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Australian Scott Sunderland has left his post as senior sports director with Team Sky for family reasons, Sunderland announced Saturday.

Crucial Innovation, Inc., makers of Retul 3D bike fit technology, has announced a strategic partnership with the RadioShack professional cycling team to supply bike fit technology and bike fitting services.

With the all-important 20.9-mile individual time trial only hours away, there’s still great uncertainty on who can win the fifth Amgen Tour of California. With riders starting in reverse of their GC positions, current leader Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) has the advantage knowing the split times of his rivals riding in front of him. They start at two-minute intervals.

The stage is set for a battle royale among the heavy hitters of this year’s Amgen Tour of California on the streets of Los Angeles Saturday. And just as it has been for the past four years, the TT stage is predicted to decide the overall winner. The race’s top three GC favorites — race leader Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia), stage 3 winner Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) and three-time champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) — are all within 14 seconds of each other.

Thomas Rabou (Team Type 1) lived out a dream Friday on the Angeles Crest Highway. The neo-pro found his way into the day’s long breakaway at the Tour of California with stars of the sport, like Andy Schleck and George Hincapie.

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Amgen Tour of California stage 7 time trial start times

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 6 results

After winning a stage and finishing this week's Tour of California, Mark Cavendish will appear at Helen's Cycles in Santa Monica on Monday, May 24th at 6 p.m. to meet cycling fans and autograph copies of his new book, Boy Racer: My Journey to Tour de France Record-Breaker.

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 6 photos

Replay: Live coverage of 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 6

Peter Sagan (LIquigas) won Friday's Queen Stage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, his second consecutive win, moving him past Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and into third overall, behind Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) and Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions).

In an attempt to disprove Floyd Landis’ credibility, Lance Armstrong has released a month’s worth of emails between Landis, longtime Landis supporter Dr. Brent Kay and AEG Sports president Andrew Messick, the man in charge of the Amgen Tour of California.

Greg Lemond, the first American to win the Tour de France, says he believes "most of Floyd Landis's statements" charging systematic doping in cycling.

Emma Pooley (Cérvelo TestTeam) leads the Tour de l’Aude Cycliste Féminin by a healthy margin of 2:03 after six of nine stages.

The latest journal from writer, photographer and Amgen Tour of California podium girl Jen Caudill, about life as the significant other of a pro cyclist, Garmin-Transitions' Steven Cozza.

Floyd Landis did not put his best foot forward in his presentation of assertions that many high-level riders and team staff doped or assisted riders to dope in the years 2002-2006. But does that automatically mean his claims are false?

A directory of all the VeloNews.com articles related to Floyd Landis' doping allegations.

Craig Lewis (HTC-Columbia) came oh-so-close to victory in Friday’s 13th stage at the Giro d’Italia.

Stage 6 of the 2010 Amgen Tour isn't a true summit finish, but it's a handful nonetheless.

Willow Koerber, Georgia Gould, Heather Irmiger, Catharine Pendrel and other North American women all have a legitimate chance of finishing on the podium at World Cup 3 in Germany on Sunday.

Canada's Geoff Kabush and Catharine Pendrel have World Cup victories under their belts. With the Mountain Bike World Championships set for their country this fall, they are extra motivated.

Manuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF) wins stage 13 as Richie Porte earns another day in pink.

Michael Barry (Team Sky) strongly denied allegations leveled against him by Floyd Landis that he took performance-enhancing products and discussed doping practices prior to the 2003 Vuelta a España.

At 10:54 Thursday morning, the peloton was rolling full tilt through orange groves on the way out of Visalia for the fifth stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Two minutes later, two dozen riders were on the ground, race leader Dave Zabriskie was caught behind the resulting split in the field. And Lance Armstrong’s left check was covered in blood.

There may be serious consequences from Floyd Landis' remarks, but his accusations were largely being downplayed at the Tour of California.

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Police in Maryland are looking for the person who threw tacks on a criterium course, causing flats, crashes and injuries.

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Australian Mark Renshaw of HTC-Columbia, was fiercely proud of a performance that helped propel team leader Michael Rogers into the race lead. “I think today I can announce that I’m 100 percent back after Epstein-Barr virus,” Renshaw told VeloNews

Replay: Live coverage of 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 5

2010 Amgen Tour of California, stage 5 results

Casey B. Gibson's photos from stage 5 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.

Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) won stage 5 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California in a spectacular sprint among the GC hopefuls

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 12 photos

Along with her well-chronicled success on a cyclocross bike, Katie Compton is no slouch when it comes to fat tires. What's her mountain bike plan for 2010 and beyond?

Readers grill The Explainer on the Floyd Landis allegations.

RadioShack's Lance Armstrong abandoned the Amgen Tour of California after a crash early on in the fifth stage.

The Floyd Landis story went viral Thursday, but riders competing in the Giro d’Italia didn’t know the full extent of the blockbuster accusations until well after the final sprint.

