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May 31
- Voeckler predicts dangerous opening Tour stage
- The real King of the Mountains
- Arndt takes second World Cup
- Cummings recalls epic Giro stage
- Contador defies expectations
- Klöden out sick
- Weather and numbers game suggest Contador has everything to lose
- Milram turns season around
- Bouygues Telecom proves ear pieces not necessary
- Riccò's venom fodder for press
- Sinkewitz ready but still team-hunting
- Tour de France to be sanctioned by FFC, not UCI
May 30
- McCartney weighs up Giro and Voigt's win
- Teamwork upends Giro standings
- Kiryienka holds off wave of Giro hopefuls
- Evans' form uncertain after knee injury
- Hansen finishes up
- High Road plans World Cup defence
- Millar wants to rule Milano
- World Cup's round seven heads to Canada
May 29
- Possoni details Giro's never-before used Monte Pora
- Oleg Tinkov confident of Giro win number two
- Philly week welcomes strong contenders
- Italians behind Giro leader Contador?
- Nature Valley announces women's collegiate team
- Bruyneel joins World Bicycle Relief Board
- Cárdenas moves up in GC
- Gómez returns in Switzerland and wants Tour spot
- Voigt wins on instinct
- Milram terminates Astarloa's contract
- Zubelida – happy father, happy racer
- Germany names seven to Olympic track team
- USA Crits continues with Tulsa Tough
- Contador doesn't think Worlds course suits him
- Business as normal for two-man Gerolsteiner team
- Vos satisfied with El Salvador trip
- Riders for radios
- CSC Invitational ready with international fields
May 28
- Houseman and Buhl come out on top of US 4X nationals
- NUE Series round two to Ohio's Mohican 100
- US juniors and U23s chosen for worlds
- Van Houts and Kalentieva sitting out Andorra World Cup
- Tour de Nez gets new location
- Contador previews Mortirolo in light of Giro d'Italia finale
- Ciolek claims first win of his season
- Australians select worlds team
- McDermott wins Qashqai Challenge overall
- Sacremento cycles for cleaner air
- Cold comfort: Hampsten's day on the Gavia
- Greipel gets big one in Giro d'Italia
- Tour de Grandview to award equal payout
- MVA cleans up
- Di Luca considers Giro d'Italia open
- Astana's Leipheimer: "Amazing if we could win"
- Test result problems for Astarloa
- Dekker and Gesink said to head Dutch team in Beijing
- Rojas wants to make Tour team in Switzerland
- Jackson and Smith fastest at Anaconda Enduro
- Griffiths successful at US Open
- Liquigas and Cannondale renew commitment
- Harlem Classic Rocks on
- Massanutten Hoo-Ha! celebrates 20 years
- Plan de Corones King Pellizotti fights for top spot
- Marco Pinotti pulls through
May 27
- Bruseghin seeking best Giro finish
- The cheekiest Tour stage win
- Traralgon to host Herald Sun Tour start
- Major financial boost for Tour Down Under
- Hoy aims for triple Olympic gold
- McGee: Tour start a long shot
- Klöden dedicated to Contador's Giro campaign
- Leukemans off the list, but not the hook
- Rabobank still not free of Veneberg
- Lithuania's Urbonaite passes away
- Pfannberger crashes out of Giro
- Barloworld will fight to Milano
- AVC offers $10,000USD prize purse
- Gilbert shuns Olympic team opening
- Tour de Beauce announces teams, courses
- More riders react to Corones climb
- Turtur opposed to Olympic ride-off
- Induráin sees advantage for Contador
- Tuft to contest Westside Classic
- Tour of America offers new proposed course
May 26
- Gasparotto on Plan de Corones: "It is impossible"
- Century ride a sell-out
- Garzelli and Acqua & Sapone at Europe's top
- Rally stars to cycle Britain
- Pellizotti lives up to Giro promise
- Van den Broeck happy in Italy
- Quick Step, Silence-Lotto for Belgium
- A Major moment
- Barloworld injury update
- Contador cautiously confident
- Vandenbroucke: Focused on the job again
- Australian champion aiming for Giro stage win
- Gerdemann cancels Bayern Rundfahrt appearance
- Millar not impressed with Corones circus
- Gerolsteiner: From nine to two
- Milram injuries adding up
- Surprises in the mountains
May 25
- Simoni roars amongst lambs
- Little Pozzovivo makes big moves
- Voigt strong in the mountains
- Menchov climbs up the overall
- Sella wins again
- Ullrich to testify on whether he doped?
