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June 30
- Follow the Tour de France with the Cyclingnews iPhone app
- Renshaw laments reduced stage race sprints
- Video: Roche seeks top-10 Tour de France finish
- Kreuziger unsure of form ahead of Tour de France
- Hermida hopes for better luck in Mont-Sainte-Anne
- Photo gallery: the Tour de France team presentation
- Video: Martin puts sponsor troubles aside during Tour de France
- BMC to investigate Schoutteten doping accusations
- Trek reveals custom Madone designs for Tour de France
- Teams train on TTT parcours
- Boasson Hagen to ride the Tour de France
- Video: Geraint Thomas ready to support Wiggins at Tour de France
- Contador faces doping questions at Tour de France press conference
- French champion's jersey motivates Chavanel for Tour de France
- Garmin-Cervelo reveals new jersey for Tour de France
- Schleck ready to take on Contador at the Tour de France
- Danielson ready for his Tour de France debut
- €3.5 million up for grabs in Tour de France
- BMC soigneur implicated in drug investigation
- Australian flood damage forces MTB course changes to FCE
- Hincapie set for record-equalling Tour de France
June 29
- Memory of Tondo spurs Intxausti on
- Gravity East Windham round to benefit Arthritis Foundation
- Omega Pharma-Lotto cuts ties to Vansevenant
- Warren and Kintner lead US Pro GRT standings
- Video: Brailsford talks about Team Sky's Tour de France hopes
- Gould and Plaxton lead US Pro XCT rankings after four rounds
- Riis’ son selected for the Tour of Denmark
- Countdown to the US Pro XCT finals in Montana
- Cervélo unveils new S5 aero road bike
- Movistar confirm Tour de France team
- Petacchi ready to change nationality to ride world championships
- Quick Step Director De Cock denies Omega Pharma merger
- Van Garderen to support Cavendish and Martin at Tour de France
- Investigating the Australian links in the Vansevenant case
- Pechstein aiming for track cycling in London Olympics
- Vansevenant alleged to have imported doping products
- Leopard Trek announce Tour de France roster
- The experts preview the Tour de France for Cyclingnews
June 28
- Goss chasing yellow, green or white jersey in Tour debut
- A closer look at the 2011-2012 UCI marathon series
- Garmin-Cervélo names Tour de France roster
- Brentjens looks forward to Leadville 100 challenge
- Video: Team Sky's Pinarello Dogma 2
- HTC-Highroad wants sponsor question answered by second Tour de France rest day
- Refsnider first to finish 2011 Tour Divide race
- Tour of Utah route announced
- National elections could change course of Worlds time trial
- Basso: Tour de France a dream, not an obsession
- Transfer Round-up: Quick Step, Rabobank and Vacansoleil
- Evans fresher for 2011 Tour de France
- Quick Step and Omega Pharma to become one team?
- Boasson Hagen training again, hopeful for Tour de France
- Simon Gerrans: 'individual success isn't everything'
- Hoy says he can win three gold medals in London
- Jonker praises "hard" Tour of Geelong course
June 27
- WADA teams up with World Customs Organisation
- Katusha confirm all-Russian Tour de France team
- Voeckler leads Europcar at Tour de France
- Millar: podium a step too far for Wiggins
- Cunego and Petacchi lead Lampre-ISD Tour de France team
- Andy Schleck: the Tour starts at Luz Ardiden
- Spanish federation to appeal Heras verdict
- Merckx critical of 'no needle' policy
- Gilbert enjoying unexpected victories
- McEwen "philosophical" regarding Tour de France omission
- Fédrigo chooses not to ride Tour de France
June 26
- Cantele leads Garmin-Cervelo championship haul
- AG2R-La Mondiale finalizes Tour de France squad
- Cavendish, Goss, Martin and Van Garderen lead HTC at Tour de France
- Eight teams interested in Hushovd for 2012
- 2011 National Championships index page
- Grabsch calls German time trial title one of most important career wins
June 25
- Another Dutch start for the Vuelta a Espana?
- Is Giro d’Italia Angelo Zomegnan director about to be sacked?
