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VIDEO: An exhausted bunch of racers dissect the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 in a post-race press conference. Watch Levi, JHK, Wells, Wiens and Jeremiah recount the race.

Germany's Olympic points silver medalist Roger Kluge is switching to Dutch outfit Skil-Shimano after a season with Milram, he said Monday.

The 2008 Tour de France champ still plans to ride the Vuelta for Cervélo.

RadioShack's Levi Leipheimer won Saturday's Leadville Trail 100 mountain bike race in Colorado in record time. VeloNews.com's sister site, Singletrack.com, provided full coverage including live text, galleries, results, race report and a look at the bikes used by the top riders.

A visit to Trek's massive dealer show reveals a few new items, including a super-light shoe, new helmets, a budget-priced Madone line and a 12-pound carbon fixie.

• 1. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia, in 6:11:50
• 2. David Veilleux, Kelly Benefits Strategy, in 6:11:58
• 3. Karl Menzies, Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team P/b Maxxis, in 6:12:02
• 4. Michael Friedman, Jelly Belly Cycling Team P/b Kenda, in 6:12:07
• 5. Jeremy Vennell, Bissell, in 6:12:07

USA Cycling plans to change the calendar to reduce travel, tweak the points system and figure out how UCI Pro Continental teams can participate in national-level races.

• 1. David Veilleux (Kelly Benefit Strategies) in 2:29:31
• 2. Bernie Sulzberger (Fly V Australia) at s.t.
• 3. Alessandro Bazzana (Fly V Australia) 0:00:25
• 4. Daniel Holloway (Bissell Pro Cycling) 0:00:27 * First American
• 5. Kenneth Hanson (Team Type 1) at s.t.

The 35 year old from the Palmeiras Resort-Prio-Tavira team won two stages and was second in the critical time trial.

• 1. David BLANCO RODRIGUEZ, (ESP) Palmeiras Resort / Prio, in 40:23:01
• 2. Vicente David BERNABEU ARMENGOL, (ESP) Barbot-Siper, at 37
• 3. Sergio PARDILLA BELLON, (ESP) Carmiooro-a Style, at 1:49
• 4. Patrik SINKEWITZ, (GER) ISD-Neri, at 1:56
• 5. Hernani BROCO, (POR), at 2:06

Singletrack.com's resident tech guru Lennard Zinn caught up with Levi, Ned and Jeremiah to check out their Leadville bikes.

• 1. Levi LEIPHEIMER, Santa Rosa Ca, M3 in 6:16:37.2
• 2. Jeremy HORGAN-KOBELSKI, Boulder Co, M3 in 6:25:21.4
• 3. Todd WELLS, Durango Co, M3 in 6:30:31.1
• 4. David WIENS, Gunnison Co, M4 in 6:33:54.1
• 5. Jeremiah BISHOP, Harrisonburg Va, M3 in 6:33:54.4

• 1. Tyler Farrar, (USA) Garmin-Transitions, 5:02:36
• 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen, (Nor) Team Sky, s.t.
• 3. André Greipel, (Ger) HTC-Columbia, s.t.
• 4. Alexander Kristoff, (Nor) BMC Racing Team, s.t.
• 5. Allan Davis, (Aus) Astana, s.t.

The team hopes to land a new title sponsor and a ProTour berth.

The American out-speeds Edvald Boasson Hagen and Andre Greipel to win for the second consecutive year.

Levi, JHK, Dave, Wells, Rebecca, Tinker and more: Check out the photos shot by Dave McElwaine and Rob O'Dea at the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 on Saturday.

Canadian champ David Veilleux wins the USA Cycling National Professional Criterium Championships, while Holloway collects the U.S. crit crown as the first American across the line.

The 2006 Tour champ has tried ultra-sound but may have to undergo surgery.

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• 1. Alberto Contador, Astana, with 482 points
• 2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver, Team Katusha, with 428 points
• 3. Cadel Evans, BMC Racing Team, with 390 points
• 4. Luis Leon Sanchez Gil, Caisse d'Epargne, with 363 points
• 5. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, with 304 points

Levi Leipheimer and second-place finisher Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski both break Lance Armstrong's course record at the 2010 Leadville Trail 100.

