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Jos Van Emden led a Rabobank sweep of the podium spots in Wednesday’s prologue opener at the Ster Elektrotoer in Holland.

Burghardt claims stage at Swiss Tour, Martin holds lead

Alison Starnes (Tibco) yelled from the effort as she came across the hilltop finish line of the 6-mile time trial that opened the Nature Valley Grand Prix. She didn't know it at the time, but the painful effort earned Starnes her first NRC win.

Statistically over its 29-year history, about half of the riders who attempt the Race Across America make it to the finish line. This year, despite the heat of the desert in the early miles, the howling headwinds of the mountain states and the torrential rain and thunder storms in the plains, the attrition rate among the solos had been lower than usual.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 5

2010 Nature Valley Grand Prix results

The start of the fifth stage of the Tour of Switzerland was symbolically delayed by two minutes Wednesday as riders expressed their anger at HTC-Columbia's Mark Cavendish for the crash in the finish sprint of Tuesday's stage.

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OK, so flame us for posting a gratuitous video of scantily clad beautiful women. But hey, it's a video of scantily clad beautiful women who also tear it up on mountain bikes.

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There’s an old Race Across America adage that says “the race starts at the Missisipi River." Indeed, RAAM history shows many epic battles that didn’t begin until then. But if that is truly the case this year, then male solo leader Jure Robic is starting his last third of the race with a 5 1/4 hour head start over second place racer Gerhard Gulewicz.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is being penalized and fined for causing a crash near the finish of the fourth stage of the Tour of Switzerland on Tuesday.

Tejay Van Garderen is still relishing his milestone podium spot at the recent Critérium du Dauphiné.

HTC-Columbia's Michael Rogers did not start the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday, opting instead to head to altitude to continue his specific training for the Tour de France.

Alessandro Petacchi (Lampre-Farnese Vini) won stage 4 of the Tour de Suisse on Tuesday, after dodging a nasty finish sprint crash that took down Mark Cavendish, Mark Cavendish, Heinrich Haussler and Tom Boonen, among others.

15-year-old downhill phenom Lauren Daney destroys Cat 1 women, just misses being fastest overall female at Seven Springs Downhill in Pennsylvania.

Neben looks at the coach-athlete relationship

A tall reader asks why tall bikes often just look — and ride — so wrong.

The last stop of the three-race series rolls into Massanutten Resort in Virginia on June 19-20. Kelli Emmett and Sid Taberlay are leading the series' inaugural season.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 4

Tongues are wagging that Alberto Contador looks vulnerable after he couldn’t dominate the Critérium du Dauphiné, his final test before July’s Tour de France.

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The team was not included in the list of 22 squads invited to the 2010 Vuelta, set to start Aug. 28 in Sevilla. Sixteen teams were already selected, but RadioShack was not among the final six wild-card selections revealed Monday.

Two-time defending champion Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) will open his three-peat attempt Wednesday morning in St. Paul, Minnesota, when the 10th annual Nature Valley Grand Prix kicks off. In the women’s race, the top U.S.-based professionals will battle for the podium step left open by the retirement of 2006-2009 champion Kristin Armstrong.

Scott Zwizanski (Kelly Benefit Strategies) took advantage of a small field and severe weather Sunday in St. Louis, Missouri, to take home the Tour de Grove title in a shortened men’s race. Laura Van Gilder set foot in town just long enough to solo away from the women’s field, collect her earnings and get back to the airport for a flight home Sunday afternoon.

The Beti Bike Bash set for June 12 in Colorado is rescheduled for August 1 because of bad weather and trail conditions.

Miller. Photo: Courtesy Team Tibco Miller. Photo: Courtesy Team Tibco At only 23 years old, Team TIBCO-To The Top’s Amanda Miller is already something of a jack-of-all-trades. A podium finisher at both the cyclocross and mountain bike collegiate national championships in 2008, Miller has now proven her versatility on the road as well, winning everywhere from the flat Blue Dome criterium course at Tulsa Tough to the 12 percent cobbled climb at Iowa’s Snake Alley.

After a few days of battling headwinds, sleep issues and severe weather that forced him to retreat to his motorhome on Saturday, RAAM solo mens leader Jure Robic has accepted that his quest for a new record is over. Now he just needs to deal with a surging challenger, Austria's Gerhard Gulewicz.

Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) takes the overall lead in the Tour de Suisse as Fränk Schleck (Saxo Bank) wins stage 3.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 3

Despite heavy pressure from the French cycling community, the highly touted Romain Sicard will not be racing this year’s Tour de France.

