CyclingFans: Saturday's Eneco Tour Stage 6, a 17.4km Individual Time Trial at Ardooie, gets underway at 1:33pm CET (7:33am U.S. Eastern) with the departure of the first rider. Eneco Tour live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingNews: Stage win and overall lead for American.

VeloNation: Italian launches long bid for the line and holds on in photofinish; Boonen holds lead.

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2012 Olympic Games - July 28 - August 12 (Races),
Eneco Tour - August 6- 12 (Stages & Results),
Tour of Utah - August 7- 12 (Stages & Results),
Tour de l'Ain - August 7- 11 (Stages & Results),
Vuelta a España - August 18 - September 9 (Stages),
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VeloNation: Katusha rider ‘in great shape’ and wants race victory.

SingleTrack: Maris Strombergs of Latvia overcame the threat of a handful of strong, younger challengers to become the Olympics’ first repeat BMX champion on Friday.

VeloNews: Chinese coach Pan Zhichen has filed a second appeal with the UCI following the relegation of his women’s sprint squad in the team sprint last week. The first appeal was rejected last Friday.

Peloton: Much has been written about the performances of British cyclists at their hometown Olympics, how Mark Cavendish failed to deliver in the opening road race, how Bradley Wiggins then began the gold rush in the time trial, and how track sprinters Sir Chris Hoy and Vicky Pendleton ended their Olympic careers with yet more medals (and a couple of defeats). Far less has been written about the enormous pressure they experienced in the build-up to the Games.

CyclingNews: It may not have been quite how he planned it beforehand, but Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) moved into the leader’s jersey at the end of stage 4 of the Eneco Tour in on Thursday.

CyclingNews: Jakob Fuglsang could imagine a return to the Olympic mountain bike race, and thinks he could have made an impact in this weekend's race. He is also waiting impatiently to sign a new contract for the coming season.

VeloNation: Seventh place performance in 2012 had Belgian icon contemplating future.

VeloNation: Belgian continuing to ride strongly this season.

VeloNation: UnitedHealthcare gets a second stage win, Vande Velde leads into the queen stage.

CyclingFans: Friday's Tour of Utah Stage 4 departs Xango World Headquarters (Lehi) at 10:15am MDT and is expected at the finish at EnergySolutions Arena at around 3:45pm MDT.  Tour of Utah live streaming video should get underway at around 10:05am MDT.

TwistedSpoke: Is Timmy Duggan digging his new Stars & Stripes US road race champion jersey? Yes, he is.

PEZ: The Tour of Utah is quietly living up to its billing as the most difficult stage race in the US. Unlike its American cousins in California and Colorado, the Tour of Utah wasted no time in getting down to business with a first stage that saw nearly 9,000 feet of climbing and four King of the Mountains (KOM) summits.

Officials expel three Tour of Utah riders for towing...

VeloNews:  Timmy Duggan (Liquigas-Cannondale) says there’s only one way to knock the Garmin-Sharp crew off the top of the general classification here in Utah, and that’s to sell out attacking in the mountains over the weekend.

SingleTrack: French mountain bike star Julien Absalon says he is putting all thoughts of making history to the back of his mind ahead of his bid for a third straight Olympic gold.

VeloNation: Countdown to end of career continues.

RedKitePrayer: "This is how it goes. You think too much about the ride, so you forget something you thought you needed, a CO2 cartridge or some extra food, even though you staged it all on the kitchen counter the night before, or maybe on the basement stairs. It happens this way because it’s early and for no good reason you’re in a rush to get out the door."

PEZ: Another young Aussie talent is burning up the cobbles in Flanders – Sam Spokes from Tamworth in New South Wales recently won the Zillebeke-Westouster-Zillebeke.

BikeRumor: This unassuming building houses the world headquarters of SRAM and their World Bicycle Relief charity. From the outside, you’d never know it, and that’s intentional, as it’s really not set up to be a tourism destination for cyclists.

VeloNews: The ongoing battle over jurisdiction of alleged evidence that Lance Armstrong cheated his way to seven Tour de France titles took another step sideways Friday, as UCI president Pat McQuaid said that the international federation is demanding an independent panel review USADA’s evidence against Armstrong and five U.S. Postal Service team associates prior to any arbitration hearings or sanctions.

CyclingWeekly: Despite the plea of the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), Lance Armstrong now appears to have his back against the wall. The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) said on Tuesday that the Armstrong case should proceed in the hands of the United States Anti-Doping Agency (USADA).

Cyclismas: This week has been an eye opener for many as sideline whispers of corruption and collusion at our favorite governing body have become shouts from center stage.

CyclingNews: International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge has thanked Tyler Hamilton for requesting that he be stripped of the Olympic gold medal he won in 2004, and be removed from the records as winner of the individual time trial in Athens, according to a media report. The International Olympic Committee is expected to take the action today.

Bicycling: Russia’s Viatcheslav Ekimov was finally awarded the 2004 Olympic Games cycling time-trial gold medal on Friday, a year after dope-tainted winner Tyler Hamilton gave it up.

BikeRadar: Accident and liability insurance is one of those things many people have and hope they never have to use. However, many cyclists in the United States are actually not covered when on their bicycle, and in the event of an accident can find themselves facing high medical bills.

VeloNation: Spaniard ready to play supporting role for defending champ Cobo.

BikeRadar: Canadian brand Opus Bikes is bringing its line of high-end bikes to the United States. Perhaps most remarkable among the brand’s offerings are its high-end kids bikes, including a 20-inch-wheel bike with hydraulic disc brakes and other performance components. Opus also has a deep range of urban bikes that the company hopes will find favor in the US.