VeloNews: Marianne Vos ended years of frustration on the world stage by winning the Olympic road race on Sunday.

CyclingNews: Marianne Vos (Netherlands) took gold at the women’s road race at the London 2012 Olympics with a perfectly timed sprint that saw her home ahead of Lizzie Armitstead (Great Britain) and Olga Zabelinskaya (Russia).

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Tour de France - June 30 - July 22 (Stages & Results),
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CyclingWeekly: Jonathan Tiernan-Locke (Endura) won the 2012 Tour Alsace stage race in France on Sunday.

CyclingFans: Sunday's London Olympics Women's Road Race starts at 12:00pm BST (7:00am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to finish before 4:00pm BST (11:00am U.S. Eastern). London Olympics Women's Road Race live streaming video should get underway at around *12:00pm BST (*7:00am U.S. Eastern).

CXMagazine: Ryan Trebon gives us a little preview of what may come this season in Utah; Controversy Strikes Midsummer Nights Cross; If you don’t know already, you need to know, a new ’cross book!

BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Offers a very good spec for the money but there are livelier budget bikes."

CyclingNews: Team USA's Evelyn Stevens has just one chance at an Olympic medal in 2012, and while she is disappointed to not be selected for the time trial, she aims to animate the women's road race on Sunday.

CyclingNews: American flatted out of the winning move.

VeloNews: A day after Great Britain’s much-fancied men failed to deliver an opening gold medal, Lizzie Armitstead’s silver in the women’s cycling road race handed the host nation a welcome boost Sunday.

road.cc: Cardboard bikes and LED laces both waterproof, apparently.

CyclingNews: Mark Cavendish’s comments regarding "negative" tactics of other teams in Saturday’s Olympic road race has sparked a reply from Australia’s sprint hope for the event, Matt Goss. Cavendish had nothing but good words for his Great Britain teammates but felt that some of the other nations didn’t race as they should have.

TwistedSpoke: David Millar is laughing. Ooh, he’s disappointed and upset but he had to be laughing because for all the bullshit and politics and finger pointing about his participation in the Olympics as a former doper, the race was won by unrepentant doper Alexander Vinokourov. Irony stuffed inside an irony stuffed inside pile of horse crap.

VeloNews: A fourth-place finish at the Olympic road race is nothing to be ashamed of for any rider, particularly for a 22-year-old.

road.cc: Belgian hospitality and virtual cycling at Middle Temple for the next fortnight.

VeloNews: Cadel Evans has been ruled out of the Olympic time trial due to fatigue, Cycling Australia announced Sunday.

CyclingNews: The men’s and women's road races at London 2012 Olympic Games each started with one rider fewer than originally planned due to International Olympic Committee rules barring countries from replacing riders who returned positive doping tests.

VeloNation: Samuel Dumoulin (pictured) grabs Coupe de France lead over Julien Simon.

CyclingNews: Recovery from road race will be assessed prior to decision.

BikeRumor: First spotted at Interbike last year being billed as a 2012 model, the Diamondback Podium 7 road bike is at least now rolling toward production with a availability “by late fall or early spring.”

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A comfortable, stylish and very well-priced leather saddle, if a little on the heavy side."