• 1. Wouter Poels (Ned), Vacansoleil, 3:15:39
• 2. David Moncoutie (Fra), Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 0:00
• 3. Thibaut Pinot (Fra), Française des Jeux, at 0:00
• 4. Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Esp), Team RadioShack, at 0:00
• 5. Fabrice Jeandesboz (Fra), Saur-Sojasun, at 0:03

Haimar Zubeldia hadn’t won a race in 10 years – now he’s back on the winner’s podium for the second time in a week.

Frank and Andy Schleck both posted notices on their respective Twitter pages confirming that their new Luxembourg team project is on solid footing.

Can a Tour de France podium finisher ride solo to an overall victory in the high mountains of northern Utah?

HTC-Columbia's German sprinter hopes to win one for the hometown crowd.

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SpiderTech manager Steve Bauer says the team's strong performances in 2010 may lead to expansion into the Pro Continental ranks next year.

VIDEO: Endurance queen and 2009 Leadville 100 winner Rebecca Rusch is aiming to beat the women's LT100 record set by Gretchen Reeves in 2007. What will it take to set a course record?

VIDEO: Matt Shriver, coach of the perennially powerful Fort Lewis College cycling team in Durango, Colorado, set the punishing pace in 2009 that allowed Lance Armstrong to shatter the Leadville Trail 100 record. Will he pin it this year?

VIDEO: Mike Sinyard, founder of Specialized, raced the Leadville Trail 100 last year. He liked it so much his company is sponsoring this year's event. What bike is he riding Saturday?

Edvald Boasson Hagen sprinted to victory in Friday’s Dutch Food Valley Classic in Holland.

There was controversy at the finish line Friday in the 164.5km third stage at the Tour de l’Ain

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Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) lines up Sunday as defending champion at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Germany under very different conditions that he did one year ago.

The Cervélo TestTeam will bring star riders Carlos Sastre and Thor Hushovd to the Vuelta a España later this month.

Riccardo Riccò, the controversial Italian who tested positive for CERA-EPO during the 2008 Tour de France, has penned a deal to join Quick Step.

VIDEO: Cross-country specialist Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski has won the 50-mile long mountain bike marathon national championships two years running and won the only 100-miler he's contested. What's his plan to stay in contention at the Leadville Trail 100 on Saturday?

Dani Moreno has penned a deal to join the Russian-backed Katusha team for two seasons.

A reader makes a minor change to his drivetrain and experiences a whole new set of problems. Is there a simple solution? Lennard Zinn thinks so.

Canadian Guillaume Boivin wins the opening stage of the six-day Mi-Août en Bretagne.

• 1. Guillaume BOIVIN , (CAN) SpiderTech Powered by Planet Energy , in 4:05:55
• 2. Fabien SIDANER , (FRA), at 1
• 3. Mathieu HALLEGUEN , (FRA) Bretagne-Schuller , at at 1
• 4. Julien FOUCHARD , (FRA) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne , at at 1
• 5. Jack ANDERSON , (AUS), at 4

What can rider do if his team fails to live up to its commitments?

• 1. Romain FEILLU, (FRA) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team, in 3:02:10
• 2. Steve CHAINEL, (FRA) BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 1
• 3. Tony GALLOPIN, (FRA) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne, at 1
• 4. Nacer BOUHANNI, (FRA) Française des Jeux, at 1
• 5. John MURPHY, (USA) BMC Racing Team, at 1

Vacansoleil's Romain Feillu won the second stage of the Tour l'Ain on Thursday confirming his hold on the overall leader's jersey. American John Murphy of BMC is fifth on the stage.

• 1. Judith ARNDT , (GER) HTC-Columbia Women , in 35:07
• 2. Tatiana ANTOSHINA , (RUS) TEAM VALDARNO, at 15
• 3. Olga ZABELINSKAYA , (RUS) SAFI - PASTA ZARA, at 17
• 4. Marianne VOS , (NED) NEDERLAND BLOEIT, at 19
• 5. Loes GUNNEWIJK , (NED) NEDERLAND BLOEIT, at 27

Riis fills out his new team by signing some of Contador's key support men

HTC-Columbia's Judith Arndt took the victory of stage four of Route de France on Thursday clocking the fastest time in the 24.3km time trial in Saint Georges-Baulche.

One of cycling’s longest running teams will have wings in the future thanks to the backing of one of Spain’s biggest companies.

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Sastre, Kashechkin, Schlecks – sí; Riccò, Rasmussen, Shack – no

If the Leadville Trail 100 was your second 100-mile mountain bike race ever, how would you set up your bike? This is how Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski is doing it.

