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I’d say the main difference between Quebec and France is that when you’re driving along the Riviera, you don’t have to watch out for moose. That said, I didn’t get to see any moose this week. I was pretty sure I saw a bear win stage 6, but it turned out to be Svein Tuft.

Johan Van Summeren, who delivered Garmin-Cervélo's biggest win in team history with Paris-Roubaix in April, will stay with the team through the 2014 season.

PARIS (AFP) - Saxo Bank is to continue sponsoring the cycling team of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador next season, the Danish bank confirmed on Tuesday.

Danielson primed for Tour

Rabobank for Tour de France:

• Robert Gesink (Nl)
• Luis León Sánchez (Sp)
• Carlos Barredo (Sp)
• Juan Manuel Garate (Sp)
• Bauke Mollema (Nl)
• Laurens ten Dam (Nl)
• Lars Boom (Nl)
• Maarten Tjallingii (Nl)
• Grischa Niermann (G)

Women

• 1. Amber Neben, HTC - Highroad Women, with 536 points
• 2. Janel Holcomb, Colavita/forno D'asolo, with 374 points
• 3. Erinne Willock, Team Tibco/to The Top, with 355 points
• 4. Kristen Armstrong, Peanut Butter & Co-Twenty12with 315 points
• 5. Evelyn Stevens, HTC - Highroad Women, with 306 points

• 1. Francisco Mancebo, Realcyclist.com, with 575 points
• 2. Jacobe Keough, UnitedHealthcare, with 463 points
• 3. Jesse Anthony, Kelly Benefit Strategies - Optumhealt, with 344 points
• 4. Hilton Clarke, UnitedHealthcare, with 343 points
• 5. K Frank Pipp, Bissell Pro Cycling Team, with 330 points

More questions about crank length and why Andy Schleck dropped his chain, again.

Quick Step for the Tour de France:

• Tom Boonen (B)
• Sylvain Chavanel (F)
• Gerald Ciolek (G)
• Kevin De Weert (B)
• Dries Devenyns (B)
• Addy Engels (Nl)
• Jerome Pineau (F)
• Gert Steegmans (B)
• Niki Terpstra (Nl)

Nick Legan's Harvey Rapha Continental bike

Euskaltel-Euskadi for Tour de France:

• Samuel Sánchez (Sp)
• Egoi Martínez (Sp)
• Gorka Verdugo (Sp)
• Amets Txurruka (Sp)
• Rubén Pérez (Sp)
• Iván Velasco (Sp)
• Alan Pérez (Sp)
• Pablo Urtasun (Sp)
• Gorka Izagirre (Sp)

RadioShack has four of its Tour nine already confirmed, but team boss Johan Bruyneel is asking fans' help in rounding out the squad.

The stage race riders continued to climb the UCI WorldTour rankings after the Tour de Suisse, with overall winner Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) and second placed Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD) both now in the top twenty.

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. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver, Katusha Team, with 288 points

The longest running National Racing Calendar event, the Fitchburg Longsjo Classic, will not run this year. Organizers cancelled the race Monday morning due to road closures resulting from a large fire in downtown Fitchburg, Massachusetts.

John Eustice was looking for a track racing spectacle in Harlem when he changed the format of the 38th Harlem Skyscraper Classic. He got it Sunday when German Leif Lapater (Transporation Alternatives-Rockstar) topped U.S. Olympian Bobby Lea (Pure Energy) and Anibal Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) in the two event omnium at Marcus Garvey Park in New York City.

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Ivan Basso has placed the entire focus of his season on returning to the Tour de France podium, this time on the top step in Paris. To do so, Liquigas-Cannondale’s two-time podium finisher will of course have to contend with the man he says is the only rider in the sport capable of the Giro d’Italia-Tour de France double.

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Levi Leipheimer didn't start the 2011 Tour de Suisse expecting to win what many call Europe's "fourth grand tour."

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Shimano adds a second electronic group to its lineup.

