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SIGNAL-DE-BOUGY, Switzerland (VN) — U.S. national time trial champion Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) didn’t get the result he wanted on Saturday’s stage 4 TT at the Tour de Romandie.

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To accompany its new time trial/triathlon shifters, brakes and cranks, Campagnolo is introducing a new, deeper, more aerodynamic wheelset: the Bora Ultra 80.

SILVER CITY, New Mexico (VN) — Folks started speculating Thursday when Tom Zirbel borrowed a bike from the Jamis team when he suffered a mechanical at the Tour of the Gila. On Friday the team announced that it had signed the time trial ace for the rest of the season.

TYRONE, New Mexico (VN) — The Trek-Livestrong development team once again surprised even itself with a blistering time trial win at the Tour of the Gila, when 18-year-old Dale Parker surprised the heavy hitters.

Quick Results

• 1. André Greipel (GER), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 4:27:02
• 2. Egoitz Garcia Echeguibel (ESP), Caja Rural, s.t.
• 3. Bartosz Huzarski (POL), Team Netapp, s.t.
• 4. Francis Mourey (FRA), Française des Jeux, s.t.
• 5. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (DEN), SaxoBank-Sungard, s.t.

GC

• 1. Alexander Efimkin (Russia), Team Type 1, 27:17:12
• 2. Andrey Zeits (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 1:13
• 3. Thibaut Pinot (France), Française des Jeux, at 1:33
• 4. Thomas Peterson (United States), Garmin-Cervelo, at 1:50
• 5. Cameron Wurf (Australia), Liquigas-Doimo, at 2:17

Tom Peterson (Garmin-Cervélo) saw the leader’s jersey slip away in Friday’s sixth stage at the Tour of Turkey when a 25-man breakaway stayed clear to put Alexander Efimkin (Team Type 1) into the lead with just two stages to go.

Quick Results

• 1. Alexander Vinokourov , (Kaz) Astana , in 3:47:55
• 2. Mikael Cherel , (F) Ag2r La Mondiale, s.t.
• 3. Tony Martin , (G) HTC-Highroad, s.t.
• 4. Ben Swift , (GB) Team Sky, s.t.
• 5. Oscar Freire Gomez , (Sp) Rabobank Cycling Team, s.t.

GC

• 1. Pavel Brutt , (Rus) Team Katusha , in 12:31:34
• 2. Alexandre Vinokourov , (Kaz) Astana, at 0:32
• 3. Damiano Cunego , (I) Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0:38
• 4. Cadel Evans , (Aus) BMC Racing Team, at 0:42
• 5. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui , (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:46

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The UCI has called on the Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) to open disciplinary proceedings against Vuelta a España runner-up Ezequiel Mosquera.

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Men's stage 2: Frank Pipp (Bissell) Women's stage 2: Heather Logan-Sprenger (Colavita) Men's GC: Francisco Mancebo (RealCyclist.com) Women's GC: Mara Abbott (Diadora-Pasta Zara)

Pipp and Logan-Sprenger win Gila's second stage

Stefan Schumacher claimed victory in Thursday’s opening stage at the Vuelta a Asturias in what’s his first win since returning from a doping ban last season.

Costa Rican Andrey Amador will miss next month’s Giro d’Italia after cracking his left collarbone in Thursday’s first stage at the Vuelta a Asturias in northern Spain.

Quick Results

• 1. Damiano Cunego (ITA), Lampre-ISD, in 4:10:53
• 2. Cadel Evans (AUS), BMC Racing Team, at 0:02
• 3. Alexandre Vinokourov (KAZ), Astana, at 0:02
• 4. Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (POR), Movistar, at 0:02
• 5. David Lopez Garcia (ESP), Movistar, at 0:02

GC

• 1. Pavel Brutt (Rus), Team Katusha, in 8:43:39
• 2. Damiano Cunego (Ita), Lampre-ISD, at 0:38
• 3. Cadel Evans (Aus), BMC Racing Team, at 0:42
• 4. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz), Astana, at 0:42
• 5. Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:46

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Quick Results

• 1. Matteo Rabottini (Ita), Farnese Vini, 5:51:25
• 2. Alexander Efimkin (Rus), Team Type 1, at 0:00
• 3. Enrico Magazzini (Ita), Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0:03
• 4. Thomas Peterson (USA), Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:03
• 5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Française Des Jeux, at 0:03

GC

• 1. Thomas Peterson (USA), Garmin-Cervelo, 22:49:41
• 2. Cameron Wurf (Aus), Liquigas-Doimo, at 0:27
• 3. Alexander Efimkin (Rus), Team Type 1, at 0:29
• 4. Andrey Zeits (Kz), Astana, at 0:1:42
• 5. Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Française des Jeux, at 0:2:02

Mark Cavendish and Marco Pinotti headline HTC-Highroad’s Giro d’Italia squad that will be looking to win stages in all terrain. While the team doesn’t have a strong GC candidate to win the Giro outright, the team will bring a mix of riders who can win stages in sprints, breakaways and time trials.