- Piepoli crashes out
- Arndt rains supreme in wet finale while Ljungskog collects overall
- Meyer claims Tour of Japan
- Domínguez: From weekend warrior to professional racer
- Uran is back
- Italians with home court advantage
- Local racer to lead Milram Tour de France favorites in Bavaria
- Zaballa distressed about LA-MSS drug raid
- Fröhlinger's "legs exploded"
- Vande Velde saves bullets for next shoot out
- Veilleux wins first NRC race
- Giro mountain time trial underway
- Cappelle signs as stagiaire
- Armstrong takes fundraising to Quebec
May 24
- Two-tenberg strikes again!
- Van den Broeck continues as classification threat
- Slipstream backs Vande Velde through Giro's high mountains
- Asthmatic cyclists wanted for Australian study
- Caisse d'Epargne persists with attacks
- BC Provincial Championship doubles as cancer fundraiser
- Meyer claims lead in Tour of Japan with one stage remaining
- Sella and Bosisio benefit in Giro's stage to Pampeago
May 23
- Rebellin also likely to leave
- Pellizotti re-signs with Liquigas
- Cavendish uses acceleration to grab second Giro d'Italia win
- Koldo Fernández leaves Giro to rest and recover
- Race preview: Tour de Leelanau's sophomore UCI year
- UCI says Kashechkin still suspended
- Tour champ Contador tips Simoni on eve of Pampeago
- Papa Moletta denies all
- Gabriele Bosisio: LPR Brakes' hidden ace?
May 22
- SoBe/Cannondale team back in action
- Rasmussen, Rabobank get court date
- Trips for Kids workshop set for IMBA World Summit
- Speedgoat bike supports breast cancer fight
- Tired Gasparotto keeps morale high
- Cavendish delays birthday celebrations
- Riders using Viagra for altitude?
- Tour of Colorado continues at Iron Horse
- Nys to Landbouwkrediet as of June 1
- Iñigo Cuesta's special prep for Dauphiné
- Modest Leipheimer forms part of dangerous Astana trio
- A new Frenchman in charge of Catalunya
- Memorial fundraiser for Mark A Reynolds
- Hong Kong MTB series
- Brown "not even close"
- Contador impressed with rivals' attacks
- Mountain bikers and 'cross racers respond to Fumics
- Rocky Mountain partners with IMBA
- Duggan likely out for rest of season
- McEwen wants Giro stage 13
- USAC president: The era of the collegian
- Priamo next crash victim
- Going long at the Anaconda
- Swisspower cup
- Di Luca: "The real Giro begins on Saturday"
- Buenahora inches closer
- Another photo finish goes to Bennati
May 21
- Teutenberg fends off chasing field for Aude win
- Losada & Mosquera break collarbones in dangerous Catalunya stage
- Simoni's ace Bertolini cranks clear
- Leader for a year
- Peaty continues reign as downhill king of Lisboa
- Russ hopes to stay healthy
- Test of Metal route changes
- Crashes hit Giro again
- The Rás has started!
- Nat Ross diary: Singlespeed USA
- Frenchman seizes lead in crash-marred Catalunya
- Kashechkin to return soon?
- Bertolini takes first Giro stage after 16 years
- Swiss excel at European cross country championships
- Lastras disappointed with second
- NMBS round #3 cross country sees new winners
- Tour of Durango launch party set
- Rain and cold stop Soler
- Burghardt looking forward to Bavarian race
- Australian Champion Lloyd changes Giro objectives
- Gerolsteiner places Moletta on inactive status
- CSF's Dall'Antonia comes close
- Teutenberg takes one for the Road
- First ever Napa Downtown Gran Prix
- Esparza to be released from hospital soon
May 20
- Contentpolis-Murcia is young, but strong
- Contador: I wanted to win
- Priamo upset with Klöden, satisfied with first week
- Di Luca surprised by Contador
- Riccò laments Giro slip
- McGee back in the saddle
- Clarke joins winner's list in Tour of Japan
- Petacchi: I remain a winner
- CSC heads to Bavaria
- Bruseghin tops while Astana romps
- Police raid LA MSS headquarters
- AG2R La Mondiale preparing for Dauphiné Libéré
- CAS hears Mayo case
- South Africa announces junior Worlds team
- A special anniversary for Bruseghin
- Klöden riding for Germany or not?
