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Jacob Rathe has gone in one year from Jelly Belly amateur to stage winner in one of the toughest mid-level stage races in Europe. The 20-year-old Chipotle Development rider is set to move again in five months when he joins the top level of the sport with the Garmin-Cervélo ProTeam.

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 46:31
• 2. Ben HERMANS, Team RadioShack, at at 10
• 3. Dominique CORNU, Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, at at 18
• 4. Jan GHYSELINCK, HTC-Highroad, at at 27
• 5. Thomas DE GENDT, Vacansoleil-Dcm, at at 38

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Nearly 140 riders will start the USA Pro Cycling Challenge next Monday, but only one can win. Here’s a look at five that pose the biggest threat to take victory in Denver.

SALT LAKE CITY – Recovery time is over. Cadel Evans is ready to get back to work.

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Stage

• 1. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, in 4:20:13
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at s.t.
• 3. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:18
• 4. Thomas Danielson, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 00:00:50
• 5. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:01:25

• 1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, in 15:53:12
• 2. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:00:23
• 3. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:45
• 4. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:01:54
• 5. Thomas Danielson, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 00:03:49

SNOWBIRD, Utah (VN) — After winning the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah as a solo rider last year, Levi Leipheimer brought his RadioShack teammates with him for 2012.

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Stage 6

• 1. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Team Sky, 4:53:06
• 2. Manuel Antonio Leal Cardoso (Por), Team RadioShack, s.t.
• 3. Lars Boom (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, s.t.
• 4. Grega Bole (Slo), Lampre-ISD, s.t.
• 5. Damiano Caruso (Ita), Liquigas-Cannondale, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Team Sky, 22:54:22
• 2. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:22
• 3. David Millar (Gbr), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:28
• 4. Taylor Phinney (USA), BMC Racing Team, at 0:35
• 5. Jos Van Emden (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:57

Graham Watson captures the action at the 2011 London-Surrey Cycle Classic, the official test event for the 2012 Olympic road race.

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) won the final stage and the overall at the Eneco Tour on Sunday.

Great Britain's Mark Cavendish won the Olympic road race test event in London on Sunday.

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Stage

• 1. Javier Alexis Acevedo Colle, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, in 2:56:18
• 2. Javier Megias Leal, (ESP) Team Type 1, at s.t.:05
• 3. Rubens Bertogliati, (SUI) Team Type 1, at s.t.:06
• 4. Francisco Mancebo Perez, (ESP) Realcyclist.Com Cycling Team, s.t.
• 5. Chad Beyer, (USA) BMC Racing Team, s.t.

• 1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, in 11:32:59
• 2. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.:23
• 3. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at s.t.:27
• 4. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.:29
• 5. Christian Vande Velde, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 01:18

SALT LAKE CITY (VN) — By the end of the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah’s stage 4, the sweat – if there was any fluid left in the peloton – was dripping in buckets.

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Stage 4

• 1. Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Française des Jeux, 3:45:17
• 2. David Moncoutie (Fra), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:03
• 3. Leopold Konig (Cze), Team Netapp, at 1:04
• 4. Darwin Atapuma Hurtado (Col), Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes, at 1:04
• 5. Wouter Poels (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 1:08

Final GC

• 1. David Moncoutie (Fra), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, 14:05:55
• 2. Wouter Poels (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:43
• 3. Leopold Konig (Cze), Team Netapp, at 1:31
• 4. Maxime Mederel (Fra), Auber 93, at 1:48
• 5. Robinson Eduardo Chalapud Gomez (Col), Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes, at 3:26

Flu knocks Jesse Anthony out of the Tour of Utah.

Stage 5

• 1. Matteo Bono (Ita), Lampre-ISD, 4:12:14
• 2. Sergey Renev (Kaz), Astana, sams time
• 3. Artem Ovechkin (Rus), Team Katusha, at 0:03
• 4. Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu), Astana, at 0:06
• 5. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t.

GC

• 1. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor), Team Sky, 18:01:26
• 2. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:12
• 3. David Millar (Gbr), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:18
• 4. Taylor Phinney (Usa), BMC Racing Team, at 0:25
• 5. Jos Van Emden (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:47

Matteo Bono (Lampre-ISD) won the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour here on Saturday as Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) retained the overall lead.

Saxo Bank-Sungard has confirmed that it will have no Spanish riders in its line-up for this year's Vuelta a España, which starts next Saturday in Benidorm.

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Stage

• 1. Tejay Van Garderen, (USA) HTC-Highroad, in 17:34
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at :06
• 3. Patrick Gretsch, (GER) HTC-Highroad, at :10
• 4. Alexander Wetterhall, (SWE) Endura Racing, at :18
• 5. Christian Vandevelde, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at :19

GC

• 1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, in 8:35:03
• 2. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at :27
• 3. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at :29
• 4. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at :56
• 5. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 1:24

TOOELE, Utah (VN) — Happy Birthday, Tejay Van Garderen. You are finally a professional bike race winner.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (VN) — David Clinger was issued a lifetime doping ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Friday after testing positive during a random test while serving a prior doping ban.

ROERMOND, Netherlands (AFP) - New Zealand's Jesse Sergent claimed victory in the fourth stage of the Eneco Tour Friday as Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen took over the race lead from Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert.

There is just one race in the United States garnering attention this week and all eyes are on the newly upgraded Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. The seven-day 2.1-rated race began Tuesday at the Utah Olympic Park and concludes Sunday atop the steep, 16km climb to Snowbird resort. Best Utah Rider Jeff Louder (BMC Racing) will head into Saturday’s Salt Lake City circuit race with double motivation from his jersey and the memories of times spent riding Louder Loop with his dad.

