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This week's Tour of Britain features a star-studded field and a more challenging route than previous editions. Steve Thomas handicaps the favorites.

Strength training can help your cycling and help prevent bone density loss, says BCSM's Matt Scheider. Here's how.

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• 1. Dirk Friel, Natural Grocers P/b Xp Companies , in 59:23 00:33 bonus
• 2. Brad Winn, Primal Racing P/b 1st Bank , at at 0:00:04 00:20 bonus
• 3. Trevor Connor, Chris Cookies/swan Cycles , at at 0:00:04 00:15 bonus
• 4. Fortunato Ferrara, Jackal Pack , at at 0:00:04 00:01
• 5. Jake Wells, Mafiaracing.com/pabst/felt , at at 0:00:04

• 1. Anthony Delaplace, France A , in 3h 53' 21"
• 2. Jan Lindeman Bert, Pays-Bas , at :05
• 3. Romain Hardy, France A, at 00:08
• 4. John Degenkolb, Allemagne, at 00:08
• 5. Da Mateos Rubio Vicente Garcia, Espagne, at 00:08

Philippe Gilbert will lead Belgium's road team in Australia, with Stijn Devolder, Greg Van Avermaet and Bjorn Leukemans available.

A late-night beer Monday evening cost Andy Schleck and Stuart O’Grady dearly. The pair was sent home by an angry Saxo Bank team boss Bjarne Riis, who spotted them walking back into the team hotel.

Taylor Phinney crashes and loses nearly 20 minutes, and the race lead, at the Tour de l'Avenir. But with no broken bones, he hopes to start stage 3 on Wednesday.

Alberto Contador says he may look to win the Tour de France and the Vuelta a Espana next year.

A new book from VeloPress, The Spring Classics delves deeply into the rich stories of cycling's most glorious and meaningful history.

Garmin-Transitions' Tom Danielson is shooting for the Vuelta podium in Madrid and hopes to bring someone special with him.

• 1. Imanol Erviti, Caisse d'Epargne , in 4h 13' 31'
• 2. Romain Zingle, Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at37::
• 3. Greg Van Avermaet, Omega Pharma-Lotto, at37::
• 4. Mauro Finetto, Liquigas-Doimo, at37::
• 5. Javier Moreno, Andalucia Cajasur, at37::

UPDATED: Caisse d'Epargne's Imanol Erviti wins stage 10 while Joaquim Rodriguez takes over the red jersey from Igor Anton

The new team confirms seven riders who will come from the Footon-Servetto squad and three new signings, including Cervelo TestTeam's Marcel Wyss.

The new Colavita/Forno D’Asolo team will race a full UCI schedule as well as a National Racing Calendar campaign.

More cyclocross bikes from across the pond, including Hanka Kupfernagel's disc-braked Stevens prototype

Catching up with Garmin-Transitions team riders, and brothers, Cameron and Travis Meyer. Both are finding their transition from track to road is going better — and faster — than expected.

The Saxo Bank team has prevented Andy Schleck and Stuart O'Grady from starting the 10th stage of the Vuelta a España on Tuesday, citing an unspecified "rules violation," according to Danish news reports.

A few nutritional adjustments for cyclocross season.

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Megan Guarnier breaks up the PB & Co. jam to win the final stage in Burlington, while the Keough brothers fill two-thirds of the men's stage podium.

• 1. Jeremy Powers in 7:09:33, Jelly Belly P/B Kenda
• 2. Timothy Johnson, at 0:02:04 UnitedHealthcare pb Maxxis
• 3. Gavin Mannion, at 0:02:07 Trek-Livestrong Presented by RadioShack
• 4. Jamey Driscoll, at 0:02:28 Jamis/Sutter Home Professional Cycling
• 5. Cameron Cogburn, at 0:02:35 CCB/Wheelworks

Provisional start list for the Sept. 11-18 stage race.

