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Contador's win at Paris-Nice defined much of his year.

Discovery is returning to a tried-and-true strategy

The 2007 Tour squad is built around one rider: Levi Leipheimer

Discovery Channel unveiled the nine-rider cast that will try to rekindle the Lance Armstrong glory years when it heads to London for the start of the 2007 Tour de France. As expected, Levi Leipheimer got a full vote of confidence from Discovery sport director Johan Bruyneel on Wednesday, and will lead America’s lone ProTour team at the Tour. “He’s capable of being on the podium,” claimed Bruyneel during an hour-long telephone-conference call that included cycling and mainstream media from both sides of the Atlantic. Bruyneel said he wasn’t concerned with Leipheimer’s failure to defend his

Hincapie generally knows what he's doing in July.

Petacchi won five stages and the points jersey at this year's Giro.

Contador's win at Paris-Nice defined much of his year.

Trek’s new Fuel EX, in the top end 9.5 dress: OCLV carbon front triangle with Shimano XTR and SRAM X.0 components.

Discovery is returning to a tried-and-true strategy

The new EVO one-piece rocker link.

The ABP concentric pivot.

The Full-Floater, a floating suspension mount.

The three make up the new R1i tuned rear end.

Dahle-Flesja could miss the rest of the 2007 season

The pint-sized Russian can win in any conditions

: Marga Fullana has returned with refined technical skills

Chengyuan (left) and her Chinese compatriots may lack experience, but they know how to go hard

The 2007 Tour squad is built around one rider: Levi Leipheimer

Leipheimer hopes to time his peak for the big one this year.

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Swiss Alps in August - 2006

Pereiro has his eye on July

Alexandre Vinokourov has a score to settle with the Tour de France. Last year, he was sidelined from starting the Tour after five of his then-Astana teammates were implicated in the infamous Operación Puerto. While Vinokourov was never linked to the damaging scandal, the team didn’t meet the number of riders required to start and he spent July at home for the first time in nearly a decade. Now the unquestioned boss of the fearsome Astana team, Vinokourov looks unstoppable as the Tour de France approaches. At 33, it could be his last chance to win the Tour and he admits as much. In an

Karpets in yellow

Vino' wants another yellow jersey in July

Hill shows why he gets to wear the rainbow

Hill, Jonnier take fast Mont-Ste-Anne downhill

Lopes

Stevic wins his first U.S. stage race and credits his team

Pipp's charge on the 24-percent slopes of Chilkoot Hill may have inspired his team to dominate the stage, with Health Net finishing 1, 3 and 5 on the day.

Do you ever get the feeling that master's racers across America breathe a sigh of relief whenever they see 47-year-old Steve Tilford racing in the pro's field?

Abbott and Armstrong formed an effective alliance

Abbott didn't want a gift... and Armstrong wasn't handing any out.

For the team

Stevic and Armstrong take overall titles at Nature Valley

Van Gilder wins the women's race

Is this kid destined to be a downhiller or what?

Armstrong holds the lead

Colavita's next sprinter

The men race through downtown

One determined young athlete

Uran wins one for Unibet.com

Absalon en route to World Cup win No. 3

Kalentyeva rode into the World Cup lead in Canada

Another 'look,' from another Armstrong

The early break

Race leader Stevic was not having a super day

O'Neill on the front

Sutherland takes the win

Rushlee Buchanan of Jazz Apples was in a break for 45 miles or so

Abbott and Wrubleski lead the chase

Armstrong takes the win

Race leader Stevic

Toyota chasing for race leader Stevic

O'Bee takes the sprint

Hey, it's more stylish this way

Zabriskie hopes to have a shot at another yellow jersey.

Mont-Ste-Anne is always a big draw

Premont is a fan favorite in Quebéc

If Absalon gets on a bike, the odds are good he'll end up on the podium.

Gusev also earned himself a part on the Tour squad with this one.

It sure beats the tire you won at last week's local crit, eh?

Vladimir Efimkin spends another day in yellow

Armstrong knew she was favored in this stage.

O'Neill takes the top spot...

...Stevic takes third...

...which moves him back into the jersey.

Zajicek suffers to stay in the break

Brooke Miller wins for the second year in a row in Cannon Falls.

O'Bee takes over, Cheatley hangs tough at Nature Valley

Hi Bob,First of all thanks for the "Legally Speaking" column. It's informative, sometimes empowering and always interesting. On a group ride last week on a country road with no auto traffic about 10 of us were pace-lining. As we came around a bend we startled a man walking a dog. The leader called it out, we slowed and gave him plenty of room and there was nothing close to contact. But this guy was furious and we rode off to his screams of "You have to ride single file!!!" Was he right? Also, could you direct me to where on the web I can look such things up? We often ride into New

With the Tour de France just weeks away, there’s a high stakes game of cat and mouse between a half-dozen so-called suspect riders identified by the UCI and anti-doping testers. Anne Gripper, director of the UCI’s anti-doping program, told the AFP that “six or seven” big-name riders have been subject to surprise out-of-competition controls which have yielded some“non-negative” results. Gripper added officials are waiting for the results of the second “B” sample before jumping to conclusions. “We have targeted six, seven riders considered a high risk because of their suspicious behavior and

This space for rent: Bruyneel says he sees a world of opportunities out there.

Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: Two-by-two?

Jeff Oatley misses his two dogs, Hadley and Harriet. MacGregor was happy to fill in so Jeff could soak up some doggie love at the Rouzerville, Pennsylvania, time station.

In Gettysburg.

It may be a long ride, but at least it's a warm ride.

Sunny at the finish, but foul weather at the start forced the stage to be trimmed by half.

Vladimir Efimkin enjoys his time in the jersey

O'Bee scores the win and takes the jersey