LEON, Spain (VN) — Call it the "rebound and reload tour."

2011 Vuelta a España preliminary startlist

PARIS (AFP) — Former professional Allan Peiper has joined Garmin-Cervélo as director of competition for 2012, the American cycling team announced Friday.

TOOELE, Utah (VN) — Before the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah even began, most observers were pointing to Sunday’s epic stage from Park City to Snowbird as the race that would decide it all.

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The Scott FOIL: An aero road frame without compromise

• 1. Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at 5:00:00 PM
• 2. Luis Crosby, (NZL) Rabobank Continental Team, at 5:01:00 PM
• 3. Alberto Borrajo Alejandro, (ARG) Jamis-Sutter Home, at 5:02:00 PM
• 4. Simon Lambert-lemay, (CAN) Spidertech-Planet Energy, at 5:03:00 PM
• 5. Nicolas Frey, (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home, at 5:04:00 PM

Stage

• 1. Jack Bauer. (NZL) Endura Racin. in 3:33:43
• 2. Elia Vivian. (ITA) Liquigas-Cannondal. at s.t.
• 3. Jacob Keough. (USA) Unitedhealthcar. at s.t.
• 4. Robert Forste. (GER) Unitedhealthcar. at s.t.
• 5. Danny Summerhil. (USA) Garmin-Cervel. at s.t.

GC

• 1. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, in 8:17:11
• 2. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:00:07
• 3. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:13
• 4. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 00:00:18
• 5. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:21

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PROVO, Utah (VN) — It was supposed to be a fairly uneventful day designed to throw a bone at the sprinters during the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.

Reigning world champion Thor Hushovd will not be racing the Vuelta a España with Garmin-Cervélo, a decision that team boss Jonathan Vaughters strongly defended for "what's best for the team."

Stage

• 1. Philippe GILBERT, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 4:54:53
• 2. Grega BOLE, (SLO) Lampre-Isd, at 8
• 3. Ben HERMANS, (BEL) Team RadioShack, at 8
• 4. Koen DE KORT, (NED) Skil-Shimano, at 8
• 5. Linus GERDEMANN, (GER) Leopard-Trek, at 8

GC

• 1. Philippe GILBERT, (Belgium) Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 13:30:34
• 2. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, (Norway) Team Sky, at 5
• 3. David MILLAR, (Great Britain) Garmin-Cervelo, at 13
• 4. Dominique CORNU, (Belgium) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, at 23
• 5. Ben HERMANS, (Belgium) Team RadioShack, at 25

Caley Fretz rides Shimano's new electric group. Is it better than its big brother Dura-Ace Di2?

ANDENNE, Belgium (AFP) - Belgium champion Philippe Gilbert of the Omega Pharma team won the third stage of the Eneco Tour on Thursday to take the overall race lead from American Taylor Phinney of BMC.

Olympic Games organizers say they will hold a road racing test event a scheduled Sunday despite growing violence in London suburbs.

UCI Press Release on Gerard Vroomen comments

PARIS, Aug 11, 2011 (AFP) - World cycling's ruling body has angrily hit back at suggestions by Cervélo co-founder Gerard Vroomen that the UCI has lacked bite in implementing its own biological passport program.

MELBOURNE (AFP) — Tour de France champion Cadel Evans arrived back in Australia on Thursday for a victory parade after spending "the best part of his life" working for the historic cycling victory.

PARIS (AFP) — Belgian Ben Hermans has signed a two-year deal with the Leopard-Trek team, the Luxembourg-registered outfit announced Thursday.

Two more big names are confirmed for the Vuelta a España with Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) and Jurgen Van den Broeck.

Green-jersey contender José Joaquín Rojas and Ángel Madrazo have each extended with Spanish outfit Movistar.

BRUSSELS (AFP) — Belgian cycling star Philippe Gilbert is edging closer to signing for American team BMC, according to Belgian press reports quoting the rider's manager Vincent Wathelet.

ANDENNE, Belgium (AFP) — Mark Cavendish's key lead-out man, Mark Renshaw, has signed a two-year deal that will see him spearhead Rabobank's bid for sprint success, the Dutch outfit confirmed Thursday.

Pro saddle choices, worn-out wrenches and more

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OGDEN, Utah (VN) — With a brutal 50 miles to go and temperatures in the mid-90s, Jesse Anthony launched a solo attack trying to bridge a gap to a group of four leaders a few minutes up the road.

New shoes, stems and handlebars from the component giant

John Heiss, PhD and Herbalife24 Director of Sports and Nutrition, gives us tips on pre-race nutrition.

I was invited to former President George W. Bush's inaugural Warrior 100K Mountain Bike Ride, called the W100K, in April, along with 14 servicemen and women who were injured or lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

PARIS (AFP) — Sprinter Jimmy Casper has joined AG2R-La Mondiale on a one-year deal with the option of a second, the French team announced in a statement on Wednesday.

Lennard gets more feedback on tubulars v. tubeless, plus answers questions on fork fatigue, inner-tube fatigue, pedal threads and more

ARDOOIE, Netherlands (AFP) — German sprint specialist André Greipel of Omeg-Pharma claimed his second successive stage victory on the Eneco Tour, finishing ahead of American Tyler Farrar (BMC) and Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) Wednesday.

PARK CITY, Utah (VN) — Utah has a nice history of producing top-level cyclists.

Former Danish road champion Alex Rasmussen is the latest HTC-Highroad rider to find a new home for 2012. The winner of the 2011 Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, and four-time track world champion, will join Garmin-Cervelo next year.

Pieter Weening is the latest rider confirmed for the Aussie-backed GreenEDGE program.