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A glimpse of the Tour's start villages from BrakeThrough Media

Largely unknown outside cycling circles, the new Tour champ is stepping into the limelight

The Londoner came back from injury determined to see his dream come true

Brian Robinson predicts great things for British cycling

Jonathan Cantwell

Casey B. Gibson nails it with his Nikons during stage 19 of the 2012 Tour de France

Graham Watson is on the scene as Sky goes 1-2 once more in an individual time trial

Tejay van Garderen has made great strides, but management says there's still work to be done

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The race leader and top domestique Chris Froome go one-two in the final race against the clock

1. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, in 1:04:13 2. Christopher FROOME, Sky, at 1:16 3. Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL, Rabobank, at 1:50 4. Peter VELITS, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, at 2:02 5. Richie PORTE, Sky, at 2:25

Bernard Eisel supplies his insights from the 2012 Tour de France

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Bontrager takes top three spots at Mount Bachelor as Mancebo takes overall lead

Peter Sagan is the second youngest to win the Tour's maillot vert and says there are always races to be had

147. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing 16:18:00   148. Tejay Van Garderen, BMC Racing 16:21:00   149. Jurgen Van den Broeck, Lotto-Belisol 16:24:00   150. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Cannondale 16:27:00   151. Chris Froome, Sky 16:30:00   152. Bradley Wiggins, Sky 16:33:00

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With live insight from teams, VeloNews staff and readers, here's how stage 18 went down

Felt’s 2013 range will include a snappier endurance bike and an F1-inspired mountain bike

The stray dog is one of the peloton's biggest fears and Belgian ace Philippe Gilbert became its latest victim

With rainbow accents, double lever hoods and a custom cockpit, we profile Mark Cavendish's stage-winning Dogma 2

Cavendish admitted that chasing the yellow jersey with Sky this year has left him feeling like a fish out of water

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From post-stage ice baths to the kitchen and massage table, BrakeThrough Media goes inside the Omega Pharma camp at the Tour

Casey B. Gibson stocks up on sunflowers during stage 18 of the 2012 Tour de France

Luxembourger faces sanctioning and looks for answers

Bernhard Eisel said that Sky was not hoping for such an amazing Tour performance with the top two spots on the podium

World champ takes second win of this Tour as Sky deliver Wiggins to the time trial in yellow

1. Mark CAVENDISH, Sky, in 4:54:12 2. Matthew Harley GOSS, Orica-GreenEdge, at 0 3. Peter SAGAN, Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0 4. Luis Leon SANCHEZ GIL, Rabobank, at 0 5. Nicolas ROCHE, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 0

With the Kazakh flag, gold housing and other customizations, Vino's Tarmac is a rolling shrine to the veteran all-rounder

Chris Horner says he's nervous at every doping control because riders don't know what is really going into their bodies at the meal table or on the road

Italian veteran says Sky has ridden so hard at the front that upending the Brits' Tour has been impossible

USADA fires back with request to dismiss Armstrong lawsuit

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Kristin Armstrong makes it three-for-three at Cascade and Luis Amaran wins the stage and takes the yellow jersey

The missing footage of Bernie Eisel checking in from the middle of a scrum at the start of stage 16

Images from stage 17 of the Tour de France, through the lens of Graham Watson

No defending gold medalist in the men's road race

Images from stage 17 of the Tour de France, through the lens of Casey B. Gibson

Despite saying he could win the race if he were not on Team Sky, Froome says his job is to keep the boss in yellow

Before he could ride for the win, the Movistar rider had to persuade danger-man Vincenzo Nibali to drop out of a break

Once rival Vincenzo Nibali cracked, said the race leader, "I knew it was pretty much over"

Grade is grade, transponders aren't calibrators, Tour hotels get better and yellow helmets get tossed out

Sir Hoy will defend two Beijing golds, but not the individual sprint

1. Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE, Movistar, in 4:12:11 2. Christopher FROOME, Sky, at :19 3. Bradley WIGGINS, Sky, at :19 4. Thibaut PINOT, FDJ-BigMat, at :22 5. Pierre ROLLAND, Europcar, at :26

Valverde takes stylish win at Peyragudes and Wiggins puts Nibali to rest in the Pyrenees

Young American has the freedom to attack to Peyragudes

Images from inside the Tour's media jungle, through the lenses of BrakeThrough Media

The Shark is satisfied on the third step of the podium, but wants much more at Peyragudes

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Armstrong, Mancebo lead the Cascade Classic after the McKenzie Pass stage

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You may be surprised by the Tour stage that required a 7.0 watts per kilogram power output for Chris Anker Sørensen in the race's second week

Images from stage 16 of the Tour de France, through the lens of Graham Watson

Thomas Voeckler didn't hold much hope for polka dots Wednesday morning, but attacked his way into the jersey on the Tourmalet

Schleck awaiting his second sample to confirm his doping positive, Nibali still trying to win, BMC turning attention to van Garderen

Tejay van Garderen says he followed instructions to stay with the yellow jersey group and not wait for Evans

Will BMC ride for Tejay van Garderen, now that Cadel Evans has declared his title defense done?

Voeckler: "I lost a lot of time in the first week, and that has given me the opportunity to attack unhindered"

A little rest day burrito goes a long way for Americans on the road

Defending Tour champ says his Tour is finished after ceding big time on Wednesday

Follow the interactions between the VeloNews.com editorial staff, team Twitter feeds and readers as the stage progressed

There is one last shoot-out in the mountains for Bradley Wiggins' yellow jersey contenders on Thursday

1. Thomas VOECKLER, Europcar, in 5:35:02 2. Chris Anker SÖRENSEN, Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank, at 1:40 3. Gorka IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 3:22 4. Alexandr VINOKUROV, Astana, at 3:23 5. Brice FEILLU, Saur-Sojasun, at 3:57

Frenchman wins his second stage of this Tour after long-range attack

Surprise Bulgarian winner nabbed for the blood booster in a test on the day of his mountain stage win

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Olympic champ, young Optum rider jump out to early Cascade leads

Fränk Schleck denies using banned diuretic, says he'll request B Sample analysis and will file a poisoning complaint if it is positive

Garmin captain says team backers understand riders' involvement in the USADA case again Armstrong, will continue with the team

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