- Boonen confident, Gilbert hopeful, Devolder dismissive
- Kruijswijk and ten Dam extend with Rabobank
- Sanchez ready for Tour de France after taking Spanish time trial title
- Contador: I’m happy, but lacking rhythm
June 24
- In-form Martin left out of Garmin-Cervelo Tour de France team
- Boasson Hagen out of Norwegian road championships, Tour de France perhaps endangered
- No surprises in Liquigas-Cannondale Tour de France roster
- Belgian Federation calls for continued use of race number 108
- Spanish court overturns Heras' suspension
- Kreuziger included in Astana Tour de France team
- Europcar confirm Hushovd interest
- US teams' Belgian riders free to ride in national championships
- Hoste still suffering headaches from Three Days of De Panne crash
- Skil-Shimano extends with Kittel and Geniez
- HTC-Highroad searching for a sponsor
June 23
- Championships an important test for Contador
- Thomas Dekker to return in Sint-Niklaas
- Chur Racer Bikes Cup a final test before North American World Cups
- AFLD and UCI ink anti-doping pact for Tour de France
- Video Wiggins back to his best for Tour de France
- Medvedev looks for success at marathon Worlds
- Pre-Tour de France TTT training for Euskaltel-Euskadi
- Näf will not start the marathon world championships
- Italy: FCI federal council ratifies ban on sanctioned riders
- Omega Pharma-Lotto announce Tour de France team
- Tour de France: Vacansoleil without Devolder
- Basso says condition improving at pre-Tour de France training camp
- Posthuma ninth man in Leopard's Tour de France line-up?
- Caja Rural sack riders implicated in doping investigation
- 58th national championship title for Longo
- Video: Cavendish wants quality instead of quantity
- Three Belgian riders possibly excluded from national championships
- Sky announces Tour de France team
- All eyes on US Elite women's time trial in Augusta
- Sastre rates Contador as favourite for Tour de France
- Worlds course designer names Hushovd, Breschel as potential road champions in 2012
- Mancebo inks two-year deal with RealCyclist.com
- Cornish receives two-year ban for nandrolone
- Craddock aims for Under 23 time trial title
June 22
- Memorial to Weylandt, De Fauw and Nolf dedicated in Ghent
- Carey continues winning streak
- Tour de France news shorts
- Corsica boosts 2013 Tour de France bid with Vendée visit
- High hopes for defending marathon worlds champions Lakata and Süss
- Visconti tips Lampre-ISD as strongest team at Italian championships
- Boonen to stay with Quick Step
- Offenburg organizers disappointed about 2012 World Cup omission
- De Bonis loses doping ban appeal
- Cavendish: On best form for two years ahead of Tour de France
- Cunego quietly confident for the Tour de France
- Nygaard: Andy Schleck on course to peak for Tour de France
- Saxo Bank-SunGard names Tour de France squad
- Mapei extends sponsorship of UCI road world championships
- Victorian Institute of Sport teams up with Apollo Bicycles
- Feillu extends contract with Vacansoleil-DCM
- Doping ring busted in Andorra
June 21
- Top Australians to Perth Winter Track GP
- Iranian power play set to explode in Qinghai
- RadioShack announces Tour de France roster
- Meares to compete in Colorado track race
- UCI won't grant interviews to German television
- Choi too young to be Hong Kong champion
- Mauricio Soler’s life no longer in danger
- Fitchburg-Longsjo cancelled
- Bettini hopeful that he can pick Bennati for Worlds
- Riccò sneaks into Italian sportif ride
- Saxo Bank renews sponsorship for 2012
- Prudhomme: French reaction to Armstrong return was more worrying than Contador
- Police report reveals steroid use in Belgium
- Tour de France to be broadcast in 190 countries worldwide
- Danielson named for debut Tour de France
- Neben is new top NRC women's rider
- Tour of Austria announces final list of teams
- Jones recovering from Toowoomba head injuries
June 20
- Soler being brought out of coma
- Vansummeren renews with Garmin-Cervélo
- Canada cancels four cross national championship
