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Belgian Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012) was seriously injured after a vehicle struck her during a training ride Thursday in Gistel, Belgium.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set specific dates for hearing the UCI and WADA's appeal of Alberto Contador's doping case. The hearing is set for November 21-24, CAS announced Wednesday.

There's no doubt that the 33-year-old Milka-Trek rider deserves to be the overall winner of the 17th Crocodile Trophy.

Carbon handlebar lifespan, long-lasting tires, mechanical sabotage & more

Many proverbial lunches were eaten

Let the accolades begin. Philippe Gilbert, who enjoyed a spectacular season, was named as the annual winner of the Vélo d'Or prize awarded by the French-language Vélo Magazine.

The slow wheels of cycling justice are finally in motion in the case involving Ezequiel Mosquera dating back to the 2010 Vuelta a España.

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Michael Miller of Morgantown, Pennsylvania, has accepted an 8-month ban from cycling after he tested positive for a banned stimulant at USA Cycling's masters track nationals in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania in July.

This was solid test of true mountain biking skill

• 1. 3. LUIS PINTO TEAM SPANO - LUSO ALEJANDRO LOPEZ 0:31:11 6:32:24 1:39:16
• 2. 1. KRISTIAN HYNEK FUTURECYCLING-SWEEP ROBERT NOVOTNY 0:30:51 6:35:21 1:37:23
• 3. 2. JOSEMBERG PINHO JC BIKES RAPHAEL MENDES 0:31:41 6:57:50 1:38:22
• 4. 5. LUKAS KAUFFMANN TEAM EASTON ROCKETS CHRISTOPHER MALETZ 0:30:39 7:03:04 1:40:32
• 5. 6. HUGO NETO OCE-TREINE/KHS/INFANTI DOUGLAS NETO 0:31:43 7:06:18 1:41:48

Former German champion Fabian Wegmann has signed a one-year deal with American cycling team Garmin, the rider announced Wednesday.

PARIS (AFP) — The UCI announced Wednesday that no doping positives have emerged from the Tour of Spain after samples from the entire peloton underwent scrutiny.

Chente Garcîa — the last rider who was active during the Miguel Indurain era — hung up the cleats for good.

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Alexandr Kolobnev - the only rider to test positive during the 2011 Tour de France - escaped a sanction Tuesday when the Russian cycling federation only fined him and issued a warning.

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Lennard zinn takes a look back at some of the coolest bikes at Italy's Padua bike show this fall.

Lennard Zinn answers your questions on rotors and carbon frames.

Defending mixed duo champs Brian and Jenny Smith are forced to withdraw with food poisoning.

Even though Philippe Gilbert won five major classics in the 2011 road season that just ended, he was the exception rather than the rule in one of the must unpredictable seasons on record. From Matt Goss at Milan-San Remo in March to Oliver Zaugg at the Tour of Lombardy earlier this month, many of this year’s big winners have come from left field.

The UCI allowed a clearer picture into how the ProTeam lineup will shape up next season when it released its first round of evaluation of teams bucking for spots in the 18-squad league.

The Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships begin Friday in New Mexico

GreenEdge officials will be on their edge of their seats in the coming days as the team waits for news if it earns a ProTeam license for its debut season next year.

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What you eat now has a lot to do with how you will race next season.

D2 Super Crit custom shoes and orthotics

1, 30 ADRIANA NASCIMENTO (LADIES BRASIL SOUL - RC BIKES) in 0:44:10 53 2, 46 ANDREA MARCELLINI (HORA DO BLUSH) in 0:46:57 71 3, 47 CARLA PLENS (CM/SZ) in 0:54:42 93

1. 37 BARTI BUCHER (BIXS -ZELLEWEGER ARCHITEKTEN) HANSJUERG GERBER in 0:33:55 10 2. 4 ABRAAO AZEVEDO (MASTER BRASIL SOUL - RC BIKES) PAULO FREITAS in 0:34:27 11 3. 6 PLINIO SOUZA (BRASIL / ALEMANHA) EDWARD SZRAUCNER in 0:36:22 19 4. 38 PEDRO NETO (PEDAL POWER EPIC) DANIEL ALIPERTI in 0:38:42 26 5. 139 MARTIN PORTMAN (FBC) DENIO FRANCO in 0:41:31 37

Fast Facts on the 12.4km prologue, Mucuge to Mucuge.

