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T-Mobile wisely sends Wesseman (r) into the day's first break

Di Luca didn't make the cut on Sunday, but holds the ProTour lead

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Landis and Armstrong were all smiles at the start

Fog

But once the gun fired, Discovery went after Landis's jersey with a vengeance ... here, Cruz and Danielson are shown working together

Go Lance

Zabriskie was in the thick of things until the final kilometers

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And youngsters Lowe and Raisin continued their struggle for the best young rider title

Clearing up

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The venue at the Spa Francochamps Formula One circuit outside Liège

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As you can see, some parts look better than others ...

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... while other parts look even worse than others

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Tom Danielson, Lance Armstrong, and Christian Vande Velde: Is Tom ready to Tour?

Rogers photo

Danielson rode off the front and stayed there, seizing the stage and the overall lead

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Leipheimer tagged along with Danielson, but couldn't hold the pace in the finale

It’s always nice going to Paris. Even in January, when the trees are bare, the tables and chairs of sidewalk cafés are chained up, and cold breezes make you turn your collar up as you walk along the Champs-Élysées. It was on that famous avenue, at a lunchtime reception in a swank hotel, that the 1981 Renault-Gitane professional cycling team was presented to the media. The star attraction, of course, was Bernard Hinault. The Frenchman was at the height of his fame, the newly crowned world champion, and eager to win a third Tour de France after knee tendinitis forced him to quit the race in

Landis fought valiantly, but was outmanned and outgunned on Brasstown Bald

DENVER (AP) -- A top lawyer for the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Friday that the organization stood behind the test that led to Olympic gold medalist Tyler Hamilton's two-year suspension for a blood-doping violation, the first case based on the test designed to detect blood transfusions. An independent panel of arbitrators voted 2-1 to suspend Hamilton for receiving another person's blood, the Colorado Springs-based agency announced earlier this week. Hamilton tested positive for doping on Sept. 11 during the Spanish Vuelta. Hamilton has consistently denied any doping violation and

Health Net worked early for sprinter Henderson

It was a long day in the saddle at Brasstown Bald, and not just for the riders. We asked ace shooter Casey Gibson if he'd stick around a little longer than usual to provide us with a photo gallery, and he indulged us. Here's what he sent .

McCartney on the attack

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Vande Velde launches, hoping to set up either Julich or Zabriskie

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Something you don't see every day: a six-time Tour champ working for a young up-and-comer

Pate

Saul

Supplies

Hail

Vandborg snatches the win from Ekimov

Rubiera clocked in early for a long day at the office

Phonak set about defending Landis's lead

McCartney, meanwhile, was working for The Boss

Landis with Ekimov on his wheel

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Armstrong’s UCI contributions are disturbingEditor:Learning that Lance Armstrong has donated money to the UCI for drug-testing research was disturbing (See Thursday’s Eurofile). It seems like too much of a conflict of interest. I am not surprised that he wanted to keep it quiet, seeing

Armstrong on the ascent

Due to health problems, Michael Barry’s book signing following the Tour de Georgia is canceled. Michael Barry will not be present at Sunday’s book signing following the Tour de Georgia due to health reasons. Signed copies of his new book, "Inside the Postal Bus," will still be available for purchase at the Roswell Bicycles booth all day Sunday, while supplies last. Please call Roswell Bicycles at 770-642-4057 for more information on book sales at the event. More information on "Inside the Postal Bus" can be found at VeloGear.com.

An appreciative public applauds the peloton

Gamera? No, chimera

Disco bus

Earth Day

Net bus

Landis nails it

Armstrong struggled a bit on Thursday

Armstrong concedes he has work to do before July

Zabriskie

Julich finishes fourth on the day

Baldwin rode well, despite the sketchy conditions.

Landis knew early that he stood a chance to win the stage

Eki', too, had a strong ride.

Paris -- The organizers of the Tour de France have renewed their agreement with VeloNews to produce the North American edition of the Official Tour de France Guide for another two years. The Tour and VeloNews have collaborated on the Guide since 2000. The Official Guide to the Tour de France is a high-quality, perfect-bound magazine of 148 pages that exhaustively previews each year's Tour de France. Appearing in June before each year's race, the Guide is packed with features, photos and stats on the world's largest annual sporting event. And with American hero Lance Armstrong

Winning at Huy was unexpected, said Di Luca

Voigt was aggressive from the start

Kashechkin goes for it

The Mur de Huy

Di Luca takes over the ProTour lead.

Di Luca timed his move perfectly

Wolrich - really it is - takes the win

The chase

One reporter called it "the Black Monday of American cycling." Just like that, in the matter of a few hours on April 18, the U.S. lost two of the best Tour de France riders of a generation. First, Lance Armstrong, the undisputed king of the Tour, announced he’s abdicating the throne after making a run for a seventh crown come July. Then, Tyler Hamilton, heir apparent and former right-hand man, was delivered a devastating two-year racing ban for illegal blood transfusions. If you add in the ProTour ethics code, Hamilton won’t be able to even think about riding the Tour for four years, when

Tafi gets encouragement from his director

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Keep up the fight, TylerEditor:I believe Tyler. A rider of his determination and grit has more credibility. I hope that his appeal will bring out the justice and credibility of his claims. In the meantime, I hope he can maintain the will to keep training and believing in himself. Go

Eki drives at the front

Stage 5