• 1. Joey Rosskopf, Team Mountain Khakis Fueled By, in 2:24:47.4
• 2. Winston David, Team Ion - United Healthcare, in 2:24:47.6
• 3. Phillip Gaimon, Fiordifrutta, in 2:24:48.3
• 4. Mitchell Lovelock-Fay, Aerocat Cycling Team, in 2:25:54.8
• 5. Bruce Humphries, Colavita Racing, in 2:25:59.4

Euskaltel-Euskadi's climber is enjoying his moment in the lead, but picks Nibali as the Vuelta favorite

Andy Pruitt says even the most graceful pedalers can't apply power on the upstroke, but it's still something to strive for

Filippo Pozzato will captain the team, but Alessandro Petacchi's chances appear "complicated."

The 25-year-old climbing specialist, who hasn't won a race since 2006, gets a one-year deal as a water-carrier.

• 1. John Degenkolb, (Ger), at 3:37:05
• 2. Michael Matthews, (Aus), s.t.
• 3. Michal Kwiatkowski, (Pol), s.t.
• 4. Alexey Tsatevitch, (Rus), s.t.
• 5. Taylor Phinney, (USA), s.t.

Taylor Phinney finishes fifth in the sprint to keep his yellow jersey.

USA Cycling rider Ben King shares his video from inside Taylor Phinney's follow car during Phinney's victorious ride in the Tour de l'Avenir prologue on Sunday.

The race leaders pad their advantages in different styles, Peter Stetina in a sprint and Jeannie Longo in a solo break.

The Lithuanian still suffering from shoulder he broke in February.

Rabobank's pre-race favorite admits he's not on great form at the Vuelta, but says he's hoping stage 11 will bring him back into the race

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Smarting from missed TT start, David Veilleux makes the Green Mountain Stage Race's queen stage his own. Jeremy Powers keeps the leader's jersey in the (VeloNews.com) family and Ireland's Olivia Dillon soloes to the women's stage win.

• 1. David Veilleux, in 2:59:51 Kelly Benefit Strategies
• 2. Jeremy Powers, at 0:00:07 Jelly Belly P/B Kenda
• 3. William Dugan, at 0:00:54 Team Type 1
• 4. Will Routley, at 0:02:26 Jelly Belly Presented by
• 5. Jamey Driscoll, at 0:02:34 Jamis/Sutter Home Professional Cycling

UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis' Chris Baldwin and Vital Plus' Jeannie Longo take circuit race wins at the Steamboat Springs Stage Race in Colorado

• 1. Chris Baldwin, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis, in 2:00:02, :30:00 bonus
• 2. Peter Stetina, Garmin-Transitions, at s.t. :20:00 bonus
• 3. Marc De Maar, Team UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis, at s.t. :10:00 bonus
• 4. Paul Esposti, Bcv Scion P/b Stevinson Auto, at 00:00:48
• 5. Benjamin Blaugrund, Team Hotel San Jose Juwi Solar, at 00:00:56

The 2009 Paris-Nice winner signs a two-year deal with the Dutch team.

Vuelta officials release a few details about their plans for 2011.

But Van Garderen, Danielson and Frank Schleck are still in the hunt.

American Taylor Phinney won the 7.8-kilometer prologue at the 2010 Tour de l'Avenir Sunday, taking the first leader's jersey at the prestigious U23 stage race.

A list of Tour de l'Avenir winners since the race's inception in 1961.

• 1. Taylor PHINNEY, (USA), in 8:55
• 2. Alex DOWSETT, (GBR), at 6
• 3. Michael MATTHEWS, (AUS), at 7
• 4. Loïc DESRIAC, (FRA), at 19
• 5. John DEGENKOLB, (GER), at 21

• 1. David López, Caisse D'Epargne, 187.7km in 5:20:51
• 2. Roman Kreuziger, Liquigas-Doimo, at 0:06
• 3. Giampaolo Caruso, Team Katusha, at 0:13
• 4. David Moncoutie, Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:21
• 5. Biel Kadri, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 0:27

Joaquin Rodriguez remains tied on time with the race leader.

