Friday's Stage 6 start time: 11:40 CET (2:40 AM PDT);
Earliest live video: 14:35 CET (5:35 AM PDT);
Approximate finish: 17:11 CET (8:11 AM PDT).

road.cc: In to the mountains… the medium mountains Simon MacMichael and Geraint Thomas give you the heads up.

VeloNation: World champion sprints to victory on the Adriatic after the coast road sees many of his rivals dropped.

Giro d'Italia - May 5-27 (Stages & results),
Tour of Chongming Island - May 9-11 (Stages & results),
Amgen Tour of California - May 13-20 (Stages),
Tour de France - June 30 - July 22 (Stages),
2012 Olympic Games - July 28 - August 12 (Races),
Vuelta a España - August 18 - September 9 (Stages),
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CyclingNews: Italy's Monia Baccaille (MCipollini Giambenini) raced to victory at stage two of the 2012 Tour of Chongming Island, edging out Australia's stage one winner Melissa Hoskins (Orica-GreenEdge) and taking overall control of the general classification.

VeloNation: RadioShack Nissan and BMC Racing Team reveal lineup.

Bicycling: The 23-year-old American contemplates becoming the superstar everyone thinks he’s going to be without losing sight of who he is.

BikeRumor: Between the ever-larger frame tubes (on road and off) and the proliferation of dropper posts (for the latter), it sometimes seems as though the humble 27.2mm seatpost is headed for extinction.  This isn’t necessarily a bad thing- larger diameter tubes are less likely to bend and require less clamping force to stay put.  They’re also… stiffer.

PodiumCafe: While the Tour of California regularly does not greatly excite me, while checking the Cali startlist my heart went a little bit a flutter. There, in very final position of the cyclingfever startlist for the Bontrager Livestrong team: Jasper Stuyven. Also known as the next next big thing.

CyclingNews: In five days at the Giro d'Italia, Taylor Phinney (BMC) has had incidents in every road stage and the team time trial stage. Only during the inaugural individual time trial did he get through without touching the ground.

VeloNews: Ramunas Navardauskas was out for an easy spin in Valencia, Spain, five days before the Giro d’Italia. He had no plan to race and, for sure, he had no plan to wear the pink jersey.

VeloNation: Navardauskas’ Maglia Rosa comes after late call up to replace Thomas Dekker.

CycleSport: Just how important is the team time trial to the ambitions of the overall contenders? Less so than you might think.

CycleBoredom: It looks real good like. Like a true step above, top of the line helmet, the Lazer Helium ($230USD) consists of everything the Genesis is with all the necessary PRO improvements. It simply looks tighter than the Genesis.

BikeRadar: The fourth in our series which aims to improve your road cycling technique looks at perhaps the most daunting aspect of riding for beginners - climbing.

PodiumInsight: For the second year in a row, the young riders of the Bontrager-Livestrong team (Trek-Livestrong in 2011) left their mark on the SRAM Tour of the Gila. The under-23 squad’s final tally is one stage win, two second-places, the best young rider jersey, third overall on GC and the team classification.

SingleTrack: Willow Rockwell is in transition from professional cycling. Her training advice will appear regularly on Singletrack.com.

It's more of the same Boulting delivered in How I Won The Yellow Jumper.

Cyclismas: "I’ve got the pleasure of the company of Dani King for the next couple of weeks in Belgium, and she is one of the most grounded World Champions you could ever wish to meet.  She ‘didn’t make it’ onto the British Academy system and came to my team, pulled her socks up, rolled up her sleeves, and progressed to the point that she’s made it back in the BC structure and is a double World Champion."

InnerRing: "Now I enjoy pro cycling and like to follow the news but I’ve had to research the extra prizes and ceremonies on offer because they’re not obvious. But if you want to know your team classification from your Superteam or your Fuga from your Fairplay, read on."

VeloNation: German wants to move on after CAS ruling and ‘years of despair and depression.

VeloNews: Shimano is keeping hush on this prototype 11-speed road group, but it appears to be quite close to a final version. A complete redesign is evident, from a brand new, four-arm crank to updated lever ergonomics to an ultra tall front derailleur parallelogram. And, of course, it has 11 cogs.

Luke Durbridge: "It's been a while since I've thrown one of these together – but there's been a lot happening. I've just got back from the Tour of Romandie which was my first mountainous race for the year – that was pretty tough."

road.cc: Handmade carbon sportive bike that's available as a full-custom option.

road.cc: Lightweight, practical and extremely loud horn but can also provoke driver aggression.

BikeRumor: "When it comes to gram shaving, I spend far too much time and energy sweating the small stuff. But when it comes to pouring sealant into my tires, the concerns are limited to whatever we’re reviewing at the moment (or what’s within reach). At this moment, the stars have aligned. We just got a couple bottles of Orange Seal Cycling’s tubeless sealant, which claims to be the 'world’s lightest sealant.'"