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Stage

• 1. Tejay Van Garderen, (USA) HTC-Highroad, in 17:34
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at :06
• 3. Patrick Gretsch, (GER) HTC-Highroad, at :10
• 4. Alexander Wetterhall, (SWE) Endura Racing, at :18
• 5. Christian Vandevelde, (USA) Garmin-Cervelo, at :19

GC

• 1. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, in 8:35:03
• 2. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at :27
• 3. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at :29
• 4. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia-Indeportes Antiquia, at :56
• 5. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 1:24

TOOELE, Utah (VN) — Happy Birthday, Tejay Van Garderen. You are finally a professional bike race winner.

Pro rider Nate Whitman gives us the daily update on the Leadville Trail 100 from the Herbalife24 Basecamp. Hear the latest weather and trail conditions.

Cadel warns Thor off the Tour; an attitude adjustment; Boxer comes clean on Armstrong comment & more

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (VN) — David Clinger was issued a lifetime doping ban by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Friday after testing positive during a random test while serving a prior doping ban.

How many Olympic gold medalists are racing the 2011 Leadville 100 on Saturday? One for sure. That's Bart Brentjens, winner of the first ever Olympic cross country mountain bike race at Atlanta 1996. Bart-man also won bronze at Athens 2004, plus a ton of World Cup races during his long and prestigious pro career.

Go time is near. The start of the 2011 Leadville 100 is less than a day away. Soon you'll be on your bike, facing down a 100 miles (actually 103) of high-alpine mountain biking along with about 1,800 of your new best friends.

ROERMOND, Netherlands (AFP) - New Zealand's Jesse Sergent claimed victory in the fourth stage of the Eneco Tour Friday as Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen took over the race lead from Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert.

Stage

• 1. Jesse SERGENT, (NZL) Team RadioShack, in 17:55
• 2. Alex RASMUSSEN, (DEN) HTC-Highroad, at 14
• 3. Jurgen ROELANDTS, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 20
• 4. Vladimir ISAICHEV, (RUS) Team Katusha, at 27
• 5. Lars BOOM, (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 27

GC

• 1. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, (Norway) Team Sky, in 13:49:06
• 2. Philippe GILBERT, (Belgium) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 12
• 3. David MILLAR, (Great Britain) Garmin-Cervelo, at 18
• 4. Taylor PHINNEY, (United States) BMC Racing Team, at 27
• 5. Jos VAN EMDEN, (Netherlands) Rabobank Cycling Team, at 47

There is just one race in the United States garnering attention this week and all eyes are on the newly upgraded Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah. The seven-day 2.1-rated race began Tuesday at the Utah Olympic Park and concludes Sunday atop the steep, 16km climb to Snowbird resort. Best Utah Rider Jeff Louder (BMC Racing) will head into Saturday’s Salt Lake City circuit race with double motivation from his jersey and the memories of times spent riding Louder Loop with his dad.

LEON, Spain (VN) — Call it the "rebound and reload tour."

2011 Vuelta a España preliminary startlist

PARIS (AFP) — Former professional Allan Peiper has joined Garmin-Cervélo as director of competition for 2012, the American cycling team announced Friday.

TOOELE, Utah (VN) — Before the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah even began, most observers were pointing to Sunday’s epic stage from Park City to Snowbird as the race that would decide it all.

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The Scott FOIL: An aero road frame without compromise

Editor's Note: Earlier this year VeloNews tech editor Nick Legan rode with the Rapha Continental team to scout the stages of the 2011 USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado. VeloNews and Rapha partnered to produce videos about the stages. In today's video, the crew tours the Moots bike factory in Steamboat Springs, which hosts the finish of stage 4 and the start of stage 5. Watch for the rest of the videos to be posted over the next week.