May 19
- Dekker to skip nationals
- WA State Road Championships 2008 coming up
- Snow stops Devolder
- Chadwick stakes Olympic claim
- First year pro Beveridge claims Mt. Hood Classic overall
- Giro enters second week with demanding time trial
- Sutherland makes it two in two weeks at Mt. Hood
- Strong day for Norway
- CSF Group-Navigare counters Klöden's accusations
- Wegelius, a domestique par excellence
- Catching Up
- Ferris named Gay Games ambassador
- Rest day in Colombia
- Soler to continue on day-by-day basis
- Riccò unsure about time trial
- Bikes for Kids Utah gets $40,000 USD donation
- Di Luca's aims to limit time trial losses
- Russ wants pink
- Nez adds women's race
- Contador to continue despite fracture
May 18
- Leon Sanchez back for Catalunya, thinking of the Tour
- Fernandez crashed out of Giro
- Uncertain futures for Milram and Petacchi
- Hanson wins for guest team in Ireland
- An Post to sponsor green in Tour of Ireland
- Giro injury report
- Gerdemann on the bike again
- Bundesliga round two
- Karpin Galicia in its second ProTour race of the season
- Pinotti aiming for good Giro showing
- Razor-thin victory for 'Benna'
- World Championships for students
- Tour de Nez adds women's race
- Colnago prolongs sponsorships with Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner
- Chadwick takes start-finish victory
- Aussies rule in Japan
- Fröhlinger's Italian lessons – Piano, por favore
- Arndt takes lead in Tour de l'Aude
- Chavanel sprints to Picardie overall
May 17
- Teams revise Catalunya rosters
- Sprinters to emerge for stage nine
- Rogers makes his return in Catalunya
- Swiss riders shine in Picardie
- Leukemans back in UCI's "whereabouts" system
- She's Back! Cooke storms to Aude victory
- Austrian teams dedicate race to Matzenbacher
- Ups and downs mark Giro stage
- Devolder recons Tour stages
May 16
- Tour of Japan starting Sunday
- Devolder to scout important Tour de France stages
- First mountain test for Giro contenders
- Pursuiter Mactier excels at Tour de L'Aude prologue
- Unfortunate puncture for Sella
- Tinkoff trackie takes talent to the road
- Favorites ready for Euro cross country championships
- Milram terminates contract with Petacchi
- Shortened Tour de 'Toona keeps equal prize money
May 15
- Auction to raise funds for injured Murray
- One week to go for Estonian Cycling Weekend
- Stage six reactions
- Speedy and Muhl in national series duel
- Unlucky 13 for Mandri
- Dutch coach picks Beijing trackies
- Fullana ready for European championships
- Leipheimer held up by police
- Balco head reveals methods, offers anti-doping advice
- O'Deas ready for "home" 24 hr race in Conyers, Georgia
- NorCal fundraiser to educate cyclists about mental fitness
- Leipheimer expects time change
- Feillu returns in Picardie
- Doubleheader of 4X racing to Bridgnorth
- Mike & Mary diary: On the road again for the spring European campaign
- High Road hoping for more in France
- Great Britain selects team for European XC Championships
- New stage race for Australia
- Second Catalunya for Sastre
- Surgery for McGee
- Morabito soldiers on
- Lampre, Caisse d'Epargne for Catalunya
- Two-man battle for pink goes to Italy
- Giro leader boosted by maglia rosa
- Aussie racing schedule changes
- Roc du Littoral
- NMBS round three returns to California
- Stander back racing in South Africa
- Freeride rookies given chance at Adidas Slopestyle
May 14
- AG2R for next week's races
- Melbourne to host track World Cup
- Yates calm about team's chances
- Giro stage six shortened
- Meares in last chance Beijing bid
- Ljungskog returns for Aude defence
- Leukemans ban overruled
- Cameron Jennings diary: Gearing up for the Ras
- Wisconsin Cycling Series expands
- Pellizotti speaks about shortening of Giro stage
- Positive vibes over TDU's ProTour debut
- Amateurs get new stage race in Atlanta
- Brutt logs first win for Italian Tinkoff team
- Bad luck for Millar
- Gilbert tempted by Olympics
- Bissell to defend Leelanau title
- Steegmans first in Holland
- Wiggins satisfied with Giro
May 13
- Broken collarbone for Nuyens
- World's best downhillers head to Lisboa Downtown
- Familiar stars reign in Slovenia World Cup downhill
- Bryceland injured in spectacular crash
- O'Grady to come back bigger, better
- Pink Pellizotti gives it a go
- 4X opens gravity World Cup season in Slovenia
- Riccò's Giro hopes ride on hand improvement
- Triple Crown announce women's teams
- McGee could sit out for a month
- Verbrugghe: "you have to be a little crazy"
- Gunn-Rita diary: A return to the top
- LPR Brakes rode stage four defensively
- Hunter building form in the Tour de Picardie
- Burghardt confident of return
- Leipheimer hopes to keep building form
- Manxman takes finest victory
- Pollack happy with second place
- Kitchen sink weather ready in Mt. Hood
- Bikes Belong awards spring grants supporting recreation
- Zabriskie flies home
- Highland Fling MTB Marathon
May 12
- CSC's Aussies out of Giro
- Bennati claims maiden Giro win
- Zabel to try again today
- Lloyd content thus far
- Germans win for Austrian teams
- Valverde already thinking of the Tour
- Riccò's rough day out
- Sydney driver charged over crash
- Hoy sends track bikes, kit to Bolivian cyclists
- Barloworld riding to protect Soler
- First professional win for Bernardo Riccio
- Catching the boat – or not...
