There’s not a whole lot of actual racing going on right now. Seems that everyone is resting and training for the Tour de France. Here’s some headlines:

Yahoo Sports notes that the French anti-doping agency has already tested about 30 riders prior to the start of the Tour and that an addtional 20 to 30 riders [...]

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Here’s some of the latest news:

Dauphine Libere:

George Hincapie (High Road) took Stage 2 and moved into 4th place. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) still in the maillot jaune.
Stage 3: Alejandro Valverde (Caisse d’ Epargne) poured on the power to take the hilly, rainy time trial. He moves into the lead, and Levi Leipheimer (Astana) is 23 seconds [...]

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Today’s stage was a flat 177km cruise from Modena to Cittadella. The riders enjoyed good weather and a nice tailwind, at least at the start.
Matteo Priamo of CSF Group Navigare dropped out of the race before the start of today’s stage due to injuries sustained in a crash yesterday. Fabio Sabatini (Milram) also retired shortly into the [...]

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Today’s course was a very flat, relatively short route compared to what the riders experienced yesterday. It’s so flat, in fact, that it makes the time trial course earlier this week look like a mountain stage. The race jury decided this morning that the time for the race would be measured 3 km before the [...]

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Today’s stage rolled out at 12:35 local time with the news that CSC team members Bradley McGee and Stuart O’Grady would not be starting the race today. There was also talk of a strike as the riders were quite frustrated with both yesterday’s course conditions as well as the late transfer from Sicily to the [...]

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