CyclingFans: Sunday's Tour de France Stage 8 departs Belfort at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Porrentruy at around 5:11pm CET (11:11am U.S. Eastern).  Tour de France live streaming video should also get underway at 1:00pm CET (7:00am U.S. Eastern).  So yes, full start to finish live coverage of Stage 8.

Bicycling: Race favorite Bradley Wiggins took command of the Tour de France Saturday as Sky teammate Christopher Froome secured a deserved maiden victory on Stage 7. Defending champion Cadel Evans of Australia finished second, with Wiggins in third, only seconds behind as Sky's pace on the final, 5.9km climb to the race's first hilltop finish exacted a costly toll on some contenders.

CyclingNews: Christopher Froome made it a Team Sky double success on the first mountaintop finish of the Tour de France. He was the only one who could match and top Cadel Evans (BMC) in the brutal final 100 meters of the climb up La Plance des Belles Fille in the seventh stage. Evans was second, with Sky's Bradley Wiggins third.

CyclingNews: Janez Brajkovic described himself as "satisfied" with his eighth place finish at the La Planche des Belles Filles summit finish. The Astana leader felt that his performance wasn’t perfect, but hopes that it will provide him with a platform for his goal of a high finish at the Tour de France.

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VeloNation: Danish rider in driving seat with just one day remaining.

VeloNation: Russian’s challenge to become clearer today.

CyclingIQ: Several high-profile fast men have spent the better part of the last week flopping hopelessly about in an oxygen-starved state, as the high altitudes of Tour of Qinghai Lake have exacted their toll. Fortunately, the Parcours God took pity and tossed the big fish back into the water.

VeloNews: The Tour de France is making its way very gingerly towards this weekend after several crashes in the last few days. Tony Martin, Tyler Farrar, Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan have all hit the pavement since the race started in Liège on Saturday.

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InnerRing: Each stage is analyzed, each jersey is explained and once more information is available there will be full list of riders and other content that’ll be updated every day so you can dip in and out during the next few weeks.

VeloNation: Three-woman breakaway sees Dutch phenomenon secure Maglia Rosa.

CyclingTips: So how is Evans going to win the Tour against the firepower of SKY? He only needs 10 seconds, but where will it come from?

SBS: The Tour de France general classification experienced some significant movement after Chris Froome (Sky) won the 199km seventh stage from Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles.

CyclingNews: Bradley Wiggins was the favourite to pull on the maillot jaune at the end of stage 7 from Tomblaine to La Planche des Belles Filles but even the Team Sky leader was surprised the damage he and his team did to their rivals.

VeloNation: Injuries prove too much for Garmin-Sharp team leader.

Jens Voigt: "Why is everybody so stressed? Why are there crashes in the feed zone? Why are there crashes 35 kilometers into the stage? Come on boys, chill a little, relax a little, and give everyone next to you some respect."

BikeRadar verdict: 5 out of 5 stars. "Supple upper, great sole and custom fit – a truly excellent shoe."

BikeRumor: We paid a little visit to SRAM’s World HQ in Chicago to get a close up look at the new XX1 11-speed mountain bike group, and here are the pics. Plus, we have some updated info on how the cassette mounts, and how they crammed an extra cog on there without making an ultra-narrow chain.

road.cc: Dave Zabriskie's S5 complete with hydraulic rim brakes.

CyclingNews: German later says top performances were achievable without cheating.

Dutch rider Wout Poels came into the Tour de France as one of the most promising young riders in the peloton, with a queen stage victory in the Tour of Luxembourg in his recent palmares. He left the Tour, however, as one of the most severely injured riders after a high-speed, massive crashed forced the abandon of a dozen riders on stage 6.

CyclingNews: Domestiques outshine Schleck and Klöden.

VeloNews: Defending champion Cadel Evans got his first taste of how viciously Sky will attack him in this year’s Tour de France. And it tastes very, very bitter.

CycleSport: Bradley Wiggins took the yellow jersey and Chris Froome the stage win in a day of spectacular dominance for the British team.

CyclingNews: Movistar's Alejandro Valverde hoped to turn around his 2:40 deficit in the first mountain top finish of the Tour de France, but after being caught up in the crash on stage 6, his luck soured once again with a puncture just before the start of the climb to La Planche des Belles Filles on Saturday.

CyclingNews: The list of riders injured in Friday's sixth stage of the Tour de France continues to grow, and it will be a noticeably smaller peloton at the start on Saturday.

BikeRadar: Garmin-Sharp's upward trajectory has included a team time trial win in the 2011 Tour de France, an even more dominant performance at this year's Giro d'Italia with another team time trial win plus the overall victory with Canadian Ryder Hesjedal.

BikeRumor: For the road, info on Shimano’s new wide-range 105 rear derailleurs was practically buried in the announcements of the Alfine Di2, new cyclocross disc brakes and other goodies. Model name simply bumps to 105 5701 and will now accommodate 30 or 32 tooth max cassette cog depending on cage length.