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Casey B. Gibson captures the action at the Clarendon Cup.

Gregg Bleakney and his cameras pay a call on the prologue to the 2011 Tour de Suisse.

Hilton Clarke laps the field and takes sprint to win the Clarendon Cup.

Joelle Numainville wins the Clarendon Cup at the U.S. Air Force Cycling Classic in Arlington, Virginia.

• 1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Leopard-Trek, 9:41
• 2. Tejay Van Garderen (USA), HTC-Highroad, at 0:09
• 3. Peter Sagan (SVK), Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:17
• 4. Gustav Larsson (SWE), Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:17
• 5. Andreas Klöden (GER), Team RadioShack, at 0:18
• 6. Thomas Danielson (USA), Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:20

Four-time world time trial champion Fabian Cancellara stuck to tradition by winning the prologue time trial at the Tour de Suisse on Saturday.

Stage 6 Quick results

• 1. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (ESP), Team Katusha, 5:12:47/li>
• 2. Robert Gesink (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:31
• 3. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:39
• 4. Christophe Kern (FRA), Europcar, at 0:41
• 5. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ), Astana, at 0:50

GC

• 1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), Team Sky, 23:16:11
• 2. Cadel Evans (Australia), BMC Racing Team, at 1:26
• 3. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 1:52
• 4. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Belgium), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 2:13
• 5. Christophe Kern (France), Europcar, at 2:52

Joaquim Rodriguez (Katusha) won the sixth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré on Saturday, emerging at the front of an elite group of contenders on the Collet d'Allevard climb and fending off challengers to the line.

Tiffany Pezzulo timed a long sprint perfectly to win the Blue Dome Criterium on the first night of the Tulsa Tough on Friday. Pezzulo (Primal-Mapmyride.com) came around Christina Smith (Now MS) in the final meters to top a four-up group sprint and take command of the three-day National Racing Calendar omnium.

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LES GETS, France (AFP) — Quick Step's Andy Cappelle suffered bruising to the skull and multiple broken bones after falling in Friday's fifth stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, race medical staff said.

Quick Results Stage 5

• 1. Christophe Kern (FRA), Europcar, 5:05:03
• 2. Chris Sörensen (DEN), Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:07
• 3. Thomas Voeckler (FRA), Europcar, at 0:09
• 4. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (ESP), Team Katusha, at 0:09
• 5. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ), Astana, at 0:09

GC

• 1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), Team Sky, 18:02:30
• 2. Cadel Evans (Australia), BMC Racing Team, at 1:11
• 3. Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Team RadioShack, at 1:21
• 4. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 1:56
• 5. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Portugal), Movistar, at 2:22

It’s a double weekend for the National Racing Calendar with the U.S. Air Force Classic and Tulsa Tough and the top American sprinter in Philadelphia last weekend is headed west. Ken Hanson and Jelly Belly-Kenda appear to be coming around after a rough May; they’ll be hunting prize money and NRC points in Oklahoma starting Friday night and you can watch it live at VeloNews.com/live.

Andy Schleck's final preparations for what he hopes will be a more rewarding Tour de France campaign in July begin in earnest at the nine-day Tour of Switzerland starting Saturday.

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Recent Amgen Tour of California winner Chris Horner will not be starting the Tour de Suisse this weekend as a warm-up for the Tour de France, his RadioShack team announced Thursday.

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Nick Legan checks in from the Dirty Kanza 200 and the Rapha Continental tour of Colorado.

Singletrack.com's resident racer Judy Freeman says that what you commit to will make you dig deep to get it.

Inside Tom Danielson's new bike fit

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — VeloNews.com will present live streaming video of all three races of the Saint Francis Tulsa Tough this weekend.

Dialing in their form for the Tour de France has been on the minds of all the potential contenders riding this week’s Critérium du Dauphiné.

HTC-Highroad's 22-year-old German sprinter John Degenkolb outkicked Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) to win Thursday's stage of the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, a 174km trip from La Motte-Servolex to Mâcon.

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A look at BMCs new time trial machine.

After a Memorial weekend of racing in Iowa’s quad cities, two Midwesterners will round out the Nature Valley Pro Ride composite squads for next week’s Nature Valley Grand Prix. Jane Weakley and Brandon Feehery completed the six-woman and seven-man amateur rosters following a series of qualifiers across the United States.

Quick Results

• 1. Tony Martin (GER), HTC-Highroad, 55:27
• 2. Bradley Wiggins (GBR), Team Sky, at 0:11
• 3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR), Team Sky, at 0:43
• 4. David Zabriskie (USA), Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:58
• 5. Janez Brajkovic (SLO), Team RadioShack, at 1:17

GC

• 1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), Team Sky, 8:41:37
• 2. Cadel Evans (Australia), BMC Racing Team, at 1:11
• 3. Janez Brajkovic (Slovenia), Team RadioShack, at 1:21
• 4. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 1:56
• 5. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Portugal), Movistar, at 2:12

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GRENOBLE (AFP) — HTC Highroad's Tony Martin won Wednesday's 42.5 kilometer time trial at the Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré. Sky's Bradley Wiggins was second on the stage and took over the race lead.

Ben Jacques-Maynes is recovering from his fractured left collarbone and is eying a return to racing in July. The Bissell rider told VeloNews that he hopes to be at the start of the Tour de Toona July 5 in Altoona, Pennsylvania.

