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Hammer races into the gold-medal round

Bos in the keirin prelims

The podium after Stage 7

The gold went to a happy Hoy

Hammer wins her second consecutive world title

There's power for you: The top six legs in the keirin

Celebrating on the podium

The winning British pursuit team had fans in the Spanish stands

Reed wound up 15th in the sprint and now looks ahead to the keirin

Third place Rafal Ratajczyk regrets not chasing Kam-Po Wong in the scratch race

The podium

But not as much as these guys regret laying it down on the unsanded boards

Britain blazed the team-pursuit qualifier and then won gold in the final

The men's podium, sans Schnell and Craig

...dreaming of lunch

Riding the omnium, Huff takes on the points race...

Millar - seen here in the yellow jersey at Paris-Nice - says that doping reform will only happen if teams get serious.

... and the pursuit.

Our boy Fred eventually recovered.

The media room is there to keep track of all of it.

Wiggins beat Bartko in the final

The track in Mallorca is the world's newest

Sarah Hammer burst onto the international scene last year with her breakthrough gold medal in the women’s individual pursuit. It was a surprise to everyone except Hammer, who was quietly confident she could mine the first U.S. gold medal in a decade and calmly delivered the goods. The 23-year-old no longer enjoys the benefit of being the unknown American and will be in the crosshairs this weekend as she takes aim for two gold medals, first in the pursuit on Friday and the points race on Sunday. VeloNews.com sat down with Hammer after her Thursday afternoon training session on the track to

James' Cannondale: He liked it so much, he bought the company... at least part of it.

The author shows great enthusiasm at the start... he'd get over it soon enough.

Hammer won the pursuit title in Bordeaux in '06

The 'easiest' stage: a Cape Epic diary

Huff podiums despite a cold, the trots and 'bad legs'

The 'easiest' stage: a Cape Epic diary

Huff grits his teeth and guts it out in the points race

The 'easiest' stage: a Cape Epic diary

Huff starts the pursuit

The 'easiest' stage: a Cape Epic diary

Czech fans celebrate their first track gold medal ever.

The 'easiest' stage: a Cape Epic diary

French coach encourages the French team to victory.

The 'easiest' stage: a Cape Epic diary

Greg Bauge celebrates the upset Team Sprint victory.

The 'easiest' stage: a Cape Epic diary

Wiggins in the pursuit.

Flat tires suck, for sure, but at least it offers a chance to get some rest.

Wiggins is quite comfortable on the podium. He's done this before.

Stage 6 finished at a tractor museum in Villiersdorp

Press awaits the British Women's sprint team.

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Australian hopes of striking a pre-Olympic psychological blow could be kept in check by an on-form British men's pursuit team at the world track championships on Friday in Palma de Majorca, Spain. The second day of the competition features four gold-medal finals in the women's individual pursuit, the men's team pursuit, the keirin and the men's 15km scratch. But it is the team pursuit, an event in which defending champions Australia also hold the Olympic title and world records (3 minutes, 56.610 seconds), that is most likely to thrill the spectators here at the brand-new

The tour of Germany will go to Austria to tackle the Rettenbachferner, which Levi Leipheimer won in 2005 when he rode for Gerolsteiner.

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Karpets took his first win since 2004

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 year’s Tour of California has provided us with a remarkable collection of images. One very popular subject of those photos this year has to be world and Olympic champion Paolo Bettini. Darrell Parks’ shot “It’s Good to be King” was among the best. Californians clearly enjoyed his presence at the race and Bettini certainly enjoyed his first trip to the U.S. Congratulations, Darrell. Please drop us a note at

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Paris-Nice winner Alberto Contador is among those lining up for the Vuelta a Castilla y León.

It's Good to be King

McDowell-Larsen

Thundering herd: Stage 3 kicked off promptly at 7 a.m. from Oudtshoorn

Cannondale-Vredestein pushed the pace early

Race director Kevin Vermaak (right) talks with Christoph Sauser about his penalty

Vermaak then turned to David George

A modern sporting event gets a traditional send-off.

Sutherland wins for the second time this week

Along with the usual scrum of reporters, local Knysna school children attended the pre-race press conference

South Africa's downhill great Greg Minnaar hangs out in the tent village in Uniondale prior to the start of stage 2.

Team Rwanda: American Jonathan Boyer and his Rwandan teammate prepare for the first stage in Knysna.

Anderson wins and Neben celebrates.

Absa Cape Epic race director Kevin Vermaak talks about the guiding philosophy of the annual event.

Neben led from day one.

Stage 1 winners Karl Platt and Stefan Sahm of Germany

Neben knew what she had to do to win the overall.

One team mechanic conducts a maintenance workshop for local children in Oudshoorn.

Anderson avoided a final-corner crash and earned her first win at Redlands.

Stage 1 winner Karl Platt high fives the crowd in Uniondale

Riders ready for Stage 2 in Uniondale

Closely matched, Paulissen and Fugelsang cross the line in first place

Masters leaders Andrew McLean (left) and Damian Booth know what good teamwork is

Schumacher has big goals for 2007

Early on the race often resembles a road event

Schumacher started his season in Mallorca

Bajadali gambled... and won.