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• 1. Luis Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home/colavita, with 1139 points
• 2. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia, with 855 points
• 3. Rory Sutherland, Unitedhealthcare P/b Maxxis, with 805 points
• 4. David Veilleux, Kelly Benefits Strategies, with 743 points
• 5. Ben Jacques-maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, with 632 points

They’re rivals now, but next season, Tyler Farrar and Thor Hushovd will ride side-by-side on the new-look Garmin-Cervélo team.

Garmin-Slipstream's Tyler Farrar won the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday, outsprinting some of the best in the business

• 1. Tyler Farrar, Garmin-Transitions, in 5h 03' 36''
• 2. Larrea Koldo FernÁndez De, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 00:00
• 3. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Columbia, at 00:00
• 4. Matteo Tosatto, Quick Step, at 00:00
• 5. Alessandro Petacchi, Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 00:00

John Wilcockson, VeloNews editor at large, recalls the late French champion.

Six more riders, including Heinrich Haussler, Roger Hammond and Brett Lancaster, will join Thor Hushovd on the new Garmin-Cervelo team for 2011.

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Omega Pharma-Lotto has been catching flack due its lackluster season that has included a paltry four victories.

UPDATED The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider pips Nibali, as Gilbert retains the lead.

The Tour champion is resting after sliding out on a training ride.

• 1. Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi, in 5:00:29
• 2. Vincenzo NIBALI, (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo, at 0
• 3. Peter VELITS, (SVK) HTC-Columbia, at 1
• 4. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 1
• 5. Philippe GILBERT, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 5

Singletrack.com's tech editor Zack Vestal tested Northwave's Razer MTB shoe. Does the shoe fit?

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Jonathan Vaughters says the Norwegian strong man will complement the team's current top sprinter, Tyler Farrar.

Team Sky loses two riders to illness on stage 3, and other riders and staff are struggling with similar symptoms.

Christian Vande Velde has a minor crash on the Vuelta's third stage, outside an olive oil factory. The American vet is looking to finish off his 2010 season with a strong Vuelta.

Beñat Intxausti, the highly touted Basque rider, has penned a three-year deal to join Team Movistar, the team currently known as Caisse d'Epargne

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 157.3km in 4:06:12
• 2. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, at 0:13
• 3. Igor Anton, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:13
• 4. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Doimo, at 0:15
• 5. Grega Bole, Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0:15

The Omega Pharma-Lotto strongman attacks for the win in the final kilometer as a daylong break comes to naught.

Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggan discuss some simple ways a power meter can help riders track performance changes over time.

Ah, the pain and joy of testing time trial gear. Zack Vestal installs and rides Zipp's Vuka R2C shifters and VukaShift aero extensions.

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• 1. Luis Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home/Colavita, at 1139 points
• 2. Rory Sutherland, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis, with 805 points
• 3. David Veilleux, Kelly Benefit Strategies, with 743 points
• 4. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia, with 735 points
• 5. Ben Jacques-Maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, with 632 points

Luis Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) had enough lead to coast across the finish line of the 2010 National Racing Calendar individual standings.

V Australia's Jonathan Cantwell notches another crit win, this time at the NRC-closing Chris Thater in New York. His win helped V Australia lock up the 2010 NRC team rankings win.

• 1. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia
• 2. Bernard Sulzberger, Fly V Australia
• 3. Hilton Clarke, United Heathcare
• 4. Kyle Wamsley, Bissell
• 5. Andres ignacio Pereyra, Jamis/Sutter Home

The Cervelo TestTeam exodus begins as Xavier Tondo signs with the Spanish squad now known as Caisse d'Epargne. Thor Hushovd says he's talking to several teams.

HTC-Columbia says there's no pressure on the rising young star, who is in Spain to learn.

• 1. Yauheni Hutarovich, Française des Jeux, 4:35:41
• 2. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Columbia, s.t.
• 3. Tyler Farrar, Garmin-Transitions, s.t.
• 4. Alessandro Petacchi, Lampre-Farnese Vini, s.t.
• 5. Antonio Lea Cardoso Manuel, Footon-Servetto-Fuji, s.t.

Yauheni Hutarovich — the lanterne rouge of the 2009 Tour de France — claims his first grand-tour victory ahead of race leader Mark Cavendish and Tyler Farrar.

Tibco's former national champ calls it quits after a successful team effort — just as she wanted.

• 1. Samantha Schneider, Tibco
• 2. Catherine Cheatley, Colavita-Baci
• 3. Joanne Kiesanowski, Tibco
• 4. Modesta Vzesniauskaite, Colavita-Baci
• 5. Brooke Miller, Tibco

USA Crits series action continues Sunday with the men's event.

• 1. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Columbia, 13km in 14:06
• 2. Peter Velits, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01
• 3. Martin Velits, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01
• 4. Lars Ytting Bak, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01
• 5. Hayden Roulston, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01

Graham Watson captures the unusual nighttime team time trial that kicked off the 2010 Vuelta a España

HTC-Columbia set the early top time in the nighttime stage and it withstood challenges from Liquigas-Doimo and Saxo Bank.