- Quick Step and Euskaltel-Euskadi name Tour de France teams
- Kruijswijk calls Tour de Suisse better than Giro d'Italia
- John Gadret to ride Tour de France
- Leipheimer and Cunego climb UCI rankings after Tour de Suisse
- Saxo Bank-SunGard's Tour de France line-up almost complete
- Rabobank name Tour de France line-up
- Terpstra accuses Omega Pharma-Lotto of unsportsmanlike actions in Ster ZLM Toer
- Demol inspires Leipheimer to Tour de Suisse victory
- Contador says Giro-Tour double will be difficult
- BMC announce Tour de France line-up
- Howard finally gets reward in Holland
June 19
- Mancebo focuses on Tour of Utah after Beauce victory
- Ulissi happy to work for Cunego at Italian championships
- Sagan had no doubts about Tour de Suisse stage victory
- Rabobank calls Leopard Trek unsportsmanlike
- Gilbert still looking to improve ahead of Tour de France
- SpiderTech uses strength of numbers at Tour de Beauce
- Howes battles for GC podium at Tour de Beauce
June 18
- Ben King's US Pro national champion's jersey to be auctioned for charity
- Schleck pleased with Tour de Suisse showing
- Stybar happy but not totally satisfied with transition to road racing
- Italian federation confirms ban on all riders with doping pasts
- Ullrich doping investigation still pending
- Olds, Armstrong among many caught in horror crash at Nature Valley GP
June 17
- Vos wants Olympic road race gold medal in 2012
- Vuelta boss Guillén says no to New York
- 2013 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships awarded to South Africa
- Slipstream Sports bolsters Chipotle Junior Development team roster
- UCI forbids convicted dopers from future team management positions
- World champion Lakata to return to Trans Zollernalb
- Voeckler rests ahead of French championships
- Soler improving slightly but still in induced coma
- Cunego looking to make gains ahead of Suisse time trial
- Andy Schleck dropped in Tour de Suisse mountains
- Kruijswijk confirms climbing talent in Tour de Suisse
- Martin looks for yellow in early part of Tour de France
June 16
- Farrar gains confidence with Ster ZLM Toer stage win
- UCI calls for respect in Contador case ahead of Tour de France
- UCI releases 2012 Mountain Bike World Cup and Worlds calendar
- Fort William keeps World Cup through 2013
- Soler airlifted from Tour de Suisse after crash
- HTC-Highroad dismisses reports of Cavendish moving to Team Sky
- Castroviejo set for Movistar?
- Liquigas-Cannondale turns down Astana offer for Nibali
- Devolder in doubt for Tour de France
- Van den Broeck reported to have agreed terms with Lotto for 2012
- Vuelta director doubts Contador will target grand tour triple
- Cavendish reported to be joining Team Sky for 2012
- Mancebo eyes Tour de Beauce overall title
June 15
- Australian junior mountain bikers impress
- UnitedHealthcare gets UCI allowance to defend at Nature Valley Grand Prix
- WADA says no plan to introduce clenbuterol threshold
- Police interrupt Contador's Tour de France recon
- Kai Reus to make another comeback
- Dietsch and Daho to race BC Bike Race
- UCI set to implement new anti-doping initiative
- Lefevere looks to sign Gilbert and Boonen for 2012
- Ballan and Bruseghin summoned by Italian Anti-Doping Procura
- Porte convinced Contador can complete Giro-Tour double
- Stöckl sets new speed record
- Competition: Win VIP trip for two to Tour de France
- FBI set to scrutinise Armstrong-Hamilton altercation
- McGee to direct Contador at Spanish Nationals
- Van Avermaet concerned about BMC's interest in Gilbert
- Will Walker to join GreenEDGE in development role
- Van Houts rejoins Multivan Merida team
June 14
- WADA to consider changing clenbuterol rules
- Peat fractures ulna in Leogang
- Riis searching for 2012 team sponsor
- Absalon to race his first-ever marathon Worlds
- Criterium du Dauphiné revelation Pinot carefully managing his career
- Robert Millar believes Wiggins can hit top five at Tour de France
- Armstrong accused of intimidating potential witness Tyler Hamilton in Aspen restaurant
