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A quadricep injury will keep Cadel Evans from starting Sunday's Amstel Gold Race, but the former world champion said his recovery is going well and he remains on track to focus on the Tour de France, BMC reported on Thursday.

Things are never easy for Alberto Contador these days. The start of Wednesday’s first stage at the Vuelta a Castilla y León was delayed when the president of the jury demanded to see Contador’s racing license.

European sports officials took fresh shots at cycling as the specter of doping once again hangs over to the sport going into the season’s grand tours.

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Sean Madsen answers a reader's question on hand numbness

Must Reads: Voigt thanks Basque fans; Ricco denies blood doping

Sometimes I laugh so hard I cry. Last week during the behind-the-scenes moments of the Redlands Bicycle Classic, my teammates did a good job of helping me with my core training through laughter.

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2011 Brabantse Pijl

• 1. Philippe GILBERT (BEL), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 4:40:38
• 2. Björn LEUKEMANS (BEL), Vacansoleil-DCM, same time
• 3. Anthony GESLIN (FRA), Française des Jeux, at 1:03
• 4. Johnny HOOGERLAND (NED), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 1:03
• 5. Bram TANKINK (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:04

Stage 1: Medina de Ríoseco - Palencia

• 1. Francisco José VENTOSO ALBERDI (ESP), Movistar, in 4:12:57
• 2. Manuel BELLETTI (ITA), Colnago-CSF, s.t.
• 3. Marko KUMP (SLO), Geox-TMC, s.t.
• 4. Luke ROBERTS (AUS), SaxoBank-Sungard, s.t.
• 5. Russell DOWNING (GBR), Team Sky, s.t.

General Classification

• 1. Francisco José VENTOSO ALBERDI (Spain), Movistar, in 4:12:57
• 2. Manuel BELLETTI (Italy), Colnago-CSF, s.t.
• 3. Marko KUMP (Slovenia), Geox-TMC, s.t.
• 4. Luke ROBERTS (Australia), SaxoBank-Sungard, s.t.
• 5. Russell DOWNING (Great Britain), Team Sky, s.t.

Going to Sea Otter? Try to win a custom Air 9 bike. No Otter? Try online auctions for frames.

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A reader has a new set of wheels with tubeless tires, but the darn things leak. Lennard goes through the steps that you - or your bike shop - need to follow to keep air where it belongs.

Back home after Roubaix, it’s time to look through photos from the weekend.

Depending on whose viewpoint you want to believe, the Garmin-Cervélo team was either (1) totally brilliant or (2) toxically negative.

PARIS (AFP) - RadioShack's Sebastien Rosseler will be out to defend his title in the Belgian semi-classic Fleche Brananconne Wednesday as the peloton say a weary goodbye to the cobbles in anticipation of the hillier Ardennes classics.

More on 2x drivetrains; why twitchy or slow and a thought on clean brake fluid

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Just like last year New York event was in question, but the show will go on

Fifteen years after the last Tour DuPont passed through its streets, Richmond is hoping to reunite with the international cycling community. Richmond stands alongside the sultanate of Oman as one of two bidders for the 2015 championships.

Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com) and Amber Neben (HTC-Highroad) remain in the lead of the National Racing Calendar individual rankings despite not competing in this weekend's NRC event, the Sunny King Criterium in Alabama.

Men:

• 1. Francisco Mancebo, Realcyclist.com, with 217 points
• 2. Benjamin Jacques-Maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling Team, with 140 points
• 3. Jonathan Cantwell, with 110 points
• 4. Christopher Baldwin, with 106 points
• 5. Andres Diaz Corales, Team Exergy, with 98 points

Women:

• 1. Amber Neben, Htc - Highroad Women, with 217 points
• 2. Erinne Willock, Team Tibco/to The Top, with 130 points
• 3. Evelyn Stevens, Htc - Highroad Women, with 116 points
• 4. Carmen Small, Team Tibco/to The Top, with 113 points
• 5. Janel Holcomb, Colavita/forno D'asolo, with 103 points

ROUBAIX, France (VN) — Jonathan Vaughters finally landed a big fish. And it doesn't get any bigger than Paris-Roubaix.

USA Cycling has adjusted results for three masters national road championships following the suspension of Peter Cannell last week.

UCI World Rankings, updated April 11, 2011

ROUBAIX, France (VN) — David Veilleux (Europcar) made the most of his Paris-Roubaix debut with an impressive top-25 finish after riding in the day's main breakaway in Sunday's battle across the cobbles.