Here’s a little secret: that beautiful carbon frame is easily repaired, provided it is administered to by the right hands

Lance Armstrong finished 23rd in Sunday's Xterra championships in Maui. The cycling legend was among the leaders on the swim and bike, but was overcome by faster runner in the third leg.

A French court has given Floyd Landis, in his absence, a suspended sentence of 18 months in prison for his alleged 2006 use of hacked material from the Laboratoire National Antidopage (National Antidoping Lab). The prosecutor in the case before the Correctional Tribune of Nanterre also asked for the same suspended sentence for Landis' former trainer, Arnie Baker.

Theo Bos says he's looking forward to the arrival of Mark Renshaw to Rabobank and says he's mulling a return to the track for another shot at Olympic gold next season.

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"I definitely aim for a medal. Preferably gold. Gold's cool."

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Johan Bruyneel names the sport directors who will be part of the merger between RadioShack and Leopard-Trek for the coming season.

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Japan Cup Cycle Road Race

• 1. Nathan Haas (Aus), Genesys Wealth Advisers, 4:08:35
• 2. Taiji Nishitani (Jpn), Aisan Racing Team, same time
• 3. Junya Sano (Jpn), D'angelo & Antenucci-Nippo, s.t.
• 4. Damiano Cunego (Ita), Lampre-ISD, s.t.
• 5. Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn), Shimano Racing Team, s.t.

UCI World Cup-Tabor

• 1. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:02:58
• 2. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), 1:03:30
• 3. Klaas Vantornout (Bel), 1:03:33
• 4. Francis Mourey (Fra), 1:03:38
• 5. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:03:39

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Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) dominated the second round of the UCI cyclocross World Cup on Sunday in Tabor, Czech Republic.

Katerina Nash (Luna) won a close one in front of the home crowd on Sunday as the UCI cyclocross World Cup came to Tabor, Czech Republic.

UCI World Cup-Tabor

• 1. Katerina Nash (Cze), 39:59
• 2. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), 40:05
• 3. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned), 40:13
• 4. Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra), 40:41
• 5. Pavla Havlikova (Cze), 40:56

Former pro cyclist Joe Papp has been sentenced to three years' probation, including six months of house arrest, for running an online drug ring that distributed EPO and human growth hormone.

The second annual Brasil Ride mountain bike stage race rolls out at noon local time Sunday on the outskirts of Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina. First up is a 12.4km prologue time trial that starts and finishes in Mucuge, a small town in western Bahia, the sprawling Brazilian state that gave the world samba, capoeira and Carnival.

Geox-TMC riders are scrambling to find rides following the surprise announcement Thursday evening that the Italian shoemaker was pulling its money out of the team.

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For the first time ever, the European pro peloton will see Iranian riders among its numbers in 2012.

USA Cycling on Friday announced the dates and locations for nearly all of the 2012 national championships. The lone significant change next year is the move of the U.S. Professional Criterium Championships to late July in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Lance Armstrong will take on the third triathlon of his comeback at the Xterra World Championship this Sunday.

USA Cycling on Friday announced the dates and locations for nearly all of the 2012 national championships.

While several riders from both teams will be squeezed out as the two squads reduce their roster, King said his future is secure next season.

The elite U.S. ’crossers have a week off for the most part, with Sunday’s C2 tilt at Downeast Cyclo-cross in Maine the country’s only UCI contest, and so a small race for a big cause takes center stage. The fifth round of the Utah Cyclocross series runs at Wheeler Farm in Murray on Saturday and for the second year the Cross Out Cancer event fights the disease and recognizes members of the cycling community living through cancer.

Katusha's Vladimir Karpets, a former winner of the Tour de France white jersey, will rejoin Movistar in 2012, the Spanish cycling outfit announced Friday.

PARIS (AFP) - Saxo Bank has signed Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa on a one-year deal, team manager and owner Bjarne Riis announced Friday.

Alberto Contador would love to see another major climber to help him tackle the coming season, but SaxoBank-Sungard boss Bjarne Riis admits he doesn't have the budget to make a blockbuster addition to his squad.

The success of the Moab event could signal a change in the way the bike industry talks to consumers

One shoe has dropped for admitted drug trafficker-turned-anti-doping witness Joe Papp as he awaits sentencing on two felony counts of conspiracy to distribute Human Growth Hormone and Erythropoietin (EPO). The U.S. Anti-doping Agency announced Friday morning that Papp was handed an eight-year sanction for a non-analytical rule violation.

Mount Misery Road and a river crossing make the difference for Urs Huber