Lance Armstrong on Thursday dismissed accusations by Floyd Landis that Armstrong had schooled him in doping methods.

Garmin-Transitions team manager Jonathan Vaughters told VeloNews Thursday morning that his team will focus on winning the Amgen Tour of California in light of sweeping doping allegations announced by Floyd Landis Wednesday that include Garmin’s overall race leader Dave Zabriskie.

The Amgen Tour of California will continue, business as usual, despite doping allegations leveled by Floyd Landis, says AEG Sports president Andrew Messick.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 12 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 12 report

The cycling world reacts to Floyd Landis’ public admission of doping and his allegations regarding former employers and teammates, among them Lance Armstrong.

For almost eight years now, two-time Olympian Mary McConneloug and teammate Michael Broderick have found a home on wheels from which to race their bikes, and they like how it feels — goin' mobile.

Nearly four years after he was disqualified as the winner of the 2006 Tour de France for a doping postive, Floyd Landis told ESPN.com Wednesday night that he doped during much of his career. He told ESPN.com of his "extensive, consistent use of the red blood cell booster erythropoietin (commonly known as EPO), testosterone, human growth hormone and frequent blood transfusions, along with female hormones and a one-time experiment with insulin, during the years that he rode for the U.S. Postal Service and Switzerland-based Phonak teams," the ESPN.com story reads.

Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co/2012) is known for her prowess on the track, racking up three World Cup podium finishes and her second scratch race National Championship in 2009 alone, but is having a break through season on the road this year.

The Amgen Tour of California returns to Visalia for the start of stage 5, a stage that will take the riders through the heart of the San Joaquin Valley and into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It’s a stage that Andrew Messick, president of race owner AEG Sports, predicted could have an impact on the general classification should an overall favorite attack on the 10-percent China Grade climb during the finishing circuits.

Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benefit Strategies) jumped into a long breakaway in stage 3 at the Amgen Tour of California hoping he could put time into his best young rider rivals at the finish in Santa Cruz. He didn't get the white jersey he was chasing, but a day later, the 22-year-old pulled on the climber’s frock on the podium in Modesto.

Replay: Live coverage of 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 4

2010 Amgen Tour of California, stage 4 results

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Tech gallery: Francesco Chicchi's race-winning Cannondale

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 3 photos.

Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas-Doimo) proves fastest of an elite crop of sprinters, winning stage 4 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 3 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 11 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 11 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 11 report

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Photographer Lucas Gilman is embedded with the Garmin-Transitions team for the entire Amgen Tour of California. Each day he is presenting VeloNews.com readers with a distinct view behind the scenes with the team. In this second gallery, Gilman spent the day — from breakfast to post-race massage — shadowing the team's Steven Cozza.

The final weight on the 160mm RaceDay rotor from Scrub Components is a claimed 50 grams — and maybe even a little less.

Three weeks ago, Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) was at the Tour of Romandie, building for a projected start at the Giro d’Italia. Tuesday he defended his lead in the best young rider competition at the Amgen Tour of California. Peter Stetina (Garmin-Transitions) is the riders closest to him in the white jersey competition.

Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) rarely has the opportunity to catch up on the chit-chat in the latter kilometers of mountain stages. He did Tuesday, however, when a touchy stomach sent him looking for the gruppetto on the four-climb, 182km third stage at the Amgen Tour of California.

With each passing stage, lexander Vinokourov is quietly gaining confidence that he can win the Giro.

If there's a single lesson to be gleaned from the Giro d'Italia, it is to expect the unexpected.

After two tough stages with categorized climbs close to the finish line, on Wednesday the Amgen Tour of California peloton will embark on a day that looks, on paper, reserved for the sprinters.

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Replay: Live coverage of stage 3 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California

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2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 3 results

Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) scored a dramatic stage win ahead of Levi Leipheimer and Mick Rogers on Tuesday's stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California, the 113.3-mile leg from San Francisco to Santa Cruz.

Most racers have their own names on their bikes. The RadioShack team is running the names of people battling with cancer on their machines.

Independent Fabrication will raffle a fully custom steel Crown Jewel SE to help support the Wounded Warrior Project.

Brett Lancaster of the Cérvelo TestTeam has become one of Thor Hushovd’s most trusted leadout-men, helping his team to victories in the Tour de France and Volta a Catalunya last year. But Lancaster can win in his own right too, as he proved in Santa Rosa on Monday.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 10 results

Tyler Farrar’s tightening grip on the red points jersey could keep him in the Giro d’Italia longer than expected, maybe even through the race's challenging final week.

Garmin-Transitions’ Tom Peterson took the start Tuesday morning at the Amgen Tour of California field with fond memories. Last year, Peterson won a similar stage in Santa Cruz after ended up off the front with Levi Leipheimer. In the 2010 edition, stage 3 starts in San Francisco and again heads south along the coast, taking riders up and over the Bonny Doon climb that proved decisive in 2009.