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2010 Sunny King results

2010 Vuelta Mexico Telmex results

SEA OTTER: Glimpses of Cannondale's revised Scalpel short-travel XC bike have been rare — until Singletrack.com's Zack Vestal was offered a look at Sea Otter. Plus look at what C-dale is doing with Shimano's Di2 electric shifting…

SEA OTTER: They're not ready for a splashy launch, but Sea Otter is often a time to get a peek at secret bikes like Felt's new four-inch XC rig — the Edict.

Start List: Amstel Gold Race, 2010

SEA OTTER: Todd Wells and Georgia Gould take impressive wins in the Pro XCT short-track race at the Sea Otter Classic.

Rookie Elia Viviani (Liquigas) snagged his second pro victory Saturday at the Tour of Turkey after a finish-line crash derailed the HTC-Columbia train.

This time a year ago, Carmen Small was hanging her bike up for what she thought was good. When the relationship with her Italian trade team disintegrated in early 2009, the Durango, Colorado, native returned home from what was supposed to be her first full season in Europe. One year later, she won the Sea Otter Classic SRAM women's road race Friday for Colavita-Baci.

SEA OTTER: Some choice bits of tech from the Otter expo. The ever-stylish line of accessories from Lezyne grows by a couple of pumps, German brand Focus unveiled a new 29er hardtail and DT Swiss is getting serious about forks.

The 22-team field at the Tour of the Battenkill will not be growing by one before the start on Sunday. Kelly Benefit Strategies will not make the race, citing difficulties in rearranging travel after their scheduled trip to Tro Bro Leon was canceled due to the Icelandic volcano that has disrupted travel across Europe.

2010 Tour du Finistere results

Alberto Contador (Astana) did what he didn’t do in Friday’s summit finish, winning Saturday’s 15.1km individual time trial at the Vuelta a Castilla y León and taking the overall leader’s jersey.

SEA OTTER: Singletrack.com talks to some familiar faces — Mike Sinyard, Pua Sawicki and Christoph Sauser — out and about at the Classic's expo

Carlos Sastre (Cervélo) and Bradley Wiggins (Sky) are among several riders to have pulled out of Sunday’s edition of the Amstel Gold Race after encountering problems getting flights to the Netherlands.

SEA OTTER: Singletrack.com's Zach White reports from the Sea Otter Expo area with what's new, improved and just kinda cool.

SEA OTTER: Crank Brothers is venturing far beyond where the company, which started with an innovative tire lever, has ever been before.

Amstel Gold Race: Previous winners

Of all the major classics, the Amstel Gold Race is the most difficult to predict — and one of the hardest to win. Only three riders have won the Dutch classic more than once: Eddy Merckx (of course), who took it twice in the 1970s, and the Dutchmen Gerrie Knetemann (1974 and 1985) and Jan Raas, who had five wins in six starts between 1977 and 1982. But all those successes happened long before the Amstel became a truly international classic.

Hooligans have destroyed a “monument” dedicated to the spot where Lance Armstrong broke his clavicle in last year’s Vuelta a Castilla y León.

Milram sprinter Wim Stroetinga broke his right hand in a crash at the GP Denain Thursday, and is expected to be away from racing for several weeks.

Greipel won his fourth stage in six days at the Turkey tour, out-kicking Italians Davide Cimolai (Liquigas) and Manuel Belletti (CSF) to snatch the sprint victory after a wild finale in the 194km stage from Fethiye to Finike. American Tejay Van Garderen finished seven seconds back, but remains second overall, now 23 seconds in arrears

The first batch of Sea Otter videos: Lene Byberg and Todd Wells interviews and the SRAM launch party.

The Dauphiné Libéré goes back to its roots in 2010 and will feature a summit finish at Alpe d’Huez for its 62nd edition.

The flight cancellations that have resulted from the volcanic activity have grounded Kelly Benefit Strategies in its attempts to reach France for Sunday’s Tro-Bro Léon (UCI 1.1). The team planned to start the race as the kick off to its first European stint in 2010.

