CyclingNews: Great Britain's Bradley Wiggins became his country's most successful ever Olympian after winning gold at the men's Olympic time trial at Hampton Court Palace, London, this afternoon.

VeloNews: In his Olympic road debut Phinney out-performed riders like Philippe Gilbert and Sylvain Chavanel on the road, and Michael Rogers and Fabian Cancellara in the time trial; he took fourth in the 44km time trial, 50 seconds behind bronze medalist Chris Froome of Great Britain.

VeloNation: Last year’s runner-up moves into first leader’s jersey.

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VeloNews: “I just won an Olympic title. It was a dream, so I cannot be sad,” said Vinokourov. “This is the last important race of my career, but I might race some other races at the end of this season as an Olympic champion.”

CyclingFans: Women's TT starts at 12:30pm BST (7:30am U.S. Eastern). Men's TT starts at 2:15pm BST (9:15am U.S. Eastern). Live video from Same as above.

CyclingFans: Wednesday's Vuelta a Burgos Stage 1 departs Miranda de Ebro at 1:39pm CET (7:39am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Ojo Guarena at around 4:50pm CET (10:50am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta a Burgos live streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: The 39-year-old came back to the sport with the sole aim at earning another Olympic gold, and let out an unbridled shout of joy as she crossed the line at Hampton Court to win the 29km individual time trial. Barely containing her ear-to-ear grin, Armstrong's face portrayed pride, glee and relief at having overcome two years of turmoil in her comeback journey after giving birth to her son Lucas.

CyclingNews: Kristin Armstrong (USA) took her second successive gold medal in the women's Olympic time trial, beating German Judith Arndt by a full 15 seconds over the 29km distance.

CyclingNews: U.S. Anti-Doping Agency boss Travis Tygart has rubbished claims by Dr Luis Garcia del Moral and his lawyer that he received a lifetime ban because he wouldn't co-operate with the Lance Armstrong investigation.

CyclingNews: Nicolas Roche will ride for Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank for the next two seasons after agreeing terms with Bjarne Riis’ team. The Irishman, who has raced for Ag2r-La Mondiale since 2009, announced the news in a column in the Irish Independent on Wednesday.

road.cc: Silver medal winner makes comments on eve of her Time Trial.

BikeRadar: If you've been watching the 2012 Olympic Games time trials you'll have noticed the Swedish riders wearing some interesting head gear. The POC Tempor time trial helmet may look like something out of Star Wars (or even Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids).

BicycleRetailer: Garmin executives said the Vector, a long-promised pedal-based power meter, is expected to be ready by year's end.

CyclingNews: Fabian Cancellara's (Switzerland) defence of his Olympic Games time trial title effectively ended on Saturday when he crashed during the men's road race. As Bradley Wiggins, Chris Froome and Tony Martin charged in to take the podium slots, and the medals, the 2008 champion was left to limp home in seventh place, 2:14 down on the winner.

VeloNews: Neither of the newly crowned Olympic time trial gold medalists is the reigning world champion, but make no mistake about it, when it comes to racing the clock, Bradley Wiggins and Kristin Armstrong are the best in the world.

InnerRing: The opening ceremony of the London games featured scenes from Britain’s past including a tribute to the women who fought for the right to vote and later several women were flag carriers for the Gulf states, a first for the region. But if the struggle for equality is celebrated by some there are still parts of the games were men and women are not treated equally.

CyclingNews: Danish team announces long list for Spanish race.

CyclingNews: According to sporten.dk, it will be more than one million Danish kroner, or 134,390 euro. That sum covers both years of Fuglsang's contract. He, Fabian Cancellara and the Schleck brothers had all filed complaints with the UCI concerning nonpayment.

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