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Four recent rock and mudslides hav forced organizers of the Amgen Tour of California to change the route of its fifth stage, removing some of the race's most scenic vistas on California Highway 1.

Collective currently has 14 members (see list below). This small group of leaders within the custom frame building community has reached an agreement with the UCI to reduce the cost of the frame and fork approval process.

Omega Pharma-Lotto brings a mixed squad of stage-hunters as star riders André Greipel and Philippe Gilbert are giving the Giro d’Italia a pass.

Gianni Savio, the debonair Italia director of the modest Androni Giocattoli team, is hoping to pull one more surprise at this month’s Giro d’Italia.

Last year’s Giro d’Italia runner-up David Arroyo will lead his Movistar team for the season’s first grand tour starting Saturday in Torino.

Geox-TMC confirmed its Giro nine, with Denis Menchov and Carlos Sastre leading the formation into the season’s first grand tour.

Roman Kreuziger will lead Astana in a push for the final podium when the Giro d’Italia ends in Milano on May 29.

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National Racing Calendar standings, updated May 2, 2011

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 356 points
• 2. Fabian Cancellara, Leopard Trek, with 236 points
• 3. Cadel Evans, Bmc Racing Team, with 232 points
• 4. Harley Goss Matthew, Htc-Highroad, with 203 points
• 5. Andreas KlÖden, Team Radioshack, with 202 points

BMC benches Alessandro Ballan, Mauro Santambrogio as an Italian inquiry gains steam.

Vincenzo Nibali will carry the Liquigas colors after defending champion Ivan Basso decided to skip the Giro in order to prepare exclusively for the Tour de France.

Tiago Machado will lead RadioShack at the 2011 Giro.

Depending on where you ride, mornings and evenings may still call for warmth

• 1. Charles Huff, Jelly Belly
• 2. Rahsaan Bahati,
• 3. Ben Kersten
• 4. Nicholas Brandt-Sorenson
• 5. Kayle Leo Grande, Monster Media Racing Scvelo

Jake Keough and Theresa Cliff-Ryan kick to victory at the Historic Roswell Criterium.

UnitedHealthcare puts two in the top five in Monday’s final stage in the summit finish up the Naranco climb to end the Vuelta a Asturias on a high note.

Dario Cioni, Thomas Lovkvist headline Team Sky’s Giro d’Italia squad.

Cadel Evans climbs to 3rd in UCI rankings; Philippe Gilbert still leads.

Brice Feillu replaces the injured Daniele Bennati on Leopard-Trek’s 2011 Giro d’Italia roster.

The lone French WorldTour team hopes to win a stage and perhaps put John Gadret into the top 10 overall.

With team star Robert Gesink preparing for the Tour de France, Rabobank won’t have a top GC prospect at the Giro d'Italia, so it will be looking to attack and get into breakaways in hopes of winning a stage.

Casey B. Gibson captures the Gila Monster, the final stage of the 2011 SRAM Tour of the Gila.

Race report

Men’s stage 5

• 1. Francisco Mancebo, Realcyclist.com Cycling Team, in 4:23:24
• 2. Lachlan Morton, Chipotle Development Team, in 4:24:36 at 0:01:12 U25
• 3. Joesph Dombrowski, Trek-Livestrong, in 4:24:38 at 0:01:14 U25
• 4. Dale Parker, Trek-Livestrong, in 4:24:38 at 0:01:14 U25
• 5. Alexander Howes, Chipotle Development Team, in 4:24:38 at 0:01:14 U25

Women’s Stage 5

• 1. DONOVAN Kathryn, Missing Link Coaching Syste, in 3:26:22
• 2. ALBRECHT Lex, Team Juvederm-Specialized, in 3:28:59 at 0:02:37 U26
• 3. LOGAN-SPRENGER, Colavita/forno D'asolo, in 3:31:14 at 0:04:52
• 4. PHILLIPS Jessica, Team Ajax Tavern, in 3:31:18 at 0:04:56
• 5. KACHOREK Emily, Primal/mapmyride, in 3:31:21 at 0:04:59

