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The Colorado-based American Cycling Association (ACA) voted to rejoin USA Cycling Friday night during a club council meeting in Golden.

Oscar Pereiro took it to journalists on a Spanish talk show when he vehemently defended cycling against media bias that he says favors soccer.

Chris Horner says that retirement is not on the horizon as he prepares for the 2012 season with RadioShack-Nissan-Trek.

GVA Trofee Hasselt

• 1. Kevin Pauwels, Sunweb-Revor
• 2. Zdenek Stybar, Quickstep Cycling Team
• 3. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet
• 4. Tom Meeusen, Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team
• 5. Dieter Vanthourenhout, BKCP-Powerplus

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) edges Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) to win the GVA Trofee Hasselt and confirm his overall lead in the series.

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VeloNews features Universal in the daily excerpts from the book Italian Racing Bicycles

Michael Diamond, a 63-year-old racer from St. Augustine, Florida, has accepted a two-year doping suspension after refusing to submit a sample during an out of competition test.

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Tom Danielson broke through a glass ceiling at the Tour de France in 2011 and will return to the Tour de Langkawi in 2012 looking to recapture the taste for winning that he said he lacked in recent years.

Garmin-Cervelo introduction interviews

Mark Cavendish's Team Sky debut won't be at the Tour Down Under.

Matt Lloyd has landed with Lampre for next season after a rough year that saw him kicked off the Lotto team, while German rider Stefan Schumacher will join up with Michael Rasmussen at Christina Watches.

Dave Zabriskie goes solo at the Boulder Theater

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BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Four years after the squad was first introduced to the pro racing community as a new, world-class American team, the Garmin-Cervélo team returned to its roots Thursday night, presenting its 2012 squad to a sold-out crowd at Colorado’s Boulder Theater.

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Garmin-Cervélo riders will be shifting and braking on Japanese parts for the 2012 season instead of the SRAM they rode this season. Shimano, however, is not a new sponsor. Cervélo, the bike manufacturer, is purchasing Shimano groups for the team after repeated requests for Shimano from team members.

The 2013 elite cyclocross world championships appear to be safe for Louisville, Kentucky, as organizers tell VeloNews they have signed five major sponsors and are nearing a television distribution deal.

Check out Giro's latest creation in the mountain bike world.

The Danish sorts doping tribunal has dismissed charges against Alex Rasmussen, who was accused of violating whereabouts rules, because the UCI did not meet its deadline in informing the rider of his offense.

Leif Hoste — the three-time runner-up at the Tour of Flanders — is set to return to a Belgian team.

In a word: flawless

A look at Campagnolo's 20-year effort to bring electric shifting to market

VeloNews is featuring Milani in the daily excerpts from the book Italian Racing Bicycles

Cleat lube, dream wheels, fixie conversions and more.

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In an effort to keep his athletes and other local cyclists safer out training, Lindsey Wilson College cycling coach Dave Grigsby has lauched a “Bicycle Friendly” sticker campaign.

Viatcheslav Ekimov, the Olympic champion and super-domestique who spent much of his career helping Lance Armstrong, is heading back to Russia in a new job for the 2012 season.

Saxo Bank will be lone sponsor of Bjarne Riis's team next year after the Danish investment house exercised an option to take over as the lead sponsor.

ASO's ever-growing empire saw a new addition Wednesday as officials confirmed the World Ports Classic set for 2012.

The Schleck brothers will headline the 2012 Mallorca Challenge next February.

VeloNews features Masi in the daily excerpts from the book Italian Racing Bicycles

Michael Rasmussen admitted that he did indeed lie during the traumatic 2007 Tour de France, but says he did it to cover his tracks with his wife.

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Sitting in the shadow of Zion National Park, the giant cliffs provide a stunning backdrop to all the riding in the area

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José Ivan Gutiérrez — the three-time Spanish national time trial champion on Movistar — says he wants to forget his winless 2011 season as soon as possible.

Cycling teams and sponsors make strange bedfellows sometimes, but perhaps none is stranger than the final-hour quest by the ill-fated Geox-TMC team managers to save its squad for next season.

VeloNews features Moser in the daily excerpts from the book Italian Racing Bicycles

Behind the barriers with Jeremy Powers

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VeloPress is pleased to announce the release of the new book, Italian Racing Bicycles: The People, The Products, The Passion. VeloNews will be posting new excerpts from the book over the next five days.

The UCI has scuttled a scheduled presentation of Alejandro Valverde as a new member of Movistar next season.

I’m on the way back from the last race of the year, for me, and for Kenda–5 Hr-Geargrinder (as always, sorry for the mouthful, but the sponsors paid for it, so it’s the least I can do).

