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Zack Vestal finds the Hutchinson Atom Comp clinchers are a viable option in the lightweight, raceable clincher market.

Lloyd Lloyd on stage 10 Matt Lloyd (Omega Pharma-Lotto) is getting accustomed to wearing the green King of the Mountains jersey at the Giro d'Italia, but concedes that it will take smart riding for him to keep it all the way to Verona.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 17 results

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 18 photos

The UCI has asked national federations to investigate charges against cyclists and team management who Floyd Landis has named in accusatory emails sent to officials last week.

Cofidis' Damien Monier wins an uphill pursuit to take stage 17; GC leaders finish nearly 10 minutes behind the winning breakaway.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 17 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

UCI Press Release: The UCI requests inquiries

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BMC Racing Team: Statement Regarding Investigation Initiated by UCI Through FFC against John Lelangue

Three weeks is a long time to be doing anything, even vacationing on a beach.

UCI Press Release of May 25, 2010

Report from Tuesday's stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia, the Plan de Corones time trial.

UCI chief Pat McQuaid on Tuesday rejected claims there was a conflict of interest in the sport's governing body accepting a $100,000 donation from Lance Armstrong about eight years ago.

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Start Times - Giro d'Italia, Plan de Corones Time Trial

Replay: Live coverage of stage 16 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

Lennard rides the Plan de Corones, with 13 dead Giro champions as company.

Lennard Zinn rode the Giro's Monte Zoncolan and reports he used every bit of his 34X26 low gear.

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UnitedHealthcare was outnumbered at Baltimore's Kelly Cup, but Jake Keough managed to deliver a win for the time. In the women's race Van Gilder shows she's on great form as the crit season heats up.

Cervelo's new California facility designed the new r5ca frame in part to showcase its expertise in carbon development and manufacturing.

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 8 photos

On the Giro's second rest day Cervelo's Ted King takes some time to define some new additions to the Giro d'Italia vocabulary.

Angelo Zomegnan promises a spectacular show if efforts to bring the Giro d’Italia to Washington, D.C. come to fruition for the 2012 edition.

Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan must be a very happy man. With a week to go, no one knows who will win the 2010 Giro, and that’s just the way he wants it.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 8

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Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal wins final stage as Michael Rogers wins the overall.

No one was injured in the two-car crash Saturday evening, but Cervelo TestTeam says the German rider was over the legal alcohol limit.

The Italian climber — who served a two-year ban for admitting his role in the Operación Puerto blood doping scandal — won Sunday’s stage up Monte Zoncolan in dramatic fashion that reminded many of the Basso of old.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 15 photos

Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) triumphed in stage 15 of the 2010 Giro d’Italia, shedding world champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) in the final 3km of a hellishly mountainous race after a five-man break came to grief on the steeps of the Monte Zoncolan.

When Amgen Tour of California organizers designed this year’s route, they specifically wanted a final stage difficult enough to upend the general classification. AEG Sports president Andrew Messick had a hand in utilizing his local ride just north of Los Angeles, the Rock Store Loop, while also incorporating the corporate headquarters of title sponsor Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks.

HTC-Columbia will have to withstand a barrage of attacks from RadioShack and Garmin-Transitions to keep Michael Rogers in the lead. Rogers says his team is more than up to the task.

Lennard Zinn visited teams to check out the gearing and wheels that will be used on the bikes for the Giro stage finishing atop Monte Zoncolan.

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Michael Rogers holds Amgen Tour of California lead after Los Angeles time trial

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 7

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 7 results

Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) wins the Olympias Tour .

Results from the 2010 Olympias Tour.

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 7 photos

Specialized debuted its new Shiv 3 time trial bike last week at the Giro d'Italia. It got its U.S. debut Saturday at the Tour of California.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 14 photos

Arroyo takes maglia rosa as Giro's standings get another reshuffle and Vincenzo NIbali wins stage 14 in solo break.

Australian Scott Sunderland has left his post as senior sports director with Team Sky for family reasons, Sunderland announced Saturday.

With the all-important 20.9-mile individual time trial only hours away, there’s still great uncertainty on who can win the fifth Amgen Tour of California. With riders starting in reverse of their GC positions, current leader Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) has the advantage knowing the split times of his rivals riding in front of him. They start at two-minute intervals.

The stage is set for a battle royale among the heavy hitters of this year’s Amgen Tour of California on the streets of Los Angeles Saturday. And just as it has been for the past four years, the TT stage is predicted to decide the overall winner. The race’s top three GC favorites — race leader Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia), stage 3 winner Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) and three-time champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) — are all within 14 seconds of each other.

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Amgen Tour of California stage 7 time trial start times

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 6 results

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 6 photos

Replay: Live coverage of 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 6

Peter Sagan (LIquigas) won Friday's Queen Stage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California, his second consecutive win, moving him past Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and into third overall, behind Michael Rogers (HTC-Columbia) and Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions).

In an attempt to disprove Floyd Landis’ credibility, Lance Armstrong has released a month’s worth of emails between Landis, longtime Landis supporter Dr. Brent Kay and AEG Sports president Andrew Messick, the man in charge of the Amgen Tour of California.

Emma Pooley (Cérvelo TestTeam) leads the Tour de l’Aude Cycliste Féminin by a healthy margin of 2:03 after six of nine stages.

The latest journal from writer, photographer and Amgen Tour of California podium girl Jen Caudill, about life as the significant other of a pro cyclist, Garmin-Transitions' Steven Cozza.

Floyd Landis did not put his best foot forward in his presentation of assertions that many high-level riders and team staff doped or assisted riders to dope in the years 2002-2006. But does that automatically mean his claims are false?

A directory of all the VeloNews.com articles related to Floyd Landis' doping allegations.

Craig Lewis (HTC-Columbia) came oh-so-close to victory in Friday’s 13th stage at the Giro d’Italia.

Stage 6 of the 2010 Amgen Tour isn't a true summit finish, but it's a handful nonetheless.

Manuel Belletti (Colnago-CSF) wins stage 13 as Richie Porte earns another day in pink.

Michael Barry (Team Sky) strongly denied allegations leveled against him by Floyd Landis that he took performance-enhancing products and discussed doping practices prior to the 2003 Vuelta a España.

At 10:54 Thursday morning, the peloton was rolling full tilt through orange groves on the way out of Visalia for the fifth stage of the Amgen Tour of California. Two minutes later, two dozen riders were on the ground, race leader Dave Zabriskie was caught behind the resulting split in the field. And Lance Armstrong’s left check was covered in blood.

There may be serious consequences from Floyd Landis' remarks, but his accusations were largely being downplayed at the Tour of California.

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Police in Maryland are looking for the person who threw tacks on a criterium course, causing flats, crashes and injuries.

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Australian Mark Renshaw of HTC-Columbia, was fiercely proud of a performance that helped propel team leader Michael Rogers into the race lead. “I think today I can announce that I’m 100 percent back after Epstein-Barr virus,” Renshaw told VeloNews

2010 Amgen Tour of California, stage 5 results

Casey B. Gibson's photos from stage 5 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.

Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) won stage 5 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California in a spectacular sprint among the GC hopefuls

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 12 photos

Along with her well-chronicled success on a cyclocross bike, Katie Compton is no slouch when it comes to fat tires. What's her mountain bike plan for 2010 and beyond?

Readers grill The Explainer on the Floyd Landis allegations.