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Race organizers and volunteers are digging out trail in California so the Downieville Classic can roll July 9-10.

Mavic's new aero wheels feature a smooth transition from rim to tire.

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Bjarne Riis and Alberto Contador faced down a sometimes-skeptical media mob Thursday ahead of Saturday's Tour de France where Contador will line up as defending champion with an asterisk.

Fabian Cancellara will be ready to take on the Tour's time trials with a new Trek Speed Concept TT bike.

A look at Andy Schleck's Trek Madone 6 series SSL. Is it a Tour winner?

A part-time soigneur with American squad BMC Racing was arrested Monday in connection with an 18-month investigation into performance enhancing drugs in Belgium. Belgian daily Het Nieuwsblad reported that “Sven S., of Zonnebeke” was taken into custody by a magistrate earlier this week after a search of his home uncovered syringes and other doping equipment.

LES HERBIERS, France — Bradley Wiggins enters the 2011 Tour de France a dramatically different man than the one who showed up last year.

LES HERBIERS, France — Jonathan Vaughters couldn't hold back his smile Thursday as he discussed the Garmin-Cervélo lineup for the 2011 Tour de France.

Cav on VeloNews.com's Tour de France video diarist Eisel: “He’s one of the few people who can tell me to shut up”

LES HERBIERS, France — In a survey of 94 Tour de France team managers and riders conducted by L’Équipe on Tuesday, only three mentioned Levi Leipheimer as a potential podium pick. The two American veterans say they are ready to upset the odds

The company 110% PlayHarder is fusing compression gear with the good old ice pack

A reader wants to know why Roberto Heras' case is being handled in Spanish civil courts.

The chainless DH at the Crested Butte Fat Tire Fest is a decade-old tradition. Why not declare it the world championships?

The 98th edition of the Tour de France begins on Saturday. Although riders from the host country have not won an edition of the Tour since 1985, France continues to hold the record for the number of wins by a two-to-one margin.

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Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack) lines up Saturday as an outsider for overall victory in a Tour de France that most expect to see as a battle between Andy Schleck and Alberto Contador.

Readers chime in on the UCI's technical rules — would the world be better off with no UCI?

Inside the Selle Italia factory

Cervelo will debut its new S5 aero road bikes at the first stage of this year’s Tour de France, on Saturday.

Andy Schleck returns to the Tour de France this week with the weight of being the twice-consecutive runner-up.

Former Silence-Lotto rider Wim Vansevenant has acknowledged that a package seized by customs officials two weeks ago contained doping products destined for him.

PARIS, (AFP) ─ Tour de France chief Christian Prudhomme said he will shake the hand of reigning champion Alberto Contador despite a controversy which has left the race in an unprecedented quandary.

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New for 2012: SRAM's first carbon downhill race crank and DH-specific derailleur.

• Tom Danielson
• Julian Dean
• Tyler Farrar
• Ryder Hesjedal
• Thor Hushovd
• David Millar
•  Ramunas Navardauskas
• Christian Vande Velde
• David Zabriskie

Tour of Utah organizers on Tuesday will announce a new look route for the sixth edition of the race they deem “America’s toughest,” and that slogan has never been more appropriate.

Giant introduces a bevy of new features in its 2012 road bike line. Nick Legan gives his take.

Last year’s Tour de France was headlined by a mountaintop finish on the Col du the Tourmalet (won by Luxembourg’s Andy Schleck over Spain’s Alberto Contador) to mark the centennial of the Tour’s first crossing of the Pyrénées. This year’s race, starting on Saturday, celebrates 100 years of racing through the High Alps, culminating with a stage to the top of the Col du Galibier — which, at 8,678 feet (2,645 meters) elevation, will be the highest stage finish in Tour history.

Brim Brothers has taken another step toward releasing a cleat-based power meter

• Tom Danielson
• Julian Dean
• Tyler Farrar
• Ryder Hesjedal
• Thor Hushovd
• David Millar
• Johan Vansummeren
• Christian Vande Velde
• David Zabriskie

Blue Cycles refines its aero bikes

• Pavel Brutt
• Denis Galimzyanov
• ,Vladimir Gusev
• Mikhail Ignatyev
• Vladimir Isaychev
• Vladimir Karpets
• Alexander Kolobnev
• Egor Silin
• Yuriy Trofimov

Brent Bookwalter is headed this week to his second Tour de France on the Vendée coast in western France. He talked with VeloNews about the pressure of entering the season with the Tour on his schedule, BMC Racing teammate George Hincapie’s record-tying 16th Grande Boucle and his recovery from a broken collarbone suffered in April.

Pause for a moment and ask yourself, how do you feel about Alberto Contador?

“I won two races, one on the road and another in the hotel,” Contador said.

Brian Nygaard, team manager at Leopard-Trek, promises that the Schleck brothers will be attacking in the Tour de France and especially aggressive in the high mountains.