Vuelta a España organizers must have known what was in store when they decided to schedule a night-time team time trial to kick start the 65th edition of the Spanish grand tour.

Garmin team CEO Jonathan Vaughters says the merger will add classics strength and a women's team. He said the two teams' management share a philosophy about anti-doping and sport development.

Team Garmin-Transitions and Cervélo SA will join forces for the 2011 season to create a new team that will be known as Garmin-Cervélo.

HTC-Columbia breaks its own rules to let the 22-year-old American start a grand tour. 'I'm not going to be a tourist,' the first-year pro promises.

The Saxo rider says he's fully recovered from his Tour de France crash and ready to challenge for the win, with the help of brother Andy

Lennard Zinn fields questions about the need for headset top caps and why shortened seatposts don't creak, and shares another long list of potential sources for bicycle mystery noises.

Cervélo TestTeam will not ride into the 2011 season, but team officials confirmed that Cervélo will become the new bike sponsor for Garmin-Transitions. The women’s team will continue next season

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The third and final grand tour of the season gets underway in Spain on Saturday, with several leading riders eyeing their chances amid the absence of the world's top road racer Alberto Contador.

The bike manufacturer announced Thursday that it would stop sponsoring the Cervelo TestTeam after this season, but would remain involved with cycling 'at the highest levels of the sport."

A reader asks about the most effective way to stretch for improved cycling performance

Garmin's new Edge 800 cycling GPS unit offers more features — including a color touchscreen — than the minimalist Edge 500. But it's not much bigger.

A knot of pro men are vying for the lead in the six-day, lung-busting event known as the Breck Epic in Colorado. Read some of the mental wanderings of Sarah Uhl, someone not vying for the lead but busting butt nonetheless at the Epic.

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Next month Canada will host the first ProTour events to be held in North America, the GP Montreal and GP Quebec. Horner, Leipheimer, Boasson Hagen, Sanchez, Hesjedal and Basso highlight the start lists released Wednesday.

Start lists for the two Canadian ProTour races

Javier Guillén says the race features a 'colossus' climb and a stellar field, including the Schlecks, Menchov, Sastre, Cavendish, Freire and others

Two-time Vuelta winner Denis Menchov goes into this year's race as a five-star favorite.

• 1. Marianne VOS , (Netherlands) , with 270 points
• 2. Emma JOHANSSON , (Sweden) Red Sun Cycling Team, with 209 points
• 3. Kirsten WILD , (Netherlands) Cervelo Test Team, with 202 points
• 4. Charlotte BECKER , (Germany) Cervelo Test Team, with 182 points
• 5. Judith ARNDT , (Germany) Team Columbia HTC Women, with 161 points

Photos from the final stage.

The Luxembourg cycling federation announced Tuesday that Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck will not race the world road championships

Haussler had hoped to race for Australia this year, but a lingering knee injury will keep him at home.

HTC-Columbia's Tony Martin wraps up his Eneco Tour by winning the final time trial. Now he's looking toward the world time trial championships in Australia.

• 1. Tony MARTIN, (GER) HTC-Columbia, in 20:24
• 2. Maarten TJALLINGII, (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 6
• 3. Alex RASMUSSEN, (DEN) Team Saxo Bank, at 9
• 4. Richie PORTE, (AUS) Team Saxo Bank, at 20
• 5. Koos MOERENHOUT, (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 20

Defending champion Cadel Evans will lead the home team at the world road championships next month.

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Retired road and cyclocross star Lyne Bessette has found a new interest — para-cycling. The Canadian and her partner won a world championship this weekend.

The American from Kelly Benefit Strategies takes the overall at the cat. 2.2 Festningsrittet three-day event.

Vincenzo Nibali and Roman Kreuziger will lead the team in Spain

• 1. André GREIPEL, (GER) HTC-Columbia, in 5:12:25
• 2. Jurgen ROELANDTS, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at0
• 3. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, (NOR) Team Sky, at0
• 4. Elia VIVIANI, (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo, at0
• 5. Lucas Sebastian HAEDO, (ARG) Team Saxo Bank, at0

Zack Vestal takes Exustars Look-style carbon and titanium road pedals and deems them solid, light and inexpensive.

Tony Martin holds the overall lead going into Tuesday's time trial.

The Spanish veteran, who has finished on the podium three times, will be starting his third grand tour of the year.

With Alejandro Valverde on suspension, Caisse d'Epargne packs the one-two punch of Giro d’Italia runner-up David Arroyo and Luis León Sánchez.

David Moncoutié will be looking to match history as he makes a run for a third consecutive climber’s jersey at the Vuelta a España.

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Third placed overall at Utah and best young rider, Bissell's 19-year-old Oregonian is headed for a new team

Jai Crawford (Fly V Australia) crowned the queen stage of the Tour of Utah Sunday, taking the mountaintop win at Snowbird Ski Resort. Levi Leipheimer (Mellow Johnny's) rode away from his rivals to finish second and seal overall victory.