- Australian team for junior road World Championships
May 11
- McLeod returns to form at South African nationals
- Young Portugese cyclist dies in crash
- Zabriskie crashes out of Giro
- Rojas happy with Dunkirk result
- German women's coach optimistic
- Weylandt crashes in Derny race
- Mountain goats trump time trialers in Colombia
- Landis case costing WADA $1.3 million
- Mosquera does well in Spain
- The Cobra strikes in Sicily
- Davis happy to be back in the action
- Priority Health Tour de Leelanau taking shape
- Vervecken denies transfer rumours
- Conclusion of Pan-American Championships
May 10
- Riccò eyeing Giro's second stage
- Millar: 'The hard work has paid off'
- A son for Petacchi
- Grabsch to return in Neuseen Classics
- Vande Velde hopes team-mates can also have jersey
- Pinotti content with High Road performance
- Vervecken to change teams in 2009
- McGee psyched, form coming back
May 9
- Watch Valley Bike Cup next round: Arnon Bike
- Richeze out of Giro over positive drugs test
- Cavendish eyes stage wins, may not finish
- Epic tech from Houffalize
- Velirium to rock Mont-Sainte-Anne in July
- Charges recommended in fatal California crash
- Menchov will aim for win if form is good
- Toyota-United to help paralyzed former Mexican national champion
- Irish rider Deignan hoping for solid showing in Giro
- Blaudzun to retire at season's end
- Contador says Giro win 'difficult' to achieve
- Eastern Canada gets stage race
- Hill ready for downhill World Cup opener
- IMBA renews volunteer stewardship program
- Heather Irminger's new aluminum steed
- ECP-Tau riders picked to represent Spain
- O'Dea diary: Racing Vail Lake and the 72 hours before
- Ascani banned for two years
- On the trail with Sabine Spitz
- Di Luca calm before Giro start
- Lhotellerie quashes doping rumours
- Astana swaps out ailing Noval on Giro roster
May 8
- Simoni prepared for last Grand Tour
- Vos heads South
- Milram's Tour de France pre-selection
- Nuyens looking for a stage win
- CSC targets team time trial & Best Young Rider
- Australian champion motivated to ride well
- Liquigas confirmed for Philly
- Caisse d'Epargne loses one
- Henninger Turm latest German victim
- McEwen optimistic
- Agritubel gains two
- Hoste to stay at Silence-Lotto
- New course to showcase sprinters in Triple Crown
- Welsh track championships call for competitors
- Lance Armstrong named TIME Magazine's Top 100
- Astana pulls together for Giro
- Steegmans lashes out at UCI
- US Collegiate Nationals start in Colorado
- Wegelius: Liquigas will have more freedom
- Innocently guilty – the Petacchi case
- Sydney road rage driver questioned
- Sydney accident driver on defense
May 7
- New co-sponsor for Lampre
- Barloworld commits to 2009
- Men from the North meet in Dunkirk
- Dahle Flesjå back to the beginning
- Keith Bontrager diary: Warming up
- Volksbank signs Australian time trialist
- USA Cycling to stay in Colorado
- Tobago cycling classic returns
- Hincapie to defend Tour of Missouri title
- Duggan finally home again
- Road rage crash shocks Sydney cycling fraternity
- Pro Bike: Todd Wells
- MBNC Cross Country standings
- Juarez and Sawicki win Dirt Sweat & Gears
- ORBA supports grassroots women's racing
- Ghost picks up healthy sponsorship
- Juniors tackling Trophée centre Morbihan
- Three in a row for Absalon
- Premont and Dahle do battle in Madrid
- Teams set for Triple Crown in Philly
- Rodríguez part of three-pronged Caisse team
- Organizers hopeful for Giro free of scandals
- British Cycling ramps up to support Bikeability
- Bradley McGee eyes first win of the year at Giro TTT
- Kenda and Tomac launch new downhill team
- Berlin winner will not defend title
- MBNC Gravity standings
- Teams informed of suspicious riders, or not?
