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Tyler Wren has inherited the queen stage win at the Vuelta Chile. Wren (Jamis-Sutter Home) initially placed second to overall winner Marco Arriagada in stage 9 of the 10-stage race in February, but Arriagada provided a positive doping control for stanozolol metabolites.

John Eustice is ready to experiment on cycling in the United States. The former 16-year pro, promoter of the 38-year-old Skyscraper Harlem Classic and Univest Grand Prix and USPRO board member will introduce high speed urban track racing to New York City this Sunday and hopes the model will expand across the country.

GRINDELWALD, Switzerland (AFP) - Britain's Chris Froome admitted he experienced one of his toughest days as a bike racer as the Tour of Switzerland peloton fought rain, cold and poor visibility on stage 3 Monday.

GRINDELWALD, Switzerland (AFP) - Italian Christiano Salerno suffered a suspected broken collarbone following a crash on the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland, organizers said Monday.

Individuals

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 356 points
• 2. Alberto Contador Velasco, Saxo Bank Sungard, with 349 points
• 3. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd, with 348 points
• 4. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 314 points
• 5. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Katusha Team, with 288 points

• 1. SPAIN, with 1000 points
• 2. ITALY, with 860 points
• 3. BELGIUM, with 765 points
• 4. AUSTRALIA, with 744 points
• 5. GERMANY, with 503 points

• 1.(USA) HTC-Highroad, with 624 points
• 2.(BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 541 points
• 3.(DEN) Saxo Bank Sungard, with 513 points
• 4.(USA) Team Radioshack, with 508 points
• 5.(USA) BMC Racing Team, with 504 points

Ivan Basso continues to prepare for what could be his final real run at the yellow jersey at the Tour de France.

Cycling doesn’t need to become an extreme sport to be intriguing, exciting and dramatic enough to captivate a television audience. A few simple changes could make them even more intriguing while minimizing the risk to the riders’ health and, indeed, their lives.

SYDNEY (AFP) — Australia's Tour Down Under will feature a hilltop finish for the first time in its 14-year history, organizers said on Monday.

Stage 3

• 1. Peter SAGAN, (SVK) Liquigas-Cannondale, at 3:09:47
• 2. Damiano CUNEGO, (ITA) Lampre-Isd, at 0
• 3. Jakob FUGLSANG, (DEN) Leopard-Trek, at 21
• 4. Laurens TEN DAM, (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 21
• 5. Giampaolo CARUSO, (ITA) Team Katusha, at 48

GC

• 1. Damiano CUNEGO, (Italy) Lampre-Isd, at 7:43:16
• 2. Juan Mauricio SOLER HERNANDEZ, (Colombia) Movistar, at 54
• 3. Bauke MOLLEMA, (Netherlands) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:16
• 4. Laurens TEN DAM, (Netherlands) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:19
• 5. Tejay VAN GARDEREN, (United States) HTC-Highroad, at 1:21

GRINDELWALD, Switzerland (AFP) - Garmin-Cervelo is rallying behind teammate Thor Hushovd as the Norwegian seeks to honro his status as world champion by ending his victory famine at the Tour of Switzerland Tuesday.

GRINDELWALD, Switzerland (AFP) - Australian Allan Davis's hopes for a place on Astana's Tour de France squad suffered a setback when he pulled out of the Tour of Switzerland prior to the race's third stage Monday.

Joaquim Rodríguez is looking forward to a well-earned vacation after a busy first half of the 2011 season capped by two stage victories at the Criterium du Dauphiné.

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GRINDELWALD, Switzerland (AFP) - Slovakia's Peter Sagan of the Liquigas team won the third stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Monday, a 105km ride from Brig-Glis to Grindelwald that included a category 1 and unclassified climb.

Bradley Wiggins' confidence is flying high following overall victory at the Criterium de Dauphiné, but was quick to question the presence of Alberto Contador in next month's Tour de France.

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Casey B. Gibson trains his lenses on the 2011 Crystal Cup on day two of the Air Force Cycling Classic.

Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) won the Riverview Criterium on Sunday in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Anne Samplonius (NOW-MS Society) launched a late solo break to victory on Sunday in the Riverview Criterium in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Quick Results

• 1. Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (COL), Movistar , 4:23:20
• 2. Damiano Cunego (ITA), Lampre-Isd, at 0:12
• 3. Frank Schleck (LUX), Leopard-Trek, at 0:12
• 4. Danilo Di Luca (ITA), Team Katusha, at 0:16
• 5. Bauke Mollema (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:18

GC

• 1. Juan Mauricio Soler Hernandez (Colombia), Movistar , 4:33:19
• 2. Damiano Cunego (Italy), Lampre-Isd, at 0:16
• 3. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:22
• 4. Tejay Van Garderen (United States), HTC-Highroad, at 0:27
• 5. Frank Schleck (Luxembourg), Leopard-Trek, at 0:31

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Quick Results

• 1. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (ESP), Team Katusha, 3:24:30
• 2. Thibaut Pinot (FRA), Française Des Jeux, at 0:08
• 3. Robert Gesink (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:08
• 4. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (BEL), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:08
• 5. Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ), Astana, at 0:08

Final GC

• 1. Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain), Team Sky, 23:33:24
• 2. Cadel Evans (Australia), BMC Racing Team, at 1:26
• 3. Alexander Vinokourov (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 1:49
• 4. Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Belgium), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 2:10
• 5. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spain), Team Katusha, at 2:50

Ken Hanson derailed a fierce Jamis-Sutter Home leadout train Saturday night to win the Brady Village Criterium on the second night of the Tulsa Tough omnium. Hanson (Jelly Belly-Kenda) came good on a load of work from his teammates in the final 10 laps to edge out Jamis’ Anibal and Alejandro Borrajo, respectively.

Jacquelyn Crowell made it two-for-two for the attackers at the Tulsa Tough when she rode a late surge to a solo win in the Brady Village Criterium. Crowell (Team Type 1) attacked the field on the penultimate lap and clung to a narrow advantage at the finish with Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom) and day-one winner Jennifer Pezzulo (Primal-Mapmyride) coming through second and third, respectively.

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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.

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