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Seven-time Tour champ admits nothing is guaranteed, but adds that he believes he can win in July

Flanked by compatriots Lance Armstrong and Dave Zabriskie, RadioShack’s three-time Amgen Tour of California champion Levi Leipheimer sat front and center at a pre-race press conference Friday afternoon in Sacramento, stating that he was prepared to defend his title against a world-class field competing in America’s biggest race.

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The Amgen Tour of California is two days from its start in Nevada City, Calif. and race organizers have pleaded for cooperation from fans in keeping the roads paint-free. According to technical director Chuck Hodge, the tour risks permit losses going forward if the traditional practice of road painting continues.

Regina Bruins (Cervélo TestTeam) darted to victory in the opening prologue Friday at the 10-day Tour de l’Aude in France.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 6 results

Breakaway again: Australian Matthew Lloyd wins Giro d'Italia stage 6 solo after attacking his breakmate on the final climb. Nibali retains overall lead.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 6 photos

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It's all California

On the eve of the fifth Amgen Tour of California, a pair of American overall favorites — three-time winner Levi Leipheimer and two-time runner-up Dave Zabriskie — spoke with VeloNews, assessing the riders most likely to win America’s biggest race, including each other.

Thor Hushovd — the defending Tour de France green jersey champion who broke his collarbone during a training ride in Italy on Sunday — underwent a successful operation Monday.

From climbing to cornering to accelerating, the Top Fuel 9.8 wants to race.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 5 results

The third part in our series on training for Grand Fondos and other long rides. This week's subject: climbing.

Jérôme Pineau (Quick Step) won Thursday's fifth stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia after working a nearly day-long four-man breakaway and outlasting the chase pack by seconds.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 5 photos

Replay: Live coverage of stage 5 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

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Peanut Butter & Co's Mara Abbott takes the lead of the series after her overall win at the SRAM Tour of the Gila.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 4 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

Having the Giro begin in Amsterdam was like mixing opera with Ska.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 4 results

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 4 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 4 team time trial

The Giro d'Italia offers some competitions and prizes that vary a bit from what many Americans have learned about through the Tour de France and domestic races. Here's a look at the competitions.

Hammer sets new world mark in pursuit

Officials have adjusted results for the SRAM Tour of the Gila to restore Dave Zabriskie to the final overall podium, bumping Phil Zajicek back down to fourth, race director Jack Brennan told VeloNews on Tuesday.

A reader asks about possible fork damage after a close encounter of the low clearance kind.

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American riders won five, including three golds. at the 2010 Pan American Road and Track Championships this weekend in Aguascalientes, Mexico. Ben King (Trek-Livestrong) won both the U23 men’s time trial and road race while Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty12) won the elite women’s road race.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 3 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

Luis Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) and Alison Powers (Vera Bradley Foundation) have taken over the top of the National Racing Calendar standings following strong performance by both at the SRAM Tour of the Gila and Joe Martin Stage Race.

Jason Donald (OUCH-Bahati Foundation) and Kyle Wamsley (Bissell) left the Joe Martin Stage Race final day criterium with fractured clavicles after going down during Sunday's race.

Two days of Dutch carnage has ripped a hole into the GC at the 2010 Giro d’Italia and struck fear into any rider looking ahead to these same roads across Holland this summer for the Tour de France.

Just a day after nearly everything went right for Garmin-Transitions, capped by Tyler Farrar’s stage victory Sunday, nearly everything went wrong less than 24 hours later.

Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) wins stage 3; Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) leads the Giro.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 3 results

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Marian University (of Indianapolis, Indiana) emerged victorious in an ultra-close USA Cycling Collegiate National Championship, which was decided by the final event of the weekend — a team time trial held at the Trek Bicycles headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Results from the 2010 Four Days of Dunkirk.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 2 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

As options in carbon clincher wheels continued to proliferate in the last few years, Zipp appeared to stay on the sidelines. No more.

Matt Crane (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) overcame a crash-marred final day at the Joe Martin Stage Race to edge teammate Karl Menzies for the win in the stage 4 criterium Sunday. Alexis Rhodes (Vera Bradley Foundation) attacked solo with three laps remaining and rode away from what remained of a decimated field for the victory in the women’s race.

Cadel Evans (BMC) is back in the pink jersey for the first time since he held it late in the 2002 Giro d’Italia. Evans was a relative newcomer to the road scene when he took the maglia rosa back then, only to lose it the next day in an infamous collapse in stage 17 to Folgaria. Racing the Giro for the first time since then, Evans says he’s now a different rider.

Garmin-Transitions scored a huge victory Sunday with Tyler Farrar’s victory in the second stage at the Giro d’Italia. Not only did Farrar prove yet again he’s a world-caliber sprinter, it also confirmed the team’s commitment to building a stronger team around the 25-year-old’s growing confidence.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 2 photos

Switzerland's Martin Elmiger (AG2R) wins the 56th edition of the Four Days of Dunkirk.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 2 results

Cervélo TestTeam's Thor Hushovd fractured his collarbone out on a training ride in Italy on Sunday after colliding with a child.

Jonathan Cantwell (Fly V Australia) and Modesta Vzesniauskaite (Colavita-Baci) made it two in a row at the Joe Martin Stage Race Saturday. Cantwell, whose teammate Bernie Sulzberger took the stage 2 win, pulled off the bunch sprint ahead of Daniel Holloway (Bissell) and Aldo Ino Ilesic (Team Type 1).

Replay: Live coverage of stage 1 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) wins a very messy second stage of the Giro d'Italia as BMC's Cadel Evans takes the overall lead.

Bradley Wiggins is elated with his maglia rosa, but says it's a bit early to say he'll win the Giro.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 1 results

Brent Bookwalter (BMC) came within a few pedal strokes of the biggest win of his career when he stopped the clock just two seconds shy of the maglia rosa in the opening stage of the 2010 Giro d’Italia.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 1 photos

Bradley Wiggins wins stage 1 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

A look at the Giro d'Italia's opening time trial

American-based BMC Racing is aiming to bring world champion Cadel Evans overall victory at the Giro d’Italia this month, but the country’s only Pro Continental team will also be sending a powerful squad to the Amgen Tour of California in search of stage wins. Leading that team will be U.S. national champion George Hincapie.

Race organizer AEG Sports announced the starting rosters Friday for the 2010 Amgen Tour of California. The 16-team competition will include seven ProTour squads.

Sulzberger, Vzesniauskaite fly to uphill wins at Joe Martin; Amaran, Powers lead overall

Tour of Missouri down but not out

Garmin aims for pink jersey, stage wins at Giro d'Italia

We take a close look at Pearl Izumi's newest road shoe.

2010 Giro d'Italia: Wide open, with some strong contenders

A conversation with Michael Barry

Webcor's Kathryn Curi Mattis and California Giant's Andrew Talansky win the opening stage of Arkansas' Joe Martin Stage Race

2010 Joe Martin Stage Race results

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David Millar is set to ride a new bike from Felt in the Giro d’Italia prologue on Saturday.

No clear favorite for Giro d'Italia

A rushed European trip and a borrowed race bike leads to predictable results

While they dominated U.S. racing for much of the last decade, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis (known under variatious sponsors' names) has, since 2005, struggled to find a stage win in one of the country’s major stage races. The team will get another shot when they take the start of stage 1 at the Amgen Tour of California.

A look at the risks inherent in a sport contested at high speeds on narrow and often dangerous roads.

U.S. Scene: Collegiate Nationals and Joe Martin