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The announcement of Enve's sale to Amer Sports (Mavic's owner) got us thinking about other potential mergers in the bike industry.

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Organizers Eddy Merckx and Dirk De Pauw look ahead to the future of the two Middle Eastern races, which could be added to the WorldTour.

Spaniards Luis León Sánchez and Jonathan Castroviejo crashed out of the Volta ao Algarve, with the latter suffering a broken vertebra.

The Association of North American Professional Road Cyclists says it will do its part to help keep motors out of the elite road peloton.

In this week's Americans Abroad, we discuss Tejay van Garderen's time trial victory at the Ruta del Sol, his first win of the season.

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Alberto Contador takes the Volta ao Algarve's final stage, while Geraint Thomas repeats as the overall winner

Scenes from the final stage of the Tour of Oman, won by Alexander Kristoff in a sprint

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Bjarne Riis may be planning his next cycling endeavor with Bahraini support

Arthur Vichot takes the second stage of the Tour du Haut Var, and with it, the overall title

Alberto Contador nabs the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve as Geraint Thomas wraps up the overall title

The Ruta del Sol slips through Tejay van Garderen's fingers as Alejandro Valverde sticks a long-range attack in the queen stage

After getting his 2016 campaign off to a strong start in the Tour of Oman, Romain Bardet looks ahead to the Tour de France and more

Alexander Kristoff sprints to another win in the final stage of the Tour of Oman as Vincenzo Nibali takes the overall title

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Etixx – Quick-Step enjoys a successful Saturday in Algarve, with Marcel Kittel taking stage 4 and Tony Martin retaining his race lead

After the peloton caught a stubborn breakaway in the final few kilometers, Edvald Boasson Hagen claimed his second stage win of the race

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Up-and-comer Merhawi Kudus is hoping to build towards a strong Giro d'Italia debut in May

Tom-Jelte Slagter takes the opening stage of the Tour du Haut Var ahead of Arthur Vichot and Mikael Cherel in an uphill sprint

Marcel Kittel beats Wouter Wippert to the line to take his fifth victory of the 2016 season

Tejay van Garderen wins Ruta del Sol's stage 4 time trial and vaults into the overall lead with one day of racing remaining.

With the full support of Dimension Data behind him, Edvald Boasson Hagen is off to a roaring start this season

Edvald Boasson Hagen outsprints Greg Van Avermaet and Marco Canola to claim his second stage win of the 2016 Tour of Oman

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Enve is recalling about 600 carbon fiber, disc brake-specific forks after reports of cracking near the brake mounts on the forks' left legs.

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Alberto Contador gradually builds form into the 2016 season. This is at the expense of results in Algarve, but he says he's improving day by day.

Global Cycling Network takes you behind the scenes for a day at Team Sky's pre-season training camp in Spain.

Fabian Cancellara and Tony Martin go head-to-head in Algarve time trial, and the Swiss master comes out ahead while Martin earns GC lead.

Astana cheers Nibali's victory in stage 4 of Tour of Oman, but it also loses Sanchez to a crash in Algarve TT while the Spaniard was leading the race.

Vincenzo Nibali and Romain Bardet go head-to-head on the Tour of Oman queen stage; the Italian champ wins on Green Mountain, takes overall lead.

Fabian Cancellara earned his first TT win of 2016, beating rival Tony Martin in Volta ao Algarve stage 3. Martin assumes GC lead.

A late two-man break of Navarro and Fraile is caught in the last kilometer as Tinkoff's Oscar Gatto sprints to victory and Ben Swift takes GC lead.

The Astana star shuffled his grand tour schedule this season and will try to win the Giro d'Italia in May instead of the Tour de France.

The Italian wins stage 4 at the Tour of Oman atop Green Mountain, putting him in the driver's seat with two stages remaining.

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The Etixx – Quick-Step sport director tells VeloNews the deal that brought Marcel Kittel to his team happened "very, very fast."

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Giant – Alpecin's Simon Geschke implies that Nacer Bouhanni broke the rules to rejoin the peloton prior to winning stage 2 at Ruta del Sol.

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With a narrow focus on July's Tour de France, Alberto Contador is unconcerned that his form is slow to come around at Volta ao Algarve.

The GC picture comes into focus at Volta ao Algarve as Luis Leon Sanchez beats defending champ Geraint Thomas in Portugal.

Katusha's Joaquim Rodríguez withdraws from Volta ao Algarve on stage 2, suffering from an illness he's had since the race began.

Alexander Kristoff battles through a rainy day at Tour of Oman to win stage 3, his fourth victory of 2016.

With four wins in the bag this season, Alexander Kristoff is the odds-on favorite to win a second Milano-Sanremo in one month's time.

Luís León Sánchez climbs to victory in stage 2 of Volta ao Algarve in Portugal, taking the GC lead.

French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni collects his first win of 2016 as well as the overall lead at Ruta del Sol in Spain.

A representative from SRAM joins Art's Cyclery to talk about the brand's new wireless shifting system, eTap.

Vincenzo Nibali says if he decides to leave Astana another team for 2017, he would take teammates and staff members with him.

Rigoberto Uran says he's feeling strong, and he's looking to win the Giro d'Italia in May and the Olympics in August.

The USA Pro Challenge is taking a year off as it seeks a new ownership group, so hold off on donning funeral attire, writes Fred Dreier.

The Katusha rider has now won four stages this season, all in the Middle East races.

Wouter Wippert, 25, sprints to a fourth-place result at Volta ao Algarve, his European debut with the Cannondale team.

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This Canadian rider isn't content to simply log rides on Strava — he creates masterpieces, doodling Star Wars characters and sending birthday wishes.

The first stage of Volta ao Algarve is a head-to-head duel between two German sprint stars: Andre Greipel and Marcel Kittel.

Mark Cavendish confirms he'll race track worlds in his bid to race the omnium event at the Rio Olympics and vie for a gold medal.

Tom Boonen is caught behind crash after flat tire in Volta ao Algarve's hectic stage 1 finish, starting the race in Portugal on a sour note.

Edvald Boasson Hagen out-sprints Vincenzo Nibali and Greg Van Avermaet to win stage 2 of Tour of Oman and claim the overall lead.

BMC leader Richie Porte is dropped in Tour of Oman stage 2, losing more time, but the team says he's on track for his Tour de France goals.

Marcel Kittel wins his first duel of 2016 against fellow German sprinter André Greipel in stage 1 at Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.

Tinkoff's Daniele Bennati sprints to his first victory of the season in stage 1 of Ruta del Sol in Spain.

The son of star sprinter Erik Zabel says it's time for him to take his career to the next level.

Taylor Phinney will line up at Haut Var-Matin and the Tour La Provence this weekend to kick off his spring European campaign.

The Dimension Data rider wins stage 2 and now has a slim advantage over Vincenzo Nibali and Greg Van Avermaet in the GC.

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Lennard Zinn answers questions about motorized cheating and follows up on his advice for indoor roller-specific tires.