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Team Europcar for Tour de France

• Anthony Charteau (F)
• Cyril Gautier (F)
• Yohann Gene (F)
• Vincent Jerome (F)
• Christophe Kern (F)
• Perrig Quemeneur (F)
• Pierre Rolland (F)
• Sebastien Turgot (F)
• Thomas Voeckler (F)

Pierrick Fédrigo, a three-time Tour de France stage-winner, told his bosses at FDJ he's not up to racing this year's grande boucle.

2011 Tour de France preliminary startlist

Elite men's road race

• 1. Max Korus, Bikereg.com-Cannondale, 4:04:08
• 2. Jesse Moore, California Giant Cycling/califo,
• 3. Timothy Rugg, Battley Harley-Davidson, 4:04:16
• 4. Greg Krause, 4:04:18
• 5. Austin Roach, Press Forward Cycling, 4:04:24

Max Korus (BikeReg.com-Cannondale) won the elite men's road race in a two-up dash to the line on Sunday at the USA Cycling national championships at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Women's elite road race

• 1. Robin Farina, NOW-Novartis, 3:16:34
• 2. Andrea Dvorak, Colavita-Forno D'asolo,
• 3. Amanda Miller, HTC-Highroad,
• 4. Kathleen Billington, Team Danbury Audi, 3:16:39
• 5. Meredith Miller, Tibco To The Top, 3:16:41

Alberto Contador declared himself content with a silver medal at Sunday's Spanish national road championships and said he would now rest for Saturday's start of the Tour de France.

Robin Farina (NOW-Novartis) beat Andrea Dvorak (Colavita-Forno d'Asolo) by a wheel to win the USA Cycling elite women's road race on Sunday at Fort Gordon, Georgia.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn gives insight on how to complete a bearing overhaul on the headset.

HTC-Highroad for the Tour de France

• Bernhard Eisel (A)
• Mark Cavendish (GB)
• Matt Goss (Aus)
• Mark Renshaw (Aus)
• Tony Martin (G)
• Peter Velits (Slv)
• Lars Bak (Dk)
• Danny Pate (USA)
• Tejay Van Garderen (USA)

Men

• 1. Eric Young, Bloomington In, in 1:56:51
• 2. Anibal Borrajo, Lemon Grove Ca, in 1:56:51
• 3. Ken Hanson, in 1:56:51
• 4. Charles Huff, Springfield Mo, in 1:56:51
• 5. Zachary Davies, Madison Wi, in 1:56:52

Women

• 1. Emma Mackie, Pescadero Ca, in 1:02:15
• 2. Emily Collins,, in 1:02:15
• 3. Jo Kiesanowski, Seattle Wa, in 1:02:16
• 4. Lenore Pipes, Tamuning Guam, in 1:02:16
• 5. Natalie Klemko, Bristol Wi, in 1:02:18

One of the more tricky overhauls to perform on your bike is one on the fork. With so many parts and areas to keep clean, Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn shows us how to correctly overhaul a fork with the least amount of confusion.

Do your brakes work when you need them the most? Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn demonstrates how to bleed a Hayes hydraulic brake so they work properly and you can ride even faster.

Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn talks Crown Race forks and steering tube.

Hyde Park Blast Men

• 1. James Driscoll, Jamis-Sutter Home
• 2. Paul Martin, Panther Competitive Cyclist
• 3. Clayton Barrows, Stan's Notubes-AXA
• 4. Andrew Seitz, GPOA
• 5. Clay Murfet, Rideclean

Women

• 1. Kacey Manderfield, Pure Energy Cycling-Proairhfa
• 2. Jane Evely, Texas Roadhouse
• 3. Sally Price, Team Summacare
• 4. AnnaJean Dallaire, Racing For Rileys
• 5. Colleen Cornelius, Kentucky Flyers Cycling Inc

Vuelta a España director Javier Guillén says Roberto Heras could be declared winner once again of the 2005 edition, but he isn't happy about it.

U23 national championships road race

• 1. Rob Squire, Chipotle Development Team, 4:07:19
• 2. Jacob Rathe, Chipotle Development Team, same time
• 3. Evan Huffman, California Giant, 4:10:03
• 4. Daniel Summerhill, Chipotle Development Team, 4:10:28
• 5. Joey Rosskopf, Team Type 1-Development, 4:10:28

Italian national road championships

• 1. Giovanni Visconti (Ita), Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli, 5:34:46
• 2. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita), BMC Racing Team, s.t.
• 3. Simone Ponzi (Ita), Liquigas-Cannondale, s.t.
• 4. Giampaolo Caruso (Ita), Team Katusha, s.t.
• 5. Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita), Colnago-CSF, s.t.

Rob Squire and Jacob Rathe went one-two in the under-23 men's road race on Saturday at the USA Cycling national championships in Augusta, Georgia.

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Team RadioShack's main sponsors have agreed to a two-year extension of their sponsorship contracts with the world’s No. 3-ranked UCI ProTeam.

One of the most impressive items that Giant has launched for the 2012 model year is its new WheelSystem.

The rumors were already being whispered during this year's Giro d'Italia that flamboyant race director Angelo Zomegnan might be leaving the race.

A Spanish civil court has found that Roberto Heras should be cleared of doping charges linked to his 2005 Vuelta a España win. But it's uncertain what impact the ruling will have.