Tour of the Battenkill

• 1. Brett Tivers, Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton Rose, 4:07:37
• 2. Jesse Anthony, Kbs-Optumhealth, at 0:11
• 3. Brendan Housler, Mt. Borah Custom Apparel / Minerva Design, at 0:47
• 4. Bobby Lea, Pure Energy Cycing/proairhfa, at 0:55
• 5. Shaun Mc Carthy, Garneau-Club Chaussures-Norton Rose, at 0:56

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VeloNews editor in chief Ben Delaney catches the action in the fabled forest as the fans grill, chill and thrill.

“Honestly, I enjoyed myself today,” said U.S> national champion Ben King. “I’ve never done anything like it before. It was unbelievable.”

RENO, Nev. (VN) — The ninth week of collegiate racing for the WCCC continued on the weekend of April 9-10, hosted by University of Nevada-Reno. The driving distance of the race had deterred many from attending the race, but still a significant amount flocked to Northern Nevada to attempt to gain points for their team.

Supporting a team at Paris-Roubaix is a tough hustle. VeloNews hitched a ride in a Garmin team car to find out just how tough.

• 1936 Philemon Demeersman (BEL)
• 1937 Adolphe Braeckeveldt (BEL)
• 1938 Émile Masson Jr. (BEL)
• 1939 Edmond Delathouwer (BEL)
• 1940 No race

2010- Emma Pooley (GBR) 2009- Marianne Vos (NED) 2008- Marianne Vos (NED) 2007- Marianne Vos (NED) 2006- Nicole Cooke (GBR)

What a difference a year makes: A DNF at Paris-Roubaix in 2010, Johan Van Summeren wins the race in 2011 with a well-timed solo break.

The Hell of the North lived up to its name for Quick Step as three-time winner Tom Boonen crashed out and Tour of Flanders runner-up Sylvain Chavanel could only muster 38th.

Former Paris-Roubaix winner Stuart O'Grady was among a handful of riders who survived the cobbles to cross the line in the velodrome only to have their results erased because they were beyond the time limit.

ROUBAIX, France (VN) ─ Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) went down swinging at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday, salvaging an impressive second place that Leopard-Trek manager Brian Nygaard called "heroic" when it seemed much of the peloton was racing against him.

Results for the 2011 Paris-Roubaix

Johan Van Summeren salvaged Garmin-Cervélo's classics season with a brilliant victory at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday.

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Jonathan Cantwell wins the 60-lap men’s race at Saturday’s Sunny King Criterium in Anniston, Alabama.

Colavita-Forno d’Asolo dominated the women’s race at Saturday’s Sunny King Criterium in Anniston, Alabama.

Former junior Paris-Roubaix winner Geraint Thomas hopes for big things from the real deal.

Defending champion Fabian Cancellara "has shown the form" to go for the win, "but if he gives me the green light, I'm ready to go," says Stuart O'Grady.

Matthew Goss won't be satisfied with anything less than a top-10 finish in Paris-Roubaix.

Men

• 1. Jonathan Cantwell in 16:12.4
• 2. Michael Northey, at 16:12.6
• 3. Rahsaan Bahati, at 16:12.8
• 4. Patrick Bevin , Bissell/abg Cycling Club, at 16:13.0
• 5. Raymond Kreder, at 16:13.0

The slow hand of justice in Spain seems finally to be moving. Nearly six years after police uncovered the Operación Puerto doping ring, officials are pressing for jail time for the leading protagonists.

ANNISTON, Ala. (VN) — VeloNews.com will present a live video stream of Saturday's Sunny King Criterium, including all amateur and elite categories at the National Racing Calendar event.

Andreas Klöden returns to the winner's circle in the Tour of the Basque Country as Tony Martin wins the final time trial.

Team Type 1's Ivan Melero will end his career as a professional cyclist due to an uncommon heart deformation detected in pre-season testing.

Saxo Bank-Sungard taps David Tanner to replaced injured teammate Michael Morkov in Paris-Roubaix.

Bad blood between Tom Boonen and Sebastian Chavanel is a fabrication of an overly speculative media, Chavanel said Friday. Chavanel, Boonen and their Quick Step director Wilfred Peters all said that they raced the Tour of Flanders with solid tactics, and any talk of bitterness that Boonen helped chase down Chavanel was nonsense.

The 2011 Paris-Roubaix contains 51.5km of cobbles spread out over 27 sectors. The first comes 98km into the race and the final sector is at the entrance to the Roubaix velodrome.

An Italian prosecutor's final report on a three-year investigation of doping in cycling could result in the indictments of as many as 30 defendants, including riders, team officials and doctors.

PARIS (AFP) - Garmin-Cervelo's Thor Hushovd said he is ready to step up and do justice to the world champion's rainbow jersey when he bids for a maiden victory in the Paris-Roubaix one-day classic on Sunday.

North Carolina masters racer Peter Cannell has been suspended for two years for doping and has forfeited his results dating to 2007, including three national age group titles, the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) announced Friday.