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Thanks to good results at the Tour Down Under and Paris-Nice, Caisse d'Epargne's Luis-Leon Sanchez leads the UCI points series.

How men and women experience the same stretch of technical singletrack is different. Hopefully, understanding this could help some gals progress further on the bike. And if it saves a relationship or two, well, that'd also be sweet.

Pacific plunges in February, SEALS training and DJ AM. It's all good.

In a report from a grueling Paris-Nice, Ted says he's proving Albert Einstein's theory about repetition and insanity.

Following a tough win at Paris-Nice, defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has reconfigured his racing schedule for the next two months.

Italy's Stefano Garzelli won the Tirreno-Adriatico overall on Tuesday after Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen prevailed in the seventh and final stage.

A reader is concerned concerned about not making things worse by washing out lubricants or by washing dirt into bearings, or overlubing. Singletrack.com's mechanical master, Lennard Zinn, has some pointers.

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has rejected Alejandro Valverde’s challenge to his two-year suspension from competition in Italy.

Defending NRC team champion opens title defense at Redlands.

Lennard Zinn suggests you avoid removing 11-speed chains for maintenance. Clean and re-lube on the bike.

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Riders flocked from all over California and Nevada this weekend to participate in the first race held in Northern California this year of the Western Collegiate Cycling Conference. The race was hosted by the reigning national champions, the University of California-Davis. This was a crucial weekend for teams to gain points as the upcoming races are split weekends between Southern California and Northern California. With two new tough courses, racers were tested to the limit in climbing, handling, and tactical savvy. Although full race results have yet to be posted, UC Davis is poised to be atop the leader boards after a dominating performance over a resurgent Cal Poly and UCLA squads.

2010 UC Davis results

Snow forces the cancellation of Saturday's events at Boise State, but Sunday's crit went off without a hitch

2010 Boise State criterium results

The second week of the Eastern Collegiate Cycling Conference season continued at the Stevens Duck Country circuit race Sunday, hosted by Stevens Institute of Technology. By the end of the day, Boston University had won the overall team omnium for the weekend, with MIT in second place and the University of Pennsylvania close behind in third.

2010 Stevens Institute results

With three regular season races completed and three more before conference championships, racers in the SECCC came to the geographic center of the conference to compete in the Georgia Tech Cycling Classic in Newnan, Georgia, this weekend.

2010 Georgia Tech results

DirectTV's customers will get the Versus network back under a deal announced Monday.

After the first weekend of cross-country, short-track and Super D racing in the H2O Overdrive Triple Crown, Max Plaxton and Kelli Emmett are the overall series leaders. Next up in series is Colorado's Chalk Creek Stampede May 14-16.

Zack takes a quick look at some new products from Campagnolo, Rotor, Ritchey and more.

Russia's Mikhail Ignatiev won the 134 kilometer sixth stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, between Montecosaro and Macerata on Monday. The Katusha rider was followed across the line by Italian Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) with Australian Cadel Evans (BMC) in third. Italy's Michele Scarponi, riding for the Androni team, retained his lead in the overall standings.

Cross-country and gravity racers chosen to represent U.S. at Pan American Continental Mountain Bike Championships in Guatemala City April 9-11.

Lance Armstrong confirms he will race at Milan-San Remo

Organizers of the Amstel Gold classic have announced the last of six wildcard teams invited to the April 18 event. Twenty four teams will participate. The new wildcard teams announced Monday by race director Leo van Vliet are Cervelo TestTeam, BMC Racing Team, Topsport Vlaanderen and Landbouwkrediet. Earlier, the Dutch pro continental teams Skil-Shimano and Vacansoleil received a wildcard.

Fly V Australia scored a second stage win at the Tour of Murrieta Sunday as Alessandro Bazzana took the victory in the 60-mile Rabobank Circuit Race ahead of teammate Jonathan Cantwell. Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare p/b Maxxis) finished third on the day to secure the overall win in the three-day omnium. In the women's race Kathryn Donovan of host club INCYCLE/SC Velo won the stage while Lauren Tamayo and Shelley Evans finished with the same number of omnium points.

2010 DePauw results

Lindsey Wilson College and Marian University continued a heated rivalry in the Midwest Collegiate Cycling Conference, exchanging victories throughout DePauw’s road race, team time trial and criterium. Despite the dominance of these teams, Michigan State University, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, and Indiana University also demonstrated commendable performances, nabbing several top positions across categories.

Two crash-marred criteriums hosted by the University of Colorado and the University of Northern Colorado made up the second Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference race weekend. Despite dry weather and relatively tame courses, a number of categories saw their results dictated by late tumbles; only the men’s A and women’s B field made it through the final laps of each race unscathed.

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Working all day in a breakaway paid off for Fly V Australia's Phil Zajicek when he won the Tucson Bicycle Classic by one second

Wind and rain buffet Eastern racers at the Grant's Tomb collegiate races.

2010 Grant's Tomb criterium collegiate results

PRESS RELEASE: After nearly a decade in hibernation the Beast of the East has reawakened! The Killington Stage Race is back for 2010 with three days of racing on May 29, 30 & 31 with $13,600 in prize money up for grabs.

