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Bernie Eisel says Sky will miss Belarusian Soldier in the leadout and recalls an emotionally trying day yesterday

André Greipel rode a textbook lead-out to victory Wednesday in stage 4 of the Tour de France

1. André GREIPEL, Lotto-Belisol, in 5:18:32 2. Alessandro PETACCHI, Lampre-ISD, at 0 3. Tom VEELERS, Argos-Shimano, at 0 4. Matthew Harley GOSS, Orica-GreenEdge, at 0 5. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0

We profile the power output numbers for Janez Brajkovic and Chris Anker Sørensen over the first four days of the Tour

The young Slovak has a big points buffer heading into three sprint stages and then the Vosgues Mountains

Beefed-up sprint bike for the former green jersey winner

Garmin director says Danielson will try to continue after separated shoulder as the team's GC hopes now lie squarely on Giro champ Hesjedal

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Every morning looks like airport security at the Team Sky bus, and our Matthew Beaudin, a Tour rookie, is there

With Mark Cavendish freelancing and rivals trying to engineer their own trains, the Tour sprints are particularly chaotic this year

Images from stage 3 of the 2012 Tour de France, through the lens of Graham Watson

Defending Tour champ says that racing a man day in a three-week tour is a tall order and he's happy BMC Racing made it through Tuesday intact

Peter Sagan is unbeatable in terrain that suits him and Tuesday was a stressful, classics-style race, Fabian Cancellara tells VeloNews after stage 3 of the 2012 Tour de France

Images from stage 3 of the 2012 Tour de France, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Olympic champ says his run in the maillot jaune is helping him top off his preparation for a medal defense in London

Garmin-Sharp had a rough day on stage 3, with its GC men and sprinter all spending time on the deck

Though it may be the biggest race in the cycling world, the racers are just as accessible as at your local crit

Ever wonder what Mark Cavendish wears when he sleeps or if he snores? Bernie Eisel talks rooming with the world champion

Solo Cycle Clothing's Heuvel jersey is pricey, but functional — and who doesn't love Seventies-era Belgian kit?

Lennard Zinn talks electronic shifting: EPS compatibility with Di2 framesets and upgrades to electronic on frames without internal routing

Slovak champ, now a double Tour stage winner, says he'll shine Ivan Basso's shoes as thanks

1. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4:42:58 2. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at :1 3. Peter VELITS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :1 4. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Nissan, at :1 5. Michael ALBASINI, Orica-GreenEdge, at :1

The 2012 Tour de France sees a plethora of pilups

A year after a France Television car forced him into a barbed wire, Hoogerland still seeking damages

The Swiss Time Machine's custom yellow Domane

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Hincapie and Evans mix it up with the sprinters’ teams late in stage 2

Luxembourger dodged a bullet Sunday in Seraing and points to his history of honoring contracts when asked about rumors of a new German sponsor

Images from stage 2 of the 2012 Tour de France, through the lens of Graham Watson

King of the Mountains' aero Venge

Images of stage 2 at the 2012 Tour de France, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Mark Cavendish describes jumping into a gap left by Matt Goss to get onto Daryl Impey's wheel, then coming off André Greipel and Greg Henderson to win stage 2 of the 2012 Tour de France

Vos uses wild downhill attack to ride back into pink in the women's Tour of Italy

Stage 2: Bernie Eisel describes Sunday's Tour de France finish in Seraing, says there is no normal morning at the 2012 Tour de France and tells us about those yellow helmets

Even on its biggest stage, cycling gives fans access to their heroes like no other in the world

1. Mark CAVENDISH, Sky, in 4:56:59 2. André GREIPEL, Lotto-Belisol, at 0 3. Matthew Harley GOSS, Orica-GreenEdge, at 0 4. Tom VEELERS, Argos-Shimano, at 0 5. Alessandro PETACCHI, Lampre-ISD, at 0

Manx Missile scores a freelance Tour de France win in the rainbow jersey

Over the weekend, Russian Denis Menchov reminded everyone that he's finished on the podium in Paris three times

World time trial champ suffers wrist fracture at the Tour de France, but stays in the race to aim at the stage 9 time trial

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The Hyde Park Blast in Cincinnati was one of the hardest-fought races of the USA CRITS season

Peter Sagan has made quite a splash in his Tour debut, latching onto a surging Fabian Cancellara and beating him to the line

A chat with Garmin-Sharp's Tom Danielson following stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Graham Watson captures the action during stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Casey B. Gibson's collection of images from stage 1 of the 2012 Tour de France

Andrew Hood contributes a daily notebook from the 2012 Tour de France

Double-stage winner and defending champ Marianne Vos slips to second overall

A Canadian company rewards its Canadian Giro champ with a maple-leaf-adorned Cervelo R5CA

1. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, in 4:58:19 2. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Nissan, at 0 3. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at 0 4. Philippe GILBERT, BMC Racing, at 0 5. Bauke MOLLEMA, Rabobank, at 0

Slovak champs takes a tactical sprint in Belgium as Cancellara goes on the attack in yellow

Bernie Eisel describes waiting and waiting for the phone to ring before the race and the huge expectations at Team Sky

Garmin-Sharp's Jonathan Vaughters wants to inject a little chaos into the normally managed Tour

He's not in yellow, but Sky's Bradley Wiggins commands top spot amongst the favorites at the Tour de France after seven minutes of racing

Caley Fretz scopes out Look's new endurance frame and finds it brilliant

Casey B. Gibson is on hand as the 2012 Tour de France gets under way in Liège, Belgium

Post-prologue analysis from the experts at Velo magazine and VeloNews.com

Andrew Hood compiles a daily notebook at the Tour de France

The Argos-Shimano rider has done well elsewhere and hopes to bring that success to the Tour

Tejay van Garderen is happy to hold the white jersey, but knows the race is about putting Cadel Evans in yellow

The Swedish time trial champ rides a large but has an unusually narrow arm position for a big guy

Graham Watson shoots the prologue to the 2012 Tour de France

Specialized breaks out a new aero lid and some speedy clinchers for the Tour prologue

Garmin-Sharp sprinter has had some near misses this season, but no victories

1. Fabian CANCELLARA, RadioShack-Nissan, in 7:13 2. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, at :7 3. Sylvain CHAVANEL, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at :7 4. Tejay VAN GARDEREN, BMC Racing, at :10 5. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, Sky, at :11

The defending champion takes her second consecutive stage win, an individual time trial

Swiss Time Machine storms back for first post-surgery win as Bradley Wiggins scores the first GC shot in Liege

American veteran gets a snazzy new bike for his final Tour, and says he plans to keep riding after retirement

Big George Hincapie has a special-edition BMC for his 17th round of the Tour de France

Hesjedal is calm heading into the Tour, saying, "I'm going into the biggest bike race in the world, so it's all good"

The defending champ gets off to the best possible start, taking the opener ahead of American Shelly Olds

Like him or not, Alberto Contador is always a factor in a race — and perhaps never more so than in the Tour he will be missing

Dan Wuori, author of Velo magazine's "At the Back" column, provides his insights on Le Tour 2012

Challenger Bradley Wiggins has the results this season, but Cadel Evans has the title — and he'll fight to defend it

Liquigas-Cannondale captain is a strong descender who hopes to catch the favorites off their guard

The boss of British Cycling and Team Sky fights a two-front war for Tour yellow and Olympic gold

The 2012 Tour de France, by the numbers

Aussie team brings sprinters and breakaway opportunists to its debut Tour