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Lennard attends the Park Tool Summit and returns with tips for garage mechanics.

A women's criterium will be held in Sacramento on May 16, just prior to the arrival of the men's Amgen Tour of California peloton in the city. The Sacramento Grand Prix at the 2010 Amgen Tour of California will begin at 10 a.m. and will circle the Capitol building duplicating part of the finishing circuits that will be used in the men's race.

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has already won more races this year than he did in all of 2009, and it’s only February. The Spanish “gato” pounced to his second straight victory in Tuesday’s third stage at the Ruta del Sol (AKA the Vuelta a Andalucia), fending off Grega Bole (Lampre) and Simon Gerrans (Sky) to claim his third win in the 2010 season.

2010 Wake Forest collegiate results

The Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference’s two-day, three-event weekend, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina began early by college standards, at 8:30am.

The fi’zi:k Cyrano seatpost offers easy adjustment and excellent support for carbon and oversized saddle rails.

Ace photographer Casey B. Gibson recently spent some time with Team Bissell's Pinarello Dogma 60.1 bikes and sent us this photo gallery. He was impressed, and we expect you will be, too.

Former European-based pro Pat McCarty, who had announced last fall that he would join Rock Racing for the 2010 season, has signed on with Yahoo Cycling Team on a provisional basis.

Collegiates try the gamut at Florida State this weekend: TT, TTT, road race in crit.

FSU Collegiate Race, Feb. 20-21, 2010 results

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Graham Watson shoots the final stage of the 2010 Volta ao Algarve.

University of Arizona wins the conference criterium title in rainy Phoenix.

Results from the ASU Sundevil Criterium, February 20, 2010

The 2010 Tour won't be a two-man race between Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, says José Azevedo.

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Casey B. Gibson, with camera in hand, pays a call on the Bissell team camp in California.

The Bissell Pro Cycling Team is smaller but swifter for 2010, hoping to contend in crits as well as time trials and stage races.

J.J. Haedo wins the Tour de Mumbai.

Sergio Pardilla wins Stage 1 at the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux) wins the 42nd Tour du Haut Var.

Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro) wins the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Alberto Contador (Astana) finishes second in the final time trial to take the overall title at the Volta ao Algarve.

Rinaldo Nocentini wins Stage 1 of the Tour du Haut Var.

Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) wins the first stage of the Tour du Haut Var.

Saxo Bank's Jose Juan Haedo on Sunday won the inaugural Tour de Mumbai, India's first UCI-sanctioned pro race.

Alberto Contador isn’t happy about the UCI’s decision to ban his Specialized Shiv time trial bike on the eve of Sunday’s decisive final TT in the Volta ao Algarve.

With the star-studded RadioShack roster, Sébastien Rosseler never expected it would be him to score the new squad’s first victory. The stocky Belgian rider pulled it off in Saturday’s hilly fourth stage at the Volta ao Algarve, powering away from a breakaway with nearly 30km still to go.

Heading into its 11th season, Jelly Belly presented by Kenda set up camp once again at the golfing community of Lake San Marcos in Southern California.

Riders from war-ravaged Afghanistan are bound to be the center of attraction in next month's Tour de Pakistan, particularly since Indian cyclists were left out in the cold by organizers, an official said on Saturday.

Fabian Cancellara added another victory to his palmarès Friday with the overall win at the inaugural Tour of Oman. He did so on his Specialized Tarmac SL3.

Quick-draw Contador wins stage 3 Alberto Contador (Astana) picked up where he left off last July and won Friday’s “queen stage” to surge into the overall lead at the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.

Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara won the final overall title at the Tour of Oman Friday after finishing second to Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen in the race's concluding 18.5 km individual time trial.

Levi Leipheimer isn’t used to racing in Europe so early in the season, at least not since the inception of the Tour of California in 2006.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is slated to begin his 2010 campaign on Sunday at the Ruta del Sol after an abscessed tooth postponed a planned start at the Tour of Qatar.

Australia's Tour Down Under last month attracted record crowds, visitor numbers and income, the South Australian state government said Friday.

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Early in Thursday’s infernally cold and rainy stage at the Volta ao Algarve, André Greipel called off his HTC-Columbia troops and told them not to chase down a five-man breakaway that had opened up a six-minute gap. ... Well, he won anyway.

Endurance champ Rebecca Rusch gives the blow-by-blow of her South American race adventure with teammate Heidi Volpe.

Ted King is ready to apply the lessons he’s learned in 2009 to have an even better sophomore season in the pro ranks.

Belgian champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the fifth stage of the Tour of Oman, Thursday, already his third win of the season.

