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Cycling legends were in front of and behind the curtain at the inaugural Exergy Tour

Images from the 2012 USA Cycling Professional National Road Race Championship

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1. David Zabriskie, Garmin-Barracuda, in 40:41.4 2. Tejay Van Garderen, BMC Racing Team, at 40:47.9 3. Brent Bookwalter, BMC Racing Team, at 41:08.1 4. Thomas Zirbel, Team Optum P/b Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 41:23.6 5. Nathaniel English, Kenda 5-Hour Energy Cycling Team, at 41:38.7

Images from the 2012 U23 Paris-Roubaix

American pulls leader's jersey from teammate Neben with two-rider breakaway

With just one teammate in the race, Liquigas American wins national title on well-timed solo effort

Canadian riding high on post-Giro buzz

Images from the backstage preparations of the 2012 Giro d'Italia podium girls in Milan

BrakeThrough Media goes inside the podium celebration for Ryder Hesjedal at the Giro d'Italia

The starters for the road race nationals

Images from stage 21 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia

Steve Bauer, Michael Barry and Sue Palmer-Komar celebrated Ryder Hesjedal's Giro win on Sunday

1. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Team Specialized-lululemon, in 2:29:23 2. Leah Kirchmann, Optum Pro Cycling-Kelly Benefit Strategies, at s.t. 3. Megan Guarnier, Team Tibco-To The Top, at s.t. 4. Inga Cilvinaite, Diadora-Pasta Zara, at s.t. 5. Claudia Hausler, Greenedge-AIS, at s.t.

German makes it two stages in two days for Specialized-lululemon

We look through the pits in Milan for the wheel and tire combinations chosen by many of the teams in the final-stage Giro d'Italia time trial

Giro organizers welcome an international flavor to the Italian tour, but not everyone is interested in diluting the domestic appeal

Canadian delivers in final time trial for first Canadian grand tour win

1. Marco PINOTTI, BMC Racing, in 33:06 2. Geraint THOMAS, Sky, at :39 3. Jesse SERGENT, RadioShack-Nissan, at :53 4. Alex RASMUSSEN, Garmin-Barracuda, at 1:00 5. Thomas DE GENDT, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 1:01

Garmin rider becomes first Canadian grand tour winner as Pinotti returns to win stage a year after leaving the Giro with a crash

Thomas De Gendt rode Bianchi's TT machine in Milan on Sunday

Overall leader scrapes shoulder, bangs hip on barrier during pre-ride in Milan

American follows lead motorcycle off-course in Milan time trial

Start times for the final-stage time trial at the 2012 Giro d'Italia

We visit the Velo archives for this interview with Andy Hampsten from the morning after his unbelievable ride over the Gavia in the 1988 Giro d'Italia

Gallery: 2012 US Pro TT Championships through the lens of Casey B. Gisbon

1. Amber NEBEN, SLU, in 21:37 2. Evelyn STEVENS, SLU, at 15 3. Clara HUGHES, SLU, at 20 4. Shara GILLOW, GEW, at 29 5. Gillian CARLETON, CAN, at 31

Images from stage 2 of the 2012 Exergy Tour, through the lens of John Pierce

After a brutal day that ended higher than any Giro stage in history, is a 31-second advantage enough for Purito?

Neben, Stevens, Hughes sweep Exergy Tour TT Saturday, and sit atop the overall standings as well heading into Sunday's stage 3

Team Vacansoleil wanted him to focus on the Tour, but De Gendt chose the Giro and it pays off with a huge win on the Stelvio

Dave Zabriskie continues his mastery of the TT discipline, defending his title at pro nationals in Greenville

Gallery: 2012 Giro d'Italia stage 20 through the lens of Graham Watson

Gallery: Behind the scenes prior to the start of the Exergy Tour 2012 stage 2 as seen through the lens of Axie Navas

After almost 20,000 feet of climbing, Thomas De Gendt climbed onto the podium as winner of stage 20. Purito, Hesjedal still atop overall

1. Thomas DE GENDT, Vacansoleil-DCM in 6:54:41 2. Damiano CUNEGO, Lampre-ISD at 55 3. Mikel NIEVE ITURALDE, Euskaltel-Euskadi at 2:49 4. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Katusha at 3:22 5. Michele SCARPONI, Lampre-ISD at 3:33

The Pinarello machine of the Giro's best young rider

Hunted became hunter Friday on the Pampeago, when Hesjedal did the attacking instead of his rivals to close in on pink

Exergy Tour 2012 stage 1 through the lens of John Pierce, PhotoSport International

1. Theresa Cliff-Ryan, Exergy Twenty12 at 3:16:08 2. Ina Yoko Teutenberg, Team Specialized-lululemon at s.t. 3. Rochelle Gilmore, Faren Honda Team at s.t. 4. Leah Kirchmann, Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies at s.t. 5. Alison Powers, NOW and Novartis for MS at s.t.

Cliff-Ryan delivers much-needed stage win after team captain Kristin Armstrong's race-ending prologue crash

As Ryder Hesjedal closes in on the maglia rosa, his rivals know the only hope now is to attack tomorrow

Behind the scenes at stage 19 of the Giro, through the lens of Caley Fretz

Caley Fretz has developed a love-hate relationship with his Peugeot rental after following the Giro over the last three weeks

Caley's got the scoop on Basso's Cannondale's SuperSix EVO

A glimpse at LG’s top-of-the-line shoes that sport some multi-seasonal features

Here's the RadioShack-Nissan bike to watch through the detailed eye of tech editor Caley Fretz

Hesjedal may have delivered knockout punch in stage 19 in quest for maglia rosa; Kreuziger bounces back to win stage

After a difficult day of cramping Wednesday on the Passo Giau, Scarponi says he's ready to play his cards this weekend

A star-studded National Pro Championships start Saturday in Greenville, South Carolina

Garmin manager Jonathan Vaughters won't jinx Hesjedal with presence in Italy, yet; says Canadian has earned a Tour spot if he wants it

Tara Whitten wins by a hair, as Canadian riders sweep top three spots in Thursday's opening prologue at Exergy Tour

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The Giro's stage 18 winner, Andrea Guardini has spent a lot of time at the back of the race caravan. Photojournalist Gregg Bleakney captures his moments at the rear

The Exergy Development Group has supported women’s cycling in a big way with the new Exergy Tour, but is the new energy sustainable?

First-year director Charly Wegelius takes VeloNews inside one of the Garmin team cars on the day Ryder Hesjedal reclaimed the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia

Tech editor Nick Legan gives advice on building ice socks, choosing and aligning the perfect saddle and replacing derailleur pulleys

Minor hamstring injury, Stelvio stand in way of Milan victory

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Stage 17 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia, through the lens of Graham Watson

The wait to find out who will represent the US in London isn't over in the wake of the qualifying World Cups

When the road tilts up in Italy, team mechanics switch over to wider gear ranges and unique hoops

Martinelli has stiff words for his star after Kreuziger's Giro fell apart on Wednesday

Team missing time trial bikes, spare bikes and race wheels after early morning break-in

Caley Fretz zooms in on Michele Scarponi's Wilier Zero.7

Joaquim Rodríguez held onto the pink jersey today, winning stage 17 in Cortina after a brutal day in the mountains

Get the 'feel good factor' and more with the new S1-A jersey, made entirely in the USA by new apparel company Search and State

Skratch Labs brings you an all-new mobile recipe

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