- Gilbert narrows list of possible teams for next season to five
- Schleck enjoys super-domestique role in Tour de Suisse
- Terpstra using Ster ZLM Toer to hone form for Tour de France
- McCarthy claims another win for Jayco-AIS
- Virus forces Davis to abandon Tour de Suisse
June 13
- Contador recons Alpine stages for controversial Tour de France defense
- NRC's Tour de Toona confirms six-stage race in July
- Freire to abandon Tour de Suisse for sinus surgery
- French teams reveal Tour de France squads
- Team Sky and Great Britain climb UCI ranking after Wiggins’ Dauphiné win
- Team Sky buoyed by Dauphine success
- Cozza back in action with Team NetApp
- Sørensens and Vandborg up for Saxo Bank Tour de France squad
- 2012 Tour Down Under route announced
- Evans "happy with second for once"
June 12
- Rodriguez enjoyed the 'nicest' week of his career
- Soler dedicates his Suisse win to Tondo
- Beppu claims second national time trial title
- Blitz to the Barrel draws mountain bike pros to Bend
- Wiggins honoured to add name to Dauphiné winners' list
- 3 Minute Gaps movie to premiere at Northstar-at-Tahoe
- Lewis looks to return to racing in Colorado
- Sponsor split not affecting Omega Pharma-Lotto's performance
- Schleck ready to challenge Contador at the Tour de France
June 11
- Colli set to return for Geox-TMC
- Rodriguez wins Dauphiné's Queen stage
- Mata and Dombroski going to marathon worlds
- Bak or Rasmussen likely to ride Tour de France for HTC-Highroad
- TweedLove underway in Scotland
- Contador confirms he will ride the Tour de France
- Boonen to decide his team for 2012 before Belgian nationals
- Roche pulls out of Critérium du Dauphiné following crash
- Cavendish now Member of the British Empire
- Langeveld, Goss, Millar to GreenEdge: reports
- Young BikeNZ squad take on Europe's best
June 10
- Help wanted: Garmin-Cervélo waiting to fill White's spot
- Kern shows Europcar’s depth ahead of Tour de France
- Injury report: Capelle, Kadri, Vermeltfoort out
- Video: Chris Jones's favourite ride
- Chavanel back in action in Tour de Suisse
- Zajicek given life ban for doping
- CONI suspends Riccò
- Ochowicz: "No contradiction" in BMC's handling of Ballan and Santambrogio
- Quick Step and Lefevere go talent spotting
- 100km mountain bike marathon to ignite South coast
- Bruyneel: "Contador should ride Tour de France"
- Basso: There is still time before Tour's first climbs
- Dempster breaks European duck in L'Oise
- Rui Costa making amends at the Dauphiné
- Wellens and Peeters extend US cyclo-cross tour
- Canadian mountain bike nationals decided for 2012-2014
- Degenkolb proves his pedigree on stage four
June 9
- Heras to team with Pinto for Brasil Ride
- Riders ready to start Tour Divide
- King set for clavicle surgery after Philly spill
- Gravity racer Lopes shares thoughts on the cross country eliminator
- Rebellin charged with tax evasion
- Video: Zandstra among best North American World Cup riders
- Hermida tops the favorites list in Engelberg
- HTC-Highroad aiming for sprints in Tour de Suisse
- Blood clot derails Sahm's plans to defend TransAlp title
- 2012 Tour de Langkawi route announced
- Dietziker looking forward to homeland Tour de Suisse
- Gesink content with Grenoble time trial reconnaissance
- Van Den Broeck satisfied with Dauphiné time trial
- Sinkewitz to sue UCI over doping suspension
- Aerts announces he will retire at the end of the season
- Stepping up a gear in the Philippines
- Wiggins looking to defend lead after solid ride in Grenoble
June 8
- GreenEDGE unveil their 2012 machines
- Beyond The Peloton: Paris-Roubaix 2011
- Tony Martin targets top ten at the Tour de France
- New location for US Collegiate Mountain Bike Nationals
- Byberg healthy again and back on track
- Quick Step, Lampre name Tour de Suisse squads
- US roster set for marathon world championships
- Riccò has not proven fitness to race, says Italian federation doctor
- AG2R using cryotherapy for Tour de France
- Pozzato hopes to recover in time for world championships