Stage 3

• 1. Emma Johansson (Swe), Team Hitec Products Uck, 1:56:59
• 2. Judith Arndt (Ger), HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 3. Malgorzta Jasinska (Pol), S.C. Michela Fanini Record Rox, s.t.
• 4. Eva Lechner (Ita), s.t.
• 5. Rossella Callovi (Ita), SC Mcipollini Giambenini, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Judith Arndt (Ger), HTC-Highroad, 6:13:23
• 2. Emma Johansson (Swe), Team Hitec Products Uck, at 0:19
• 3. Tatiana Guderzo (Ita), SC Mcipollini Giambenini, at 0:19
• 4. Emma Pooley (Gbr), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:21
• 5. Rasa Leleivyte (Ltu), SC Mcipollini Giambenini, at 0:29

Casey B. Gibson captures the final stage of the 2011 Nature Valley Grand Prix.

BMC Racing Team for the Tour de France

• Brent Bookwalter (USA)
• Marcus Burghardt (G)
• Cadel Evans (Aus)
• George Hincapie (USA)
• Amaël Moinard (F)
• Steve Morabito (Swi)
• Ivan Santaromita (I)
• Manuel Quinziato (I)
• Michael Schär (Swi)

Men’s

• 1. Christian Helmig, Elbowz Racing, with 730 points
• 2. Luke Keough, Team Mountain Khakis, with 594 points
• 3. Juan Pablo Dotti, Aerocat Cycing Team, with 525 points
• 4. Euris Rafael Vidal, Foundation/crca, with 501 points
• 5. Neil Bezdek, Team Mountain Khakis, with 498 points

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder, Mellow Mushroom, with 715 points
• 2. Erica Allar, Rideclean Presented By Patentit.com, with 611 points
• 3. Kacey Manderfield, Pure Energy Cycling Team Proairhfa, with 573 points
• 4. Carrie Cash-Wootten, Mellow Mushroom/pedal The Cause, with 540 points
• 5. Samantha Schneider, Team Tibco/to The Top, with 437 points

Stillwater Criterium Men

• 1. Rory Sutherland, UnitedHealthcare, 1:09:50
• 2. Jesse Anthony, Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth, at 0:01
• 3. K Frank Pipp, Bissell, at 0:03
• 4. Bernard Van Ulden, Jelly Belly-Kenda, at 0:06
• 5. Luis Romero Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home, at 0:06

Final GC

• 1. Jesse Anthony, Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth, 9:56:32
• 2. Bernard Van Ulden, Jelly Belly-Kenda, at 0:17
• 3. Luis Romero Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home, at 0:45
• 4. Andres Diaz Corrales, Team Exergy, at 1:16
• 5. K Frank Pipp, Bissell, at 2:47

Women

• 1. Giorgia Bronzini, Colavita-Forno D'asolo-Cooking Light, 51:14
• 2. Evelyn Stevens, HTC-Highroad, at 0:01
• 3. Kristin Armstrong, Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty12, at 0:03
• 4. Erinne Willock, Team Tibco-To The Top, at 0:04
• 5. Jade Wilcoxson, NVGP Pro Ride, at 0:04

Final GC

• 1. Amber Neben, HTC-Highroad, 8.04:25
• 2. Erinne Willock, Team Tibco-To The Top, at 0:19
• 3. Kristin Armstrong, Peanut Butter & Co. Twenty12, at 0:49
• 4. Ally Stacher, HTC-Highroad, at 1:06
• 5. Evelyn Stevens, HTC-Highroad, at 1:10

Stage 6

• 1. Svein Tuft (Can), Spidertech-Planet Energy, 3:02:05
• 2. Andrew Pinfold (Can), UnitedHealthcare, at 0:18
• 3. Brett Tivers (Nzl), at 0:18
• 4. Michael James Northey (Nzl), Rabobank Continental Team, at 0:18
• 5. Arnaud Papillon (Can), at 0:18