The Bahati Foundation sharpened the tip of Sunday’s Tour of the Battenkill Thursday when the team announced that they will send six-rider squad to the race, a reversal of their plans only one week earlier.

It’s been a long time coming, but Basque climber Igor Antón finally scored another mountaintop victory on Spanish roads in Friday’s summit finish at the Vuelta a Castilla y León ahead of pre-race favorite Alberto Contador (Astana).

Hot off second place at the Vuelta al País Vasco behind Chris Horner (RadioShack), Valverde says he’s in shape to have a good run through the Ardennes.

Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) has been one of the enigmas of the 2010 season.

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Excitement is building for the 26th running of the nation’s most important, single-day professional cycling race, the TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, which is scheduled for Sunday, June 6, 2010. The 156-mile pro race is the “granddaddy” of all U.S. road racing and the unofficial kick-off to summer in the City of Brotherly Love.

Ogden, Utah – Ogden City presents the Tour de ’Drome, a benefit bike tour on May 1 at 9 a.m. at Ogden’s Historic Pioneer Heritage Rodeo Grounds. All proceeds raised from the event will go towards Ogden’s future velodrome, part of a proposed new multi-sports field house complex. Participants can choose from 28 to104 miles routes. There will also be a “Fun Ride” for children of all ages.

The question was not "if," but "when" and "how" Shimano would go about creating a 10-speed mountain bike drivetrain. Now those questions have been answered. That's right — at the Sea Otter this week, Shimano finally revealed its 10-speed off-road drivetrain.

Shimano Dyna-Sys 10 speed mountain bike drivetrain gallery

The Jamis/Sutter Home Men’s Cycling Team presented by Colavita has been invited to race the UCI 2.2 Tour de Santa Catarina in Brazil, which begins April 21 and continues through April 25. Directeur Sportif Sebastian Alexandre made the announcement.

Cervelo TestTeam's Heinrich Haussler will make his comback to racing following a leg injury at the Amgen Tour of California next month, the team announced Thursday.

2010 Tour of the Battenkill start list

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André Greipel sprinted to victory in Thursday’s fifth and longest stage at the Tour of Turkey while HTC-Columbia teammate Tejay Van Garderen remains second overall.

Theo Bos (Cervélo) sprinted to his second consecutive victory in Thursday’s longest stage at the Vuelta a Castilla y León in northern Spain.

There's a big difference in pay days when it comes to golf and cycling.

Fabian Cancellara, winner of the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, has pulled out of Sunday's Amstel Gold Race, saying he won't compete again until next month's Amgen Tour of California.

U.S. scene this week: Big time in Alabama, California & New York

Horner, Valverde lead teams for Amstel

Roman Kreuziger and Vicenzo Nibali will lead Liquigas into the Ardennes classics, with Franco Pellizotti joining for Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

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Johan Bruyneel says RadioShack will attend New Mexico's stage race, joining a strong field that already includes three Garmin-Transistions riders racing for the DZ Nuts team.

2010 la Vuelta a Castilla y León results

Results - Brabantse Pijl, 2010

RadioShack’s Sébastien Rosseler won Wednesday’s Brabantse Pijl out of a three-man breakaway in Belgium.

Tejay Van Garderen just missed victory in Wednesday’s 207km fourth stage at the Presidential Tour of Turkey and slotted into second overall at 16 seconds back.

Theo Bos (Cervélo) kicked to victory in the opening stage of the 25th Vuelta a Castilla y León in a windy, cool stage across the meseta of northern Spain.

Bad influences, poor choices and trash talk

Tech editor Zack Vestal looks at the bikes of Paris-Roubaix before they were subjected to a beating on the cobbles.

Singletrack.com's resident wrench Lennard Zinn helps explain the different bottom bracket standards to a confused reader.

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Alberto Contador is hoping to use this week’s Castilla y León tour – which clicks into gear Wednesday – as a springboard into the Ardennes classics.

