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ROME (AFP) - Italian rider Pasquale Muto was on Saturday banned for two-and-a-half years by the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) for doping.

NICE, France (AFP) — Kazach cyclist Valentin Iglinskiy of Team Astana will go before a French judge in September to face drunk driving and speeding charges stemming from an arrest Tuesday, according to a judicial source.

HTC-Highroad's women's team won Friday's Open de Suède Vargarda team time trial in Sweden, the opening event of two-race weekend that is part of the UCI's women's World Cup.

• 1. HTC HIGHROAD WOMEN 53:09
• 2. AA DRINK - LEONTIEN.NL CYCLING TEAM +1:37
• 3. GARMIN - CERVELO +1:43
• 4. AUSTRALIA +1:44
• 5. NEDERLAND BLOEIT +1:55

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (VN) - An all-star start list headlines the 31st running of the Clásica San Sebastián in northern Spain on Saturday.

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (VN) — The dust has barely settled following the Tour de France and big-time racing returns across Europe with a busy weekend.

Team RadioShack’s Levi Leipheimer, winner of the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race in his first attempt, is bypassing the opportunity to defend his title in order to compete at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado.

Team RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer, winner of the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 Mountain Bike Race in his first attempt, is bypassing the opportunity to defend his title in order to compete at the Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah and the USA Pro Cycling Challenge in Colorado.

BOULDER, Colorado (VN) - The maillot jaune of the Tour de France will feature on the roads of Colorado next month when Cadel Evans starts the USA Pro Cycling Challenge. Race officials have confirmed that Evans (BMC Racing) will take part in the inaugural event, which begins August 22 in Colorado Springs.

Dr. Jason Glowney addresses the common issue of collarbone fractures in cyclists

Change is afoot again in the National Racing Calendar. USA Cycling announced the latest in a number of changes planned for the U.S. calendar this week with the creation of the National Criterium Calendar.

Time trial crank lengths, nature breaks, and more

MADRID (VN) - There's no rest for the weary for Ryder Hesjedal.

Tour of Utah organizers on Thursday released the preliminary list of riders for the August event. Headlining the roster are defending champion Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack), George Hincapie (BMC Racing), Tom Danielson (Garmin-Cervélo), Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Highroad) and National Racing Calendar leader Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com).

A California appellate court has rejected an appeal by David Thompson, the physician who was convicted in 2009 of assaulting two cyclists by intentionally stopping his car directly in front of them.

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Ever wonder why a U.S. company outside of the bicycle industry would invest in bicycle racing? Here’s a hint: it has nothing to do with athletic excellence or a love of the sport. Any marketing executives who buy a sponsorship based on a personal passion for the sport should polish up their resumes, because they’ll be looking for a new line of work.

SYDNEY (AFP) ─ Tour de France champion Cadel Evans would love to ride for Australia at the London Olympics, but only if the course is tough enough.

A look at some of the tweaks that HTC riders suggested for the Specialized Tarmac SL4

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Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn demonstrates the process of removing and installing an FSA Mega Exo system.

From the magazine: Custom clothing buyer’s guide, plus new online team stores

The women’s USA Cycling National Development program showed a strong performance at Tour du Limousin in France this weekend. The team's performance there came after an impressive result the prior week's Tour of Bretagne Feminin, where Jacquelyn Crowell (Team Type 1 Development) finished fouth in the GC, one second off of the podium.

Swiss national cyclocross champion Christian Heule will race for Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com in the upcoming season.

Editor's Note: Phil Gaimon, 25, is a Velo magazine columnist and third-year pro racer for Kenda-5 Hr Energy Presented by Gear Grinder. He has an English degree from the University of Florida, and owns online stores at podiumcycling.com and sharethedamnroad.com.

At last: Riding gear that's plenty good enough for the trail and doubles as a set of street duds.

As reported by VeloNews.com last week, the Angelo Zomegnan era is over at the Giro d'Italia.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn shows us how to bleed a Hayes Nine-Sole brake.

A scheduled August hearing on doping charges against Alberto Contador before the International Court of Arbitration for Sport has been delayed until November.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn explains the adjustments to make on standard Shimano rear derailleurs for the best possible performance.

PARIS (VN) ― Alberto Contador's rough and tumble Tour de France nearly ended early.

PARIS (VN) ― There won't be a double grand tour attempt for Cadel Evans this year, but he could be headed to Colorado next month.

The Contador case will be heard in November 2011

RealCyclist.com's Francisco Mancebo and Colavita's Janel Holcomb win the overall at the Cascade Classic stage race

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After a week in France, Velo editor in chief Ben Delaney wrote about his choice for the top-10 moments of the first week. Now with the great gift of hindsight, we'll pick the top 10 most impressive moments of weeks 2 and 3.

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — VeloSwap, one of the largest consumer cycling shows and swap meets in the country, will come to the East Coast this fall as part of the two-day Providence Cyclocross Festival in Rhode Island.

