VeloNews: Friday’s 19th stage pushed ever closer to Madrid and the conclusion of what’s been a wildly exciting Vuelta a España.

CyclingNews: Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) won stage 19 of the Vuelta into La Lastrilla, timing his move perfectly on the uphill drag into the finish. Going into the final kilometre a small group containing Nicolas Roche (Ag2r), Juan Antonio Flecha (Sky), Matti Breschel (Rabobank) and John Degenkolb (Argos-Shimano) had moved clear of the bunch and it was clear the former three didn't want to take four-time stage-winner Degenkolb into the finish.

VeloNation: Australian champion outpaces Greg Van Avermaet on false flat finishing straight.

VeloNation: Charlotte Becker takes second and holds lead as the wind finally hits the Dutch race.

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CyclingNews: Former World Cup mountain bike racer Tammy Jacques-Grewal was a victim of a freak attack while racing the Park City Point to Point last weekend. She was assaulted and knocked to the ground by an aggressive man along the trail while on some singletrack about five hours into the 80-mile race.

CyclingFans: Friday's Vuelta a Espana Stage 19 departs Peñafiel at 1:15pm CET (7:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at the finish at La Lastrilla at around 5:40pm CET (11:40am U.S. Eastern).  Vuelta live streaming video should get underway at around 4:00pm CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).

CyclingFans: Friday's Grand Prix Cycliste de Quebec starts at 11:00am EDT (17:00 CET) and is expected to finish at around 4:15pm EDT (22:15 CET).  GP de Quebec live streaming video should get underway at around 1:15pm EDT (19:15 CET).

CyclingWeekly: The age and and experience of Daniele Bennati (Radioshack-Nissan) was too much for Ben Swift (Sky) on stage 18 of the Vuelta a Espana. But only just.

SBS: In order to move beyond the dark days of doping, the International Cycling Union (UCI) is considering introducing an amnesty for riders and officials to confess to doping offences in the wake of the Lance Armstrong case.

CyclingNews: There is no appeal in the works by the UCI over the lifetime ban of Lance Armstrong, and the nullification of his results imposed by the US Anti-Doping Agency, Reuters reported today.

Boulder Report: Two weeks ago, when Lance Armstrong announced that he would no longer fight USADA’s anti-doping case against him, I wrote that while Armstrong likely did so in hopes that it would be the end of the affair, it was anything but.

BikeRadar verdict: 3.5 out of 5 stars. "Eye-wateringly expensive but genuinely some of the best riding specs you can buy."

IrishPeloton: A leader of a cycling team must have a strong personality, a will to win and the ability to get results. Some leaders are the quiet type that like to lead by example, think Carlos Sastre, while others are more vocal but still have no problem getting the job done, Mark Cavendish springs to mind.

BikeRumor: Not a moment too soon, or a day late, depending on your point of view, Garmin is adding their own displaced handlebar mount to the mix.

BikeRadar: Giant had something special to show us at Eurobike 2012 in the shape of their new Propel aero road bike, but they remained tight-lipped over the exact spec details and performance claims.

Trek pushes into cyclocross.

BicycleRetailer: When the Planet Bike Cup kicks off the biggest cyclocross series in the country in a few weeks, Trek Bicycle will have a major presence in the fast growing sport for the first time.

CyclingNews: Sylvia Schenk, the former German federation president and UCI management committee member, has said that she doubts that UCI President Pat McQuaid has the credibility to clean up cycling.

VeloNews: Thor Hushovd’s sub-par season came as a result of a virus and muscle inflammation, BMC Racing doctor Max Testa said Friday in a release. The former world champion recently underwent four days of testing at the Salt Lake City Health and Fitness Institute.

SingleTrack: Ondrej Cink earned the privilege to wear the rainbow stripes of the world champion jersey with his winning ride in the under-23 men’s world championship race Friday in Saalfelden, Austria.

NBC: Immobilized with fear, a 4-year-old British girl huddled for eight hours beneath the legs of her slain mother in a car filled with corpses on a remote road in the French Alps — while investigators stood nearby, unaware she was there.

Mary McConneloug & Mike Broderick: "Just having glanced at the topography on Google Earth, we knew we were getting in to something special when we came over to Val d'Isere in France for the World Cup finals. Arriving in person at the height of summer to the French Alps went so far beyond our expectations that we began to plan ways to stay on as long as possible as soon as we arrived."

BiciSupport offers lever alignment tool.

BicycleRetailer: We all know the customer (or employee) who frets about getting road bike brake levers positioned EXACTLY even on each side of the bar. Many mechanics have developed various jigs and measuring systems to position the levers, but Italy’s BiciSupport may have finally settled the question with a new tool introduced at Eurobike.

MBAction:  Really? The fashion show was supposed to showcase the latest in cycling fashion because it's so hip and in-style right now. Come on guys, cycling clothes belong on the bike, not on the runway.

Bicycling: The Italian company took their Tour de France-stage winner, the C59, and reinforced the carbon frame to work with disc calipers from Formula. Breaking new ground, Colnago and Formula designed custom levers that integrated electronic shifters and hydraulic levers, making this the first road bike to feature a hydraulic brake system without a mechanical to hydraulic converter.

CyclingNews: The Italian anti-doping procura has asked that Leonardo Bertagnolli be given a three-year ban for violations of anti-doping regulations. The former Lampre-ISD rider was charged based on the blood profile of his biological passport.