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Singletrack.com's Zach White has no complaints when it comes to Fox's Ventilator Shorts — and he loves to complain.

The BMC team has suspended former world champion Alessandro Ballan after his name was among those under investigation in an ongoing Italian doping case.

The pavé of Paris-Roubaix:

Paris-Roubaix by the numbers

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George Hincapie talks about Paris-Roubaix past and present and his chances this Sunday

Prior to Tyler Farrar’s win at the G.P. Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, VeloNews had a seat in the Garmin-Transitions car riding along with the team’s director, Australian Matt White.

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (HTC-Columbia) on Thursday took her third straight win in the Drentse 8 van Dwingeloo in Holland, the first event in the Drenthe race series.

After thinking her days in Holland were over, Neben finds herself back — and actually enjoying the racing this time.

Start List: Paris-Roubaix

A reader new to cycling asks for saddle soreness help, and wonders if his numb hands are related

Saxo Bank’s Frank Schleck did not start Thursday’s fourth stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco, but the former Amstel Gold Race champion is expected to race the Ardennes classics later this month.

A look at Paris-Roubaix bikes tested at Scheldeprijs this week by HTC-Columbia, Milram, Saxo Bank and Garmin-Transitions.

Euskaltel's Samuel Sanchez won the fourth stage of the Tour of the Basque Country on Thursday.

This week, the U.S. racing scene is about three things: dirt, criterium prize money and an amateur spot at Nature Valley.

Before the midday start in Antwerp, we got a (very) quick look at his Felt F1. With only a few minutes to spare, team mechanic Andrea Bisogno set Farrar’s bike apart for a few photographs.

2010 Classics bike galleries

The conference traveled to Boone, North Carolina, for a weekend of races hosted by Appalachian State University. Saturday’s Boone Roubaix road races held both collegiate and non-collegiate races raised funds for Haiti relief.

Organizers of the Amgen Tour of California announced Wednesday that recent storm damage to roads in Southern California have forced a change in the route to be used in the sixth stage of next month’s race.

The spring classics could be in danger for Saxo Bank captain Frank Schleck, who crashed hard late in Wednesday’s stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco.

It's been more than a month since I arrived in Spain and since Steven is now mostly healed from his collarbone surgery, my nursing skills are minimally required. Now my energy can be directed toward other things such as forming friendships, finding a routine that involves "me time" and getting to know my way around a kitchen. For me, the latter of these objectives is absolutely the most challenging.

Kelly Benefit Strategies is preparing for the Tour of California with a slew of foreign races.

Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) wins the third stage of Vuelta a País Vasco.

Garmin-Transitions' sprinter Tyler Farrar has won the 98th edition of the Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen in Belgium.

Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen has withdrawn from this Sunday's edition of Paris-Roubaix with an Achilles injury, his team confirmed on Wednesday.

The Russian Katusha team has picked up Giampaolo Caruso for the remainder of the 2010 season, with an option for next year.

Lance Armstrong has been forced to pull out of the Circuit Sarthe cycling race before Wednesday's second stage because of illness, his RadioShack team said.

The heavy favorite for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders did everything right and his Eddy Merckx EMX-5 bicycle, free of mechanical problems, followed suit.

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With the domestic pro cross-country season openers under his belt in California, Subaru-Gary Fisher's Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski has a few more trips ahead of him this spring.

IN: Jelly Belly, Kelly Benefit Strategies, Sky. OUT: Jamis, Bahati

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne) won Tuesday’s stage at the Vuelta al País Vasco, this time without a protest, at least not from his part.

The cobbled classics continue Sunday with Paris-Roubaix, however the pro peloton will first take on the 98th edition of Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, the oldest race in Flanders, on Wednesday.

Book the Sacramento hotel rooms for Danny Van Haute and Jelly Belly-Kenda in May — they will be at the start line for the Amgen Tour of California. The team will have its fifth opportunity to improve on Alex Candelario’s two fifth-place stage finishes at California in 2006, their best showing in the United States’ premiere stage race.

Circuit de la Sarthe - Results

Luís León Sánchez (Caisse d’Epargne) came up first in the opening stage of the Circuit de la Sarthe on Tuesday in France.

The road is only so wide and there are only so many hotel beds in the Central Valley of California. Five U.S. Continental teams got the good news that they’ll have beds for their riders when the Amgen Tour of California leaves Nevada City on May 16. Six others did not make the cut.

When Saxo Bank’s Olympic and world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara won the Sacramento prologue in last year’s Amgen Tour of California, he looked capable of going on to defend the leader’s yellow jersey all the way through to the finish. That’s because the once burly Swiss star had shed several kilos over the 2008-09 winter and was making great improvements as a climber and GC contender.

