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Janier Acevedo won stage 2 of the Amgen Tour of California in Palm Springs on Monday.

Last year's Dutch time trial champion Lieuwe Westra outdueled this year's Redlands Bicycle Classic champion Francisco Mancebo to win the opening stage of the 2013 Amgen Tour of California on Sunday.

Gavin Mannion came across the finish line in Escondido after a searing stage 1 of the Amgen Tour of California , salt outlines upon his kit, salt falling from his hair.

Former rider Bobby Julich, who left a coaching position with Team Sky last year after admitting doping during his professional career, has joined BMC as a consultant, the Swiss-based cycling team said on Sunday.

Tejay van Garderen is no different than any professional cyclist. He welcomes the competitive obstacles inherent in the sport - steep mountain climbs, high-speed descents and pedaling for hours on windy, exposed country roads.

LOS ANGELES: Dave Zabriskie, a four-time Tour of California runner-up, can expect stiff opposition from fellow American Tejay van Garderen when the eighth edition of America's top stage race begins on Sunday.

The Amgen Tour will return to Mount Diablo next week, but instead of an early-race breakaway, the climb should see the GC contenders battling.

You know it's not good when this is the lead sentence in Friday's New York Times cycling section: "With its systemic corruption, fractious leadership, an entrenched code of silence and some of its members recently embroiled in a high-profile drug trial, professional cycling these days often seems to resemble organized crime more than sport." The ... (more)

Garmin-Sharp climber Martin - fourth in La Fleche Wallonne - drew level with Rodriguez on the final rise to the finish in Ans before catching his Katusha rival out with an early sprint before the last bend.