Men’s FINAL GC

• 1. Francisco Mancebo, Realcyclist.com Cycling Team, in 13:42:58
• 2. Dale Parker, Trek-Livestrong, in 13:46:15 at 0:03:17 U25
• 3. Lachlan Morton, Chipotle Development Team, in 13:46:17 at 0:03:19 U25
• 4. Alexander Howes, Chipotle Development Team, in 13:46:41 at 0:03:43 U25
• 5. Matt Cooke, Team Exergy, in 13:46:42 at 0:03:44

Women’s FINAL GC

• 1. Clara Hughes, Pactimo Cycling Team, in 13:19:15
• 2. Mara Abbott, Diadora-Pasta Zara Team, in 13:22:07 at 0:02:52
• 3. Kathryn Donovan, Missing Link Coaching Systems /, in 13:22:30 at 0:03:15
• 4. Andrea Dvorak, Colavita/forno D'asolo, in 13:24:02 at 0:04:47
• 5. Janel Holcomb, Colavita/forno D'asolo, in 13:24:21 at 0:05:06

PINOS ALTOS, New Mexico (VN) — Francisco "Paco" Mancebo and Clara Hughes each put on impressive displays of power while locking up overall victories Sunday at the SRAM Tour of the Gila.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn demonstrates the process of installing tires with 'no tubes.'

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Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt

• 1. John Degenkolb (Ger), HTC-Highroad , At 4:50:49
• 2. Jérôme Baugnies (Bel), Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, s.t.
• 3. Michael Matthews (Aus), Rabobank Cycling Team, s.t.
• 4. Davy Commeyne (Bel), Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, s.t.
• 5. Laurent Pichon (Fra), Bretagne-Schuller, s.t.

Stage 4

• 1. Victor Cabedo (Esp), Orbea, 4:38:23
• 2. Rory Sutherland (Aus), UnitedHealthcare, at 0:11
• 3. José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp), Movistar, at 0:38
• 4. Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:41
• 5. Rafael Infantino Abreu (Col), at 0:43

GC

• 1. Javier Moreno Bazan (Esp), Caja Rural, 17:02:23
• 2. Constantino Zaballa Gutierrez (Esp), Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia, at 0:13
• 3. Sergio Ferreira Sousa (Por), at 0:36
• 4. Hernani Broco (Por), La-Antarte, at 0:52
• 5. Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Esp), Movistar, at 1:45

Rory Sutherland made the winning breakaway and finished second in stage four at the Vuelta a Asturias in northern Spain.

Johan Bruyneel and Pat McQuaid discuss the radio issue, but only one of them feels chatty afterward.

Germany’s John Degenkolb wins the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt.

Kenny Van Hummel wins the final stage of the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey as Alexander Efimkin wraps up the overall title.

Stage 8

• 1. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned), Skil-Shimano, 3:22:59
• 2. André Greipel (Ger), Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t.
• 3. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita), Lampre-ISD, s.t.
• 4. Tyler Farrar (USA), Garmin-Cervélo, s.t.
• 5. Juan Pablo Forero Carreno (Col), Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Alexander Efimkin (Rus), Team Type 1, 33:45:48
• 2. Andrey Zeits (Kaz), Astana, at 1:13
• 3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Française des Jeux, at 1:33
• 4. Thomas Peterson (USA), Garmin-Cervélo, at 1:50
• 5. Cameron Wurf (Aus), Liquigas-Doimo, at 2:17

Quick Results

• 1. Ben Swift (GBR), Team Sky, in 3:50:51
• 2. Davide Vigano (ITA), Leopard-Trek, s.t.
• 3. Oscar Freire Gomez (ESP), Rabobank Cycling Team, s.t.
• 4. Fabio Sabatini (ITA), Liquigas-Doimo, s.t.
• 5. Enrico Gasparotto (ITA), Astana, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Cadel Evans (Aus), BMC Racing Team, in 16:51:49
• 2. Tony Martin (Ger), HTC-Highroad, at 0:18
• 3. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz), Astana, at 0:19
• 4. Marco Pinotti (Ita), HTC-Highroad, at 0:31
• 5. Benat Intxausti Elorriaga (Spa), Movistar, at 0:41

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) - BMC's Cadel Evans won the Tour de Romandie on Sunday after the fifth and final stage was claimed by Team Sky's British rider Ben Swift.