- Mario Aerts back in action after heart scare
- No more facts4lance
- Riccò suspended by Italian Cycling Federation
- Evans, Wiggins lucky to avoid being caught out on stage two
- Tyler Hamilton to lose 2006 Mt Washington record
June 7
- Vacansoleil announces short list for Tour de France
- Degenkolb adds to success in Dauphiné
- Fizik launches Kurve saddle range
- Le coq sportif to provide Tour de France jerseys for 2012
- Video: Amgen Tour of California lead out to victory
- Riccò registered with Merdiana-Kamen team
- Millar calls for closure in Armstrong and Contador investigations
- Mørkøv plans at least one title at the Danish nationals
- Basso struggling for form at Critérium du Dauphiné
- Launceston to New Norfolk joins National Road Teams Series
- Cavendish uses British Road Race Championships as Tour warm-up
- Hoy not ruling out Glasgow Commonwealth Games
- Cromwell's season of uncertainty ends with move to Hitec Products-UCK
June 6
- Sky bounces back at the Dauphiné
- Van den Broeck relieved after first pro win
- Video: David Millar talks about his autobiography
- Kelderman the next Dutch climbing sensation
- Gilbert wants three-year-contract stability
- WADA chief advises Contador to skip the Tour de France
- Brajkovic aims high for Tour de France
- Hagman prevails in TD Bank International Championship KOM
- Evans happy with new time trial equipment
- Purcell and Myers bring Danbury Audi podium success at Liberty Classic
June 5
- Vinokourov impressed by his Dauphiné debut
- Amorison out with broken jaw
- Boom nurses knee in Dauphiné leader's jersey
- Rosseler doubtful for Tour de France
- Kirsipuu makes whirlwind US appearance for Champion System
- Cantwell and Kemps to sprint for V Australia in Philadelphia
June 4
- Sprinters rally at TD Bank Philadelphia Championships
- Concussion takes Abbott out of Liberty Classic
- Spekenbrink and Skil stick to their guns
- Wiggins primed for Dauphiné prologue
- Sergeant admits it will be hard to keep Gilbert
- Basso resumes racing at the Dauphiné
- Hushovd finds delayed Contador decision frustrating
- Rodriguez hopes to take advantage of Giro form in Criteriulm du Dauphine
- Injured return for Quick Step this weekend
- Menzies looking to continue UnitedHealthcare's winning ways
June 3
- Voigt a hard man on the bike, a softie at home
- Bronzini and Cliff-Ryan will work together for Liberty Classic victory
- Evans ready for Critérium du Dauphiné
- Freddie Rodriguez joins Team Exergy
- Vuelta a Espana would be happy for Contador to appear
- Rasmussen thinks he can win Tour of Norway
- Vroomen on doping, the media, Basso, and Schleck
- RadioShack coy on 2012 plans for team
- Pinotti leaves hospital and eyes Lombardy return
- Vacansoleil react to Ricco finding a new team
- Neben confident in HTC-Highroad to win Liberty Classic
- Arriagada facing prospect of retirement after four year ban
June 2
- US Cup Triple Crown Series to wrap up this weekend
- Compton looking forward to mid-season break
- No Tour de France this year for Taylor Phinney
- Video: Wells World Cup and American MTB racing differences
- Saugy said to have reported Armstrong samples to FDA
- Light schedule for Contador before Tour de France
- Traksel fears career end due to nerve damage in hand
- Ricco lashes out at doping accusations
- Coppel returns to Dauphiné with more ambition in 2011
- Gesink, Martin look to Dauphiné time trial as Tour test
June 1
- Chavanel hopes altitude work pays off at Tour de France
- Armstrong attorneys demand apology from CBS
- Garmin-Cervélo, Liquigas-Cannondale, Geox-TMC to race Tour of Utah
- Italian Championships ban only affects riders suspended after 1 August 2008
- Andy Schleck: I will be in top condition at the Tour de France
- Disappointed Cuesta contemplates retirement
- Riccò to sign for Meridian-Kamen
- Official Tour de France Guide 2011 on sale 3 June
- Boonen and Quick Step open contract negotiations
- Leopard-Trek aiming for top spot in Luxembourg
- Jouffroy signs with Telenet Fidea