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Vincenzo Nibali is set to ride both the time trial and road race at the London 2012 Olympics and lead the Italian team at the world championships in Valkenburg, according to Gazzetta dello Sport .

Katusha's Joaquim Rodriguez may not have achieved his goal of winning the overall at the Giro d'Italia , but the Spaniard's second place was enough to push him to the top of the UCI's WorldTour rankings.

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Tony Martin flew to victory in the Tour of Belgium time trial to also take the overall lead in the race.

Omega Pharma-QuickStep financier Zdenek Bakal still dreams of adding Alberto Contador to his team when the Spaniard returns from a doping-related suspension in August.

The 2012 Amgen Tour of California is in the books. There was exciting racing, a stunning display of dominance by Liquigas-Cannondale's Peter Sagan , and the race produced a deserving winner in Robert Gesink.

Oscar Freire started his career in the sport of professional in 1998 when he signed his first professional racing contract with Vitalicio Seguros.

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Robert Gesink, of the Netherlands, riding for Rabobank Cycling Team, rides past the Walt Disney Concert Hall during stage eight of the Amgen Tour of California from Beverly Hills to Los Angeles on Sunday, May 20.

Darrell Parks captured all the action... Strungout in LA. Race Report supplied by Tour of California Press Service LOS ANGELES - After eight epic days of racing along some of California's most iconic roadways, highways and coastlines, the 2012 Amgen Tour of California concluded at L.A. LIVE in downtown Los Angeles, with Rabobank's Robert Gesink of ... (more)

Guillaume Boivin , Canada, same time. LOS ANGLES -- Eight months after breaking his leg in a training accident, Dutchman Robert Gesink sealed his overall race title Sunday with a main field finish in the eighth stage of the Amgen Tour of California.

The Canadian Cycling Association would like to congratulate road cyclist Sebastien Salas of Team Optum-Kelly Benefit for winning the King of the Mountain jersey at the 2012 Amgen Tour of California.

"It's moments like this, when you have your good times and your wins, that's what you do it for," said Gesink, the fifth-place finisher in the 2010 Tour de France who broke his leg in four places last September, and whose father died in a cycling accident in 2010.

Robert Gesink of the Netherlands cruised to victory in the Tour of California, finishing the eighth and final stage in the middle of the pack, just eight months after he shattered his leg in a fall.

Bontrager-Livestrong 's Joe Dombrowski put in the biggest ride of his career Saturday at the Amgen Tour of California 's Queen stage, which featured two ascents of category 2 Glendora Ridge climb and the beyond category climb to Mt.

Bike NZ will be looking first at riders who compete in the Tour de France when they select which two cyclists will compete in the men's road race at the London Olympics.

More than 120 of the world's best riders, Americans David Zabriskie, Levi Leipheimer, and defending champion Chris Horner and are currently winding their way toward Los Angeles for the finish of the 2012 Amgen Tour of California, arguably the most prestigious pro race outside of Europe.

In 2010, Zabriskie took the lead at the Amgen Tour of California after winning stage 3, finishing in Santa Cruz with the Australian Michael Rogers and Levi Leipheimer, 17 seconds ahead of the peloton.

Former Christchurch cyclist Josh Atkins is rubbing shoulders with the rock stars of cycling in the Tour of California and showing many of them how it's done.

After 50km, the day's breakaway formed with Sandy Casar , Jackson Rodriguez , Ivan Santaromita , Jan Bakelandts , stage winner Lars Bak , Amets Txurruka , Andrey Amador , Martijn Keizer and Michal Golas .