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Ryder Hesjedal's win in the Giro d'Italia took many by surprise, not least in his own country, Canada.

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The overall victory of Ryder Hesjedal at the Giro d'Italia shocked a few but showed that cycling fans have to get used to seeing new faces on the podiums of the Grand Tours, even though they aren't exactly young anymore.

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As a new Grand Tour promoter, the Giro d'Italia 's general director Michele Acquarone inaugurated a previously unseen way of communicating about the wild-cards, giving total transparency about the identity of the candidates , the panel of selectors and the reasons of their choices for teams invited to Milan-San Remo, Tirreno-Adriatico, Giro ... (more)

Mark Cavendish won two stages on the 2011 Tour of Britain, while Bradley Wiggins rode the Vuelta a Espana The final stage of the race on 16 September will start in Reigate and end in Guildford, passing through Dunsfold and Cranleigh.

The Parador hotel in the Teide national park in the centre of Tenerife is eerily quiet and surreally isolated, 15 miles from the nearest village.

The Tour of California has finished with a comeback for Robert Gesink and we have the results and video's to prove it.

Mark Cavendish kicked to an impressive victory in Friday's 13th stage at the Giro d'Italia and says he's still hoping to ride all the way to Milan.

EXCLUSIVE: Britain's Bradley Wiggins believes he stands a good chance of winning the Tour de France in July if he can avoid crashes and illness.

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It almost goes without saying that British Cycling and Team Sky principal Dave Brailsford believes that the Giro d'Italia will form an important part in the build-up for the Olympics for the GB riders in London, with Geraint Thomas and Pete Kennaugh, amongst others, both partly using the Giro as a building process towards London.

When Leigh Howard returns to the Amgen Tour of California this week, he knows that he is unlikely to get a better chance to post an individual result for some time.

With their teammates currently leading the Giro d'Italia, eight Garmin-Barracuda riders head to the start of the Amgen Tour of California on Sunday aiming to claim a leader's jersey of their own.

Along his local training roads in Monaco, Richie Porte hones his form. The 27-year-old, with his Sky team kit now a regular companion on his back, is home after another strong showing for the British team.

Given that Sunday's win in the Giro d'Italia was his 26th in a Grand Tour for Mark Cavendish , you might well consider it business as usual.

Cadel Evans showed some improvement in Romandie, especially on the penultimate stage in the mountains, where he placed eighth.

Andrew Talansky is hoping his breakthrough second place at the Tour de Romandie kicks him to a higher level in the European peloton.

Bradley Wiggins wears the Team Sky colours on his way to victory in the Tour de Romandie last week.