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UCI press release re: Alejandro Valverde suspension

In search of pain-free feet, Zack Vestal takes a look at Bontrager's new high-end road shoes and the eSoles eFit modular footbed.

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A reader asks how to best peak for a race just two weeks away.

Of the seven pre-race favorites, only three finished in the top ten.

With a second Giro victory in the books, Ivan Basso is ready to start thinking about a return to the Tour de France

American Taylor Phinney (Trek-Livestrong) becomes the first in history to win two Paris-Roubaix U23 races.

2010 Paris-Roubaix Espoirs results

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 21 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 21 results

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Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) collects the final overall victory at the 2010 Giro d’Italia on Sunday as Erik Larsson (Saxo Bank) wins the final stage, a 15km time trial through the streets of Verona.

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One bridged late, the other soloed long, but both strategies yielded the desired effect, as Burke Swindlehurst and Mara Abbott won their respective pro category races at the 39th Iron Horse Bicycle Classic road race on a sun-splashed Saturday in Southwest, Colorado.

David Arroyo, who’s been one of the surprise stories of the 93rd Giro, insists he’s not losing sleep over losing the pink jersey in Friday’s epic stage over the Mortirolo.

The Giro d’Italia will have a heavy Australian accent when the 93rd edition wraps up with Verona’s 15km TT.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 20 results

Johann Tschopp (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) wins the 20th stage of the Giro d’Italia as Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) defends his overall lead.

California, Giro, l’Aude stage winners to tackle Philly races.

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Replay: Live coverage of stage 20 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

Giro gives go-ahead to Gavia route

Weather may reroute Giro stage from Gavia

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 19 results

Basso out-climbs a tenacious Arroyo to take the Giro lead heading into the final two stages.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 19 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

The OUCH-Bahati Foundation team is back to being just Bahati Foundation, and is hustling to restructure after the doping revelations and allegations by its rider Floyd Landis. Longtime Landis supporter Dr. Brent Kay is the principal behind OUCH Medical Center.

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The National Racing Calendar continues its North East tilt this week. The Basking Ridge Twilight Criterium — known this year as the Base Camp International — went off Wednesday evening. The Tour of Somerville will close a full weekend of racing in New Jersey. Meanwhile, Coloradans flock to Durango for the Iron Horse Classic.

You can bet that the Liquigas brain trust has their calculators out tonight and are studying when and how they can wrestle away the pink jersey from the stubborn David Arroyo.

The Amgen Tour of California will be back for 2011, Anschutz Entertainment Group president Andrew Messick told VeloNews this week.

Andre Greipel wins Giro d'Italia stage 18

Replay: Live coverage of stage 18 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

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The nature — and even existence — of the reported federal investigation into Floyd Landis’ claims against Lance Armstrong and others is unknown. But a San Francisco lawyer who specializes in bringing fraud suits against government contractors says Landis could be acting as a whistleblower and could collect a portion of any judgment.

Zack Vestal finds the Hutchinson Atom Comp clinchers are a viable option in the lightweight, raceable clincher market.

Lloyd Lloyd on stage 10 Matt Lloyd (Omega Pharma-Lotto) is getting accustomed to wearing the green King of the Mountains jersey at the Giro d'Italia, but concedes that it will take smart riding for him to keep it all the way to Verona.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 17 results

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 18 photos

The UCI has asked national federations to investigate charges against cyclists and team management who Floyd Landis has named in accusatory emails sent to officials last week.

Cofidis' Damien Monier wins an uphill pursuit to take stage 17; GC leaders finish nearly 10 minutes behind the winning breakaway.

Replay: Live coverage of stage 17 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

UCI Press Release: The UCI requests inquiries

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BMC Racing Team: Statement Regarding Investigation Initiated by UCI Through FFC against John Lelangue

Three weeks is a long time to be doing anything, even vacationing on a beach.

UCI Press Release of May 25, 2010

Report from Tuesday's stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia, the Plan de Corones time trial.

UCI chief Pat McQuaid on Tuesday rejected claims there was a conflict of interest in the sport's governing body accepting a $100,000 donation from Lance Armstrong about eight years ago.

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Start Times - Giro d'Italia, Plan de Corones Time Trial

Replay: Live coverage of stage 16 of the 2010 Giro d'Italia

Lennard rides the Plan de Corones, with 13 dead Giro champions as company.

Lennard Zinn rode the Giro's Monte Zoncolan and reports he used every bit of his 34X26 low gear.

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UnitedHealthcare was outnumbered at Baltimore's Kelly Cup, but Jake Keough managed to deliver a win for the time. In the women's race Van Gilder shows she's on great form as the crit season heats up.

Cervelo's new California facility designed the new r5ca frame in part to showcase its expertise in carbon development and manufacturing.

2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 8 photos

On the Giro's second rest day Cervelo's Ted King takes some time to define some new additions to the Giro d'Italia vocabulary.

Angelo Zomegnan promises a spectacular show if efforts to bring the Giro d’Italia to Washington, D.C. come to fruition for the 2012 edition.

Giro d’Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan must be a very happy man. With a week to go, no one knows who will win the 2010 Giro, and that’s just the way he wants it.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 8

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Garmin's Ryder Hesjedal wins final stage as Michael Rogers wins the overall.

No one was injured in the two-car crash Saturday evening, but Cervelo TestTeam says the German rider was over the legal alcohol limit.

The Italian climber — who served a two-year ban for admitting his role in the Operación Puerto blood doping scandal — won Sunday’s stage up Monte Zoncolan in dramatic fashion that reminded many of the Basso of old.

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 15 photos

Ivan Basso (Liquigas-Doimo) triumphed in stage 15 of the 2010 Giro d’Italia, shedding world champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing) in the final 3km of a hellishly mountainous race after a five-man break came to grief on the steeps of the Monte Zoncolan.

When Amgen Tour of California organizers designed this year’s route, they specifically wanted a final stage difficult enough to upend the general classification. AEG Sports president Andrew Messick had a hand in utilizing his local ride just north of Los Angeles, the Rock Store Loop, while also incorporating the corporate headquarters of title sponsor Amgen, based in Thousand Oaks.

HTC-Columbia will have to withstand a barrage of attacks from RadioShack and Garmin-Transitions to keep Michael Rogers in the lead. Rogers says his team is more than up to the task.

Lennard Zinn visited teams to check out the gearing and wheels that will be used on the bikes for the Giro stage finishing atop Monte Zoncolan.

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Michael Rogers holds Amgen Tour of California lead after Los Angeles time trial

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Amgen Tour of California stage 7