Sébastien Minard (Cofidis) dashed to victory in Tuesday’s Paris-Camembert in France.

The U.S. Anti-Doping Association has announced the two-year suspension of Brazilian-born and U.S.-licensed rider Flavia Oliveira for a doping violation committed in last year’s edition of the women’s Giro del Trentino.

It’s another busy week in Europe, highlighted by the Vuelta a Castilla y León in northern Spain and the Amstel Gold Race in the Limburg region of Holland.

Every year VeloNews takes an in-depth look at the coming domestic road season, and this year’s 14-page section might be our best edition yet. It’s certainly our most plugged-in edition — between Twitter, Facebook, blogs, Web video, text messages and plain old-fashioned phone conversations, following pro racers has never been easier. We tell you who to watch, and how. Subscribe Now!

SCB's new trail and all-mountain bikes sport a design that incorporates aspects of the company's VPP suspension — but only different.

If moderate heat doesn't pose a problem for carbon fiber, how about cold and big temperature fluctuations?

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Southeastern conference racing resumed this weekend in Huntsville, Alabama, as the University of Alabama in Huntsville Chargers hosted the regular season finale. This would be the final opportunity for teams and individuals seeking to cement a bid to Nationals before competing for double points at the Conference Championships next weekend in Mars Hill.

On Saturday and Sunday, April 10th and 11th, collegiate teams from the WCCC competed in the Golden Acorn Road Race and the Huennekens St. Criterium, hosted by the San Diego Cyclovets in conjunction with the budding CSU San Marcos Cycling Team.

2010 Colorado College weekend results

The battle for Rocky Mountain Conference individual and team omnium points was in full swing this weekend at Colorado College’s Classic Criterium and Cheyenne Canyon Hill Climb.

In the last weekend before conference championships, the Atlantic Conference traveled to Clarksburg, West Virginia, for races hosted by West Virginia University.

The Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference traveled to New Haven, Connecticut, this weekend for the Lux et Velocitas race weekend. Yale University hosted the three-event weekend with collegiate and USCF races for an ITT, circuit race, and criterium. Proceeds from the sale of socks and t-shirts were donated by Yale to the Connecticut Challenge, a cycling ride to support cancer survivors.

2010 Whitman College weekend results

Whitman College hosted both races over the weekend as the Northwest Collegiate Cycling Conference finishes the fifth weekend of racing. The University of Washington was able to maintain a slight lead over Whitman College in the overall team omnium. Whitman College will be looking to regain the lead in Montana next weekend.

Alberto Contador will lead Astana at the Vuelta Castilla y Leon (April 14-18), along with his usual lieutenants, notably David de la Fuente and Benjamin Noval.

Rahsaan Bahati said Monday that UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis sprinter Jake Keough intentionally crashed him in the closing laps at the Dana Point Grand Prix criterium Sunday. But UHC's team director said it was Bahati who was riding dangerously.

HTC-Columbia owner Bob Stapleton expects that teammates Mark Cavendish and Andre Greipel will settle their differences personally.

HTC Columbia's Andre Greipel takes a stage 2 sprint win and retains his overall lead at the Tour of Turkey, while young American Tejay Van Garderen finished safely in the pack to retain second place.

Fabian Cancellara could win Liège-Bastogne-Liège, says Saxo Bank boss Bjarne Riis.

Dana Point Grand Prix gallery by Mitch Clinton

David Millar says he’ll leave Paris-Roubaix to the experts. The Garmin-Transitions captain got his first real taste of the Hell of the North, but made a mid-course revelation that he’s not cut out for the punishing march across the cobblestones.

With first World Cup of the season two weeks away, Todd Wells and Willow Koerber show good form by winning Pan American Mountain Bike Championships in Guatemala City over the weekend.

Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia) punched his ticket Sunday at the Dana Point Grand Prix, taking the bunch sprint in the $15,000 National Racing Calendar criterium.