Kelly Benefit Strategies goes 1-2 at the Vermont stage race, while Ted King retains the overall lead. Janel Holcomb (Team Danbury Audi/Cyfac) wins the women's stage.

• 1. Reid Mumford, Kelly Benefit Strategies, in 2:49:33
• 2. David Veilleux, Kelly Benefit Strategies, at 0:00:00
• 3. Timothy Johnson, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis, at 0:00:00
• 4. Jean-Michel Lachance, Nativo/pg/devinci, at s.t.
• 5. Gavin Mannion, Trek-Livestrong, at 0:00:00

Component manufacturers lay out their wares in the cavernous halls of Eurobike.

New road bikes from Wilier, De Rosa, Storck and Time

Ageless French racer Jeannie Longo crushes the competition.

VeloNews.com diarist Ted King sets a course record in the individual time trial.

David Moncoutie (Cofidis) wins the Vuelta a España's first mountain stage on Saturday, as Euskaltel's Igor Anton takes over the lead

• 1. David Moncoutie, Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne , at
• 2. Serafín MartÍnez, Xacobeo Galicia, at 54
• 3. Johann Tschopp, BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 54
• 4. José Luis Arrieta, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 54
• 5. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, at 1:29

Team manager Johan Bruyneel calls the three "classy riders" with "a lot of potential."

Team Sky pulled out Saturday of the 2010 Vuelta a España following a death of a staff member who died of a bacterial infection.

• 1. Alessandro PETACCHI, (ITA) Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 4:36:12
• 2. Mark CAVENDISH, (GBR) HTC-Columbia, at 0
• 3. Juan José HAEDO, (ARG) Team Saxo Bank, at 0
• 4. Andreas STAUFF, (GER) Quick Step, at 0
• 5. Tyler FARRAR, (USA) Garmin-Transitions, at 0

Alessandro Petacchi took full advantage of a perfect lead out from his Lampre team to win the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España on Friday

UPDATED: Txema González, a Spanish massage therapist on Team Sky, died Friday in Sevilla, but team officials denied he succumbed to the same virus that is affecting the British-backed team.

Look shows a pedal-based power meter built around its Keo platform and designed to communicate with Polar cycling computers.

More spokes than you can shake a stick at. New 'sets from Zipp, Reynolds, Hed and Lightweight and others

Eddy goes aero, Colnago plays hide-n-seek with Di2 and Lapierre offers custom web options.

Ridley's lower priced Noah and its Flandrien collection: Belgium classics bikes for the masses. Canyon's basalt-enriched new aero bike with adjustable dropouts.

From the competition, to the course and even registration, Singletrack.com columnist Judy Freeman says what's different about racing a World Cup or the world championships versus a national event is, well, pretty much everything.

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Even more solutions for cyclists plagued by mystery noises on their rides.

The Gateway Cup in St. Louis, the Green Mountain Stage Race in Vermont and the Steamboat Springs Stage Race in Colorado highlight the Labor Day weekend.

Final Approach. Something about flying into a town stirs nostalgia and excitement for pro cyclist Ted King.

Giro marketers chose Livigno, Italy as the venue to introduce to the world their new line of seven shoe models

• 1. Thor Hushovd, Cervélo TestTeam, in 3h 36' 20''
• 2. Daniele Bennati, Liquigas-Doimo, at 0
• 3. Grega Bole, Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0
• 4. Allan Davis, Astana, at 0
• 5. Filippo Pozzato, Team Katusha, at 0

UPDATED: Thor Hushovd won the sixth stage of the Vuelta a España, easily taking a sprint into Murcia on Thursday.

Coach Frank Overton shares some of his favorite 'cross workouts

A load of hot European 'cross bikes at Germany’s massive Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen