SteepHill - Start time: Sunday April 8 10:10 CET (1:10 AM PDT);
Earliest live video: 13:00 CET (3:00 AM PST);
Approximate finish 16:46 CET (7:46 AM PDT).

Sanchez scoops Vuelta al Pais Vasco win with blazing time trial.

VeloNation: Euskaltel Euskadi rider defeats Rodriguez in wet, tricky conditions.

VeloNation: Trott takes the Omnium; Meyer responds with the Points Race; Baugé takes back his sprint crown; Meares gets a Keirin consolation.

road.cc: One medal guaranteed in men's individual sprint, but which color will it be?

Paris - Roubaix - April 8 (Start list),
Vuelta Ciclista al Pais Vasco - April 2-7 (Stages & results),
Scheldeprijs - April 4 (Start list),
Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - April 3-6 (Stages & results),
UCI Track World Championships - April 4-8 (Races & results),
Tour of Flanders - Women - April 1 (Results),
Tour of Flanders - Men - April 1 (Results),
Cape Epic - March 25-April 1 (Races & results),
Amgen Tour of California - May 13-20 (Stages ),
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Pedal: Ina Yoko Teutenberg (Ger) Specialized lululemon scored another sprint win at the Energiewacht women’s tour on Stage 3 in Midwolda, 110.4km, pipping Marianne Vos (Ned) Rabobank Women’s Team at the line. Kirsten Wild (Ned) AA Drink took third spot.

BikeRadar: When we were invited by the fledgling Swift Carbon brand to visit their production facility in Xiamen, China, we leapt at the chance. This was a rare and very interesting opportunity to see the real core of the bike industry.

VeloNation: Twenty-two teams on Liège start line; Argos-Shimano gets the nod ahead of Bretagne-Schuller.

CyclingNews: Tyler Farrar is confident that defending champion Johan Vansummeren can lead the line for Garmin-Barracuda at this Sunday's Paris-Roubaix. A crash on the Paterberg hampered Vansummeren in the finale of the Tour of Flanders, but Farrar believes his teammate has the same sort of condition that carried him to victory at Roubaix 12 months ago.

CyclingNews: Purito successfully defends race lead.

RedKitePrayer: As “traditional” doping is the unwanted off-spring of progress in pharmacology, gene-doping is the evil spawn of the new science of gene therapy. Instead of altering DNA to resolve an existing mutation or attack a disease, cheaters are hoping to trigger genetic changes that will result in enhanced athletic performances.

CyclingNews: 32 names were listed in his final report, including Alessandro Ballan (BMC), Damiano Cunego (Lampre-ISD), Marco Bandiera (Omega-Quick Step), Marzio Bruseghin (Movistar), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale), Manuele Mori (Lampre-ISD), Massimiliano Mori (formerly of Lampre) Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-ISD), Simone Ponzi (Astana), Mauro Santambrogio (BMC) and Michael Rasmussen (Christina Watches).

VeloNation: Belgian also comments on Cancellara, says he will return strongly.

BikeRumor: Felt is providing their Argos-Shimano team with special “Paris-Roubaix Edition” F-series road bikes for this weekend’s race. Compared to the standard edition race bike these have modified geometry and component selections to make them more comfortable and perform better on the cobbles.

BikeHugger: When it comes to fascinating professional riding machines, there is no day like the second Sunday of April. Paris-Roubaix. A race that is simultaneously one of the most famous bike races and the least representative of the sport.

Today's Quote

“I am really disappointed, but the real victory here is that I survived the collision and that I’m alive to meet that challenge at all. It’s amazing that all I did was break my fibula.” - Levi Leipheimer VeloNation

BikeRumor: Wahoo Fitness announced their new “smart” Bluetooth 4.0 sensors last November, and now Engadget’s got a close up look at them.

Peloton: As Tom Boonen prepares for a run at a historic fourth Paris-Roubaix title on Sunday, his bike sponsor gave the world a glimpse at what the next generation Roubaix will look like. Full details on the Specialized Roubaix were not available, as the bike is under going final testing, but it seems the new design of the Specialized Zertz inserts is the most striking change.

CyclingNews: Sources have told Cyclingnews that former professional cyclist Floyd Landis is under investigation by US Federal authorities. Landis could face charges of fraud dating back to 2007. In 2006 the American won the Tour de France but tested positive for testosterone after an epic stage win to Morzine. He was stripped of his Tour de France title failed to ride in the European peloton again.

 

InnerRing: The weather for Sunday’s Paris-Roubaix race is uncertain but if riders make it to the finish then a shower is guaranteed. Indeed Paris-Roubaix must be the only race where the washing facilities make up part of the legend.

VeloNews: Largely unnoticed by the swarming European press corps, Davis Phinney looked on as his son – a two-time winner of Paris-Roubaix’s U23 edition – fielded questions alongside some of the sport’s biggest names: Thor Hushovd, Allesandro Ballan and George Hincapie. The experience was a special one for the former Team 7-11 sprinter.

VeloNation: Farnese Vini Selle Italia rider says Italian taught him a lot about race.

CyclingNews: The build up to this year's Tour of Flanders provoked much debate and controversy owing to the significant changes to the course of the emblematic Belgian race. Race administrators elected to perform major surgey to the finale for almost 40 years, finishing in the town of Oudenaarde and losing one of the race's most iconic climbs, theMuur van Geraardsbergen.

BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "As the name suggests, the Ventoux is a climber’s weapon, with bags of comfort for the long hours between significant uphill slogs."

Pedal: The fifth edition of the Tour de Québec, will be presented on July 25-29 for five days of racing including one sprint prologue, two road races in the Quebec city region, one time trial along the St-Laurent river, and one criterium in downtown Québec city awaits all riders.