PodiumInsight: With a tenuous weather outlook for day two of the THF Realty Gateway Cup, riders gathered for another round of criterium racing in the streets of St. Louis, MO. Marking another year in the Francis Park neighborhood of the Midwest river town, the Tour de Francis showcased a demanding course that proved resistant to the flurry of attacks that would come throughout the day.

VeloNews:  Antonio Piedra (Caja Rural) gave a boost to his wild-card team by winning stage 15 of the Vuelta a España on Sunday.

VeloNation: Diadora-Pasta Zara takes final two stages; signs go missing in Florence finale.

CyclingNews: The 2012 Mountain Bike World Championships in Leogang, Austria, awarded its first title on Saturday evening, with Anneke Beerten of the Netherlands taking the second rainbow jersey of her career.

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Vuelta a España -  Aug 18 - Sept 9 (Stages & Results),
Giro Toscana -  Aug 29 - Sept 2 (Stages & Results),
Mountain Bike Championships - Aug 31 - Sept 9 (Races),
Tour de l'Avenir - Aug 16 - Sept 1 (Stages & Results),
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CyclingFans: Sunday's Vuelta a Espana Stage 15 departs La Robla at 12:15pm CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at Lagos de Covadonga at around 5:40pm CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern). Vuelta live streaming video should get underway at around 3:00pm CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern).

VeloNews: Chris Froome was there, then he was gone, then he fought back, then he faded. Saturday’s thrilling duel up Ancares pretty much summed up the Vuelta a España so far for last year’s runner-up.

VeloNation: Race leader tightens grip on red jersey.

TwistedSpoke: Alberto Contador has this funny feeling in the Vuelta a Espana. He’s not used to the feeling, it frustrates and irritates and even surprises him. Trying to dislodge race leader Purito Rodriguez (Katusha) has been impossible.

VeloNation: Spaniard accepts current hierarchy of form.

Covadonga: The Vuelta's Lucky Lakes?

CyclingNews: Legend says race leader at top wins in Madrid.

CyclingNews: Despite cracking on the final climb of stage 14 of the Vuelta to Puerto de Ancares, Chris Froome (Team Sky) remains in third place overall. The Tour de France runner up was in trouble on the lower slopes of the final climb, needed assistance from Rigoberto Uran and Sergio Luis Henao after Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank) and Alejandro Valverde (Movistar) attacked.

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg: The last month of racing is about to start. I have been home for two weeks and that was a shock to the body. Been a busy year but good busy so that makes it easier to live out of the suitcase.

Bo was on the shakedown ride of his new Landshark mountain bike. Bo has the longest legs of any 14-year-old we've ever seen so buying a bike "off the rack" is pretty much impossible. Roy and Bo turned to John Slawta (who is Landshark) who crafts his frames one at a time in Talent, Oregon.

Peloton:Spaniard Joaquim Rodriguez, riding for Katusha, won Saturday's 14th stage of the Tour of Spain to strengthen his overall lead after the 149.2km mountain stage ride from Palas de Rei to Puerto de Ancares.

VeloNation: Murcian rider affected by bad crash.

BikeRadar: With Olympics silver medalist Sabine Spitz, editors and designers among the many jury members, the Eurobike trade show awarded 84 companies best-in-show awards Wednesday in Friedrichshafen, including eight Gold Awards. There were some 439 entries in the competition.

CyclingNews: Stade 2, the weekly television sports show by France 2, claims that the American Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is in possession of blood samples from Lance Armstrong, which they have retested and have now come back positive for performance-enhancing drugs.

CyclingWeekly: UCI President Pat McQuaid insists that cycling's governing body will have no problem in ratifying the US Anti-Doping Agency's decision to strip Lance Armstrong of his seven Tour de France titles.

VeloNews: John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) has already won four stages and confirmed himself as one of the revelations of this year’s Vuelta a España.

Marijn de Vries: Next month I will quit cycling. That was the deal with my boyfriend when I started this experiment three and a half years ago.

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BikeRumor: The story of the Abbey Bike Works Crombie tool is that of the genesis of any great tool – it was born out of the desire to do it better, and faster.

BikeRadar verdict: 4.5 out of 5 stars. "Top all-rounder with excellent speed, climbing ability and day-long ride comfort."

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CyclingNews: Mark Cavendish is confirmed to be leaving Team Sky at the end of this season, a Norwegian website has claimed.

VeloNation: Account of time, and doping, on US Postal Service team.