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And the Phnom saddle is up to the rigors of cyclocross, says Jacques-Maynes. It has tougher titanium rails than the road-oriented Toupe

Ryan Trebon’s steed mirrors his teammate's, with a few slight differences. Trebon has a Dura-Ace front derailleur (Wicks uses an FSA model)

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Trebon also prefers an SLK crank

The final podium

Bennati v. Petacchi at the line

Th-th-that's all, folks

A toast to the finale

Kolobnev enjoys a treat of a different sort

The weary peloton heading for home

Vande Velde finished 14th, 41 seconds off of Sánchez's time.

Backstedt set the day's early standard.

Sánchez wins, climbs podium; Menchov secures; Sastre endures

Second stage win in two days, Sánchez fights his way on to the podium

Barring alien abduction, Menchov seems set to win in Madrid on Sunday

Sastre did what he needed to preserve his position on GC

Evans says fatigue may be taking its toll

McCartney now has his eye on Stuttgart..

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17 professional years, with some 275 victories.

Former junior world champion Geneviève Jeanson admitted to doping during her career in an interview with Radio-Canada’s news magazine "Enquête."

Sánchez had a good day in the saddle, but missed passing Evans on GC by a scant nine seconds.

Friday's Foaming Rant: O'Grady weighs in on 'the decision'

Moninger in yellow at Redlands

Sastre battled to take time on Menchov, but it was no dice

Menchov stuck to Sastre like glue

It wasn't a great day for Evans, who slid to third on GC

San Lorenzo

Jeanson was regarded as fierce competitor.

Reaction was muted Friday in Spain following the news that Floyd Landis failed in his bid to fend off doping allegations from his disputed 2006 Tour de France victory. Oscar Pereiro - the man set to inherit the Tour crown – said the 2-to-1 decision against Landis will end what he described as a “14-month purgatory.” “Now I can start to believe it a little more. I’m still missing some sort of official notification from the UCI or the Tour organizers before I can say with certain,” Pereiro told Spanish radio. “Of course we’ll celebrate it once it’s confirmed. After a year of rumors and more

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Dear Readers,Last column (Deliveranceof the bird man), we had a letter from C.W. in “deepest darkestWest Virginia” asking about self-defense, after his club ride was buzzedby “the clan from deliverance.” In response to the buzzing, the club’sfearless leader extended a one-fingered salute to the offending clan, whichresulted in the car sliding to a stop across the club’s path and a confrontationbetween “the enraged and rather large passenger.” This column, we’ve gotsome follow-up questions from readers, and next column, we’re going totake a second look at whether or not “flipping the bird” is

Oscar Pereiro was formally named the winner of the 2006 Tour de France on Thursday after American authorities ruled against Floyd Landis's appeal for failing a doping test, the sport's world governing body, the UCI, said. Pereiro finished the 2006 race in second place, 57 seconds behind Landis but the American tested positive after the race following his 17th stage win at Morzine, three days before the end of the race. "We can right now say that Pereiro is the winner of the Tour without waiting for a possible appeal by Landis to the Court of Arbitration for Sport," UCI president

Legally Speaking - with Bob Mionske: More thoughts on the bird man

Perez Sanchez steals a march on a squabbling break

Landis is stripped of the 2006 Tour de France title.

Sastre said he was done with attacking ... yeah, right

Sorensen and Vande Velde were there to lend a hand

Menchov and Evans weren't caught out

But Efimkin was, and it cost him his second place overall

Welcome to Avila

Avila is Sastre country, cobbles and all

Perez wins

And Menchov is one day closer to a final victory

Two of three panel members said this win was dirty.

Austrian-based German Jorg Jaksche has been convicted of doping and handed a one-year suspension by anti-doping authorities in Vienna on Wednesday. Anti-doping committee member Gernot Schaar said Jaksche's ban would run until July 2, 2008, after Jaksche was convicted of using growth hormones and having been involved in blood doping. It is thought that Jaksche received a lighter-than-normal sentence because he has been cooperating with authorities. The German, one of many riders implicated in the Operacion Puerto doping affair in Spain, made a series of stunning revelations in recent

Bennati earns his second stage win of the Vuelta.

Another day closer to Madrid, Menchov is in control.

Garcia and Olmo spent most of the day off on their own...

...until Milram ramped up the chase

McCartney nearing the end of his run with Discovery. What next?

Rabobank left chasing duties to the teams that want a sprint win, but always stays near the front.

A long day in the sun

Duque times it just right

Just another day at the office for Menchov

Grabsch fronts the big break

Nothin' to see here,. move along, move along

Duque and Horrach

The trio

Rabobank on the front as the sprinters' teams take a day off

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Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now ready for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of our most recent contest. Eddie Clark’s “Another day in Gunbarrel” is one of the week’s most remarkably composed images. Clark not only captured the peak of the rider’s arc, but also lit the shot beautifully with a combination of natural and flash lighting. Nice work, Eddie. Please drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.comto work out the details and we’ll send you a copy of our new Coors Classic DVD. Meanwhile, go ahead and take a look at our

Menchov says the Vuelta is 70 percent won.

Another day in Gunbarrel

Evans carves a corner

Atherton

Hill

Your winners

Sanchez wins

Hincapie writes a successful finis to Discovery's domestic racing

Dominguez takes his second stage of the race

Discovery joins Hincapie in the limelight

Cunego on his own

Dominguez gets his own podium time

Beltran and Sanchez

Huff got some attention, too ... but not the kind a guy wants

The winner

Happily, he was able to finish under his own power

Lopez in the break