2010 Trofeo Franco Balestra results

Rapha wool jerseys mixed with pinstripes and Gucci handbags at Club Nokia in Los Angeles Friday night as the club hosted the launch of the Bahati Foundation and the Bahati Foundation Professional Cycling Team. As the near-sellout crowd gathered, inspirational quotes from the likes of Jesse Owens and Martin Luther King Jr. rotated on flat panel televisions and the Crenshaw High School choir warmed up on stage.

2010 Tofej Porec results

2010 Paris-Troyes results

Teams announced for 2010 Paris-Roubaix

Milram's Fabian Wegmann recovering from shoulder injury suffered in Friday's Tirreno-Adriatico stage.

Astana's Enrico Gasparotto wins the fifth stage of Tirreno-Adriatico as Michele Scarpone retains his overall lead.

After withering attacks from Sam Schultz and Geoff Kabush, Max Plaxton was able to break away on the last lap to win the first race in the US Cup Triple Crown Series on Saturday. Kelli Emmett managed to outsprint Lene Byburg in the women’s field on the Bonelli Park course in Southern California.

After Jelly Belly's Jonathan Chodroff won the opening time trial Friday at the Tucson Bicycle Classic, GC results were not altered at all following Saturday's road race after a crash in a preceding event neutralized the pro men's field.

Jonathan Cantwell continued Fly V Australia's early season fortune with a bunch sprint win at the Jax Bicycle Center Grand Prix at the Tour de Murrieta.

South Africans filled the podium at the Cape Argus cycle tour in South Africa Sunday, as RadioShack's Lance Armstrong assisted his South African teammate Daryl Impey, who wound up third.

Alberto Contador contains some attacks to win his second Paris-Nice.

US Cup Triple Crown 1 Bonelli Park cross-country and short-track results. March 13-14, 2010

Giant's Kelli Emmett rules small women's field while Sho-Air-Specialized rider Max Plaxton fends off withering attacks from Sam Schultz and Geoff Kabush to win at Bonelli Park in Southern California.

Paris-Nice stage 6

The Aussie neo-pro chasing rainbow to add to green and gold

Jonathan Chodroff (Jelly Belly-Kenda) and Susannah Gordon (ColoradoBikeLaw.com) scored stage 1 time trial wins Friday at the Tucson Bicycle Classic.

2010 TUCSON CLASSIC

2010 Tour de Murrieta results

UnitedHealthcare's Rory Sutherland and Specialized Designs for Women's Ruth Clemence win the opening time trial at the Tour de Murrieta in California.

Pepsi is the new presenting sponsor for one of the fastest growing road races in the U.S., the Tour of the Battenkill in Cambridge, New York. The soft drink company plans to provide riders and spectators at the April 18 pro race with a variety of its beverages, including Gatorade and Aquafina.

The Colavita/Baci Women’s Cycling Team presented by Cooking Light opens training camp Friday in Borrego Springs, California, ahead of the team's 2010 debut at the San Dimas Stage Race March 19-21.

As board president Peterson will work closely with the organization's senior management team to fulfill USA Cycling's mission of achieving sustained athletic success and growing the sport of cycling in America.

Liquigas-Doimo scored a double in Europe Friday as the team's Daniele Bennati won the third stage of Tirreno-Adriactico the same afternoon as Peter Sagan won the fifth stage of Paris-Nice.

Liquigas's Peter Sagan scored a second stage victory in this year's Paris-Nice with a bold solo attack in the final two kilometers on Friday. Sagan, who also won stage 3, emerged from a group of about 40 survivors on what turned out to be a tougher-than-expected stage 5, a relatively short 157-km run from Pernes-les-Fontaines to Aix-en-Provence.

The first top pro-level race of the season in North America kicks off this weekend at the H2O Overdrive Triple Crown Series in SoCal's Bonelli Park.

Financial concerns around 24-Hours of Big Bear in Hazelton, West Virginia spur move to Moab, where Nationals were held in 2009.

Southwest Wisconsin's driftless ridges and valleys west of Madison will dish out a difficult challenge in the Unnamed Epic come August.

The Explainer fields reader questions about the Race to the Sun

Amber reflects on her team's recent win at the Tour of New Zealand and the relationship between success and opportunity.

In the second installment of Singletrack.com's visit to Yeti Cycles' headquarters, Zack Vestal takes a look at what's keeping Yeti at the forefront of competitive mountain biking.

Quick Step's Tom Boonen won Thursday's second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, outsprinting Paul Martens (Rabobank) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) at the end of the 165-kilometer stage.

The impressive one-two finishes by Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak in the U23 race at the cyclocross world championships in January may turn out to be less impressive than originally thought.

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador put his mark on the 2010 Paris-Nice Thursday, dominating the final climb of the critical fourth stage, a 173.5-kilometer run from Maurs to a mountain-top finish in Mende.

What's XXtra cool about SRAM's new group is that it works well not just on anorexic cross-country race hardtails, but on 5-inch, full-suspension trail bikes.

Tech editor Zack Vestal tries a saddle made specifically for time trialing and is pleasantly surprised by its comfort.

Joining the Boulder, Colorado-based Mafia team this year is former Under-23 National Champion Sam Jurekovic.

Team Type 1's criterium squad — nicknamed the Money Team — were just under the radar in 2009, but scored podiums in almost every crit in the second half of the year. This year they are aiming higher.

Due to pilot error, there was some confusion over which picture actually won the February Phat Phat-Tire Photo Contest. Allow us to explain…