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Moving to the road: A conversation with Shelley Evans

Shelley Evans (Peanut Butter & Co/2012) is known for her prowess on the track, racking up three World Cup podium finishes and her second scratch race National Championship in 2009 alone, but is having a break through season on the road this year.

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Amgen Tour of California stage 5 preview: Tough finish circuits could shake up GC

The Amgen Tour of California returns to Visalia for the start of stage 5, a stage that will take the riders through the heart of the San Joaquin Valley and into the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. It’s a stage that Andrew Messick, president of race owner AEG Sports, predicted could have an impact on the general classification should an overall favorite attack on the 10-percent China Grade climb during the finishing circuits.

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Ryan Anderson trades white jersey aspirations for KOM

Ryan Anderson (Kelly Benefit Strategies) jumped into a long breakaway in stage 3 at the Amgen Tour of California hoping he could put time into his best young rider rivals at the finish in Santa Cruz. He didn't get the white jersey he was chasing, but a day later, the 22-year-old pulled on the climber’s frock on the podium in Modesto.

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Sagan and Stetina rise to the top in California

Three weeks ago, Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Doimo) was at the Tour of Romandie, building for a projected start at the Giro d’Italia. Tuesday he defended his lead in the best young rider competition at the Amgen Tour of California. Peter Stetina (Garmin-Transitions) is the riders closest to him in the white jersey competition.

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Mach takes King of the Dream jersey

In 2005, former All-American 800-meter runner Paul Mach showed up to his first group ride in Davis, California. Five years later, he returns to City Park Monday morning wearing the red and yellow King of the Mountains jersey at the Amgen Tour of California.

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Rivera sticks it to Sacramento field

Coryn Rivera (Peanut Butter & Co.-Twenty12) strung her junior gears out in front of the capitol building as she bested a top field in the Sacramento Grand Prix Sunday. Fresh off a European stint with the U.S. National Team, the second-year pro stole the bunch sprint on the finishing circuits of stage 1 at the Amgen Tour of California.

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Tour of California ready to roll: Stage 1 preview

After all the pre-race pomp and circumstance, the fifth edition of the Amgen Tour of California rolls out of gold-mining town Nevada City at 11:45 a.m. Sunday morning, finishing in Sacramento roughly four hours later. Here is a look at the course.

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Marian, Whitman win school competition at collegiate nationals

Marian University (of Indianapolis, Indiana) emerged victorious in an ultra-close USA Cycling Collegiate National Championship, which was decided by the final event of the weekend — a team time trial held at the Trek Bicycles headquarters in Madison, Wisconsin.

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Giro d'Italia

Tyler Farrar victory a huge boost for Garmin-Transitions

Garmin-Transitions scored a huge victory Sunday with Tyler Farrar’s victory in the second stage at the Giro d’Italia. Not only did Farrar prove yet again he’s a world-caliber sprinter, it also confirmed the team’s commitment to building a stronger team around the 25-year-old’s growing confidence.

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Hincapie looking for stage wins in California

American-based BMC Racing is aiming to bring world champion Cadel Evans overall victory at the Giro d’Italia this month, but the country’s only Pro Continental team will also be sending a powerful squad to the Amgen Tour of California in search of stage wins. Leading that team will be U.S. national champion George Hincapie.

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UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis chasing the elusive California stage win

While they dominated U.S. racing for much of the last decade, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis (known under variatious sponsors' names) has, since 2005, struggled to find a stage win in one of the country’s major stage races. The team will get another shot when they take the start of stage 1 at the Amgen Tour of California.

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Road Racing

Valverde wins Romandie

Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d'Epargne) wins the final stage and takes the overall victory in the Tour de Romandie.

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Pinotti, Greipel to lead HTC at Giro

Marco Pinotti and André Greipel will lead HTC-Columbia at the 2010 Giro d’Italia, where American Craig Lewis will make his grand-tour debut.

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Thrills, chills, expected for Gila crit Saturday

Silver City, New Mexico, woke up to crystal blue skies and a bit of a chill Saturday, as drivers poured over the scrubby high desert and through the mountains from Las Cruces, El Paso, Tucson and Albuquerque to gawk at the SRAM Tour of the Gila downtown criterium and its star riders.

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Mountain

World Cup #2 Set for Houffalize, Belgium

Houffalize is one of the classic venues on the World Cup circuit with some of the most enthusiastic and knowledgeable fans in the world. On tap for the weekend is XC and four-cross.

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Cavendish apologizes for finish line salute

Ace sprinter Mark Cavendish admitted he let emotions get the best of him Thursday when he gave an Italian version of a two-finger salute as he crossed the line victorious in the second stage at the Tour de Romandie.

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