• 1. Carlos Alberto Ospina Hernandes, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at 5:00:00 PM
• 2. Luis Crosby, (NZL) Rabobank Continental Team, at 5:01:00 PM
• 3. Alberto Borrajo Alejandro, (ARG) Jamis-Sutter Home, at 5:02:00 PM
• 4. Simon Lambert-lemay, (CAN) Spidertech-Planet Energy, at 5:03:00 PM
• 5. Nicolas Frey, (USA) Jamis-Sutter Home, at 5:04:00 PM

Stage

• 1. Jack Bauer. (NZL) Endura Racin. in 3:33:43
• 2. Elia Vivian. (ITA) Liquigas-Cannondal. at s.t.
• 3. Jacob Keough. (USA) Unitedhealthcar. at s.t.
• 4. Robert Forste. (GER) Unitedhealthcar. at s.t.
• 5. Danny Summerhil. (USA) Garmin-Cervel. at s.t.

GC

• 1. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, in 8:17:11
• 2. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at 00:00:07
• 3. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:13
• 4. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 00:00:18
• 5. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at 00:00:21

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Hear the latest weather and trail conditions. Nate also gives advice for athletes how to prepare in the last days before the race.

PROVO, Utah (VN) — It was supposed to be a fairly uneventful day designed to throw a bone at the sprinters during the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah.

Reigning world champion Thor Hushovd will not be racing the Vuelta a España with Garmin-Cervélo, a decision that team boss Jonathan Vaughters strongly defended for "what's best for the team."

Stage

• 1. Philippe GILBERT, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 4:54:53
• 2. Grega BOLE, (SLO) Lampre-Isd, at 8
• 3. Ben HERMANS, (BEL) Team RadioShack, at 8
• 4. Koen DE KORT, (NED) Skil-Shimano, at 8
• 5. Linus GERDEMANN, (GER) Leopard-Trek, at 8

GC

• 1. Philippe GILBERT, (Belgium) Omega Pharma-Lotto, in 13:30:34
• 2. Edvald BOASSON HAGEN, (Norway) Team Sky, at 5
• 3. David MILLAR, (Great Britain) Garmin-Cervelo, at 13
• 4. Dominique CORNU, (Belgium) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator, at 23
• 5. Ben HERMANS, (Belgium) Team RadioShack, at 25

Among the names on the potential winners list of the 2011 Leadville 100, Alban Lakata's will be the least familiar for most. Unless you're a true devotee of the mountain bike racing game, you may not know that this 32-year-old Austrian won the 2010 world marathon title and is his country's reigning cross-country national champ.

Caley Fretz rides Shimano's new electric group. Is it better than its big brother Dura-Ace Di2?

ANDENNE, Belgium (AFP) - Belgium champion Philippe Gilbert of the Omega Pharma team won the third stage of the Eneco Tour on Thursday to take the overall race lead from American Taylor Phinney of BMC.

Olympic Games organizers say they will hold a road racing test event a scheduled Sunday despite growing violence in London suburbs.

UCI Press Release on Gerard Vroomen comments

PARIS, Aug 11, 2011 (AFP) - World cycling's ruling body has angrily hit back at suggestions by Cervélo co-founder Gerard Vroomen that the UCI has lacked bite in implementing its own biological passport program.

MELBOURNE (AFP) — Tour de France champion Cadel Evans arrived back in Australia on Thursday for a victory parade after spending "the best part of his life" working for the historic cycling victory.

Whitman is setting no specific time goals for 2011. Instead he simply hopes to "have a great race and feel strong during the last few miles on the Boulevard. If that happens it will mean I was able to stay with the top guys for a good portion of the race. That would be satisfying."

PARIS (AFP) — Belgian Ben Hermans has signed a two-year deal with the Leopard-Trek team, the Luxembourg-registered outfit announced Thursday.

Two more big names are confirmed for the Vuelta a España with Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) and Jurgen Van den Broeck.

Green-jersey contender José Joaquín Rojas and Ángel Madrazo have each extended with Spanish outfit Movistar.

BRUSSELS (AFP) — Belgian cycling star Philippe Gilbert is edging closer to signing for American team BMC, according to Belgian press reports quoting the rider's manager Vincent Wathelet.

ANDENNE, Belgium (AFP) — Mark Cavendish's key lead-out man, Mark Renshaw, has signed a two-year deal that will see him spearhead Rabobank's bid for sprint success, the Dutch outfit confirmed Thursday.

Jesse Anthony’s stage win in Ogden, Utah, Wednesday was big. But just how big?

