IrishPeloton: The young American looked to have seriously hurt his ankle in the fall and actually didn’t cross the line with his bike to finish the stage.

VeloNation: BMC Racing Team rider able to continue despite finishing in ambulance.

EuroSport: Australia's Matthew Goss gave Orica GreenEdge their first win in a Grand Tour with victory in stage three of the Giro d'Italia in the Danish town of Horsens.

VeloNation: Tributes paid one year on to Leopard Trek rider.

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RedKitePrayer: "When I first pulled the Giro Apeckx shoes out of the box, my reaction was lackluster. The problem wasn’t with the shoe, it was with me. It just took me a month to figure that out. What I didn’t appreciate when I first looked at them or when I first wore them or even when I got back from my first three-hour ride in them was what a value they are. Without really thinking, I had assumed these were the next step down the Giro line from the Factor. I was wrong."

Pedal: Lawson Craddock (USA) Bontrager-Livestrong Team scored the victory, finishing together with teammate Ian Boswell (USA) Bontrager-Livestrong Team.  In the overall GC competition, Rory Sutherland (Aus) UnitedHealthcare came out on top, winning by a 15s margin over Chad Beyer (USA) Competitive Cyclist Racing Team.

Bicycling: Entering an endurance race or heading out on an all-day ride? Follow this advice from the “Queen of Pain” Rebecca Rusch.

Monday's Giro d'Italia Stage 3 departs Horsens at 11:35am CET (5:35am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Horsens at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).  Giro d'Italia live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern). 

InnerRing: Today’s Giro Stage 3 was a bunch sprint and the story of the day is that Roberto Ferrari (Androni Giocatelli) switched across the road and taking out Mark Cavendish and Taylor Phinney among others.

VeloNation: “I don’t care what goes on behind me,” says wayward Italian sprinter.

road.cc: It's the Team Time Trial after the rest day… Simon MacMichael & Geraint Thomas give you some pointers.

VeloNation: Two-time cyclocross World champion jumps onto podium on aggressive penultimate day.

VeloNation: Yesterday’s stage winner downplays chances of holding pink jersey.

CyclingNews: Despite comments made yesterday by Liquigas-Cannondale team manager Roberto Amadio that the outfit is resigned to Vincenzo Nibali leaving at the end of the year, the team has now released a statement that no official discussions between the parties have in fact taken place.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Used properly, this workstand is a solid and durable bit of kit."

CyclingNews: The Giro d’Italia moves out of Denmark tonight for what could be its longest ever transfer - and what is very probably one of the longest of any Grand Tour: around 1,600 kilometres. Not even the Vuelta, when it shifted from Liège in Belgium to Reus in Spain during the 2010 race, has matched this figure.

€2.5 million offer from Astana and BMC?.

CyclingNews: Saur - Sojasun takes over race lead.

CyclingFans: Monday's 4 Days of Dunkirk Stage 4 departs Gravelines/Petit-Fort Philippe at 12:15pm CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Cassel at around 5:05pm CET (11:05am U.S. Eastern).  Four Days of Dunkirk live video streaming should get underway at around 3:45pm CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: Alberto Contador has stated that he considers the 2011 Giro d'Italia victory as still belonging to him, although he was officially stripped of the title by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) following a doping suspension related to the 2010 Tour de France. Moreover, the Spaniard was asked by Eurosport to rate this year's Giro d'Italia contenders, and the former Saxo Bank rider placed Michele Scarponi (Lampre-ISD) - the official 2011 winner - as his favourite for the overall victory.

VeloNews: Italy’s most promising grand tour rider, Vincenzo Nibali may leave Liquigas-Cannondale at the end of this season after failing to sign a contract extension this week. Nibali’s contract expires in December and other teams, reportedly BMC Racing ad Astana, are knocking on his door.

CyclingNews: The Rabobank team has reacted to allegations that systematic doping occurred on the team up until 2007 by saying that they now have a zero tolerance stance towards doping.

VeloNation: Garmin Barracuda rider represents best North American hope in battle for Maglia Rosa.

SRAM integrated a chain watcher — they call it a ‘Chain Spotter’ — into their new Red group, and it’s now ready for sale separate from the group.

BikeRadar Winner: Shimano Deore XT M785. Shimano lagged behind rivals SRAM when it came to introducing 2x10 chainsets but they appear to have made up for that by improving on last generation XT with super-stiff big-profile arms, a new spider design and meticulously profiled rings that remain slick, quiet and accurate even when shifting under extreme pedal pressure. Weight is impressive for such a stiff crankset, too.

Jamis-Sutter Home showed downtown Silver City how to accomplish a perfect leadout today with Alejandro first The Gila Pro Women’s criterium saw Loren Rowney (FCS/Rouse Racing) outsprint Optum duo Carmen Small and Christina Gokey Smith.

CXMagazine: "I admit, working with a coach has been an adjustment for me. As I progressed from casual rider to enthusiast to budding racer, my training techniques didn’t really change – still just get on bike and ride as long and as fast as I can."