Sunday's Volta ao Algarve Stage 5 is a 25.8km Individual Time Trial from Lagoa to Portimao.  Tour of Algarve live video streaming is expected to begin at around 3:00pm local (4:00pm CET, 10:00am U.S. Eastern) via RTP Portugal, with Eurosport coverage delayed (not live) according to the official website.

Omega Pharam-QuickStep goes one-two.

Young Italian takes victory thanks to perfectly-timed attack.

Likely to be out of racing for a month.

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Live streaming video: 7:00pm local (8:00pm CET, 2:00pm U.S. Eastern).

"The rest of the world should watch out. According to British Cycling head coach Shane Sutton, Great Britain is on the hunt as it moves ever closer to the London Olympic Games in August. Sutton was speaking at the end of day two at the London velodrome after four world records were shattered in a thrilling day of racing."

The Superfl y 100 will have uninitiated riders forgetting about the big wheels in minutes. BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Everything’s in the right place but the frame finish isn’t quite up to the very high standard set by the competition."

At least somebody is happy about the official new standings of the 2010 Tour de France. The recent ruling by the court for Arbitration in SPort has removed Alberto Contador as the winner and everyone has moved up the standings.

"Lance Armstrong rode this climb regularly as a test of his form (his record was just over 30 minutes), and it gains 927 meters from sea level over 13km, the average gradient is 6.7%, with a max at 10%. We were under no illusions of challenging Lance’s record, so it was a “start out slow, then dial ‘er back” kind of pace."

Julich, once one of the best time trialists in the world, helped Porte in his first year as a pro when they were both at Saxo Bank. The duo built up a good working relationship but parted ways last season when Julich moved to Sky. Now they are back together again and both are delighted with the arrangement.

Stage and lead for Australian as he escapes on the final climb after ground work put in by dominant Team Sky.

2011-2012 Cyclocross season action wraps up Sunday with GVA Trophy Cyclocross at Oostmalle, Belgium. Live streaming video: Elite Men: 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern)

"A look back at the most recent big-time doping cases pretty much involves old-time stuff: Ullrich, Armstrong and even Contador’s case was from two years ago. What has me wondering, though, is after all of this noise, do you think the sport is any cleaner?"

Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) raced to victory in stage five of the 2012 Tour of Oman on Saturday afternoon, taking advantage of the summit finish on Green Mountain to the south of Muscat. It was the 27-year-old Italian's first victory since he clinched the overall GC at the 2010 Vuelta a Espana and marks a welcome return to winning ways after his form dipped in 2011.

Belgian champion rides away from the field as two punctures foil World champion Niels Albert; Marianne Vos wins yet again.

2011-2012 Cyclocross season action continues Saturday with Cauberg Cyclo-cross. The first Cauberg live stream is expected to start about 5-10 minutes before the Elite Men race begins. Elite Men: 3:15pm CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern).

Menchov, Freire and Schleck amongst big names to line up.

"Having helped his Radioshack Nissan-Trek teammate Tiago Machado into second place overall on stage three of the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal yesterday, Matthew Busche took some time out at the start of stage 4 today to reflect on his European season thus far."

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Having been awarded the 2010 Tour de France title in a courtroom earlier this month following the CAS ruling on Alberto Contador, Andy Schleck (RadioShack-Nissan) is confident that he can win it on the road in 2012. Much has been made of the fact that Schleck's chances this year will be increased by Contador's absence, but the 26-year-old from Luxembourg reckons he is well placed to win regardless of what anyone else does or doesn't do.

The 2012 Tour du Haut Var is February 18-19.  Once again there will be live streaming video (Starting around 4pm CET (10am U.S. Eastern) Saturday, 3pm CET on Sunday).

"While many of us wonder just how much exercise we really need in order to gain health and fitness, a group of scientists in Canada are turning that issue on its head and asking, how little exercise do we need?"

Chapeau to Robert Marchand who at the age of 100 set a world hour record of 24.251km. Lapping the UCI’s velodrome in Aigle Switzerland, the Frenchman had tried an attempt on an indoor trainer before but this time made his way to a track and rode under the scrutiny of officials from the UCI.

“I think the biggest thing is listening to the body more. Everyone can say that, everyone says that, ’sick is sick eh’, like the Belgians say that. And you can have people say ‘oh you need to rest more’ but athletes don’t learn that through listening to people, they learn it through being in a deep hole and finding their way out."  -  Amy Dombroski PodiumInsight

Liquigas-Cannondale, Acqua & Sapone, Farnese Vini-Selle Italia also in the running.

"Speed, handling and comfort are all things that are directly affected by the rubber you’re rolling on. We chose top-level competition tires from four major brands— Continental, Kenda, Maxxis and Michelin—to put through a road test, capped off with a trip to the San Diego Velodrome for a rolling-resistance test."

While training on his mountain bike, Absalon clipped a tree and crashed. He bruised his knee and fractured his right thumb. The two-time Olympic mountain bike champion will now likely make his first racing appearance on March 11 at the Copa Catalana Internacional in Banyoles. That race is scheduled one week before the first UCI Mountain Bike World Cup of the 2012 season, to be held the next week in South Africa.

After its star stage-racer dominated the U.S. peloton in 2011, Competitive Cyclist wants to expand and diversify—and race the Tour of California and USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

Become Films was created by filmmaker-journalist Michael de Yoanna in 2011 to shoot footage for “Recovering,” a documentary about injured veterans returning home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.