Rabobank News

The Rabobank cycling team says Dutch rider Marianne Vos has broken her collarbone in a fall, but will likely recover in time for the London Olympics race.

Stef Clement leads the stage's first escape along with Manuele Boaro , Pier Paolo De Negri and Angelo Pagani .

The Amgen Tour of California hit the finish line in Los Angeles Sunday at LA Live/Staples Center.

Rabobank are yet to win a stage at the 2012 Giro d'Italia and they will be tackling the remainder of the race without the services of Theo Bos, after the Dutchman withdrew this morning ahead of stage 17.

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

Spain's Jon Izagirre of Euskaltel won stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia after attacking from a breakaway on a short but sharp climb before the finish in Falzes.

For the first time since the Index 's inception, Philippe Gilbert has been knocked off the top spot by Joaquim Rodrguez , the current leader of the 2012 Giro d'Italia . However with only 126 points separating the top three positions, nothing is secure as the Giro heads into the Dolomites and Gilbert lines up for the Tour of Belgium a race he won in ... (more)

Conclusions to be drawn from last week's seven-day Amgen Tour of California, won by Robert Gesink of the Netherlands: a Gesink is as tough as he is talented.

Stage 7 was the last chance to win the Amgen Tour of California and no one left anything to chance.

Lampre-ISD's Michele Scarponi of Italy climbs during the 169-kilometre 15th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Busto Arsizio to Pian de Resinelli.

Gesink finished among the pack in Sunday's eighth and final stage to seal the victory.

Robert Gesink, center, of the Netherlands, celebrates winning the Tour of California cycling race with David Zabriskie, left, and Tom Danielson, who finished second and third respectively, Sunday, May 20, 2012, in Los Angeles.

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.

PEZ's Darrell Parks captured all the action here... Batman & Robin let me shoot the 1st KOM from the roof of their Bat Mobile .

MOUNT BALDY – Dutchman Robert Gesink won the difficult seventh stage of the Tour of California on Saturday to take a 46-second lead in the overall standings into today's largely ceremonial final leg.

Rabobank's Tom-Jelte Slagter has gained plenty of attention with his performances up to now at the Giro d'Italia , and the 22-year-old Dutchman is ready for more challenges as the race enters its tough final week.

Coming into this year's Amgen Tour of California, all eyes were on top American riders to claim the overall win at their nation's biggest race.

Jakob Fuglsang can ride again without pain and, having missed the Giro d'Italia, has hopes of making the RadioShack-Nissan Tour de France team.

If this was le Tour a gendarme would have us face down on the tarmac by now. But the Giro is different, if you're cheeky enough, you can go straight through the bunch to the front, at the start - but only if your lead out man is the best .