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The process of installing hose cables can be very tricky. Luckily we have Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn to show us how to install the front hose cables on your mountain bike.

BRUGGE, Belgium (VN) – Fabian Cancellara is the undisputed favorite heading into the Tour of Flanders and the reigning champion. He knows it, two-time winner Tom Boonen knows it, and the oddsmakers around cycling-mad Belgium certainly know it. But as to who has more pressure, Cancellara and Boonen both point to the other guy.

Here is an overview and routing of the rear cable on V brakes. Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn makes it look easy, and so can you.

Jason Sager and his Team Jamis crew are getting epically tested in South Africa

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Rapha North America has issued a recall notice on 200 cans of its chamois cream.

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Women

• 1. Amber Neben, Htc Highroad Women, in 11:12
• 2. Evelyn Stevens, Htc Highroad Women, at 0:08
• 3. Erinne Willock, Team Tibco-To The Top, at 0:13
• 4. Andrea Dvorak, Colavita Forno D'asolo, at 0:30
• 5. Kristen Armstrong, Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty 1 , at 0:34

Men

• 1. Fransisco Mancebo, Realcyclist.com, in 9:39
• 2. Ben Jacques-Maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, at 0:01
• 3. Chris Baldwin, Juwi Solar-First Solar, at 0:03
• 4. Andy Jacques-Maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, at 0:09
• 5. Luis Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home, at 0:10

REDLANDS, California (VN) - Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com) showed the U.S. peloton he means business Thursday, topping the Sun Time Trial prologue at the Redlands Bicycle Classic.

Now known is the whens and wheres; but what about the courses?

Amber Neben is back in the driver’s seat Thursday after winning her second consecutive prologue at the Redlands Bicycle Classic.

Readers ask about treating tires, both inside and out, and protecting your knees in cold weather.

The 27th Redlands Bicycle Classic opens Thursday in Southern California with a 3.1-mile uphill prologue. Redlands pulls back the curtain on the 2011 National Racing Calendar and runs through Sunday’s stage 3 Sunset Road Race.

Unless they ride May’s Giro d’Italia, Tour de France contenders choose between June’s Critérium du Dauphiné in France and Tour of Switzerland (Tour de Suisse) to hone their form for La Grande Boucle. This year, the choice is going to be a difficult one.

PRELIMINARY RESULTS

Stage 3b (ITT): De Panne - De Panne

• 1. Sébastien ROSSELER (BEL), Team RadioShack , 18:31
• 2. Lieuwe WESTRA (NED), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:14
• 3. Michal KWIATKOWSKI (POL), Team RadioShack, at 0:14
• 4. Sylvain CHAVANEL (FRA), Quick Step, at 0:18
• 5. Bert GRABSCH (GER), HTC-Highroad, at 0:22
• 6. Andriy GRIVKO (UKR), Astana, at 0:24
• 7. Dmitriy MURAVYEV (KAZ), Team RadioShack, at 0:30
• 8. Rick FLENS (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:30
• 9. Tomas VAITKUS (LTU), Astana, at 0:34
• 10. Cyril LEMOINE (FRA), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:50

Final overall standings

• 1. Sébastien ROSSELER (Belgium), Team RadioShack , 12:21:33
• 2. Lieuwe WESTRA (Netherlands), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:06
• 3. Michal KWIATKOWSKI (Poland), Team RadioShack, at 0:14
• 4. Sylvain CHAVANEL (France), Quick Step, at 0:18
• 5. Bert GRABSCH (Germany), HTC-Highroad, at 0:22
• 6. Andriy GRIVKO (Ukraine), Astana, at 0:24
• 7. Dmitriy MURAVYEV (Kazakhstan), Team RadioShack, at 0:26
• 8. Rick FLENS (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:30
• 9. Tomas VAITKUS (Lithuania), Astana, at 0:34
• 10. Cyril LEMOINE (France), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:50

Just how big is De Ronde van Vlaanderen in Belgium? Big enough to spawn a popular new weekly Belgian television program, titled “De Ronde,” a fictional drama, written and directed by Belgian writer/director Jan Eelen.

Swiss/South African duo leads by more than 7 minutes

A keen eye may have noticed a slight change in the bib shorts and jerseys of Garmin-Cervèlo’s Tyler Farrar, Johan VanSummeren, Heinrich Haussler, and Matt Wilson at Milan-San Remo this year. That’s because they weren’t wearing bib shorts and jerseys anymore – at least not as we know them.