With the Tour de France numbers added in, Tour winner Cadel Evans has moved from fourth place to the lead of the UCI's WorldTour individual rankings.

We all love to bomb descents: Adam Craig offers hints on keeping the rubber-side down.

PARIS (VN) — World champion Thor Hushovd strongly hinted that he is exploring his options for a new team in 2012.

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Brian Holcombe and Andrew Hood look back at the 2011 Tour

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Contador's young teammates finished the Tour with a strong time trial. Andy Hood talks to him in Paris.

In today’s final 2011 Tour de France edition of The Livestream Diaries we honor the best of the rest by presenting the first annual LSD Awards.

For Australians, Cadel Evans’ time-trial trouncing of the Schleck brothers on Saturday to clinch a first Tour de France victory for his country was one of those “where were you when” moments.

After Cadel Evans won the Tour de France Sunday, wearing a champion's yellow over the black and red of BMC Racing on the Champs-Élysées, BMC owner Andy Rihs called his victory honorable – and a world apart from Floyd Landis’ since-overturned victory for his Phonak squad in 2006.

Eleven North Americans started the 2011 Tour de France and 10 of them made it to Paris — although one of them used a body double.

Cadel Evans credits Miguel Indurain for inspiration and says his victory is for Australia.

Alberto Contador says he's through with the Giro d'Italia, but not with the Tour de France.

George Hincapie is proud of his record-tying 16 Tours and having played a role in nine victories.

• 1. Grete Treier (Est) S.C. Michela Fanini Rox, in 10:05:19
• 2. Tatiana Antoshina (Rus) Russian Federation, at 0:00:05
• 3. Grace Verbeke (Bel) Belgium, at 0:01:00
• 4. Karol-Anne Canuel (Can) Mixed Vienne, at 0:02:11
• 5. Yulia Iliynikh (Rus) Russian Federation, at 0:03:00

Graham Watson captures the drama of the finale in Paris.

Sprint king Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) became only the second Briton to step onto the Tour de France podium after securing the green jersey with his fifth stage win of this year's race on the final day.

Women's

• 1. Janel Holcomb (Colavita/Forno d'Asolo), in 10:47:44
• 2. Anne Samplonius (NOW and Novartis For MS), at 0:00:23
• 3. Clara Hughes (Cycling BC), at 0:01:09
• 4. Erinne Willock (Team TIBCO/To the Top), at 0:01:22
• 5. Kristin Mcgrath (Peanut Butter & Co.Twenty12), at 0:01:28

• 1. Francisco Mancebo (Realcyclist.Com Pro Cycling), in 10:42:00
• 2. Lachlan Morton (Chipotle Development Team), at 0:00:42
• 3. Jeremy Vennell (Bissell Pro Cycling), at 0:00:49
• 4. Luis Romero Amaran (Jamis Sutter Home), at 0:00:55
• 5. Tom Zirbel (Jamis Sutter Home), at 0:01:09

1. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Highroad, 2h 27' 02" 2. Boasson Hagen Edvald, Sky Procycling, s.t. 3. André Greipel, Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t. 4. Tyler Farrar, Team Garmin-Cervélo, s.t. 5. Fabian Cancellara, Team Leopard-Trek, s.t.

• 2011 3431km (5489.6m),180 starters, 167 finishers (93%); Winner: Cadel EVANS, 34, avg: 39.8 kph (24.9 mph)
• 2010 3642km (5827.2m),180 starters, 170 finishers (94%); Winner: Alberto CONTADOR, 27, avg: 39.6 kph (24.7 mph)
• 2009 3459km (5534.4m),180 starters, 156 finishers (87%); Winner: Alberto CONTADOR, 26, avg: 40.3 kph (25.2 mph)
• 2008 3559km (5694.4m),180 starters, 145 finishers (81%); Winner: Carlos SASTRE, 33, avg: 40.5 kph (25.3 mph)
• 2007 3570km (5712m),189 starters, 141 finishers (75%); Winner: Alberto CONTADOR, 24, avg: 39.2 kph (24.5 mph)

Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) became the first Australian to win the 2011 Tour de France on Sunday as Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) took the final stage on the Champs-Élysées.

Breakfast with Bernie on the last stage of the 2011 Tour de France.

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GRENOBLE, France (VN) — “There’s a car, a car … il y a une voiture!” You could hear the panic in the voice of a television technician who was being pinned back against the trunk of a race official’s red Skoda by a solid mass of media crews. The mob was moving en masse like a giant bubble around the rider wearing a yellow skinsuit, Andy Schleck, who’d just thrown every last ounce of energy into defending (unsuccessfully) his Tour de France lead against Cadel Evans.

A peek at the BMC time trial bike that Cadel Evans rode to second in the stage-20 ITT and the yellow jersey in the 2011 Tour de France.

Does anyone know the Heimlich maneuver?