Final GC

• 1. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Esp), Realcyclist.Com , 18:31:18
• 2. Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex), Amore & Vita-Mcdonald's, at 0:25
• 3. Svein Tuft (Can), Spidertech-Planet Energy, at 0:49
• 4. Alex Howes (USA), Chipotle Development Team, at 1:03
• 5. Benjamin King (Aus), Team Type 1, at 1:11

Giro della Toscana

• 1. Daniel Martin (Irl), Garmin-Cervélo, 4:54:00
• 2. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita), BMC Racing Team, s.t.
• 3. Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col), D'angelo & Antenucci-Nippo, s.t.
• 4. Emanuele Sella (Ita), Androni Giocattoli, s.t.
• 5. Alessandro Bertolini (Ita), Androni Giocattoli, s.t.

Rory Sutherland stamped his name on Chilkoot Hill for the second year in a row, winning the final stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix Sunday. Yellow jersey Jesse Anthony (Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth) closed on a solo Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare) on the 20-percent finish climb to roll in for second and secure the final overall classification.

Garmin-Cervélo's Daniel Martin surged to victory in Sunday's Giro della Toscana in Italy in a strong bid to earn a spot for the Tour de France.

Stage 4

• 1. Leigh Howard (Aus), HTC-Highroad, 4:42:03
• 2. Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg), Saxobank-Sungard, s.t.
• 3. Tyler Farrar (Usa), Garmin-Cervelo, s.t.
• 4. Davide Appollonio (Ita), Team Sky, s.t.
• 5. Adam Blyth (Gbr), Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 19:02:16
• 2. Niki Terpstra (Ned), Quick Step, at 0:03
• 3. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu), Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:15
• 4. Joost Van Leijen (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:36
• 5. David Tanner (Aus), Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:44

The Italian cycling federation is coming down on hard on ex-dopers and is banning any rider with any sort of doping penalty from competing in the Italian national championships next weekend in Sicily.

Philippe Gilbert wins the Ster ZLM Toer as Leigh Howard takes the finale.

Stage 4

• 1. Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Esp), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, 3:19:39
• 2. Simon Geschke (Ger), Skil-Shimano, s.t.
• 3. Steve Houanard (Fra), Ag2r La Mondiale, s.t.
• 4. Kévin Reza (Fra), Europcar, s.t.
• 5. Javier Ramirez Abeja (Esp), Andalucia Caja Granada, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Vasili Kiryienka (Blr), Movistar, 19:12:36
• 2. Davide Rebellin (Ita), Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia, at 0:40
• 3. Peter Kennaugh (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:43
• 4. José Herrada Lopez (Esp), Caja Rural, at 0:50
• 5. Sandy Casar (Fra), Française des Jeux, at 0:50

Spanish rider Luis Mate (Cofidis) won the final stage of the Route du Sud in France on Sunday while Vasily Kiryienka (Movistar) secured the overall title.

World road champion Giorgia Bronzini won her third stage at the Nature Valley Grand Prix Sunday, coming around Evelyn Stevens at the top of Chilkoot Hill for top prize in the Stillwater Criterium.

HTC-Highroad ended the three-day Giro di Trentino stage race on a high note as Judith Arndt fended off her rivals to claim the overall victory on Sunday.

Stage 9

• 1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Leopard-Trek , 41:01
• 2. Andreas Klöden (GER), Team RadioShack, at 0:09
• 3. Levi Leipheimer (USA), Team RadioShack, at 0:13
• 4. Nelson Oliveira (POR), Team RadioShack, at 0:25
• 5. Thomas Danielson (USA), Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:38

GC

• 1. Levi Leipheimer (United States), Team RadioShack , 31:45:02
• 2. Damiano Cunego (Italy), Lampre-Isd, at 0:04
• 3. Steven Kruijswijk (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:02
• 4. Jakob Fuglsang (Denmark), Leopard-Trek, at 1:10
• 5. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 2:05

American Levi Leipheimer snatched overall victory from Damiano Cunego in the Tour of Switzerland Sunday to leave the Italian in second place by only four seconds.