Women's stage 4

• 1. Clara Hughes, Pactimo Cycling Team, in 1:07:02
• 2. Lauren Tamayo, Peanut Butter & Co.twenty12, at s.t.
• 3. Patuzz Eleonora, Diadora-Pasta Zara Team, at s.t. U26
• 4. Heather Logan-Sprenger, Colavita/forno D'asolo, at s.t.
• 5. Modesta Vzesniauskaite, Colavita/forno D'asolo, at s.t.

Men's stage 4

• 1. Joseph Lewis, Trek-Livestrong, in 1:34:14 at s.t. U25
• 2. Alejandr Borrajo, Jamis Sutter Home P/b Colavita, in 1:34:14 at s.t.
• 3. Aaron Kemps, V Australia Pro Cycling, in 1:34:14 at s.t. U25
• 4. Dan Summerhill, Chipotle Development Team, in 1:34:14 at s.t. U25
• 5. Anibal Borrajo, Jamis Sutter Home P/b Colavita, in 1:34:14 at s.t.

Women's GC

• 1. Clara Hughes, in 9:47:43 Pactimo Cycling Team
• 2. Mara Abbott, in 9:49:36 at 0:01:53 Diadora-Pasta Zara Team
• 3. Rhae Shaw, in 9:50:51 at 0:03:08 CycleU
• 4. Janel Holcomb, in 9:51:08 at 0:03:25 Colavita/Forno d\'Asolo
• 5. Alison Starnes, in 9:52:00 at 0:04:17 Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12

Men's GC

• 1. Francisco Mancebo, in 9:19:44 Realcyclist.com Cycling Team
• 2. Ben Day, in 9:20:59 at 0:01:15 Kenda/5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling p
• 3. Luis Amaran, in 9:21:24 at 0:01:40 Jamis Sutter Home p/b Colavita
• 4. Dale Parker, in 9:21:37 at 0:01:53 Trek-LIVESTRONG
• 5. Lachlan Morton, in 9:21:47 at 0:02:03 Chipotle Development Team

Women

• 1. Theresa Cliff-Ryan, Colavita-forno D'asolo P-b Cook, at 55:13.5
• 2. Erica Allar, Rideclean Presented By Patentit, s.t.
• 3. Christina Gokey-Smith, Rouse Bicycles, at 0:01
• 4. Laura Van Gilder, Mellow Mushroom, at 0:01
• 5. Samantha Schneider, Team Tibco-to The Top, at 0:01

Men

• 1. Luca Damiani, Kenda-5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling, in 36:57.0
• 2. Boy Vanpoppel, Unitedhealthcare Professional C, s.t.
• 3. Christian Helmig, Elbowz Racing, at 0:01
• 4. Andrew Dahlheim, Uci Ct: Bissell Pro Cycling, at 0:01
• 5. Carlos Alzate Escobar, Team Exergy, at 0:01

Luca Damiani and Theresa Cliff-Ryan win the Terrapin Twilight Criterium in Athens, Georgia.

SILVER CITY, New Mexico (VN) — Trek-Livestrong may have lost some big names to the pros in the off season, but you'd never know it at the SRAM Tour of the Gila this week, where a new crop of developing riders stepped up to duplicate its 2010 wins.