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While Belgium rides the wave of unprecedented success in the spring classics, two-time Tour of Flanders champion Stijn Devolder is taking a hard look at what went wrong with his spring campaign.

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Men

• 1. MANCEBO Francisco, Realcyclist.com Cycling Team, at 03:59:22
• 2. WREN Tyler, Jamis Sutter Home P/b Colavita, at 03:59:36 at 00:14.00
• 3. DOMBROWSKI Joesph, Trek-Livestrong, at 03:59:57 at 00:35.00
• 4. HOWES Alexander, Chipotle Development Team, at 04:00:02 at 00:40.00
• 5. BENNETT George, Trek-Livestrong, at 04:00:02 at 00:40.00

Women

• 1. Mara Abbott, Diadora-Pasta Zara Team, in 4:11:40.
• 2. F Oliveira (parks), Pactimo Cycling Team, at 4:11:59. at 0:00:19
• 3. Clara Hughes, Pactimo Cycling Team, at 4:12:30. at 0:00:50
• 4. Andrea Dvorak, Colavita/forno D'asolo, at 4:13:02. at 0:01:22
• 5. Nicole Evans, Mapmyride, at 4:13:17. at 0:01:37

MOGOLLON, New Mexico (VN) — Francesco Mancebo (Realcyclist.com) and Mara Abbott (Diadora) each won the first stage of the Tour of the Gila on Wednesday with solo victories atop the Mogollon climb.

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Quick results

• 1. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA), Lampre , in 5:36:26
• 2. Bartosz Huzarski (POL), Team Netapp, at 0:00
• 3. Alexander Efimkin (RUS), Team Type 1, at 0:01
• 4. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU), Garmin-Cervelo, at 0:01
• 5. Rubens Bertogliati (SUI), Team Type 1, at 0:01

GC

• 1. Bartosz HUZARSKI (Poland), Team Netapp , 16:58:06
• 2. Wesley SULZBERGER (Australia), Française des Jeux, at 0:03
• 3. Riccardo CHIARINI (Italy), Androni Giocattoli-Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni, at 0:07
• 4. Egoitz GARCIA ECHEGUIBEL (Spain), Caja Rural, at 0:07
• 5. Jesus DEL NERO MONTES (Spain), Team Netapp, at 0:07

Leopard-Trek's Italian sprinter Daniele Bennati has been ruled out of the Giro d'Italia after breaking ribs and a collarbone in a crash at the first stage of the Tour de Romandie Wednesday.

Quick Results

• 1. Pavel Brutt (Rus), Team Katusha, in 4:27:41
• 2. Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukr), Lampre, at 56
• 3. Branislau Samoilau (Blr), Movistar, at 1:15
• 4. Jack Bobridge (Aus), Garmin-Cervelo, at 1:23
• 5. Damiano Cunego (Ita), Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 1:59

GC

• 1. Pavel Brutt (Russia), Team Katusha , in 4:31:26
• 2. Oleksandr Kvachuk (Ukraine), Lampre, at 1:00
• 3. Branislau Samoilau (Belarus), Movistar, at 1:22
• 4. Jack Bobridge (Australia), Garmin-Cervelo, at 1:31
• 5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kazakhstan), Astana, at 2:04

Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre) sprinted to victory in Wednesday’s fourth stage at the Presidential Tour of Turkey that saw its fourth race leader in as many days.

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Alberto Contador and key Saxo Bank-Sungard teammates previewed the decisive climbing stages for the upcoming Giro d’Italia and came away impressed.

Astana’s Robert Kiserlovski was forced to pull out of the Tour de Romandie due to lingering pain dating back to his spectacular crash at Paris-Nice and is questionable to start the Giro d’Italia next month.

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Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn repairs a loose bearing on a Shimano Octalink bottom bracket.

Graham Watson was snapping away during the prologue to the 2011 Tour de Romandie.

Prologue

• 1. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 3:40
• 2. Taylor Phinney (USA), BMC Racing Team, same time
• 3. Leigh Howard (Aus), HTC-Highroad, at 0:01
• 4. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra), Team RadioShack, at 0:02
• 5. David Millar (Gbr), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:02

GC

• 1. Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, 3:40
• 2. Taylor Phinney (USA), BMC Racing Team, at 0:00
• 3. Leigh Howard (Aus), HTC-Highroad, at 0:01
• 4. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra), Team RadioShack, at 0:02
• 5. David Millar (Gbr), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:02

Aussie Richie Porte will not be among the nine riders backing Alberto Contador as he tackles the 2011 Giro d'Italia, Saxo Bank-Sungard announces.

Spanish team Andalucía-Caja Granada denied reports that it has signed Italian veteran Davide Rebellin, but admits speaking with the veteran Italian, who is looking for a job after serving a doping ban.

Jonathan Castroviejo wins the prologue to the Tour de Romandie ahead of American Taylor Phinney and Leigh Howard.

“I don’t think I have ever seen stages so long, so hard and so spectacular in all my many years as a pro,” said Carlos Sastre after scouting some key sectors of the 2011 Giro d'Italia.

Geox-TMC has been doing some wind-tunnel work and scouted the decisive climbs in the Dolomites ahead of this year's Giro d'Italia.

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Manuel Belletti wins the third stage at the Presidential Tour of Turkey and takes the race leader’s jersey.

Stage 3

• 1. Manuel Belletti (Ita), Colnago-CSF, 4:22:24
• 2. Roberto Ferrari (Ita), Androni Giocattoli-Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni, s.t.
• 3. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus), Française des Jeux, s.t.
• 4. Alessandro Petacchi (Ita), Lampre-Farnese Vini, s.t.
• 5. Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu), Garmin-Cervélo, s.t.

title

• 1. Manuel Belletti (Ita), Colnago-CSF, 11:21:36
• 2. Roberto Ferrari (Ita), Androni Giocattoli-Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni, at 0:04
• 3. Wesley Sulzberger (Aus), Française des Jeux, at 0:06
• 4. Stefan Van Dijk (Ned), at 0:10
• 5. Diego Milan Jimenez (Esp), Caja Rural, at 0:10

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The start list for the Tour de Romandie, April 26 through May 1.

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Switzerland’s Tour de Romandie, which takes place this week, starts appropriately enough at Martigny, a town surrounded by famous alpine climbs: the Grand St. Bernard to the south, Col de la Forclaz to the east and Crans-Montana to the east. But ironically the six-day, 698.3km UCI WorldTour event is probably the least mountainous in the race’s 65-year history.

The same afternoon that Philippe Gilbert was winning the Flèche Wallonne atop the notorious Mur de Huy last Wednesday, another French-speaking rider was taking a hilltop stage victory at the Giro del Trentino in the Dolomite mountains of Italy. That would be Thomas Voeckler, the current French national champion, notching (like Gilbert) his sixth win of the year and cementing his leadership of the 2011 UCI Europe Tour.

The dust is settling on Philippe Gilbert’s extraordinary week, but the Belgians are still celebrating the historic Ardennes sweep.

Philippe Gilbert’s magical ride through the Ardennes had another silver lining: the Omega-Lotto rider climbs into the No. 1 spot in the latest UCI rankings.

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 356 points
• 2. Fabian Cancellara, Leopard Trek, with 236 points
• 3. Harley Goss Matthew, Htc-Highroad, with 203 points
• 4. Andreas KlÖden, Team Radioshack, with 202 points
• 5. Michele Scarponi, Lampre - Isd, with 202 points

Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) surprised the top sprinters to dart to victory in Monday’s stage 2 at the Tour of Turkey.

Stage 2

• 1. Valentin IGLINSKIY, (KAZ) Astana, in 4:23:28
• 2. Alessandro PETACCHI, (ITA) Lampre-Farnese Vini, at s.t.
• 3. Elia FAVILLI, (ITA), at s.t.
• 4. Juan Pablo FORERO CARRENO, (COL) Colombia Es Pasion Coldeportes, at s.t.
• 5. Stefan VAN DIJK, (NED), at s.t.

GC

• 1. Valentin IGLINSKIY, (Kazakhstan) Astana, in 6:59:12
• 2. Tyler FARRAR, (United States) Garmin-Cervelo, at 4
• 3. Kenny Robert VAN HUMMEL, (Netherlands) Skil-Shimano, at 6
• 4. Elia FAVILLI, (Italy), at 6
• 5. Stefan VAN DIJK, (Netherlands), at 10

• 1. Michael MATTHEWS, (AUS) Rabobank Cycling Team, in 4:50:50
• 2. Marcel KITTEL, (GER) Skil-Shimano, at s.t.
• 3. Giacomo NIZZOLO, (ITA) Leopard-Trek, at s.t.
• 4. David KOPP, (GER) Team Kuota-Indeland, at s.t.
• 5. Aidis KRUOPIS, (LTU) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, at s.t.

Aussie sprinter Michael Matthews once again proved his pedigree with victory Monday at the one-day Rund um Köln in Germany.

Aaron Gwin's win is first time since 1999 that an American takes the top podium step