WorldTour rankings, released Monday following the completion of the Giro d'Italia.

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto (olo), with 356 points (1)
• 2. Alberto Contador Velasco, Saxo Bank Sungard (sbs), with 349 points (17)
• 3. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd (lam), with 348 points (6)
• 4. Fabian Cancellara, Leopard Trek (leo), with 236 points (2)
• 5. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team (BMC), with 232 points (3)

I felt like a rock star racing in the USA’s most prestigious race in the stars and stripes for the winning team.

MILAN, Italy (VN) — How far can Alberto Contador go? That's the question that many are asking after Sunday's victory at the 2011 Giro d'Italia, when Contador claimed his sixth grand tour victory in his young, but controversial career.

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

Gregg Bleakney leaves the photo pit and wanders around the piazza in Milan as the 2011 Giro d'Italia comes to a close.

• 1. Ramon SINKELDAM, (NED), at 4:24:33
• 2. Jasper STUYVEN, (BEL), at 9
• 3. Jacob RATHE, (USA), at 12
• 4. Arnaud DEMARE, (FRA), at 17
• 5. Andrew FENN, (GBR), at 19

Will Alberto Contador race the Tour de France? That depends on how he recovers — and how the Court of Arbitration for Sport rules on his ongoing clenbuterol case.

Alberto Contador’s face didn’t give anything away Sunday as Giro organizers played a wrong Spanish national anthem associated with Franco’s fascist regime during Sunday’s post-race celebration.

Check out Brian Holcombe's author page.

1. David Millar (GBR), Garmin-Cervélo 2. Alex Rasmussen (DEN), HTC-Highroad, at 7 3. Alberto Contador Velasco (ESP), SaxoBank-Sungard, at 36 4. Richie Porte (AUS), SaxoBank-Sungard, at 43 5. Yaroslav Popovych (UKR), Team RadioShack, at 55

Alberto Contador locked up the 2011 Giro d’Italia with a strong third-place ride in the final-stage time trial in Milan, a stage won by Garmin-Cervélo’s David Millar.

Stage 5

• 1. André GREIPEL, (GER) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 3:51:43
• 2. Aidis KRUOPIS, (LTU) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, at 0
• 3. Luca PAOLINI, (ITA) Team Katusha, at 0
• 4. Adrien PETIT, (FRA) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0
• 5. Allan DAVIS, (AUS) Astana, at 0

FINAL GC

• 1. Philippe GILBERT, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 16:48:46
• 2. Greg VAN AVERMAET, (BEL) BMC Racing Team, at 20
• 3. Björn LEUKEMANS, (BEL) Vacansoleil-DCM, at 36
• 4. Bert DE WAELE, (BEL) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, at 1:03
• 5. Pim LIGTHART, (NED) Vacansoleil-DCM, at 1:16

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

Solid teamwork and cunning strategy made the difference for the winners of the pro men’s and pro women’s Summit Criterium on day one of the two-day Superior Morgul Classic Saturday in Superior, Colorado.

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

MILAN, Italy (VN) ─ The 2011 Giro d'Italia was called by some the hardest in years. Going into Sunday's final stage, 159 survivors were lining up for the final act into Milano.

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

David Zabriskie on course during the 2011 USA Cycling pro time trial.

Casey B. Gibson was snapping away in South Carolina during the USA Cycling pro time-trial championships.

The 20-year-old BMC Racing neo-pro, who could manage only seventh place in the race against the clock, said he struggled to recover from the hardest race of his life and is tired of talking about the problems that have marked much of his rookie season.

Results

• 1. David Zabriskie, Team Garmin-Cervélo, 40:23.5
• 2. Tom Zirbel, Jamis-Sutter Home, 40:54.8
• 3. Matthew Busche, Team RadioShack, 41:22.1
• 4. Brent Bookwalter, BMC Racing Team, 41:22.2
• 5. Benjamin King, Team RadioShack, 41:42.6

In a Giro in which the mountains played such a central role, it was fitting that everyone who had anything left in the tank threw it all on the line.

Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Cervélo) won the individual time trial on Saturday at the USA Cycling pro road championships in Greenville, South Carolina.

Ned Overend wins his fifth Iron Horse Bicycle Classic road race as Mara Abbott wins her fourth in a row.

When I described the course of the Giro’s final time trial to my cab driver as we drove from my hotel to the Milan central train station, “That’s horrendous! I’m going to stay home that day; there’s no point to even taking my taxi out!”

GREENVILLE, South Carolina (VN) - Scott Zwizanski is a late scratch for the time trial at the U.S. Professional National Championships in Greenville, South Carolina.

1. Vasili Kiryienka (BLR), Movistar,6:17:03 2. José Rujano Guillen (VEN), Androni Giocattoli, at 4:43 3. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (ESP), Team Katusha, at 4:50 4. Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (COL), Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo, at 5:31

Vasili Kiryienka wins the 20th stage of the Giro d'Italia after spending more than 200km on the attack in the 242km race from Verbania to Sestriere.

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

Check out CyclingTips's author page.

Stage 3

• 1. Aidis KRUOPIS, (LTU) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, at 4:21:41
• 2. Stefan VAN DIJK, (NED), at 0
• 3. Pim LIGTHART, (NED) Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0
• 4. Allan DAVIS, (AUS) Astana, at 0
• 5. Pieter GHYLLEBERT, (BEL) AN Post-Sean Kelly Team, at 0

GC after stage 3

• 1. Philippe GILBERT, Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 8:06:29 Belgium
• 2. André GREIPEL, Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 1 Germany
• 3. Dominique CORNU, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, at 4 Belgium
• 4. Maarten WYNANTS, Rabobank Cycling Team, at 9 Belgium
• 5. Pim LIGTHART, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 10 Netherlands

Tom Zirbel's Jamis Xenith T2 time trial machine