Stage 4 (ITT): Aubonne - Signal-de-Bougy

• 1. David ZABRISKIE (USA), Garmin-Cervelo , 27:57
• 2. Richie PORTE (AUS), SaxoBank-Sungard, at 0:02
• 3. Lieuwe WESTRA (NED), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:14
• 4. Bradley WIGGINS (GBR), Team Sky, at 0:18
• 5. Tony MARTIN (GER), HTC-Highroad, at 0:27

GC

• 1. Cadel EVANS (Aus), BMC Racing Team, 13:00:58
• 2. Tony MARTIN (Ger), HTC-Highroad, at 0:18
• 3. Alexandre VINOKOUROV (Kaz), Astana, at 0:19
• 4. Marco PINOTTI (Ita), HTC-Highroad, at 0:31
• 5. Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA (Spa), Movistar, at 0:41

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — VeloNews.com will stream live video of the SRAM Tour of the Gila stage 4 Downtown Silver City Criterium on Saturday, April 4.

Quick Results

• 1. Andrea Guardini (ITA), , 3:05:37
• 2. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (NED), Skil-Shimano, s.t.
• 3. Tyler Farrar (USA), Garmin-Cervelo, s.t.
• 4. André Greipel (GER), Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t.
• 5. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA), Lampre-Farnese Vini, s.t.

GC

• 1. Alexander Efimkin (Russia), Team Type 1 , 30:22:49
• 2. Andrey Zeits (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 1:13
• 3. Thibaut Pinot (France), Française des Jeux, at 1:33
• 4. Thomas Peterson (United States), Garmin-Cervelo, at 1:50
• 5. Cameron Wurf (Australia), Liquigas-Doimo, at 2:17

SIGNAL-DE-BOUGY, Switzerland (VN) — U.S. national time trial champion Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) didn’t get the result he wanted on Saturday’s stage 4 TT at the Tour de Romandie.

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To accompany its new time trial/triathlon shifters, brakes and cranks, Campagnolo is introducing a new, deeper, more aerodynamic wheelset: the Bora Ultra 80.

SILVER CITY, New Mexico (VN) — Folks started speculating Thursday when Tom Zirbel borrowed a bike from the Jamis team when he suffered a mechanical at the Tour of the Gila. On Friday the team announced that it had signed the time trial ace for the rest of the season.

TYRONE, New Mexico (VN) — The Trek-Livestrong development team once again surprised even itself with a blistering time trial win at the Tour of the Gila, when 18-year-old Dale Parker surprised the heavy hitters.

Quick Results

• 1. André Greipel (GER), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 4:27:02
• 2. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (ESP), Caja Rural, s.t.
• 3. Bartosz Huzarski (POL), Team Netapp, s.t.
• 4. Francis Mourey (FRA), Française des Jeux, s.t.
• 5. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (DEN), SaxoBank-Sungard, s.t.

GC

• 1. Alexander Efimkin (Russia), Team Type 1, 27:17:12
• 2. Andrey Zeits (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 1:13
• 3. Thibaut Pinot (France), Française des Jeux, at 1:33
• 4. Thomas Peterson (United States), Garmin-Cervelo, at 1:50
• 5. Cameron Wurf (Australia), Liquigas-Doimo, at 2:17

Tom Peterson (Garmin-Cervélo) saw the leader’s jersey slip away in Friday’s sixth stage at the Tour of Turkey when a 25-man breakaway stayed clear to put Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1) into the lead with just two stages to go.

Quick Results

• 1. Alexander Vinokourov , (Kaz) Astana , in 3:47:55
• 2. Mikael Cherel , (F) Ag2r La Mondiale, s.t.
• 3. Tony Martin , (G) HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 4. Ben Swift , (GB) Team Sky, s.t.
• 5. Oscar Freire Gomez , (Sp) Rabobank Cycling Team, s.t.

GC

• 1. Pavel Brutt , (Rus) Team Katusha , in 12:31:34
• 2. Alexandre Vinokourov , (Kaz) Astana, at 0:32
• 3. Damiano Cunego , (I) Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0:38
• 4. Cadel Evans , (Aus) BMC Racing Team, at 0:42
• 5. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui , (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:46

Top pros to kick the Whiskey in Arizona off with a fat-tire crit. Then it's 50 miles for pros & ams

The UCI has called on the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Vuelta a España runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera.

Venerable Belgian company's all-mountain MTB helmet gets inspiration from Brian Lopes