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Moreau wins atop Ventoux.

It was not among Vinokourov's best days... but there's always July.

Leipheimer and Zabriskie are still in the mix

The break's lead that once hit 11:30 completely evaporated on the slopes of the Ventoux

With the top two on GC, the day's chasing duties fell exclusively on Astana

Evans was aggressive near the top of the Ventoux

Vino knew early on that he was in trouble

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Vino's in yellow here, but really wants it in July

Vande Velde says he's a big fan of Bell helmets after a couple of nasty crashes

Kash' is in line to win for Astana

Like Vino', defending champ Leipheimer is tuning up for the Tour

Moreau had a poor ride and dropped out of yellow

The Ancient One

Christophe Moreau dedicates his stage win and leaders jersey to his new daughter.

Vande Velde quickly recovered

Pineau Kuschynski initiated an early break...

... but faded soon after they got some company.

Moreau really drove this one

Cofidis eventually wore out its resources driving the chase

It took an alliance of sorts to narrow the gap

but Moreau still takes the day and the jersey.

Stefan Pahl, Magura’s suspension product manager, discusses the new 130mm travel Laurin ML130AM fork.

The back of the left fork leg on all of Magura’s forks sports an air pressure chart and a place to write in your personal setting.

Magura’s new 100mm travel fork, the Durin MD100R.

The Durin has Magura’s Dynamic Lock Out (DLO). The feature locks the fork, but allows a blow off for big hits.

The, once again, redesigned Louise brake. This is the BAT model.

The new caliper is a clamshell and cast from aluminum. The Heat Eater line attachment is free to pivot 90-degrees.

Just your average day on the bike in Switzerland

Haussler frustrates the biggies.

Another day in yellow.

Late-spring rain showers punctuated the early part of the day.

Wiggins wants to enjoy the jersey at least until Mt. Ventoux.

Rémi Pauriol and Nicolas Portal make an early break in a long stage... with the predictable result.

Leipheimer is staying relaxed.

Kashechkin grabs third

Sutherland

Hincapie powered in to briefly take the lead and finished fourth on the day

The bunch climbs Lemon Hill

Valverde is fifth

Going up: Men's Triple Crown winner Bernhard Eisel

Zabriskie takes sixth

Ryder Hesjedal attacks on the final trip up Manayunk

Boonen puts in a strong ride Sunday

Kirk OBee leads the bunch through the start-finish line

Millar may have been hampered by some nasty weather earlier in the day

Nürnberger cranks up the old choo-choo

For the world pursuit champ, a 4.2km TT was almost a perfect distance.

Hey, is this a wet T-shirt contest or a bike race?

This the first major leader's jersey of Wiggins career.

A little of both, seems like

Teutenberg gets the hat trick and the Triple Crown

Lehikoinen takes the downhill

Haedo takes Philly – but Eisel wears the crown

Saner tops the women's DH podium

The Irish have a go — Power and O'Laughlin

Haedo didn't think he was the man today

Anderson doing the heavy lifting

Powers having a dig

Wiggins edges Leipheimer by a second

Armstrong punches it

Leipheimer... close, but no leader's jersey today.

Blaudzun up front

Leipheimer has his eye on July.

For some, the Dauphiné Libéré is the perfect mountainous warm-up for the Tour de France.

Defending champion Levi Leipheimer now captains Discovery

Last year's men's field ascends Lemon Hill

Absalon remains the most dominant force in cross-country

Fullana moves into the World Cup lead

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Barry's back to training after a bout with pneumonia

Olympic cyclist to read new book for children in Wisconsin and Chicago

Teutenberg goes two for two

Eisel makes an audacious bid for the win — and gets it

The early break

Eisel on the rise

Anderson controls the field for Teutenberg

A spokesman for Belgian super team Quick Step firmly denied links to doping practices Thursday after police arrested a dozen people following raids which netted large quantities of banned doping products. The regional prosecutor's office, after initially saying the raids were on homes of members of the Quick Step team, refused to name any of those arrested, the team who employed them or the type of products uncovered. Quick Step spokesman Alessandro Tegner claimed none of the team's riders were involved, and that their implication in the investigation is the result of a major

Belgium's enfant terrible of professional cycling Frank Vandenbroucke is recovering in a Milan hospital on Thursday after an apparent suicide attempt. Earlier in the day the Italian press agency Ansa reported that the 32-year-old was in grave condition but his Acqua e Sapone team said later that he was "out of danger" and "completely conscious." Vandenbroucke did not start this year's Tour of Italy, which finished on Sunday, after failing to recover quickly enough from a knee operation in February. He was said to have suffered from depression for several years. He had yet to make