USA Cycling's Professional Criterium National Championship heads up the weekend's action in American cycling, as stage racers ready for next week's Tour of Utah.

Reigning world champion Cadel Evans (BMC) will not be among the field for a pair of upcoming ProTour races in Canada.

SLIDESHOW: What's Dave Wiens Running at Leadville this year? Check it out in the Singletrack.com tech gallery.

VIDEO: Six-time Leadville Trail 100 winner Dave Wiens has gone up against the likes of Armstrong and Landis — and won. "I'm still here. I can go pretty good for a 45 year old."

As national cross-country champs, Georgia Gould and Todd Wells are two of 53 athletes nominated to represent the United States at the Mountain Bike World Championships in Mont Ste Anne, Quebec, September 1-5.

• 1. Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) Saur-Sojasun, 3:22:09
• 2. Romain Feillu (Fra) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling, same time
• 3. Jean-Lou Païani (Fra) French National Espoirs, same time
• 4. Romain Hardy (Fra) Bretagne-Schuller, same time
• 5. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto, same time

Stephane Poulhies (Saur Sojasun) wins the first stage of the Tour de l'Ain as Romain Feillu (Vacansoleil) takes the lead.

Italian shoemaker Geox confirming its commitment to back the Footon-Servetto team in 2011 and French sponsor Bouygues Telecom continuing its backing for at least one more season.

Just as Euskaltel-Euskadi was fortifying its lineup for 2011, the team announced that it will be losing one of its promising young riders.

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Igor Antón, Romain Sicard and Egoi Martínez have signed deals that will keep them in those distinctive orange jerseys.

Ryder Hesjedal (Garmin-Transitions) can’t wait to race in front of home crowds next month in a pair of one-day ProTour races in September

The Leadville Trail 100 will see its deepest field ever duke it out, including Dave Wien Levi Leipheimer, Todd Wells, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and a host of other names start the Colorado epic.

Defending champion Lance Armstrong will not start the Leadville Trail 100 this year. Armstrong decided Monday to pull out of the high-altitude mountain bike race because of a hip injury sustained in a crash in the Tour de France.

Max Plaxton and Kelli Emmett clinch overall wins in the TR3, a three-day race held during the seven-day TransRockies Challenge.

National criterium jersey will change hands on new course

Zubeldia scores in the 3km starter. HTC-Columbia's Tejay Van Garderen leads the Americans at eighth.

• 1. Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, (ESP) Team RadioShack, in 3:38
• 2. Wilco KELDERMAN, (NED), at 0
• 3. Laurent MANGEL, (FRA) Saur-Sojasun, at 0
• 4. Greg VAN AVERMAET, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 1
• 5. Matthieu BOULO, (FRA) Roubaix Lille Metropole, at 1

With just two events left for men and women, Fly V Australia and Jamis-Sutter Home are in a tight battle on the men's side, and Colavita-Baci and Tibco-To the Top are neck-and-neck at the top of the women's rankings.

Team Sky will bring a solid team to the Vuelta a España, with Thomas Löfkvist and Simon Gerrans leading the way for the British-backed squad.

Seattle-area Masters cyclist Kenny Williams has accepted an extension of his two-year doping ban because he competed while under suspension

Hot damn! One rippin' ride on 2011 Shimano XTR has Singletrack.com's tech editor Zack Vestal highly impressed with the venerable group's re-tooling.

• 1. Luis Amaran, Jamis-Sutter Home, 1139 points
• 2. Rory Sutherland, UnitedHealthcare P/b Maxxis, 805 points
• 3. David Veilleux, Kelly Benefit Strategies, 743 points
• 4. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia, 735 points
• 5. Ben Jacques-Maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, 632 points

It's a relatively light week by European racing standards, but there are still some great events on the calendar.

The Cronus CX, part of Trek's Gary Fisher Collection, is a high-end carbon cyclocross bike, with features borrowed from the Madone road line.

Critérium du Dauphiné winner Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) has withdrawn from France’s Tour de l'Ain

Former Czech cyclo-cross world champion Radomir Simunek Sr. died Tuesday after a long illness.

Defending champion Lance Armstrong will not start the Leadville Traill 100 this year. Armstrong decided Monday to pull out of the high-altitude mountain bike race.