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Here's a taste of a Dave Wiens training ride: Hancock Pass summits at just over 12,000 feet and then plunges down through a minefield of rocks. Now just add a few more high-elevation passes.

Zack Vestal samples Campagnolo's clothing lines: Items from the posh 11 Speed collection, the high-functional Raytech line and the race ready Racing line.

HTC-Columbia's big German powered across the finish line in Dabrowa Gornicza well clear of Australian Allan Davis (Astana) and the remainder of the pack in the bunch sprint that decided the 240km stage.

The pro road scene clicks back into gear this week with the Tour of Poland and Taylor Phinney's ProTour debut at the Tour of Denmark

Michele Scarponi's arrival at Lampre may see Damiano Cunego leave for Footon-Servetto.

The Fly V Australia sprinter bumps overnight leader Karl Menzies (UHC) into third overall.

Three-time Tour champ Alberto Contador may be the icing on Bjarne Riis' sponsorship cake.

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Jelly Belly's pro rider helps organize a Grand FUNdo in Massachusetts to support developing riders — and have fun.

Team Type 1 is frustrated but shows its strength at the Tour do Rio, scoring two stage wins and second overall in the team’s first South American race

The China Daily reports that Fuyu Li's second sample has tested positive for a banned substance.

A look at Team Sky's Pinarello Graal time trial bikes.

A list of confirmed ProTour transfers, contract extensions and retirements from the 2010-2011 transfer season.

The future is now. VeloNews takes a close look at the fresh young crop of super-talent riders, such as cover boy Tejay Van Garderen, world champion Taylor Phinney, Liquigas' sensation Peter Sagan and more.

Tech editor Zack Vestal puts areo wheels to the test in the lab, on the road and in the wind tunnel. We rank the wheels by aerodynamics, weight, stiffness and rotational inertia, and list the feedback of the test riders. The results don't lie. Subscribe today!

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From cross-country and dual slalom and big air, it's been a full weekend at Colorado's Winter Park Resort's Trestle Bike Park.

Results from the 2010 Open De Suède Vargarda.

The Open de Suède Vagarda featured a team time trial, won by Cervélo TestTeam, and a road race.

Karl Menzies finishes third on the day to take the lead in the men's race.

Jorge Espinoza and Gwen Inglis take stage 2 of the Salida Omnium.

Alexander Kolobnev (Katusha) says he hopes he can receive an Olympic medal following news that Davide Rebellin lost his appeal in his doping case

Carlos Sastre says there’s a “very high possibility” that he will start his third grand tour of the 2010 season

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An overview of the fast-growing discipline

What you should expect

On your shoulder or like a briefcase, you need a plan and you need to practice

Getting over the barriers with bike in-hand.

How to get back on the bike quickly and smoothly

How to get off the bike at speed

Results from stage 1 of the 2010 Tour of Elk Grove.

Race results from the 2010 Salida Omnium.

For the third time in less than a year, Nino Schurter and Julien Absalon battled it out to the finish at a World Cup cross-country race, and again Schurter came out victorious. One race remains — Windham Mountain New York.

Luis Leon Sanchez takes the Clásica San Sebastián ahead of Alexander Vinokourov and Carlos Sastre.

Although Catharine Pendrel (Luna Pro Team) lost the victory on the last lap Saturday in Val di Sole, Italy, the Canadian is back in the World Cup overall leader's jersey as the series heads to the final round Aug. 28 in Windham, New York.

Andrew Barker and Amy Gray-Smith take the kickoff to the Salida Omnium in Colorado.

Peter Latham wins the time trial and takes the leader's jersey as four Bissell riders crowd into the top 10.

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected Davide Rebellin's appeal against a doping charge from the 2008 Olympics.

Official announcement of eight-day stage race expected next week.

Brothers Andy and Frank Schleck have confirmed that they will be leaving Saxo Bank to join a new team based in Luxembourg.

The Clásica San Sebastián has arguably been cycling’s classiest one-day race. Now it may be among the hardest.

Alexander Kolobnev hopes to be speaking Russian from atop the world championship podium some day ... soon

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The Explainer looks at laws that prosecutors might be considering when investigating Floyd Landis' allegations against Lance Armstrong and others

Slideshow: There's a 29er option in every single family of Specialized bikes, including Stumpjumper HT hardtails, Epic XC race bikes, the new Camber trail bikes and even Stumpjumper FSR trail bikes.

Slideshow: Specialized Factory Team rider Todd Wells won his two recent Stars-and-Stripes jerseys aboard the all-new 2011 S-Works Epic 29er, a carbon fiber full-suspension race bike.

The Battenkill winner will step up from the Holowesko Partners development team to the big show.

Last year’s champion Carlos Barredo will be back to defend his title at Saturday’s Clásica San Sebastián in northern Spain

A new generation of riders will get their first taste of big-time European racing next week as the latest crew of stagiaires enters the peloton for the second half of the season.

Less well-known than some of his contemporaries, 22-year-old Cole House will get his chance to shine, as a stagiaire for the BMC team.

Luna's new Sport clothing line was inspired by the women on the Luna Pro Team, which consists of mountain and road riders and triathletes.

The NRC continues as the Tour of Elk Grove takes place Friday through Sunday northwest of Chicago.

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Pearl Izumi reveals a few details on Garmin-Transitions' unusual skin suit.

A look at the time trial bikes used by Contador, Evans and Basso.

Intervals and weight training are just another day's work for Dave Wiens as he prepares for the Leadville Trail 100.

There is a backstory to everything, and pioneering clothing company DeFeet is no exception. Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn gets to the base of the company's success.

Green jersey winner Alessandro Petacchi is not taking questions about recent doping allegations, which are 'too general,' his lawyer says

This year's Vuelta could well be decided on the slopes of a new climb that’s already being compared to the fearsome Angliru and Monte Zoncolan.

Contract talks between Alberto Contador and the Astana team appear to have stalled Wednesday

Alberto Contador has confirmed that he will not be racing the Vuelta a España next month.

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• 1. Luis Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home/Colavita, 996 points
• 2. Rory Sutherland, UnitedHealthcare P/b Maxxis, 805 points
• 3. Scott Zwizanski, Kelly Benefits Strategies, 579 points
• 4. Ben Day, Fly V Australia, 573 points
• 5. Ben Jacques-maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, 566 points

Cath Cheatley and Luis Amaran continue to lead the NRC individual standings.

No rest for the weary, especially when there’s money to be made. The peloton is barely catching its breath following the Tour de France before clicking back into gear with more racing this weekend.

Offering five inches of hydraulic drop that is infinitely adjustable throughout its range, the Rock Shox Reverb offers by far the most saddle position selection of any drop-post we've ridden.

Find out the pros and cons of Specialized's Command Post, Crank Brothers' Joplin 4 and Rock Shox Reverb.

Specialized uses a mechanical locking system sprung with air, which gives a very crisp, definitive position adjustment to its Command Post.

The latest Joplin 4 has a touch less side-to-side shimmy compared to last year's model, which is mostly due to adding another guide block, thus doubling stability points internally.

The United Kingdom’s Sport performance director Peter Keen says the Sky team's Tour de France efforts may put Olympic dreams at risk.

Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) will return to racing this week in a criterium in Luxembourg and will start the Vuelta a España.

Spanish rider Rubén Lobato has been suspended for two years due to irregular readings on his biological passport

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A recovering Amber Neben spends some time on the stationary trainer, watching the Tour and imagining what if...

VeloNews columnist Jennifer Caudill answers some FAQs about the life of a podium girl, and gives her opinion of the Tour de France podium wardrobe.