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Under lights and heavy rain, defending champion Paul Mach (Bissell) took the prologue win at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic Tuesday night, proving that he’s the man to beat again in 2010.

Coach Dirk Friel compares rider power files from the Tour of California and the Tour de France and comes to some surprising conclusions.

Lennard Zinn gets a heads up from a reader about some earlier advice.

Cervélo TestTeam was one of the revelations of last year’s Tour de France, but the team is patiently waiting word whether top stars Carlos Sastre and Thor Hushovd will be lining up July 3 in Rotterdam.

Memorial Day might be a holiday in the U.S., but it was Canadian riders who had reason to celebrate the return of the Killington Stage Race this weekend after a 10-year hiatus.

Wheel guru Eric Hjertberg is back with a wild-looking carbon wheel.

In search of pain-free feet, Zack Vestal takes a look at Bontrager's new high-end road shoes and the eSoles eFit modular footbed.

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Of the seven pre-race favorites, only three finished in the top ten.

American Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) becomes the first in history to win two Paris-Roubaix U23 races.

2010 Paris-Roubaix Espoirs results

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 21 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 21 results

Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) collects the final overall victory at the 2010 Giro d’Italia on Sunday as Erik Larsson (Saxo Bank) wins the final stage, a 15km time trial through the streets of Verona.

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One bridged late, the other soloed long, but both strategies yielded the desired effect, as Burke Swindlehurst and Mara Abbott won their respective pro category races at the 39th Iron Horse Bicycle Classic road race on a sun-splashed Saturday in Southwest, Colorado.

David Arroyo, who’s been one of the surprise stories of the 93rd Giro, insists he’s not losing sleep over losing the pink jersey in Friday’s epic stage over the Mortirolo.

The Giro d’Italia will have a heavy Australian accent when the 93rd edition wraps up with Verona’s 15km TT.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 20 results

Johann Tschopp (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) wins the 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia as Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) defends his overall lead.

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Replay: Live coverage of stage 20 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

Giro gives go-ahead to Gavia route

Weather may reroute Giro stage from Gavia

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 19 results

Basso out-climbs a tenacious Arroyo to take the Giro lead heading into the final two stages.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 19 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

You can bet that the Liquigas brain trust has their calculators out tonight and are studying when and how they can wrestle away the pink jersey from the stubborn David Arroyo.

Andre Greipel wins Giro d'Italia stage 18

Replay: Live coverage of stage 18 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

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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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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).

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

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

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.

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

The Floyd Landis story went viral Thursday, but riders competing in the Giro d’Italia didn’t know the full extent of the blockbuster accusations until well after the final sprint.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 12 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 12 report

Tech gallery: Francesco Chicchi's race-winning Cannondale

Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas-Doimo) proves fastest of an elite crop of sprinters, winning stage 4 of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 11 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 11 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 11 report

With each passing stage, lexander Vinokourov is quietly gaining confidence that he can win the Giro.

Dave Zabriskie (Garmin-Transitions) scored a dramatic stage win ahead of Levi Leipheimer and Mick Rogers on Tuesday's stage 3 of the Amgen Tour of California, the 113.3-mile leg from San Francisco to Santa Cruz.

Most racers have their own names on their bikes. The RadioShack team is running the names of people battling with cancer on their machines.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 10 results

Tyler Farrar’s tightening grip on the red points jersey could keep him in the Giro d’Italia longer than expected, maybe even through the race's challenging final week.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 10 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia