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BOULDER, Colo. — "The Athlete's Guide to Recovery" is the first and only comprehensive exploration of the art and science of athletic rest.

Editor’s note: Every week through the 2011 road season, VeloNews editor-at-large John Wilcockson is writing about key features of the week’s racing. This 10th installment focuses on the career of rider of the week Philippe Gilbert.

FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (VN) – Chris Baldwin is back to earning a paycheck and just in time to build up for a race he’s dreamt about his entire career. A week after missing out on the overall at the Redlands Classic by one second, Bissell Pro Cycling added the two-time national time trial champion to their roster Friday.

Swiss company offers two versions of the all-carbon rig trimmed in X0 or XTR

Persistence paid back in spades for Xavier Tondo, who earned his first professional stage-race crown on home roads when he secured overall victory at the Vuelta a Castilla y León in Spain on Sunday.

Last year, Cadel Evans roared up the Mur de Huy to win Flèche Wallone while wearing the rainbow jersey, giving BMC one of its most important victories in team history.

Stuart O’Grady was probably watching Sunday’s Amstel Gold Race from the comfort of his couch, but he wasn’t surprised to see teammate Andy Schleck on the attack late in the race.

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Organizers of New York's Tour of the Battenkill road race are planning a series of events to be held this year.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (VN) —Collegiate racers from the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling conference were treated to hilly races this weekend at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

ST. CHARLES, Mo. (VN) — The Mid West Collegiate Cycling Conference regional championships were hosted this weekend at Lindenwood University, leaving many of the racers with sore legs and even some with bruised egos.

Veteran cycling photo gets the shot of the sting that threatened Katie Compton's life

Nick Legan reviews the new Giro Aeon: Lighter than the Ionas, better ventilated than the Prolight. But it could use more sizes.

Craig Lewis and Tejay Van Garderen will play key roles for Wednesday’s Flèche Wallonne for HTC-Highroad.

Several team directors walked out of a UCI meeting in Brussels Monday protesting the way the sanctioning body is dealing with disagreement over its race radio ban.

"For each of us an hourglass upends at the finish line beginning a new countdown. It’s already late in the afternoon. As the sand drains, we race to recover for the next stage. "

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• 1. Fabian Cancellara (SUI), Leopard Trek, 236 points
• 2. Harley Goss Matthew (AUS), HTC-Highroad, 203 points
• 3. Andreas Klöden (GER), Radioshack, 202 points
• 4. Michele Scarponi (ITA), Lampre-ISD, 202 points
• 5. Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 176 points

Katie Compton received a mid-race Epi-Pen injection from spectator following anaphylactic reaction to a bee sting.

Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) took what he could out of the Vuelta a Castilla y León despite missing a chance to win for the fourth time in five years.

With Sunday’s Amstel Gold hogging the spotlight, Jaan Kirsipuu took the flowers halfway around the world in the fourth stage of the Tour of Korea. Kirsipuu’s win was the first UCI-ranked win for his Champion System team.

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Mark Zalewski looked over the gear at the 2011 Little 500 race in Bloomington, Indiana.

A spectator came to the aid of Katie Compton when the Rabobank-Giant rider found herself in an allergic emergency after a bee sting during Saturday’s cross-country at the Sea Otter Classic.

Philippe Gilbert won't say he's the best classic rider — but he will say he's the most complete one.

Tech meister Lennard Zinn explains Shimano's tweaks to its line

Ronde van Gelderland

• 1. Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, HTC-Columbia, 3:24:30
• 2. Kirsten Wild, Leontien.Nl ,s.t.
• 3. Rochelle Gilmore, s.t.
• 4. Giorgia Bronzini, s.t.
• 5. Marta Bastianelli, s.t.

VIDEO: After more than a decade racing at the Sea Otter Classic, Todd Wells finally scores the XC win.

VIDEO: Singletrack.com caught up with Emily Batty after her Sea Otter Classic Pro XCT victory

HTC-Highroad's Ina-Yoko Teutenberg continues to rack up the wins in the 2011 season, with victory number five of the year coming on Sunday in a bunch sprint of the Ronde Van Gelderland in Holland.

Quick Results

• 1. Philippe Gilbert (BEL), Omega Pharma-Lotto, 6:30:44
• 2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (ESP), Katusha, at 0:02
• 3. Simon Gerrans (AUS), Sky, at 0:04
• 4. Jakob Fuglsang (DEN), Leopard Trek, at 0:05
• 5. Alexandr Kolobnev (RUS), Katusha, at 0:05

World champion Emma Pooley won’t be able to repeat her 2010 victory at Flèche Wallonne this year due to a broken collarbone, Garmin-Cervélo reported Sunday.

VILT, Netherlands (VN) — Philippe Gilbert left no doubt Sunday on the Cauberg, launching a violent attack midway up the climb to claim his second Amstel Gold Race in a row. The win was the third consecutive hilly classic for the Omega Pharma-Lotto rider, who cemented his position as king of the Ardennes.

Quick Results

• 1. Ben Swift (GB), Sky, in 3:30:00
• 2. Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Sp), Movistar, s.t.
• 3. Ruben Perez Moreno (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, s.t.
• 4. Theo Bos (Nl), Rabobank, s.t.
• 5. Manuel Belletti (I), Colnago-CSF, s.t.

GC

• 1. Xavier Tondo Volpini (Sp), Movistar, in 17:01:40
• 2. Bauke Mollema (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:09
• 3. Igor Anton Hernandez (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:17
• 4. Domenico Pozzovivo (I), Colnago-CSF, at 0:40
• 5. Jerome Coppel (F), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:47

Ben Swift (Sky) took a bunch sprint as Xavier Tondo (Movistar) secured overall victory in the final stage at the Vuelta a Castilla y León in northern Spain.

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VILT, Netherlands (VN) – Greg Van Avermaet carried the hopes of BMC Racing into the Amstel Gold Race Sunday.

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VILT, Netherlands (VN) – Fabian Cancellara (Leopard-Trek) started the Amstel Gold Race Sunday with a big weight off his shoulders.

Big first win for Emily Batty while Todd Wells ends long Otter dry spell

OK, we have another bottom bracket standard to consider. Lennard Zinn explains why it might make sense.

VILT, Netherlands (VN) – Last week big Swiss Grégory Rast earned the most important result of his career at Paris-Roubaix. On Sunday the RadioShack classics man was headed for a six-week vacation after stepping off the Amstel Gold Race course at the end of the first lap.

Mark Zalewski shoots the Cutters' fifth straight victory at the Little 500.

Fighting back from a lap down, seniors Eric Young and Zach Lusk take turns pulling, un-lapping themselves in enough time to allow Young to sprint for the Cutter's 11th win in Little 500 history.

Little 500 men’s race

• 1. Cutters
• 2. Phi Delta Theta
• 3. Sigma Chi
• 4. Delta Tau Delta
• 5. Acacia

MAASTRICHT, Netherlands(AFP) – UCI president Pat McQuaid said he and the management of the international governing body of cycling will be following developments in an ongoing Italian doping case “very carefully” as it works its way through the court syste

TRP brings the benefits of hydraulic disc brakes to road-style brake/shift levers via a satellite master cylinder under the stem.

Quick results Stage 4

• 1. Alberto Contador Velasco (Sp), SaxoBank-Sungard, 11.2km in 13:42
• 2. Richie Porte (Aus), SaxoBank-Sungard, at 0:01
• 3. Xavier Tondo Volpini (Sp), Movistar, at 0:02
• 4. Bauke Mollema (Nl), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:15
• 5. Alex Dowsett (GB), Team Sky, at 0:19

GC

• 1. Xavier Tondo Volpini (Spain), Movistar , 13:31:40
• 2. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:09
• 3. Igor Anton Hernandez (Spain), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:17
• 4. Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy), Colnago-CSF, at 0:40
• 5. Jerome Coppel (France), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:47

Alberto Contador wins the fourth stage of the Vuelta Castilla y Leon and Xavier Tondo takes the leader's jersey.

Young Cal Giant/Specialized racers trying out tubular mountain bike rubber at Sea Otter

The new UK owners of Titus have some fresh gear

Stuart O’Grady (Leopard-Trek) always talks from the heart, but nothing gets his heart racing more than Paris-Roubaix. The 37-year-old Aussie won the race in 2007, but last Sunday, he didn’t make the time cut. O’Grady went down swinging, doing what he could do to help teammate Fabian Cancellara before a series of mishaps derailed his own chances.

Little 500 women’s race

• 1. Teter, 100 laps
• 2. Pi Beta Phi, 100
• 3. Delta Gamma, 100
• 4. Army Women, 100
• 5. Wing It Cycling, 100

The Teter squad attacked at lap 15 and nearly lapped the field twice during the Little 500 women's race.

Elite racing got under way at Sea Otter on Friday with short-track cross-country

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talian Filippo Savini (Colnago-CSF Inox) won Friday’s “queen stage” at the Vuelta a Castilla y León while Dutch rider Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) takes the leader’s jersey on a day that ended on a frustrating note for pre-race favorite Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard).

Quick results Stage

• 1. Filippo SAVINI (ITA), Colnago-CSF , 3:58:25
• 2. Bauke MOLLEMA (NED), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:07
• 3. Domenico POZZOVIVO (ITA), Colnago-CSF, at 0:07
• 4. Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ (ESP), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:10
• 5. Xavier TONDO VOLPINI (ESP), Movistar, at 0:10

GC

• 1. Bauke MOLLEMA (Netherlands), Rabobank Cycling Team , 13:17:52
• 2. Xavier TONDO VOLPINI (Spain), Movistar, at 0:03
• 3. Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ (Spain), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:03
• 4. Domenico POZZOVIVO (Italy), Colnago-CSF, at 0:06
• 5. Dario David CIONI (Italy), Team Sky, at 0:14

Retired pro Burke Swindlehurst is promoting a tough 79-mile point-to-point race in Utah that will be run on dirt and pavement and include 12,000 feet of climbing.