CyclingFans: Sunday's Vuelta a Espana Stage 2 departs Pamplona at 12:45pm CET (6:45am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Viana at around 5:40pm CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video should get underway at around 4:45pm CET (10:45am U.S. Eastern).

SteepHill: Stage 2 start time - Sunday 12:45 CEST (3:45 AM PDT); Earliest live video - 16:45 CEST (7:45 AM PDT); Approximate finish - 17:40 CEST (8:40 AM PDT).

VeloNews: Most fans were cheering the comeback of Alberto Contador at the Vuelta a España on Saturday, but another familiar face was also making a return of sorts: Johan Bruyneel.

CyclingNews: The Spanish team was led home by Jonathan Castroviejo, and the 25-year-old pulled on the first leader's jersey in this year's race.

road.cc: Stage-by-stage guide to race where Chris Froome and Alberto Contador are expected to fight it out for the overall.

CyclingFas: Saturday's Tour of Portugal Stage 3 departs Vila Nova de Cerveira at 12:50pm local (7:50am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Fafe at around 5:30pm local (12:30pm U.S. Eastern). Tour of Portugal live streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm local (11:00am U.S. Eastern).

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CyclingNews: Swanepoel and Du Toit earn final stage victories.

16th Trophee d'Or, 18-20 August.

VeloNation: Italian climber outsprints Fortunato Baliani after more than 100km up the road.

VeloNation: German-registered team defends the race it won as HTC-Highroad; Marianne Vos still leads classification.

CyclingNews: Why the time is now to help the sport thrive.

VeloNews: After having an almost golden run in team time trials in grand tours over the past few years, including victories and leader’s jerseys at the Giro d’Italia (2008) and Tour de France (2011), luck turned against them in Saturday’s 16.5km team race against the clock to open the 2012 Vuelta a España.

VeloNation: Five-time Tour winner eying the two favorites but expects others to challenge.

CyclingWeekly: Alberto Contador made his return to racing after his clenbuterol doping ban at the Eneco Tour last week in preperation for the 2012 Vuelta which starts today in Pamplona.

CyclingNews: Rivals don't let him ride as in 2011, BMC Belgian claims.

VeloNation: Astana captain talks career, comebacks, highlights and successors.

road.cc: Cracking value for shorts that are so comfortable on the bike and look good too.

BikeRumor: After introducing the tubular Fernweg aero wheels earlier this year, Lightweight has announced a clincher version to be shown at Eurobike. They also have a revised version of the premium Meilenstein (Milestone) tubulars that brings several improvements.

TwistedSpoke: "Twisted Spoke doesn’t usually weigh in on what other bloggers have to say. However, we’re making an exception today because two of the most well-read bloggers have taken hard, negative shots at Garmin-Sharp boss Jonathan Vaughters for his doping admission piece in the New York Times."

CyclingNews: With just 24 hours left before the Vuelta a España gets underway, Alberto Contador used his pre-race press conference to attempt to play down the expectations surrounding his return to Grand Tour stage racing.

CyclingNews: Seven nations will send nine-man teams to the start of the UCI World Championships road race next month in Valkenberg, Netherlands. The UCI on Friday afternoon announced the number of riders each nation may enter in each road race and time trial in each of the various categories.

BicycleRetailer: Praxis Works is now selling a cold-forged chainring set in the increasingly popular 'semi-compact' ring size: 36-52.

VeloNews: A little more than a year ago, Tejay van Garderen sat on the side of the bike path atop Vail Pass, cameras trained on his pained face. The BMC Racing youngster, then the team leader at HTC-Highroad, had ceded the overall lead at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge a day after taking control in Aspen.

VeloNation: Canadian continues winning August with biggest ever victory.

InnerRing: The 2012 Vuelta a España opens with a 16.5km team time trial in the evening. The profile is flat but it doesn’t tell the full story.

road.cc: Spaniard also gives thoughts on this year's race and speaks about effects of his absence from sport through ban.

VeloNation: German Gorilla looking to improve on third place of 2010 in his home Classic.

VeloNews: Red 2012 certainly takes SRAM’s top road group to a new level. But how does it compare to the competition?

BikeRumor: Hot on the heels of Culprit’s aero disc/canti road bike comes his two kids and 650B aero road bikes specially designed for children and really, really short people.

BikeRadar verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "Easily mouldable, gloriously comfortable and ultra-ventilated for warmer days."

Bicycling: In an exclusive interview, Jonathan Vaughters talks about his reasons for admitting he doped as a pro cyclist.

CyclingNews: A Texas district court judge is getting set to rule on the lawsuit filed against the US Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) by Lance Armstrong's attorneys aimed at blocking the agency from pursuing anti-doping violation charges against the seven-time Tour de France champion.