CyclingFans: Sunday's Criterium du Dauphine Prologue (5.7km) at Grenoble is scheduled to get underway at 11:40am CET (5:40am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider.  Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video should get underway at around 1:20pm CET (7:20am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNation: Four man break slips clear on tough finishing circuit.

TwistedSpoke: "I met Timmy Duggan almost 20 years ago. He and his younger brother were competitive ski racers on the club my wife ran. He came to the club as part of a package; his Mom and Dad got involved too. Timmy was maybe 10 years old and his Dad soon became a board member for the club. Timmy and his brother were always out the door early, and always the last ones off the hill."

Critérium du Dauphiné - June 3-10 (Races & results),
Tour de Luxembourg - May 30-June3 (Races & results),
USA Road Championships - May 26-28 (Races & results),
Giro d'Italia - May 5-27 (Stages & results),
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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VeloNation: 23-year-old Colombian beats 22-year-old Italian Moser in an uphill battle to the line.

CyclingNews: Tussey Mountain Trail. The crown jewel of the NoTubes Trans-Sylvania Epic. Stage 6 through Rothrock State Forest was intense. Thirty seven miles of beautiful trails surrounded in emerald green hues from the sea of ferns and the brilliant white of blossoming mountain laurel were the playground for the racers left in the TSEpic.

VeloNation: Sky Procycling rider to miss Tour, but aims for Olympics and Vuelta.

InnerRing: As well as the list I’ve added a few books that I’ve read but not reviewed in case you’re looking for a read this summer. A book choice is always personal so make what you will of any opinions and reviews."

VeloNation: Kloeden caught in final kilometre, Engoulvent retains yellow jersey.

CyclingNews: Stephen Roche, in London this week to promote his autobiography Born to Ride, believes that there are riders in the modern peloton capable of accomplishing his magical triple from 25 years ago. In 1987, Roche became just the second man in cycling to win the Giro d’Italia, Tour de France and Worlds in a single season. Eddy Merckx had set the precedent 13 years beforehand.

Cheryl Sornson: "Hump day is over, and I am excited about the last few days of this race. It has been a tough one."

VeloNews: Christian Vande Velde had a front-row seat to history during Ryder Hesjedal’s victorious ride at the Giro d’Italia last month. The veteran American rode unselfishly in the trenches for his Garmin-Barracuda teammate, providing vital support in the mountain stages to help pace Hesjedal into the history books as the first Canadian to win a grand tour.

road.cc: Move could reunite former Discovery Channel team mates Alberto Contador and Ivan Basso.

Ted King: "Timmy Duggan’s win in the 2012 U.S. professional national championship road race was phenomenal. If anyone caught a glimpse of either of us after the race, we both welled with emotion that you don’t often see at the giddy circus called a bike race."

CyclingNews: The World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) is to bring in measures to exclude athletes convicted of doping offences from their next potential Olympic Games - even if the ban imposed by their sport's governing body runs out beforehand.

VeloNation: Become better at fighting gravity and other riders.

road.cc: Dependable all-weather gear cables but don't cut corners when fitting them.

BikeRumor: According to the PDFs there will be two different completes offered – the Team Replica and Carbon Demo I. Only 250 Team Replica bikes will be offered. The stand out features of the Team Replica bike include a 12×135 mm rear axle (instead of the typical 150mm axle more commonly found on DH bikes) for additional clearance on tight sections of world cup tracks.

Trixi Worrack: There has to be something more to cycling than victories. It is winning with the team and winning in the team. If you have ever experienced how it feels, like you are a lucky one. If not, then it’s a pity. There must be something about that emotion of working and winning as a team. We do have it in any case and we had the opportunity to do it again this week.

VeloNews: There is no question that the Screw is designed for cyclists. The sunglasses are lightweight, only 27 grams to be exact, making them two grams lighter than the Oakley Radar. Although a two-gram difference can be chalked up to a manufacturing blip and when on our faces the Screw doesn’t feel any lighter than the Radar.

RedKitePrayer: If an investigation determines that Atkins intentionally caused an accident, how liable could be potentially be? In this situation, is there potential for criminal charges to be raised? What options are available to Howe? Can he sue for damages associated with medical bills, lost wages, etc?

CyclingNews: The French Cycling Federation have announced that Europcar rider Sebastien Turgot will not face a ban for three whereabouts violations in an 18-month period after concluding their investigations.

Cyclismas: After a successful Giro d’Italia campaign which saw Mark Cavendish nearly claim the points jersey and Rigoberto Uran Uran claiming the young riders prize, controversy has struck the Team Sky camp with rumors surfacing that allege young Uran to actually be 40 years old.

CXMagazine: West Coast based cyclocrosser Meredith Miller took a few minutes out of her busy off-season to answer a few questions for us, and we’re glad she did. Be on the lookout for her to pop up in MTB results, as she’s trying out the wider tires for this season for fun and cyclocross prep.

Bicycling: The key to sublime shifting, says Mountain Bike pro Andreas Hestler, is finding the sweet spot.

RBAction: Pacelines, saddles and why aluminum components can be a better option than carbon...

BikeRadar: Apparently the ‘DT’ in DT Swiss stands for Drahtwerke Tréfileries, the German and French words for ‘wireworks’. So, overall, the name means ‘wireworks made in Switzerland’. It’s appropriate, then, that the factory is now occupying its second site in Biel, the biggest bilingual town in Switzerland. It’s also home to many of Switzerland’s finest watchmakers – Rolex, Omega and Swatch are based there, so any references to DT Swiss hubs running like clockwork are entirely justified.

road.cc: A surprisingly effective adhesive and not just for carbon parts.