The long-running Alberto Contador clenbuterol case likely won't see final resolution until early 2012.

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I just wanted to finish the race and do well,” said Ryan Trebon. “Yeah, I wanted to try and salvage the series and not lose so many points. That was the main determining factor for today.”

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Men

• 1. Jeremy Powers (USA), Rapha-Focus, at 1:03:50
• 2. Todd Wells (USA), Specialized, at 0:01
• 3. Geoff Kabush (CAN), Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, at 0:48
• 4. Ben Berden (BEL), Ops Ale-Stoemper, at 1:03
• 5. Christopher Jones (USA), Rapha-Focus, at 1:04

Women

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), Rabobank, 44:44:00
• 2. Kaitlin Antonneau (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 11
• 3. Katerina Nash (CZE), Luna Pro Team, s.t.
• 4. Meredith Miller (USA), California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized, at 19
• 5. Nicole Duke (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 22

Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) did the double at Derby City on Sunday, winning back-to-back in Louisville, Kentucky.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) won her second Derby City Cup on Sunday, sweeping the weekend's racing in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Pros Closet is auctioning off one of Edvald Boasson Hagen's spare Tour de France bikes to help a family with a child suffering from leukemia.

Men

• 1. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), 1:04:20
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:04:29
• 3. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:04:29
• 4. Niels Albert (Bel), 1:04:51
• 5. Radomir Simunek (Cze), 1:04:53

Women

• 1. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), 40:35
• 2. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra), 40:53
• 3. Sanne Cant (Bel), 40:53
• 4. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned), 40:53
• 5. Sophie De Boer (Ned), 40:53

Wil Matthews captures the action at day one of the 2011 Derby City Cup in Louisville, Kentucky.

“I saw the finish and I was like, 'I'm going to light his ass up in this,' because I was feeling good and had a lot left in my legs and it just didn't get to happen,” said Ryan Trebon. “It's bike racing; it just happened.”

Romain Sicard, the promising French rider on Euskaltel-Euskadi, has published an online apology after getting a DUI this week in Toulouse.

World champion Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) rode a huge group of favorites off his wheel and soloed to victory in the Superprestige Hamme-Zogge on Sunday.

Kristin Gavin (Team CF) and Weston Schempf (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes) soloed to victory on Saturday in round 10 of the Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series.

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Team managers from the doomed Geox-TMC team are traveling to Venezuela in a final-hour bid to save their team for next season.

Men

• 1. Jeremy Powers (USA), Rapha-Focus, 56:52:00
• 2. Ryan Trebon (USA), LTS-Felt, at 0:03
• 3. Timothy Johnson (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 0:27
• 4. Geoff Kabush (CAN), Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, at 0:46
• 5. Daniel Summerhill (USA), Chipotle Development Team, at 0:55

Women

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), Rabobank-Giant, at 45:11:00
• 2. Katerina Nash (CZE), Luna Pro Team, at 31
• 3. Kaitlin Antonneau (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 41
• 4. Caroline Mani (FRA), CC Etupes, at 1:05
• 5. Chloe Forsman (USA), Crank Brothers Race Club 11, at 1:19

Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) won a thrilling two-man battle with Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) to claim the Derby City Cup on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) overpowered the field to claim the Derby City Cup on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Photos from the 2011 Nommay Cyclocross, courtesy of Renner Custom CX Team.

Francis Mourey (FdJ) and Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (CC Etupes) won the 34th Nommay Cyclocross on Friday in France.

Men

• 1. Francis Mourey (Fra), 59:31
• 2. Steve Chainel (Fra), 1:01:25
• 3. Enrico Franzoi (Ita), 1:01:27
• 4. Marcel Wildhaber (Sui), 1:01:30
• 5. Sascha Weber (Ger), 1:01:30

Women

• 1. Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra), 41:07
• 2. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger), 41:44
• 3. Gabriella Day (Gbr), 41:49
• 4. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra), 42:23
• 5. Amy Dombroski (USA), 43:26

Fidea Jaarmarktcross Niel

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), 58:08
• 2. Niels Albert (Bel), 58:30
• 3. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 58:46
• 4. Matthieu Boulo (Fra), 58:57
• 5. Tom Meeusen (Bel), 59:13

Valverde had maintained close links to Movistar throughout his ban and was expected to welcomed back to the team.

With everyone talking that the 2012 Tour de France is a route ideal for time trialists who can climb, there's one name that's missing from the early hype: Fabian Cancellara.

The VeloNews tech crew and the Selle Italia saddles they like

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