Hi,
I have update the GRASS 5.1 tutorial a bit:
GRASS 5.1: Vector overlay/clipping tutorial
http://grass.itc.it/grass51/tutorial/vectoroverlay.html
There are also the remaining vector network analysis examples
done (draft, but working):
GRASS 5.1: Vector networking tutorial
http://grass.itc.it/grass51/tutorial/network.html
Thanks to Radim for writing these nice new modules!
Cheers
Markus