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Matt Goss believes he made the right decision to withdraw from the Giro d'Italia when he did, despite another stage-winning opportunity on Sunday.

A strong field has assembled for the five-stage race and a bunch sprint finish in Knokke-Heist saw the Lotto-Belisol sprinter beat Tom Boonen and Ramon Sinkeldam to the line.

Tom Boonen has ruled out riding the 100th Tour de France this July, despite the wishes of team boss Patrick Lefevere.

Rigoberto Urn is a man in demand. Currently lying third overall at the Giro d'Italia and coming to the end of his contract with Sky Pro Cycling at the end of this season, the 26-year-old Colombian is looking for a team that can offer him the chance to be a leader in the grand tours, and specifically next year's Tour de France.

Levi Leipheimer has confirmed to reporters in California that he is indeed retired after his six month ban for doping violations was completed on March 1. His contract with Omega Pharma-Quickstep was terminated in the fallout of the US Anti-Doping Agency's release of its full dossier of evidence in the case against Lance Armstrong.

While BMC Racing ground the rapidly tearing peloton to dust high on Mount Diablo, Tejay van Garderen could have sailed away and tried for a stage win, an exclamation point on his Californian coronation as the United States' premier stage racer.

Ben Jacques-Maynes of Watsonville grinds through the second half of a 19.6-mile time trial in Morgan Hill on Friday.

Tejay van Garderen raced to a dominating individual time trial victory Friday in the Tour of California to extend his overall lead over Australian Michael Rogers.

Mark Cavendish, centre, wins the 13th stage of the Giro d'Italia from Busseto to Cherasco.

Germany's Jens Voigt won the fifth stage of the Tour of California on Thursday, and American Tejay van Garderen surprisingly took the overall lead a day sooner than expected.

The pack: the 10th stage of the Giro d'Italia, from Cordenons to Altopiano del Montasio, on Tuesday.

No matter how bad the conditions are, the Bontrager boys are having a good time at the races.

Javier Acevedo of Colombia bolted to the front with about 700 yards left in a final steep climb, winning Monday's second stage in scorching heat to take the overall lead at the Tour of California.

Janier Acevedo savagely worked his way to the Palm Springs Tramway, a blistering climb in 115-degree heat in which he emerged from a strong array of climbers to win the second stage of the eight-day Amgen Tour of California on Monday.

After months of speculation Andreas Klier has retired as a professional cyclist and become a team director with Garmin Sharp .

The eight ProTour teams competing in the Amgen Tour of California have a difficult decision.

The only former Tour of California winner in this year's race, Michael Rogers , is back in the USA for the first time since he took home the overall title in Thousand Oaks in 2010, and he is looking to get some good results after an up and down two years spent with Team Sky.

Alex Dowsett receives kisses from the race hostesses after winning the individual time trial on his maiden grand tour.

Tejay van Garderen, the leading American finisher in the 2012 Tour de France, and Peter Sagan of Slovakia, the world's No.