VeloNation: All-out attack by Schleck brought back before final climb.

VeloNation: Climbing specialist poised to become first American ever to win Baby Giro.

road.cc: Strategic Lions aim to smash record for 8-man relay.

CyclingNews: With one stage remaining at the Tour de Suisse, RadioShack – Nissan's Fränk Schleck says that he has to confidence to make up the 14 seconds required on race leader Rui Costa (Movistar) and claim overall victory.

Tour de Suisse - June 9-17 (Stages & results),
Tour de Serbie - June 12-17 (Stages & results),
Nature Valley Grand Prix - June13-17 (Stages & results),
Tour de Beauce - June 12-17 (Stages & results),
Vuelta a Colombia - June 12-24 (Stages & results),
Giro Ciclistico d'Italia - June 8-17 (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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PodiumCafe: There has been a huge amount of women's racing this week, so I thought I'd update you on the results, and some other news, and then if we find more videos, we can add them to the comments - which is where any blogs, tweets and things will go too.

BikeRumor: Hammer Nutrition has just released their first recovery bar.

For Taylor Phinney, it doesn’t get any bigger than this. USA Cycling selected the 21-year-old to ride the time trial and the road race at this summer’s London Olympics, at once confirming Phinney’s place in American cycling and representing the largest opportunity to date in his blooming career.

VeloNation: Race leader loses time but narrowly holds on to race lead.

VeloNation: American to battle to take the Maglia Rosa back.

CyclingWeekly: Mark Cavendish took a landmark result on Sunday, winning the four-day Ster ZLM Toer overall - his first ever general classification victory.

road.cc: Italian paper reports large secret payments.

VeloNation: Knee problem rears up again, Europcar rider won’t start French championships.

Tom Zirbel (Team Optum-Kelly Benefit Strategies) regained the overall lead in the Nature Valley Grand Prix on Saturday as fellow breakaway Alejandro Borrajo (Jamis-Sutter Home) won the penultimate stage, the Menomonie Road Race in Wisconsin.

CyclingWeekly: Jens Voigt tweeted in awe of Mark Cavendish as the British sprinter put in a stunning performance on stage three to retain his ZLM Toer leader's jersey.

road.cc: It's going to take some perseverance, but for a solid, well made leather saddle £40 is an absolute bargain.

PodiumInsight: M any expressed surprise in the USA Cycling men’s team selection for the road events for the Olympic Games, with a few names missing. Today, they issued a statement.

CyclingNews: Luis Garcia del Moral, one of the doctors named in the USADA doping investigation, has denied all the charges, saying he has never been involved with performance-enhancing drugs.

TwistedSpoke: When Garmin-Barracuda’s Ryder Hesjedal won the Giro d’Italia, one of the first reactions here at Twisted Spoke was “Those bozos at Big Mat sure blew it.”

InnerRing: The Tour of Switzerland is arguably the fourth biggest stage race on the calendar. Prestigious, historic, challenging and at the height of the season this is an important event on the calendar. The 2012 race was won by Rui Costa (Movistar).

CyclingNews: Sunday was a good day for Team Movistar, which won both the Tour de Suisse and the Route du Sud overall classifications. The team now boasts 20 total victories for 2012, just one less than in 2011.

Peloton: There will be a collection of notes for you today from the Magic Marker and crayon stick figure artists in your life.  They will all have a similar tone and they will all be perfect.

CyclingNews: Filippo Pozzato’s lawyer has denied that the Farnese Vini-Selle Italia rider is under investigation as part of the Padova-based inquiry into the activities of Dr. Michele Ferrari, following a report published in Italy this weekend.

Shane Archbold. The young track racer, currently racing and winning on the Belgian kermis circuit, has an eye on the newly included omnium event and looks to be a solid contender for the multi-discipline event.

road.cc: Smell-free shirt, solar power in a bag for all your gizmos, new Cyclo touring frame, carpet protectors for your hallway...

CyclingNews: Gazzetta dello Sport reports that investigators in Italy have uncovered a payment of $465,000 made by Lance Armstrong to Dr. Michele Ferrari in 2006. The news comes after the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) formally charged Lance Armstrong, Johan Bruyneel, Michele Ferrari and three other trainers with links to the US Postal Team with doping on Wednesday.

road.cc: Johan Bruyneel's position under threat as team owner issues statement.

VeloNation: Italian breaks away with Brajkovic and nips him on the line.