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Hilton Clarke rides his train while Kristin McGrath makes the best of a late breakaway

The breakaway sat up to wait for another to bridge up to avoid being reeled in, and lots more action from the day

Already missing the Tour de France, former world champ pulls out of the Olympics

Vande Velde second from six-man breakaway after ferocious opening hour

1. Pierrick FEDRIGO, FDJ-BigMat, in 3:40:15 2. Christian VANDEVELDE, Garmin-Sharp, at 0 3. Thomas VOECKLER, Europcar, at :12 4. Nicki SÖRENSEN, Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, at :12 5. Dries DEVENYNS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :21

Who’d have known the only team that could beat Sky was Sky itself?

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July is a time for big characters and big stories — some stemming from the Tour’s own dramas, others that coincide with its spotlight

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Rein Taaramae's metal-wheeled climbing steed

Pierre Rolland says he's sorry for an attack that race leader Bradley Wiggins called "uncouth"

Casey B. Gibson gives us a glimpse of stage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France

Graham Watson captures the action on a mountainous stage 14 of the 2012 Tour de France

Luis Leon Sanchez, once thought a potential GC rider, contents himself with snagging stages

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Casey B. Gibson was on the scene when Cadel Evans's race was nearly ruined by some tack-flinging spectators

It's another installment of "Breakfast with Bernie."

The race director says nail-throwing spectators caused some 30 flats on stage 14

The Rabobank rider gives the slip to green jersey Peter Sagan and strongman Philippe Gilbert

1. Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL, Rabobank, in 4:50:29 2. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, at :47 3. Sandy CASAR, FDJ-BigMat, at :47 4. Philippe GILBERT, BMC Racing, at :47 5. Gorka IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :47

Orica-GreenEdge hasn't given up on its dream of taking a stage in its Tour debut

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The race leader knows that one only needs to win the race by a single second

The yellow jersey wants to silence the skeptics

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Casey B. Gibson got caught in traffic on Bastille Day, but he kept snapping away regardless

Graham Watson captures the action at stage 13 of the 2012 Tour de France

1. André GREIPEL, Lotto-Belisol, in 4:57:59 2. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0 3. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at 0 4. Sébastien HINAULT, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 0 5. Daryl IMPEY, Orica-GreenEdge, at 0

The big German edges the green jersey with a bike throw at the line

Chris Froome may appear to be the stronger of the two, but team bosses say he must support Bradley Wiggins

The Exergy Twilight Criterium in Boise is the penultimate race in the USA CRITS series

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David Millar's road to redemption has been paved with argyle

Casey B. Gibson focuses on stage 12 of the 2012 Tour de France

U.S. Olympians will wear throwback kits in London

Caley Fretz pulls out the microscope for the details on Jean-Christophe Peraud's Tour de France bike

American team stays aggressive after early crashes destroy GC and sprint hopes in France

Bradley Wiggins said he had suffered a slight burn to his arm after being hit with a flare near the end of stage 12

Graham Watson snaps stage 12 of the 2012 Tour de France

Tour leader pushes back at doping questions with blog post outlining his history in the sport, his opposition for doping and what's at stake

David Millar said that his stage 12 Tour de France victory will be a wonderful moment to share with his battered Garmin-Sharp team

The day after losing more time in the Alps, defending champ sees more opportunity to claw back to Wiggins and Froome

Bernie Eisel says that the guys getting dropped on the brutal climbs on stage 11 were praying that the leaders let up their pace.

VeloNews editorial staff's live updates, team twitter feeds, reader's questions answered all in one place

KOM hunter abandons a Tour he called his final

1. David MILLAR, Garmin-Sharp, in 5:42:46 2. Jean-Christophe PERAUD, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 0 3. Egoi MARTINEZ DE ESTEBAN, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :5 4. Cyril GAUTIER, Europcar, at :5 5. Robert KISERLOVSKI, Astana, at :5

Scotsman wins first Tour stage since 2003, on the anniversary of Tom Simpson's death

World champ is on bottle duty this week as more sprint chances loom

Gesink, Renshaw, Mollema, Petacchi all out of the Tour in the Alps

"Silent Assassin" dropped out of GC contention after bad day in the mountains

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Images from stage 11 of the 99th Tour de France, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Mick Rogers finally riding for yellow at the Tour, plus the peloton loses eight riders today

Sky management shows nerves after top domestique drops yellow jersey

Defending Tour champ slid off the podium Thursday. Will BMC Racing stay behind him?

Remy di Gregorio is facing charges of being in possession of unauthorized medical equipment following his arrest

Caley Fretz has a look at the steed of the King of the Mountains leader

Ochowicz says the team will keep fighting and that it was clear that Sky was under pressure from the BMC tactics in stage 11

Wheels slim down as the road turns up, trimming rotating weight while keeping bikes as light as possible

Gord Fraser announces the highlights from the UBC Grand Prix

Leading up to the monstrous stage 11, Bernie Eisel says "I think it will be pretty bad"

Catch the play-by-play from the interactive live coverage with comments from VeloNews editorial staff, teams, twitter and readers

Technical editor Nick Legan answers questions about attaching race numbers, Campy chainrings and why riders down the cold soda after a stage

1. Pierre ROLLAND, Europcar in 4:43:54 2. Thibaut PINOT, FDJ-BigMat +55 3. Christopher FROOME, Sky +55

It is difficult to imagine a breakaway more popular than the one that contested the finish of Wednesday’s stage 10

Despite late misstep, Wiggins and Froome defend yellow and shed Evans at La Toussuire

Schleck experimenting with new, more upright position, but in no rush to return to racing

While the California company is late to the carbon clincher party, Specialized jumps ahead with disc hubs

The old man of the peloton goes on the attack, for what may be the last time at the Tour

Prologue winner returns home with wife expecting to give birth soon

In this archive from September 2011, we put four bikes of the ProTeams to the test in the lab and on the road

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Daniel Lloyd previews stage 11 of the 2012 Tour de France, with over 5,000 meters of climbing in just 148km

Images from stage 10 of the 99th Tour de France, through the lens of Graham Watson