InnerRing: Something has gone very wrong at the top of the UCI. When the head of a sports governing body is criticised for misquoting his own rules, things don’t look good.

PodiumCafe: This year's European Champs take place over the next four days in the Netherlands province of Zeeland. So named because it is very close to the sea. But land. And being Dutch it is also very very flat.

VeloNation: Dutch sprinter just holds on after World championship style Limburg circuit.

CyclingFans: Wednesday's Eneco Tour Stage 3 departs Riemst at 12:05pm CET (6:05am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Genk at around 4:31pm CET (10:31am U.S. Eastern). Eneco Tour live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern)..

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2012 Olympic Games - July 28 - August 12 (Races),
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Vuelta a Burgos - August 1- 5 (Stages & Results),
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CyclingNews: Greipel and Boonen will also challenge for the sprints.

CyclingNews: Andre Greipel is back on his bike after a month which he said was “very difficult for the head as well as the legs.”  After a personally successful Tour de France, he was disappointed not to have won a medal at the 2012 London Olympics.

BikeRadar: We all know that cycling is generally a green activity that can transport us miles under our own steam. But love them or hate them, cars are also a necessity for most of us.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "The uniquely quirky concept and design work surprisingly well, offering low weight and great grip."

VeloNews: Amanda Miller (U.S. National Team) infiltrated a seven-woman break on Monday to take the leader’s jersey in stage 3 of the nine-day La Route de France stage race.

VeloNation: The Australian team completed the mostly-flat course in a time of 21’08”, which was less than a second quicker than the time set a few minutes later by Omega Pharma-Quick Step. Third on the stage was the Russian Katusha Team, a further second behind.

VeloNation: Leipheimer loses big time with shorthanded team.

Live Video: Wednesday's Tour of Utah Stage 2, a 21.75km Team Time Trial at Miller Motorsports Park, gets underway at 12:45pm MDT with the departure of the first team.  Tour of Utah live streaming video should get underway at around 12:35pm MDT.

VeloNews: USA Cycling president Steve Johnson told VeloNews on Wednesday that the national federation would not comment on the escalating feud between the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and the UCI, the sport’s governing body, over USADA’s investigation into doping allegations against Lance Armstrong and former associates of the U.S. Postal Service team.

CyclingNews: Hearings will be held on doping charges from Tour de France.

VeloNews: For Tom Danielson, the Tour of Utah couldn’t have come any sooner. The American crashed out of the Tour de France in the first week after separating both shoulders in two crashes. It was agonizing for Danielson, who came in fit and hoped to better his eighth-place finish at la Grande Boucle in 2011. Instead, he found himself on a plane, headed home.

PEZ: The ‘Eureka’ moment with Bradley Wiggins came in 2009, during le Tour de France.

Alex Grant: "It seems that for the past few seasons I have made a mid-season schedule shift from a mix of endurance and cross country to an exclusively endurance focus. It's just how the calendar shakes out for me, and after US Cross Country Nationals."

BikeRumor: In the realm of quality light weight stems and seatposts, Thomson has long set the benchmark. They’ve been teasing new handlebars and a dropper post for a really long time, and their new handlebar options will finally be available starting Sept 1st.

BikeRumor: Specialized’s lead designer Robert Egger says many of the ideas and themes you find on Specialized’s high end bikes originates in the women’s line because their product managers tend to be more open minded about trying new shapes or ideas.

BikingBis: It was probably never in doubt, but just for the record Levi Leipheimer is returning to defend his title in the second annual USA Cycling Pro Challenge scheduled for Aug. 20-26 in Colorado.

VeloNation: Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela and Bianchi extend current deal.

CyclingNews: Francisco Mancebo (Competitive Cyclist Racing Team) is the current leader in the men’s NRC standing with just one event remaining. The Thompson Bucks County Classic is the final race of the NRC season, and will be held September 15-`6. Second place in the standings, Rory Sutherland (UnitedHealthcare,) trails Mancebo by a significant margin and will be unlikely to topple the Spaniard.

VeloNews: British cycling’s “Queen Victoria” Pendleton abdicated her throne Tuesday — and she was so happy to quit the sport, she cried tears of happiness.

VeloNation: American may refocus sights on individual time trial.

VeloNews: For years, Rory Sutherland has hunted a win at one of the United States’ major stage races. He finally got one on Tuesday when he launched to victory in the oppressive Utah heat.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Brilliant, lightweight bottle cages matched to a clever, sturdy seat clamp design."

Product Test: Specialized Rime Shoes.

MBA: For many of us, mountain biking involves more than just time in the saddle; it also requires getting off the bike occasionally.

CyclingWeekly: The UCI says that the USADA has failed to follow due process since charging Armstrong with doping offences.

VeloNews: British cyclist Wendy Houvenaghel has hit out at the “vindictive” manner in which she says team officials denied her a chance of an Olympic gold medal.