2010 Tour de Grove results

A day after netting the Clarendon Cup win with new recruit Hilton Clarke, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis showed just how deep its talent runs, sweeping the podium at the U.S. Air Force Cycling Classic in Arlington, Virginia.

• 1. Jake Keough, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis
• 2. Hilton Clarke, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis
• 3. Karl Menzies, Unitedhealthcare-Maxxis
• 4. Ben Kersten, Fly V-Australia
• 5. Alexey Schmidt, Team Type 1

Winners of each race across all categories during the Tour of America's Dairyland presented by Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, June 17-27, will be awarded the coveted black and white cowprint jersey as they did in 2009 but this year, Cat 2 amateur riders will be competing for the green.

Over the weekend men's leader Jure Robic seemed to have recovered from issues that slowed his pace on Friday. His pace and appearance were greatly improved on Saturday and he once again seemed to be enjoying himself.

RadioShack management told Janez Brajkovic not to get his Tour de France hopes too high despite securing his biggest ever stage-race win at the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo TestTeam) wins stage 2 of the Tour de Suisse as Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) retains the overall lead.

Janez Brajkovic (Team RadioShack) crosses with the bunch to win the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré as Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) solos to victory in the final stage.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 2

Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen has overcome a potentially serious Achilles problem to virtually secure his place in Team Sky's Tour de France squad, according to his team.

Alejandro Valverde has no chance of seeing a lengthy doping ban reduced by the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) if he admits to doping, according to the UCI.

Results from the 2010 Clarendon Cup.

Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis) and Brooke Miller (TIBCO-To The Top) take top honors at the 13th annual Clarendon Cup in in Arlington, Virginia.

Nature Valley Pro Ride has finalized its six-rider men and women’s rosters.

Jure Robic is leading the Race Across America despite a bout of stomach upset.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse prologue

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) takes the leader’s jersey at the Delta Tour Zeeland in Holland.

Tejay Van Garderen (HTC-Columbia) survived a harrowing stage up one of the steepest and hardest climbs in cycling to defend a podium spot at the Critérium du Dauphiné in Saturday’s summit finish up Alpe d’Huez.

Defending champion Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) won the first stage of the Tour du Suisse on Saturday.

Astana's Alberto Contador won atop L'Alpe d'Huez on Saturday as RadioShack's Jani Brajkovic defended his overall lead in the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré.

Start List, 2010 Tour de Suisse

2010 Giro Donne stage 10 results

RAAM Update: Robic holds lead, two Americans in top-5

This Saturday, the modern Merckxes and Gimondis will be contesting a much shorter time trial, over one lap of a hilly circuit on the other side of town, but it could have great significance in the outcome of this Tour de Suisse.

A drought of world-class mountain biking in the States won't happen again, as Windham Mountain, New York has signed a contract with the UCI to host a World Cup over the next three years.

The Lyons Outdoor Games is a three-day multi-sport event that includes mountain biking.

Horner: ‘I will be Lance’s guardian angel’

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Staff was a member of the gold-medal winning team sprint squad at the Beijing Olympics. His other accolades on the track include a keirin world title (‘04) and team sprint world titles (’02 and ’05). The 38-year-old got his start in BMX, winning a world title in that discipline in 1996 and attaining world number one status in 2000 and 2001. He will begin his tenure with USA Cycling in July.

Team TIBCO/To the Top will be one of the participants in the first edition of La Grande Visite de Gatineau, two days of UCI-sanctioned races in Gatineau, Quebec, just across the Ottawa river from the hometown of Team TIBCO founder and managing director Linda Jackson.

VeloNews.com readers will find live daily text reports from the Tour de Suisse, June 12-20. The site also will feature daily race reports, complete results and photo galleries by Graham Watson.

Team RadioShack announces its Tour of Switzerland roster

RadioShack sports director Alain Gallopin says no one can stay with Contador when he is in top form

Former Tour de France King of the Mountains Mauricio Soler is in doubt for next month's race because of a knee problem, his Caisse d'Epargne team said Thursday.

Danny Pate has gone to the Tour de France for the past two years, but he’s not sure if he’s going back for a third.

Four-time RAAM winner Jure Robic is in a familiar position — out in front and pulling away.

Singletrack.com readers have spoken: The winner of the May Phat Phat-Tire Photo Contest is Anthony Fry's entry.

Austrians drop trafficking charges against Kohl and Rasmussen

Vogondy takes stage at Dauphiné, Brajkovic keeps lead