Stage 5

• 1. Robert Bush (USA), Chipotle Development Team, a2:56:45
• 2. David Boily (Can), Spidertech-Planet Energy, s.t.
• 3. Bernard Sulzberger (Aus), V Australia, s.t.
• 4. Christian Meier (Can), UnitedHealthcare, s.t.
• 5. Jacob Rytlewski (USA), Kenda Pro Cycling-Spinergy, s.t.

GC

• 1. Francisco Mancebo Perez (Esp), Realcyclist.Com , 15:28:55
• 2. Bernardo Colex Tepoz (Mex), Amore & Vita-Mcdonald's, at 0:25
• 3. Alex Howes (USA), Chipotle Development Team, at 1:11
• 4. Benjamin King (Aus), Team Type 1, at 1:13
• 5. Phillip Gaimon (USA), Kenda Pro Cycling-Spinergy, at 1:15

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Casey B. Gibson hits the road for stage 5 of the 2011 Nature Valley Grand Prix.

Stage 5 Men

• 1. Bernard Van Ulden, Jelly Belly-Kenda, 3:49:43
• 2. Jesse Anthony, Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth, at 0:02
• 3. Jay Thomson, Bissell Pro Cycling, at 0:02
• 4. Andres Diaz Corrales, Team Exergy, at 0:04
• 5. Luis Romero Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home, at 0:04

GC

• 1. Jesse Anthony, Kelly Benefit Strategies-OptumHealth, 8.46:41
• 2. Bernard Van Ulden, Jelly Belly-Kenda, at 0:12
• 3. Andres Diaz Corrales, Team Exergy, at 0:37
• 4. Luis Romero Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home, at 0:40
• 5. Heath Blackgrove, Elbowz Racing, at 1:22

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Leah Kirchmann and Amber Neben led the women’s peloton on moving day at the Nature Valley Grand Prix.

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder , Mellow Mushroom
• 2. Erica Allar , Rideclean Presented By Patenti
• 3. Cari Higgins , Peanut Butter & Co.
• 4. Kat Carr , Bell Lap Coaching
• 5. Carrie Cash-Wootten , Mellow Mushroom/pedal The Cause

Men

• 1. Clay Murfet , Rideclean P/b Patentit.com, in 1:25:14
• 2. Juan Pablo Dotti , Aerocat Cycling Team, in s.t.
• 3. Neil Bezdek , Team Mountain Khakis Presented, in s.t.
• 4. Andrew Crater , Serenity Bikes P/b Yoga 1 Stud, in s.t
• 5. Christian Helmig , Elbowz Racing, in s.t.

Bernard Van Ulden broke the UnitedHealthcare lock on the Nature Valley Grand Prix Saturday when he won the Menomonie Road Race from a long breakaway.

Stage 3

• 1. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 4:47:48
• 2. Niki Terpstra (Ned), Quick Step, at 0:01
• 3. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:01
• 4. Joost Van Leijen (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:01
• 5. David Tanner (Aus), Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:19

GC

• 1. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 14:20:16
• 2. Niki Terpstra (Ned), Quick Step, at 0:01
• 3. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:12
• 4. Joost Van Leijen (Ned), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:33
• 5. David Tanner (Aus), Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:41

Stage 3

• 1. Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL), Veranda’s Willems-Accent , 54:04
• 2. Peter Kennaugh (GBR), Team Sky, at 1:36
• 3. Davide Rebellin (ITA), Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia, at 1:36
• 4. Sébastien Joly (FRA), Saur-Sojasun, at 1:36
• 5. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA), Française Des Jeux, at 1:36

GC

• 1. Vasili Kiryienka (Belarus), Movistar , 15:52:30
• 2. Davide Rebellin (Italy), Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia, at 43
• 3. Peter Kennaugh (Great Britain), Team Sky, at 45
• 4. Sébastien Joly (France), Saur-Sojasun, at 51
• 5. Thomas Degand (Belgium), Veranda’s Willems-Accent, at 51

HTC-Highroad's Judith Arndt has followed teammate Ina-Yoko Teutenberg's win in the opening stage of the Giro di Trentino in Italy with her own victory 24 hours later.

Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) pocketed a morale-boosting victory ahead of his return to the Tour de France next month in Saturday's third stage at the Ster ZLM Tour.

Stage 2

• 1. Judith Arndt (GER), HTC-Highroad, 2:11:54
• 2. Tatiana Guderzo (ITA), SC Mcipollini Giambenini, at 0:03
• 3. Emma Pooley (GBR), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:03
• 4. Rasa Leleivyte (LTU), Vaiano Solaristech, at 0:07
• 5. Emma Johansson (SWE), Hitec Products Uck, at 0:11

GC

• 1. Judith Arndt (GER), HTC-Highroad, 4:16:33
• 2. Tatiana Guderzo (ITA), SC Mcipollini Giambenini, at 0:10
• 3. Emma Pooley (GBR), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:12
• 4. Rasa Leleivyte (LTU), Vaiano Solaristech, at 0:20
• 5. Emma Johansson (SWE), Hitec Products Uck, at 0:22

Quick Results

• 1. Peter Sagan, (SVK) Liquigas-Cannondale, 3:52:00
• 2. Matthew Harley Goss, (AUS) HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 3. Ben Swift, (GBR) Team Sky, s.t.
• 4. Koldo Fernandez, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi, s.t.

GC

• 1. Damiano Cunego, (Italy) Lampre-Isd, 31:01:49
• 2. Steven Kruijswijk, (Netherlands) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:36
• 3. Frank Schleck, (Luxembourg) Leopard-Trek, at 1:41
• 4. Levi Leipheimer, (United States) Team RadioShack, at 1:59
• 5. Bauke Mollema, (Netherlands) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 2:11

Jurgen Van Goolen (Willems-Accent) won the second major mountain stage at the four-day Route du Sud across the Pyrenees on Saturday while Vasily Kiryienka (Movistar) takes over the leader's jersey.

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Robert Förster won his second stage in a row at the Nature Valley Grand Prix Friday night, padding to his overall lead in the six-stage race. Förster (UnitedHealthcare) came out of the final corner on the front of the race and kicked along the left barriers for the win in the Uptown Minneapolis Criterium.

Race officials neutralized and canceled the fourth stage of the women’s Nature Valley Grand Prix on the final lap after a large crash at the start/finish line took down a number of riders. Overall leader Kristin Armstrong (Peanut Butter & Co.-Twenty12) and defending champion Shelley Olds (Diadora-Pasta Zara) were among the crashed riders heading into the bell lap in the Uptown Minneapolis Criterium.

What's that bike CVV is riding at the Swiss Tour?

The UCI management committee has approved measures that would prevent anyone who has violated cycling’s anti-doping regulations to be employed in the sport.

Giant's new prototype road frame is being used by several Rabobank riders

Terra Forma Evolution hubs are an impressive new design for off road bikes, but have just as much potential for the road.

JJ Haedo (Saxo Bank-Sungard) bounded out of the pack to claim victory in Friday's third stage at the Ster ZLM Toer in Holland.

Father’s Day weekend is busy across the country with the National Racing Calendar and USA CRITS series in action, urban track racing on display in New York City, and the historic Nevada City Classic in California.

SERFAUS, Austria (AFP) - HTC-Highroad is looking for Mark Cavendish to step up and contend the final sprint stage of the Tour of Switzerland after two no-shows in the race so far.

Quick results

• 1. Thomas De Gendt (BEL) Vacansoleil-Dcm, 5:38:42
• 2. Andy Schleck (LUX) Leopard-Trek, at 0:35
• 3. Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (ESP) Movistar, at 0:48
• 4. Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:51
• 5. Alberto Losada Alguacil (ESP) Team Katusha, at 0:54

GC

• 1. Damiano Cunego (Italy) Lampre-Isd, 27:09:49
• 2. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:23
• 3. Steven Kruijswijk (Netherlands) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 1:36
• 4. Frank Schleck (Luxembourg) Leopard-Trek, at 1:41
• 5. Levi Leipheimer (United States) Team RadioShack, at 1:59