Stage 3a: De Panne - De Panne

• 1. Jacopo GUARNIERI (ITA), Liquigas-Doimo, 2:32:11
• 2. Denis GALIMZYANOV (RUS), Team Katusha, s.t.
• 3. Jimmy CASPER (FRA), Saur-Sojasun, s.t.
• 4. Kenny Robert VAN HUMMEL (NED), Skil-Shimano, s.t.
• 5. Alexander KRISTOFF (NOR), BMC Racing Team, s.t.

Overall Standings

• 1. Bert DE BACKER (Belgium), Skil-Shimano, 12:02:52
• 2. Lieuwe WESTRA (Netherlands), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:02
• 3. Arnoud VAN GROEN (Netherlands), at 0:04
• 4. Dmitriy MURAVYEV (Kazakhstan), Team RadioShack, at 0:06
• 5. Romain FEILLU (France), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:07

DE PANNE, Belgium (VN) - Young Italian rider Jacopo Guarnieri (Liquigas) won the bunch sprint during the morning stage of Three Days of De Panne, ahead of Wednesday’s stage winner Denis Galimzianov (Katusha).

Team Singletrack.com/Justin's Nut Butter Thomas Dooley & Mike Hogan are sending Cape Epic updates as time and energy permits.

For the June issue of VeloNews, we’re testing four endurance bikes in the lab and out on the paved, dirt and cobblestone roads.

Fox Racing Shock's Mike Van Linden discusses the company's Terralogic fork and FIT technology.

Alberto Contador should know his fate before the start of the Tour de France. That’s according to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, which promised it would make a ruling on the long-running clenbuterol case before the start of the season’s most important race.

Team Type 1 – sanofi-aventis is back in the saddle for Friday’s Route Adelie de Vitre in France just a week after thieves stole more than 30 bikes, wheels and other invaluable equipment.

Who better than Fox's Mike Van Linden to run you through the latest tweaks to the Talas.

After a few test rides, it looks like Santa Cruz has added some worthy additions to its lineup.

Truvativ did up a video on Mary McConneloug and Michael Broderick riding on the California coast and talking about what they love about cycling.

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The Women's Prestige Cycling Series kicks off Thursday with the Redlands Bicycle Classic in California.

Defending champion Chris Horner (RadioShack) will line up with the No. 1 start bib for the upcoming Vuelta al País Vasco.

Stage 2: Oudenaarde - Koksijde

• 1. Denis GALIMZYANOV (RUS), Katusha, 5:08:18
• 2. John DEGENKOLB (GER), HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 3. Peter SAGAN (SVK), Liquigas-Doimo, s.t.
• 4. Tomas VAITKUS (LTU), Astana, s.t.
• 5. Romain FEILLU (FRA), Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.

Overall Standings

• 1. Lieuwe WESTRA (Netherlands), Vacansoleil-DCM, 9:30:43
• 2. Bert DE BACKER (Belgium), Skil-Shimano, s.t.
• 3. John DEGENKOLB (Germany), HTC-Highroad, at 2
• 4. Arnoud VAN GROEN (Netherlands), at 2
• 5. Peter SAGAN (Slovakia), Liquigas-Doimo, at 4

More on mixin' and matchin' drivetrains: SRAM 9 and 10 speeds

German duo wins Stage 3; Sauser and Stander remain in the lead

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David Millar wouldn’t be defending his title at Three Days of De Panne this week even if Garmin-Cervélo had sent a team to the Flemish suffer-fest.

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Giant's XtC Composite 29er described as a ‘race-ready' rig.

Burry Stander and Christoph Sauser won the second full stage after winning the prologue on Sunday and Stage 1 on Monday.

Stage 1: Middelkerke - Zottegem

• 1. André GREIPEL (GER), Omega Pharma-Lotto , 4:22:33
• 2. Lieuwe WESTRA (NED), Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.
• 3. Dmitriy MURAVYEV (KAZ), RadioShack, s.t.
• 4. Vladimir GUSEV (RUS), Katusha, s.t.
• 5. Romain FEILLU (FRA), Vacansoleil-DCM, s.t.

Overall Standings

• 1. André GREIPEL (Germany), Omega Pharma-Lotto 4:22:22
• 2. Bert DE BACKER (Belgium), Skil-Shimano, at 3
• 3. Lieuwe WESTRA (Netherlands), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 5
• 4. Pim LIGTHART (Netherlands), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 5
• 5. Dmitriy MURAVYEV (Kazakhstan), RadioShack, at 7

Gorilla on the Loose! Greipel wins opening stage at De Panne — from breakaway

Readers ask about getting the correct shoe and putting that cool crank set on a bike not designed to take it.

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VeloNews Editor-at-Large John Wilcockson writes on the importance of teamwork in the first of the cobblestone classics and two major stage races

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Zach White reports on SCB's newest offering: The Highball

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