Basque hills and French cobblestones dominate what’s sure to be an action-packed week of racing in Europe.

Chipped clear-coat, tire blow-outs and more; Zinn fields question on a host of common issues encountered by riders.

2010 UCLA Race results

Dominique Rollin enjoyed his first taste of the cobbled classics and is eager for more.

After three tough events hosted by Mesa State last weekend, the Rocky Mountain Conference thought it could breath a collective sigh of relief coming into this weekend’s short hill climb and criterium, hosted by the Colorado School of Mines. That was, until they woke up Saturday morning and took a look outside.

2010 School of Mines results

2010 Marian University results

Purdue University’s Chris Uberti snagged his second win of the Midwest collegiate season in this weekend’s rainy criterium hosted by Marian University. The women’s race saw Marian’s Jacqueline Kurth take the win on her home turf after a strong effort off the front of the pack.

Michele Scarponi wraps up the overall at Setmana Lombarda.

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) sprinted to fourth as Oscar Freire (Rabobank) darted to an apparent victory in Monday’s opener Tour of the Basque Country (Vuelta ciclista al Pais Vasco in Spanish) in northern Spain, only to see judges award the win to Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’Epargne).

J.J. Haedo wins the 2010 Rund um Köln.

2010 Tour of the Basque Country results

You may not know who the hell Freddy Nietzsche is, but if you've ever raced mountain bikes you know what the philosopher meant when he said "That which doesn't kill us, makes us stronger." Allow Judy Freeman, pro XC racer and Singletrack.com columnist, to explain…

Garmin-Slipstream’s David Millar: a man for the cobbled classics?

Riccardo Riccò (Flaminia) wins a second stage as Michele Scarponi (Androni) wraps up overall victory at the Setmana Lombarda.

Juan José Haedo (Saxo Bank) pips André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) in the Rund um Köln.

Start list, 2010 Tour of the Basque Country

Previous winners of the Tour of the Basque Country

Dean Podgornik wins the 2010 Tour du Maroc.

Dean Podgornik (Loborika) wins the 23rd Tour du Maroc in a closely fought battle with Team Type 1's Valeriy Kobzarenko.

Replay of live coverage for 2010 Tour of Flanders

Fabian Cancellara's Specialized Tarmac SL3.

Fabian Cancellara was obviously the strongest man in the Tour of Flanders, and his Specialized Tarmac SL3 was equally up to the task, despite one small technical difficulty.

University of Colorado engineering student Kiel Reijnen is leading the GC at the Tour of Thailand.

Grace Verbeke wins the women's Tour of Flanders.

Grace Verbeke (Lotto) wins the women’s Tour of Flanders.

Alejandro Valverde hopes to profit from Alberto Contador's absence at the Tour of the Basque Country.

Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) solos to victory in the 2010 Tour of Flanders.

A couple of days before the Tour of Flanders, a few ProTour teams pulled into Kortrijk, Belgium to set up camp and begin preparing for the race.

It was a big day for Skil-Shimano, with Yann Huguet winning one of Holland’s most grueling one-day races just days after finding out it was not going back to the 2010 Tour de France.

Liquigas will try to play the outsiders role in Sunday’s Tour of Flanders, with a handful of riders with freedom to go for it if they have the legs.

Bad boy Riccardo Riccò is back in the winner’s circle following victory in Saturday’s third stage at the Settimana Lombarda in Italy.

Cancellara is relaxed and confident heading into the Tour of Flanders.

Contested Sunday alongside the Ronde Van Vlaanderen will be the seventh running of the women’s Tour of Flanders, or Ronde Van Vlaanderen Vrouwen, which begins in the town of Oodenarde and loops east, also ending in Meerbeke, near Ninove.

The VeloNews crew spots two pairs of Bontrager wheel prototypes in the team parking lot.

Zirbel accepts a two-year suspension

Just a few days in advance of the Tour of Flanders, BMC Racing Team chief mechanic Ian Sherburne assembled a new race bike for team captain George Hincapie. Friday marked Hincapie’s first look at the new rig, the bike he hopes will take him across the Flanders finish line first.

Bbox has enjoyed an excellent four-week run, with a stage victory by William Bonnet at Paris-Nice, a stage victory and the overall at Critérium International with Pierrick Fédrigo and two stage victories to open the Three Days of De Panne this week.

Mattia Gavazzi (CSF) won a mass sprint in the second stage of the Settimana Ciclista Lombarda in northern Italy.

Two-time Ronde van Vlaanderen champion Tom Boonen has broken with one of his annual traditions as he bids Sunday to join an elite club of three-time winners on Sunday.

Katusha’s Filippo Pozzato has pulled out of the Tour of Flanders one-day classic because of a lingering ailment, Gazzetta dello Sport reported Friday.