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LYON (AFP) - German sprinter John Degenkolb of HTC-Highroad grabbed a prestigious win after a hectic finish to the Criterium du Dauphine second stage in Lyon Tuesday.

Tubular vs. tubeless for the pros; getting that special bike

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July 22 Stage 19: Modane to L’Alpe d’Huez, 109.5km (68 miles)

July 21 Stage 18: Pinerolo to Col du Galibier, 200.5km (125 miles)

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July 20 Stage 17: Gap to Pinerolo (Italy), 178km (110.6 miles)

July 19 Stage 16: St. Paul-Trois-Châteaux to Gap, 162.5km (101 miles)

July 17 Stage 15: Limoux to Montpellier, 193km (120 miles)

July 15 Stage 13: Pau to Lourdes, 152.5km (94.8 miles)

July 14 Stage 12: Cugnaux to Luz-Ardiden, 211km (131 miles)

July 13 Stage 11: Blaye-les-Mines to Lavaur, 167.5km (104 miles)

July 12 Stage 10: Aurillac to Carmaux, 158km (98 miles)

July 10 Stage 9: Issoire to St. Flour, 208km (129 miles)

July 9 Stage 8: Aigurande to Super-Besse, 189km (117.5 miles)

July 8 Stage 7: Le Mans to Châteauroux, 218km (135.5 miles)

July 7 Stage 6: Dinan to Lisieux, 226.5km (140.7 miles)

July 6 Stage 5: Carhaix to Cap de Fréhel, 164.5km (102 miles)

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• 1. Francisco Mancebo, Realcyclist.com, with 575 points
• 2. Jacobe Keough, Unitedhealthcare, with 297 points
• 3. Benjamin Jacques-Maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling Team, with 222 points
• 4. Michael Northey, Pureblack Racing, with 199 points
• 5. Jonathan Cantwell, with 183 points

• 1. Janel Holcomb, Colavita/forno D'asolo, with 368 points
• 2. Laura Van Gilder, with 265 points
• 3. Clara Hughes, with 244 points
• 4. Amber Neben, Htc - Highroad Women, with 217 points
• 5. Mara Abbott, Diadora Pasta Zara, with 201 points

SAINT PIERRE DE CHARTREUSE, France (AFP) - Veteran Kazkah rider Alexander Vinokourov (Astana) took the overall leader's jersey in the Criterium du Dauphine race here on Monday after Belgian Jurgen Van den Broeck (Omega Pharma-Lotto) won the first stage, a 144km ride from Albertville.

Stage 1

• 1. Jurgen VAN DEN BROECK, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 3:36:42
• 2. Joaquim RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 6
• 3. Cadel EVANS, (AUS) BMC Racing Team, at 7
• 4. Alexandre VINOKOUROV, (KAZ) Astana, at 7
• 5. Nicolas ROCHE, (IRL) Ag2r La Mondiale, at 7

GC after stage 1

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BOULDER, Colorado (VN) - Two 12,000-plus-foot mountain passes. An iconic, uphill time trial above 8,000 feet. Two perfect ramps for late attacks in Crested Butte and Breckenridge. Likely bunch finishes in Steamboat Springs and Denver.

HOOD RIVER, Oregon (VN) – After four days of racing around the Columbia River Gorge and surrounding mountains, the duel between Olympians Kristin Armstrong and Clara Hughes came down to the last 500 meters of the 2011 Mt. Hood Cycling Classic.

Alex Rasmussen and world champion Giorgia Bronzini win the 2011 Philadelphia championships.

Casey B. Gibson captures the action at the 2011 Liberty Classic and Philadelphia International Championship.

TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championship

• 1. Alex Rasmussen, HTC-Highroad, 5:59:04
• 2. Peter Sagan, Liquigas-Cannondale, same time
• 3. Robert FÖrster, Team UnitedHealthcare, s.t.
• 4. Ken Hanson, Jelly Belly Cycling-Kenda, s.t.
• 5. Jure Kocjan, Team Type 1-Sanofi Aventis, s.t.

Liberty Classic

• 1. Giorgia Bronzini, Colavita Forno D'asolo, 2:28:28
• 2. Shelley Olds, Diadora Pasta Zara, s.t.
• 3. Jennifer Purcel, Team Danbury Audi, s.t.
• 4. Joelle Numainville, Tibco-To The Top, s.t.
• 5. Chloe Hosking, HTC-Highroad, s.t.

GP Ciudad de Valladolid

• 1. Marianne Vos (Ned), Nederland Bloeit, 3:16:17
• 2. Rossella Callovi (Ita), SC MCipollini Giordana, s.t.
• 3. Emma Johansson (Swe), Team Hitec Products Uck, s.t.
• 4. Judith Arndt (Ger), HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 5. Noemi Cantele (Ita), Garmin-Cervélo, s.t.

After her win in the GP Ciudad de Valladolid, Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) overtakes the World Cup lead from her teammate, Annemieke van Vleuten.

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Rankings

• 1. Marianne VOS, (Netherlands), Nederland Bloeit, with 260 points
• 2. Annemiek VAN VLEUTEN, (Netherlands), Nederland Bloeit, with 196 points
• 3. Emma JOHANSSON, (Sweden) Team Hitec Products Uck, with 187 points
• 4. Ina TEUTENBERG, (Germany) HTC-Highroad, with 113 points
• 5. Judith ARNDT, (Germany) HTC-Highroad, with 113 points