- Clément Lhotellerie on the UCI's passport list?
May 6
- Bayern Rundfahrt announces teams
- Petacchi loses wins
- Rabobank makes preliminary Tour selections
- Arroyo wants Giro top five
- Cooke and Caccia return to racing
- Lefevere denies new sponsor rumours
- Barloworld's Corti aims for well-managed Giro team
- Carney happy with KBS/Medifast improvement
- Nuyens has the world at his feet
- CPA's Vasseur polling riders
- Armstrong's shop grand opening this weekend
- Rojas for the Tour?
- Breschel abandons Dunkerque
May 5
- Joaquín Rojas fights tooth and nail in Dunkerque
- Petacchi suspended for one year
- Hulsmans out of Dunkerque
- More injuries hit Milram
- Loddo targets Tinkoff Giro stage wins
- Riccò to lead Saunier Duval's Giro bid
- Vila positive for testosterone
- USA has successful Fleche du Sud
- Hansen hopes for long lasting Giro d'Italia
- Toyota-United dominate weekend racing
- Astarloa racing towards Giro d'Italia
- NZ team for Junior worlds
- Tour champion Contador back in Italy
- Bileka resigns from Silence-Lotto
May 4
- High Road satisfied with Romandie
- German TV claims '07 payments to Freiburg doctors
- Teams for Four Days of Dunkirk
- Burghardt pain-free
- Contador with "unknown form"
- Astana officially in the Giro
- Pereiro on the up
- Arndt assumes World Cup lead at Berne
- Rabobank lost out in Romandie
- A surprise called De Bonis
- Klöden first German winner of Romandie
- Petacchi decision expected this week
May 3
- Eibegger Austrian climbing champ
- Toyota will not renew team's sponsorship
- Strength wins it for "unknown" De Bonis
- Petacchi out of Giro
- Astana may receive last minute Giro invitation
- KBS/Medifast collects first win of the season
- Fast Freddie Foundation camp raises money to support youth health through cycling
- Stacked High Road squad ambitious with Giro plans
May 2
- Mid-Atlantic Endurance Cup still accepting teams
- Dunkerque to start without Ladagnous
- Judge upholds 'Toona suit
- Madrid wraps up opening trio of cross country World Cup event
- Trek introduces Women Who Ride club
- New Zealand picks Worlds team
- High Road sends top riders to Berne
- Peter Velits: the modest champion
- Top rider under suspicion from passport data
- Kellevie to host six hour race
- George looks for success in Graskop
- European Marathon Championships hosted in Albstadt
- Gerolsteiner team's fate to be known before Tour
- USA Cycling calendar rankings
- All Giro participants adhere to biological passport scheme
- World Cup burglaries continue
- Dirt Sweat & Gears
- El Reto de los Misioneros returns to Peru
- Euskaltel – Euskadi in the Vuelta a Asturias
May 1
- Traksel wins again
- Kroon repeats in sunshine
- Timmer takes a break from the breaks
- Verbrugghe: I want to win a stage of the Giro
- Caisse d'Epargne sends climbers to Italy
- Sinkewitz still looking for team
- Number 1 for McEwen
- French teams still waiting on Tour prize money
- Volksbank on probation in MPCC
- Team CSC's Giro line-up ready
- Austrian one-two in U23 Henninger
- Doping control back-ups in Frankfurt
- Ray-Glow seeks riders for Commerce Bank Series
- Ullrich wins a step in Coast trial
- Rabobank hopeful for Romandie time trial
- AG2R for upcoming races