CyclingFans: Sunday's Volta a Catalunya Stage 7 departs Badalona Centre Comercial Màgic at 12:20pm CET (6:20am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Barcelona (Sarrià) at around 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern). Volta a Catalunya live streaming video is scheduled to get underway by around 1:45pm CET (7:45am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNation: Spaniard jumps to second overall with strong move.

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Pedal: Canada’s Joelle Numainville (Optum Pro Cycling-Kelly Benefits) scored the win on Saturday at the 60-min City of Redlands Stage 2 Criterium over race leader Megan Guarnier (Team TIBCO) in second with yesterday’s winner Loren Rowney (Specialized-lululemon) in third.

The Optum Pro Cycling presented by Kelly Benefit Strategies women’s team executed their game plan nearly to perfection in the first stage of the Redlands Bicycle Classic, the City of Beaumont Circuit Race. Canada’s Joelle Numainville claimed second place in a frantic field sprint, and Jade Wilcoxson and Numainville claimed the Queen of the Mountain and points jerseys, respectively, in the 72 mile, 3 lap race.

CyclingNews: There was no major changes to the general classification with ovenight leader Oscar Sevilla remaining firmly in control. The Spaniard still holds a more than 3 minute lead over his rivals.

VeloNews: The newly popular (and simultaneously very old) 650b wheel size took its first major win last weekend at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. Nino Schurter rode a prototype 650b/27.5” Scott Scale frame to victory over local favorite Burry Stander, who was on a Specialized 29er. Julien Absalon was the only rider in the top 10 of the men’s race still on 26-inch wheels.

road.cc: Who knew? Tire company makes drive belts for German car industry.

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CyclingFans: Sunday's Criterium International Stage 3 departs Porto Vecchio at 9:50am CET (3:50am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Col de l’Ospedale at around 2:43pm CET (8:43am U.S. Eastern). Criterium International live streaming video is scheduled to get underway at around 1:20pm CET (7:20am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNation: Michael Rogers milliseconds back in runner-up slot.

VeloNation: Several GC riders lose time in crosswind splits.

VeloNation: Time trial victory moves him above team-mate Huzarski.

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“I hope they don’t do like last year. It’s never been my tactic to just follow one guy. Of course, if you give Fabian five seconds, it’s hard to get it back, but I’m not going to be the guy who is always behind him. If he attacks I’ll have to follow him, but I’m not a guy like [Filippo] Pozzato, always following.” - Philippe Gilbert VeloNews

BikeRadar: In its eight year history, South Africa's Cape Epic has firmly established itself as the premier mountain biking stage race in the world. And there's no man more closely linked to that history than four-time champion, Karl Platt.

CyclingNews: After a season of set-backs, Niels Albert promised that, if he won the 2012 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships in Koksijde, he would make the pilgrimage from Tremelo, where he lives, to the Scherpenheuvel basilica, one of Belgium's most holy sites.

road.cc: Pricy but super light and extremely comfortable performance road shoes for women.

CXMagazine: For me, and for pretty much any woman I’ve ever talked to, big base miles can be seriously painful on our — ahem — “lady parts.” I have to say, this is probably the best chamois cream I have ever used.

CyclingFans: Sunday's Gent-Wevelgem departs Deinze at 11:15am CET (5:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Wevelgem at around 4:56pm CET (10:56am U.S. Eastern).  Gent-Wevelgem live streaming video should get underway at around 2:00pm CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNews: Though he’s never won the race, world champion Mark Cavendish will start as one of the big favorites Sunday morning at the 74th edition of Ghent-Wevelgem, the second Belgian WorldTour race of the weekend after Friday’s E3 Harelbeke.

CycleSport: The crux of this weekend’s Ghent-Wevelgem race is the famous Kemmelberg climb, featured in Cycle Sport’s Iconic Places series earlier this year.

RedKitePrayer: The Folks at Versus will be offering some coverage of the Criterium International on Sunday March 25, but it appears that will just be a wrap-up with highlights. According to their schedule, we can see the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Fleche-Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège, California, the Dauphine, The Tour de Suisse and the biggie, the Tour de France, this season.

CyclingNews: Bad luck cost Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan) the chance of defending his title in E3 Harelbeke on Friday. The two-time race winner suffered three punctures and two crashes during the race and despite being a major factor in several attacks had to settle for 22nd place on the day.

VeloNation: Collarbone fracture pinned this morning.

VeloNation: Belgian will compete in tomorrow’s Gent Wevelgem, worried about Flanders.

BikeRadar verdict: 5 out of 5 stars. "Ultra-light race bike with a state-of-the-art drivetrain and frameset."

EuroSport: The Omega Pharma-Quickstep rider edged out three-time world champion Oscar Freire in a sprint finish at the end of the 203km race that began and ended in Harelbeke.