InnerRing: The 2012 Olympics have come to an end. The medal table is a reductive way to look at things as the count doesn’t include the emotions of the past two weeks nor does it reflect the subtle differences in prestige between different competitions.

VeloNation: Alessandro Ballan wins on the Muur as duo breaks clear of overall rivals.

CXMagazine: Cross-country and cyclocross racers Todd Wells and Geoff Kabush showed the world their technical and physical prowess today when both scored top ten finishes in the Olympic Men’s XC Race.

CyclingNews: Races & Results.
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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VeloNews: For the American cycling scene, the future is now. And it’s painful. For the older guys.

CyclingFans: Sunday's Eneco Tour Stage 7 departs Maldegem at 11:25am CET (5:25am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Geraardsbergen at around 4:24pm CET (10:24am U.S. Eastern). Eneco Tour live streaming video should get underway at around 2:30pm CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).

SingleTrack: Alban Lakata came back to the Leadville Trail 100 race with unfinished business and a mind to not only win, but to set a new course record.

VeloNews: Johann Tschopp (BMC Racing Team) won the 2012 Tour of Utah on Sunday as Levi Leipheimer (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) soloed to victory in the final stage.

CyclingNews: Levi Leipheimer, the seasoned veteran of multiple Grand Tours, always knew he was going to have a very difficult time trying to add a third consecutive Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah title to his palmares. Winning never gets easier, he said at the opening press conference for the six-day race that ends Sunday in Park City. And he specifically named the up-and-coming generation of young riders as one of his biggest hurdles.

CyclingNews: In all his years of racing, Bissell Pro Cycling's Ben Jacques-Maynes has never taken home the King of the Mountains jersey in a major stage race, but the 34-year-old from Corralitos, Calif., has his sights set on the Ski Utah climber's jersey at the 2012 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah, which ends Sunday in Park City.

VeloNation: Danish team all for Spanish rider after his return from suspension.

road.cc: Good fitting and durable bibshort with a very comfortable chamois plus the compressive material worked for me.

VeloNews: Here are a few of the gadgets I’ve riding with to keep myself informed and (most of the time) excessively in touch.

CyclingFans: Sunday's Tour of Utah Stage 6 departs Park City at 12:10pm MDT and is expected at the finish at Park City at around 3:45pm MDT. Tour of Utah live streaming video should get underway at around 12:00pm MDT.

Jonathan Vaughters: Why does an athlete dope? I know why, because I faced that choice.

VeloNation: Former US Postal Service rider opens up about career.

Peloton: Of the many abiding images from the Olympics' cycling events, Bradley Wiggins sitting proudly on the throne at Hampton Court Palace waiting for gold could not have been more symbolically appropriate.

MBAction: Georgia Gould won the bronze medal at the London Olympics on Saturday. She said that she took up mountain biking years ago in Idaho to keep from gaining weight when she quit smoking. It's a pretty safe bet that it never occurred to her back then that her weight loss plan would lead to her winning an Olympic medal someday.

Off The Beaten Path: Suspension losses often are overlooked, but they are an important factor in tire performance. When we first tested the performance of tires in a roll-down test, we found that very high pressures offer almost no improvements of performance.

PodiumCafe: June 16. Do you remember back that far? The Tour de France was about to start and other news was popping up. News about Lance Armstrong. Yes. That dude. In the final days of June the US Anti Doping Administration (USADA) affirmed that it was bringing charges against Lance Armstrong and four other members of the US Postal cycling team staff for participation in a drug ring.

CyclingNews: On the eve of the 2012 Olympic Games men's cross country mountain bike race, BMC Mountain Bike Racing Team announced the signing of Julien Absalon of France. The man who won the Olympic gold medal in 2004 and 2008 will race for two more years - 2013 and 2014 - after wrapping up this season's contract with Orbea.