Pro saddle choices, worn-out wrenches and more

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Pro rider Nate Whitman gives us the daily update on the Leadville Trail 100 from the Herbalife24 Basecamp. Here the latest weather and trail conditions. Nate also breaks down the pro womens race and gives you the key riders to watch.

• 1. Jesse Anthony, (USA) Kelly Benefit Strategies-Optumhealth, at 4.39:29
• 2. Sergio Luis Henao Montoya, (COL) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.
• 3. Oscar Sevilla Ribera, (ESP) Gobernacion De Antioquia - Indeportes Antiquia, at s.t.
• 4. Levi Leipheimer, (USA) Team RadioShack, at s.t.
• 5. Janez Brajkovic, (SLO) Team RadioShack, at s.t.

OGDEN, Utah (VN) — With a brutal 50 miles to go and temperatures in the mid-90s, Jesse Anthony launched a solo attack trying to bridge a gap to a group of four leaders a few minutes up the road.

Interview with Todd Wells

Interview with Gretchen Reeves

New shoes, stems and handlebars from the component giant

Recovery tip from Todd Wells

He may not be a pro in the traditional sense of the word. But as one of North America's best known cycling coaches, it's certainly interesting to see what Chris Carmichael will saddle up come race day at the 2011 Leadville 100.

Gretchen Reeves Pro Tip Video

John Heiss, PhD and Herbalife24 Director of Sports and Nutrition, gives us tips on pre-race nutrition.

I was invited to former President George W. Bush's inaugural Warrior 100K Mountain Bike Ride, called the W100K, in April, along with 14 servicemen and women who were injured or lost limbs in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Whether your goal is outright victory, a sub-9-hour time, or simply to finish the race inside the 12-hour cutoff, there are definitive tactics for long-haul racing that can tip the scales of success in your favor.

PARIS (AFP) — Sprinter Jimmy Casper has joined AG2R-La Mondiale on a one-year deal with the option of a second, the French team announced in a statement on Wednesday.

Lennard gets more feedback on tubulars v. tubeless, plus answers questions on fork fatigue, inner-tube fatigue, pedal threads and more

Stage

• 1. André Greipel, Omega Pharma-Lotto (olo), in 4:07:21
• 2. Tyler Farrar, Team Garmin-Cervelo (grm), at 0
• 3. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Sky Procycling (sky), at 0
• 4. Jean-pierre Drucker, Veranda's Willems - Accent (vwa), at 0
• 5. Baden Cooke, Saxo Bank Sungard (sbs), at 0

GC

• 1. Taylor Phinney, Bmc Racing Team (bmc), in 8:35:38
• 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen, Sky Procycling (sky), at 3
• 3. David Millar, Team Garmin-Cervelo (grm), at 8
• 4. Alex Rasmussen, Htc-Highroad (thr), at 9
• 5. André Greipel, Omega Pharma-Lotto (olo), at 10

ARDOOIE, Netherlands (AFP) — German sprint specialist André Greipel of Omeg-Pharma claimed his second successive stage victory on the Eneco Tour, finishing ahead of American Tyler Farrar (BMC) and Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) Wednesday.

PARK CITY, Utah (VN) — Utah has a nice history of producing top-level cyclists.

Former Danish road champion Alex Rasmussen is the latest HTC-Highroad rider to find a new home for 2012. The winner of the 2011 Philadelphia International Cycling Championship, and four-time track world champion, will join Garmin-Cervelo next year.

Pieter Weening is the latest rider confirmed for the Aussie-backed GreenEDGE program.

THE HAGUE (AFP) - Mark Cavendish's key lead-out man, Mark Renshaw, has agreed a deal that will see the Australian become the top sprinter at Dutch outfit Rabobank for the next two years, according to a report Wednesday.

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Racing in France and Holland dominate the action in Europe this week. The Eneco Tour, which began Monday with the prologue victory of Taylor Phinney (BMC), is the week's main event while the Tour de l'Ain will see the return to action of Tour de France phenomenon Pierre Rolland.

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Trail Watch Tue. Aug 9 - Leadville Trail 100