Road Racing

Former Tour de France King of the Mountains Mauricio Soler is in doubt for next month's race because of a knee problem, his Caisse d'Epargne team said Thursday.

Danny Pate has gone to the Tour de France for the past two years, but he’s not sure if he’s going back for a third.

Four-time RAAM winner Jure Robic is in a familiar position — out in front and pulling away.

Vogondy takes stage at Dauphiné, Brajkovic keeps lead

Cervelo TestTeam directors have released a 12-man pre-selection roster for the Tour de France. The team will make the final nine-man selection before the July 3 Tour start in Rotterdam.

Team Milram on Wednesday, announced six of the nine riders it will bring to the Tour de France next month. The remaining three will be chosen based on their performances at the Criterium du Dauphine, the Tour de Suisse and the riders' respective national championships.

Zack Vestal gives Time's new carbon-sprung I-Clic pedals a spin

RAAM's first starters roll out of Oceanside, California

Brajkovic takes over at Dauphiné

Saxo Bank's Juan Jose Haedo sprinted to victory in the second stage of France's Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré on Tuesday.

Lennard rode the Look Cyclosportive in Nevers, France, and saw Bernard Hinault pedaling a football!

Cervélo TestTeam has ended speculation about Carlos Sastre's inclusion in this year's Tour de France by telling the former champion to get ready for the July 3-25 event.

Brian Jensen and Coryn Rivera win the final event of the Tulsa Tough omnium, as Brad Huff and Jennifer Purcell wrap up their overall omnium wins.

Lampre's Grega Bole scored the biggest win of his career after countering Geraint Thomas (Team Sky) to claim the first stage of the Dauphiné Criterium stage race Monday.

Matthew Goss finished off the HTC-Columbia double in Philadelphia Sunday afternoon, taking out the bunch sprint from a group of approximately 30 riders at the Philadelphia International Championship. Goss edged Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) for his first Philly win, less than a month after taking a stage at the Giro d'Italia.

Contador wins the prologue in 8:34, while American Tejay Van Garderen is just 2 seconds back in second place.

HTC-Columbia's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg takes her fourth Liberty Classic road race in Philadelphia. Next up Sunday: The TD Bank Philadelphia International Cycling Championships.

Matteo Carrara takes the Tour du Luxembourg as Gorka Izaguirre wins the final stage.

The USA national team finished off the Volta Ciclista Provincia Tarragona in Spain in fine style on Saturday, winning the final stage and taking the second spot overall at the national-event level race.

Jelly Belly's Brad Huff wins his second consecutive race at the Tulsa Tough omnium, and Cari Higgins wins her first.

Tony Gallopin (Cofidis) wins the third and penultimate stage of the Tour du Luxembourg as Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) retains the leader's golden jersey.

Contador: 'Tour prep, not Dauphine win, is crucial'

Brad Huff (Jelly Belly-Kenda) and Amanda Miller (Tibco) win Friday’s Blue Dome Criterium, the kickoff to the Tulsa Tough omnium.

Saxo Bank's home-town hero Frank Schleck won the second stage of the Tour of Luxembourg on Friday but it was second place finisher Matteo Carrara (Vacansoleil) who grabbed the overall lead from previous incumbent Cyril Lemoine.

Zack Vestal takes a look at Rolf Prima's Aspin SL wheelset, an affordable high performance clincher using Rolf's patented technology.

Two of America’s most promising young riders made impressive grand tour debuts during the Giro d’Italia.

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Thursday’s second road stage of the Indie Hops Mt. Hood Cycling Classic provided a rollercoaster of surprises and upsets, resulting in a dramatic solo stage win ahead of a hard-charging peloton for one rider and the loss of the race lead due to a time penalty for another.

Andrew Talansky, racing on the USA national team, is leading Spain's Volta Ciclista Provincia Tarragona after three stages.

Cyril Lemoine of Saur-Sojasun took the overall lead in the Tour of Luxembourg on Thursday after Giovanni Visconti (ISD) won stage 1, from Luxembourg to Hesperange.

UnitedHealthcare takes charge in Oregon as Northwest native Morgan Schmitt wins a rainy, hilly crit and takes the lead.

Some teams like to wait as long as possible before selecting their Tour de France squads — but not Rabobank, which announced its lineup Thursday.

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Jimmy Engoulvent (Saur-Sojasun), won Wednesday's Tour of Luxembourg prologue, repeating his win in the same event in 2007.

The Astana captain completed a four-day reconnaissance of the decisive climbing stages in the mountains along the French-Spanish border and came away convinced that’s where the 2010 Tour will be decided.

Under lights and heavy rain, defending champion Paul Mach (Bissell) took the prologue win at the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic Tuesday night, proving that he’s the man to beat again in 2010.

Coach Dirk Friel compares rider power files from the Tour of California and the Tour de France and comes to some surprising conclusions.

Lennard Zinn gets a heads up from a reader about some earlier advice.

Cervélo TestTeam was one of the revelations of last year’s Tour de France, but the team is patiently waiting word whether top stars Carlos Sastre and Thor Hushovd will be lining up July 3 in Rotterdam.

Memorial Day might be a holiday in the U.S., but it was Canadian riders who had reason to celebrate the return of the Killington Stage Race this weekend after a 10-year hiatus.

Wheel guru Eric Hjertberg is back with a wild-looking carbon wheel.

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

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

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.

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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

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.

Andre Greipel wins Giro d'Italia stage 18

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

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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

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

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

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

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.