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If the name Leigh Howard — Wednesday’s 20-year-old field-sprint winner at the Tour of Oman — sounds familiar to VeloNews.com readers, there are several reasons why.

Benoit Vaugrenard (FDJeux) surprised the sprinters with a well-timed late-stage attack to win Wednesday’s hilly opening stage at the 36th Volta a Algarve.

VeloNews' Robbie Stout takes a look at Kelly Benefit Strategies' 2010 team gear, from its new bikes to its new washing machine.

HTC-Columbia’s Leigh Howard won the fourth stage of the Tour of Oman Wednesday, outsprinting Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) who took the overall lead from Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Reigning Olympic champion, Samuel Sanchez, showed up at this week's Volta ao Algarve with a special edition Orbea Orca.

SRAM has announced plans to release a new entry level road group, intended to compete against Shimano’s 105 group, in the spring of 2010.

India hosts its first professional UCI-sanctioned road race this weekend, with hopes it will showcase home-grown talent and boost public interest in two-wheel transport.

Getting into position: what's the difference between bike sizing and bike fitting, and when is close-enough close-enough?

Arnie Baker, the former Floyd Landis advisor who was named in a French arrest warrant along with Landis yesterday, said he has has offered to talk to French authorities but they have not taken him up on the offer. Baker denies any involvement in hacking into the French anti-doping agency's computer system, the alleged act French authorities said they want to talk to him about.

This year's Women's Prestige Cycling Series includes four stage races in four states. The series, which awards points at existing events to determine season-long winners in four categories.

Christian Vande Velde is holding nothing back this season as he sets his sights on the ultimate prize of the Tour de France.

A cracked or broken carbon frame can be fixed. Lennard Zinn checks in with Craig Calfee's repair shop.

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Kelly Benefit Strategies is forging a team for stage races and tough one-day events.

A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for Floyd Landis for allegedly hacking into a French anti-doping lab's computer system, the French anti-doping agency announced Friday.

Jonathan Chodroff and Carmen Small win the 2010 Valley of the Sun Stage Race in Arizona.

Stewart leads the nearly-day-long break. Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) won the second stage of the Tour of Oman on Monday as Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) takes over the race lead from stage 1 winner Jimmy Casper.

Racing this Week: The big story this week is the season debut of defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador and several other big names at the Volta ao Algarve.

Despite recent snow, teams come out for the South Central collegiate conference's first race of the season, a time trial at Centenary College

Filippo Pozzato believes he’s poised to win at least one major classic this spring and he could care less which one it is.

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Jonathan Chodroff and Carmen Small lead the Valley of the Sun Stage Race going into the final criterium in Phoenix.

Tech editor Zack Vestal pays a call on the Cyfac factory during a whirlwind tour of France.

Jimmy Casper takes the kickoff to the inaugural Tour of Oman.

Alejandro Valverde wins the Tour Méditerranéen as Francesco Masciarelli takes the finale.

Graham Watson captures Stage 1 of the 2010 Tour of Oman.

The Frenchman took the bunch sprint at the end of the 61km circuit race on the Muscat Corniche ahead of Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) and Kenny De Haes (Omega Pharma-Lotto). He will wear the red leader’s jersey in Monday’s Stage 2, a 148.5km leg from Nizwa to Samail.

Alejandro Valverde wins the Tour Méditerranéen as Francesco Masciarelli takes the final stage.

World champion Zdenek Stybar wins the Superprestige series in a dramatic last-round battle with Niels Albert.

South Central Collegiate Cycling Conference Shreveport, LA Feb 13, 2010

Jonathan Chodroff and Carmen Small lead the Valley of the Sun stage race in Arizona.

Europe’s brutal winter put the brakes on Saturday’s fourth stage at the Tour Méditerranéen along France’s Cote d’Azur.

We take a close look at an affordable Workhorse Racer, the Masi 3VC 105.

Whatever its name, the team variously known as HealthNet, HealthNet-Maxxis or OUCH-Maxxis has dominated the National Racing Calendar for the last six years.

Française des Jeux keeps on pouring it on at the Tour Méditerranéen, with the French outfit winning its third stage in a row in the five-day race in southern France. Alejandro Valverde remains poised for overall victory, sitting sixth just 10 seconds back going into Sunday’s climactic stage finish atop Mont Faron.

One of Japan's first Tour de France finishers last year, BBox's Yukiya Arashiro is aiming to return to the Tour, score a pro win, and find his place in the peloton.

Judy Freeman, Kenda-Felt pro and Singletrack.com columnist, hit the road to find more temperate climes to train in compared to wintry Colorado. What'd she discover? Clingy cacti and a Smith&Wesson cyclist.