CyclingFans: Tuesday's Tour de Suisse Stage 4 departs Aarberg at 12:27pm CET (6:27am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Trimbach/Olten at around 5:15pm CET (11:15am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de Suisse live streaming video should get underway at around 3:45pm CET (9:45am U.S. Eastern).

TwistedSpoke: Is Andy hosed and hopeless? Depending on who you read, there’s still time left or there’s no time left to build form for the Tour de France. Glass half full, glass half empty kind of thing. Form is the great cycling mystery and while there are roadmaps, human physiology is an enduring mysterious.

VeloNation: Railway crossing barriers give breakaway an extra two minutes but it is caught in the final kilometer.

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),
Vuelta a España - August 18 - September 9 (Stages),
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VeloNation: Critérium du Dauphiné points reshuffle top UCI table

CyclingNews: Stage 1 winner Coulton Hartrich (Athletix Cycling/Globalbike) grabbed his second win of the Mt. Hood Cycling Classic Sunday as Nate Wilson joined Hartrich in a two-man breakaway that propelled the 22-year-old California Giant Berry/Specialized rider to the overall win.

BikeRadar: Mavic on Sunday launched a wheel the company is calling the “most aerodynamic in the world,” with a uniquely integrated tire system called CX01 (pronounced "see ex one").

RedKitePrayer: "I am on the ground. What a surprise! Some practical joker has deflated my lungs and is standing on my chest. Too funny. Eventually, and without panic, my breath returns. I have been here before. Damage report: Right palm bruise-y and scraped, left buttock screaming, right shoulder sore, left ankle mildly sprained."

The USA Cycling’s Women’s National Development Program had a clear goal at the start of the year: accumulate UCI points to get a top 5 nation ranking to be able to field 4 riders, the maximum, at the 2012 London Olympic Games. Mission accomplished – as of May 31st, the USA was ranked third.

VeloNation: British champion calmly presides over a day of attacks across the medium Alps.

VeloNews: Chris Horner will not race the Tour de France, according to a preliminary roster released by the RadioShack-Nissan team on Monday. The team announced the 14-rider long list for the race, which includes Andy and Fränk Schleck, Fabian Cancellara and Jens Voigt, but not Horner.

TwistedSpoke: John Degenkolb too young for race debut with Olympics and Worlds in his sights.

VeloNation: 2010 race winner believes he’s perfectly poised to strike in days ahead.

VeloNews: Wilco Kelderman added the prestigious white jersey from Critérium du Dauphiné to his trophy case on Sunday. Team Rabobank’s 21-year-old Dutchman stormed through the long time trial on Thursday, placed eighth overall and won the young riders’ classification in his biggest race to date.

road.cc: ...confirming that the electronic version is lighter than mechanical for the first time.

PodiumCafe: Plenty of National Criterium Calendar action in Arlington, Virginia this weekend. UnitedHealthcare's Jake Keough repeated his 2011 win at this year's Air Force Cycling Classic Crystal Cup, staying ahead of the bunch sprint from the beginning.

In addition to the BRAIN up front, the rear shock reportedly gets upgraded with their Auto-Sag valve, something first introduced last year on the Stumpjumpers. Word is the frame remains unchanged other than graphics.

BikeRadar: Adjusting your rear derailleur and indexing your gears may seem a tricky task to the uninitiated, but as MBUK's Doddy explains below in part three of our mountain bike maintenance series, you really shouldn't have anything to worry about.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Easy to carry and keep you drinking, if at the price of a slightly dry mouth."

VeloNation: Gesink, Kruijswijk, Mollema all concede time on Swiss mountaintop.

road.cc: World champion admits nerves ahead of London 2012 and speaks of support he gets from girlfriend Peta Todd.

VeloNation: End of the road beckons, but not before a record-breaking Tour participation.

VeloNews: Think you’re having a busy summer? Consider George Hincapie’s schedule. In late June Hincapie celebrated the birth of his second child (a healthy boy, Enzo) and his 35th birthday with his wife Melanie, a former French model and podium girl, and then headed from his second home in Girona, Spain, to the start of the Tour de France.

InnerRing: France Télévisions has announced the TV schedule of the 2012 Tour de France. As the production crew behind the TV images, they produce the video for domestic broadcasts in France but also the international feed which means their schedule is your schedule wherever you live.

VeloNews: “A five-month hangover.” That’s how Leif Hoste described the debilitating head injury that nearly derailed his career last year.

VeloNation: 2011 Maillot Jaune had pulled out of Dauphiné on final stage.

road.cc: Southampton ride commemorates cyclist who died last month, Cardiff City Council bans riders from parks due to nudity.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "One of the simplest and most effective ways to upgrade your ride."

PodiumCafe: Bradley Wiggins won the Critérium du Dauphiné over this past weekend. I don't think the result came as a surprise to anyone, really. Wiggins has by now established himself as a formidable talent in these short stage races, especially short stage races with long time trials.