Stage 7 start time: Sunday 11:20 CET (2:20 AM PDT);
Earliest live video: 13:00 CET (4:00 AM PDT);
Approximate finish: 14:42 CET (5:42 AM PDT).

VeloNation: Emma Pooley clings onto overall lead in Basque stage race.

VeloNation: Team Sky totally dominates Queen stage; Cadel Evans attacks on the descent again.

VeloNation: Can Australian clock up a fifth runner-up slot in the general classification?

Peloton: Britain's Bradley Wiggins tightened his grip on the Criterium du Dauphine after Colombia's Nairo Quintana won the sixth and penultimate stage here on Saturday.

CyclingNews: Michele Scarponi has extended his contract with Lampre-ISD for the 2013 season, the team has announced. Adriano Malori and Diego Ulissi have also signed to be with the team for the coming season, giving Lampre 11 riders so far.

Critérium du Dauphiné - June 3-10 (Races & results),
Trans Germany - June 6-9 (Races & results),
Tour de Suisse - June 9-17 (Stages & results),
Air Force Cycling Classic - June 9-10 (Stages & results),
Tour de France - June 30 - July 22 (Stages),
2012 Olympic Games - July 28 - August 12 (Races),
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Pedal: Canada’s Rhae Shaw (Exergy TWENTY12) was on form to take the Mt. Hood Classic Stage 1 Columbia Gorge Road Race p/b Garmin, 89.74km on Friday.

BikeRadar verdict: 3 out of 5 stars. "Ultra-lightweight saddle for the rider in a hurry."

road.cc: Good jersey for keeping you comfortable on hot summer rides.

CyclingFans: Saturday's Criterium du Dauphine Stage 6 departs Saint-Alban-Leysse at 10:00am CET (4:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Morzine at around 2:42pm CET (8:42am U.S. Eastern).  Criterium du Dauphine live streaming video should get underway at around 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: Arthur Vichot (FDJ-Big Mat) took the biggest win of his career as he claimed stage 5 of the Criterium du Dauphine with a fine solo move inside the final six kilometres.

Stage 2 start time: Sunday 14:21 CET (5:21 AM PDT);
Earliest live video: 15:45 CET (6:45 AM PDT);
Approximate finish: 17:15 CET (8:15 AM PDT).

SBS: Yellow jersey contender Andy Schleck insists his Tour de France hopes remain intact despite suffering another injury setback less than a month out from the race at the Criterium du Dauphine.

CyclingNews: Allar prevails in women's event.

VeloNation: Slovakian road champion beats local favourite Fabian Cancellara in short hilly test.

Pedal: Team SpiderTech powered by C10 is set and ready for its biggest challenge since its inception, five years ago: racing the Tour de Suisse, a prominent race on the UCI World Tour in Europe.

VeloNation: Team Type 1-Sanofi looking to make noise in next big showcase.

CyclingNews: Tom Boonen will start his journey for the 2012 London Olympics at 15:05 CET Saturday afternoon, when he leaves the start ramp for the time trial opening the Tour de Suisse. "This is the first step in my preparation for the Olympics," the Omega Pharma-QuickStep rider said.

VeloNation: Frenchman was double stage winner in 1987 Tour.

RBAction: There is a dearth of information because instead of working to maximize the bike's publicity - and perhaps even further embolden the dealers to order more - Trek has stayed on a "mum's the word" policy hoping to "officially" roll the bike at for the Tour de France.

CyclingFans: Saturday's Tour de Suisse Stage 1, a 7.3km Individual Time Trial at Lugano gets underway at 2:26pm CET (8:26am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider.  Tour de Suisse live streaming video should get underway at around 4:10pm CET (10:10am U.S. Eastern).

American rider moves to a new level after years of knocking on the door.

Charles Pelkey: "Last November, a young woman in Boulder, Colorado, spotted her recently stolen bike on Craigslist and went over, pretending to be an interested buyer. She asked if she could take a test ride, the seller said yes and she rode away and then called the cops."

VeloNation: Season of woe continues for Luxembourg star with the Tour de France just weeks away.

TwistedSpoke: "Say all you want about Schleck’s documented ability to disprove critics and get himself into superior climbing shape before Le Tour. The fact is, he’s never had such a disastrous build up —  we can officially stop using the word “build-up” —  emergency resuscitation might be more appropriate. Andy said after Liege Bastogne Liege that he was “behind schedule.” He’s further behind now."

Video: Porte on racing with Wiggins.

CyclingNews: Richie Porte (Team Sky) has become one of Team Sky’s and Bradley Wiggins’s most crucial helpers since moving to the team in the winter. Now part of their stellar stage racing unit and with the overall win in the Volta ao Algarve to his name, he is currently racing in the Dauphine, where Wiggins currently leads the overall.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "No hard case, but excellent value for your money."

road.cc: Tech Roundup: Ludicrously light wheels, Rapha and Outlier kit and more.

BikeRadar: At the Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5's mountainous profile had riders reaching for bigger cassettes and lighter weight wheels with shallower profiles. Team Sky captain Bradley Wiggins went a step further with at least two sets of custom-built wheels.

BikeRadar: Canyon Bicycles aren't like most traditional bike companies. Instead of following the typical multi-tiered distribution model, they go straight to the consumer, selling a wide range of road and mountain bikes directly through their website. We paid a last-minute visit to their headquarters in Koblenz, Germany, to take a closer look at the company's unique way of doing things – and the new carbon fiber Grand Canyon CF 29er hardtail.

VeloNews: Evidence of reduced doping due to a pioneering blood passport programm can be seen in racing and not through the number of cyclists sanctioned in the past four years, world cycling chief Pat McQuaid said Friday in a press conference.