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Health Net's Tim Johnson takes a dig.

Ken Hanson (BMC) wins the men's pro-am event

Kelly goes to the front with 10 laps to go, and held it for the win.

Will Frischkorn (Slipstream) leads the break

National Champion Paul Martin leads the Elite Men's field.

Colavita chases

The Pro peloton snakes down the hill.

Brad Huff with a unique radio mount

Kirk O'Bee and crew.

Eventual winner Miller leads the bunch

Frischkorn in the men's break

A wet day. The elite men's peloton heads up between the umbrellas.

Colavita chases

Tina Pic handles another wet corner with grace...

Hansen wins

... on her way to the podium, again.

Ballan outspeeds the bunch

Laura Van Gilder leads the women's peloton.

O'Bee enjoys a stars-and-stripes moment

Slipstream drives the peloton when Dominguez slips off the back, hoping to drop him for good.

. . . upstage the wily veteran Zabel?

Voigt wins his second consecutive Tour of Germany

The winners

And a well-deserved beer to celebrate

Can the up-and-coming Ciolek . . .

Lining up for another round

The ad hoc community waits at the finish

Koster finds his gear bag at the finish line

The dinner tent

The ability to pull off a river crossings is part of an essential skill set.

Sue Haywood tip-toes across slippery river rocks

BC has a whole lot of water...

...and the mud that accompanies that water.

But in the absence of rain means dust is a factor, too.

Share the road

Home is where the heart is...

.. and the massage tent.

Voigt finished 4:46 behind Leipheimer in the 55km Cognac - Angoulême TT at the Tour de France last month, but he has extra motivation this time.

Voigt put in a big effort to defend the jersey.

Ollett (left) and Koster prepare for another TransRockies stage.

Huff was the top U.S. finisher at last year's event.

A high calorie breakfast gets the riders through the day

A couple of disappointed Costa Ricans

Life ain't always easy on the TransRockies, but what the heck... they could be riding the subway in New York.

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At least the start is easy...

... but things get difficult rather quickly.

Another day's start

The goal for each day is to get some rest.

Ciolek makes it two in a row

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Voigt did the jersey proud on Tuesday.

Even Unibet's effort to circumvent the whole betting issue didn't work.

Ciolek held off some of the best.

Voigt was inspired by the jersey.

Zinn Cycles isn't the only thing 25 years older. Both the company and its owner seem to be doing just fine.

Contador faced Puerto questions last week.

More than bikes, Zinn Cycles produced a lot of friends and tons of memories...

It was the '80s.

One of VeloNews's younger editors checks out a vintage MTB.

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Happy Anniversary!

Lopez Garcia handles the toughest climb of the Tour with style.

Valverde will skip the Vuelta a España to concentrate on world's, but the Vuelta a Burgos fits into his plan.

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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. This last round of photos offered up a nice selection, but Andy Berry’s “El Diablo in London” caught our eye. We’ve known the irrepressible Didi Senft for years and we consider him to be a real asset to cycling. For one thing, cycling fans can tell fans of nearly any other sport “our crazy superfan is cooler than your crazy superfan.” Andy, please drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.comto work out the details and we’ll

Cunego gets his first win at the Deutschland Tour.

El Diablo in London.

Zabel wins

Dominguez nails the final stage

Nash makes a final charge to the line.

Kabush went head-to-head with JHK,

Sauser wins

It looks like Petacchi is going to be fighting this for a while.

CSC powers to victory

Gould sweeps the series

Kabush: Hey, a win's a win

The top two. Landis finished less than two minutes down on Weins

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador publicly declared he’s a clean rider in the face of increasing suspicions about his alleged links to the Operación Puerto blood-doping ring. On Friday, Contador took the extraordinary step of making a public statement to try to counter growing media antagonism in the wake of his impressive Tour victory. Contador declined to take questions from reporters. “I have never doped and I have never participated in an act of doping,” said Contador, reading from his prepared statement Friday. “I won the Tour clean. I cannot understand the attacks against me by