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Kids racing (and playing) here. A quick review of raceable kids' bikes in time for Christmas

Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has filed a motion asking a Colorado judge to bar the cyclist victim in a hit-and-run from testifying at a Thursday hearing to review a controversial plea bargain in the case.

Magura has gone all out on the new MT8 brake by using proprietary materials.

Despite recent reports of its demise, Pegasus Sports has secured enough money to save its ambitious plans to field a UCI Pro Continental team in 2011.

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• 1. Niels Albert, Bkcp - Powerplus, with 295 points
• 2. Kevin Pauwels, Telenet - Fidea, with 236 points
• 3. Zdenek Stybar, Telenet - Fidea, with 230 points
• 4. Francis Mourey, Fdj, with 230 points
• 5. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet, with 229 points

The UCI, in a front page editorial in the latest edition of its Velo World magazine, takes issue with Floyd Landis' charge that the organization gives favorable treatment to some cyclists.

Money-crunched officials in Spain’s Basque Country say they want to charge fans to watch bike races to help underwrite the costs of funding events.

Our readers' favorite personal photos.

About 200 of Redline's D640 model are being called back because headtubes are separating from frames.

Lennard Zinn asks around about how to keep your shoe soles from getting trashed by pedals.

Lennard fields readers' questions and comments regarding recent columns.

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The UCI will soon begin maintaining an online list of cycling products that comply with its rules for competition, it announced Monday.

The team tests new aero bikes at Sardinia camp

This winter offering from Pearl Izumi is jammed with features.

Spain’s notorious Dr. Eufemiano Fuentes of Operacion Puerto fame is back in the headlines again after being one of the top figures in the latest doping scandal erupting in Spain, this time focused on athletics.

Aldo Sassi, founder of the Mapei Cycling center and renowned Italian cycling coach, died Sunday night after a long struggle with a brain tumor. He was 51.

Mountain Bike specialist Todd Wells adds cyclocross jersey to 2010 mountain bike national title wins.

Down but not out: Jeremy Powers hits the deck, loses gold but saves bronze.

Contrary to reports that Pegasus Sports’ nascent team has disbanded, CEO Chris White affirmed to VeloNews Monday he has every intention to fulfill the UCI requirements required by the December 15 deadline extension and register as a Pro Continental team in 2011.

Elite women

• 1. Katherine Compton, Planet Bike, 0:43:48
• 2. Georgia Gould, Luna Pro Team, 44:19
• 3. Meredith Miller, Team Tibco-To The Top, 47:07
• 4. Katherine Sherwin, Hudz-Subaru, 47:25
• 5. Susan Butler, Hudz-Subaru, 47:26

• 1. Todd Wells, Specialized Factory Racing, 1:00:49
• 2. Ryan Trebon, Kona, 1:01:14
• 3. Jeremy Powers, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:02:16
• 4. James Driscoll, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:02:52
• 5. Timothy Johnson, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:02:52

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• 1. Sven Nys (B), Landbouwkrediet, 59:15
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (B), 0:21
• 3. Klaas Vantornout (B), 0:37
• 4. Bart Aernouts (B), 0:53
• 5. Tom Meeusen (B), 1:03

Former world champ Lars Boom races cyclocross these days as preparation for his burgeoning road career.

It's not part of any major series, but the cyclocross in Overijse, Belgium, is among the discipline's most prestigious.

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Danny Summerhill (Holowesko Partners) outgunned Zach McDonald (Rapha-Focus) for his second consecutive U23 U.S. cyclocross national title Saturday in Bend, Oregon.

Men 17-18 Jeffrey Bahnson Men under-23 Daniel Summerhill Men 30-34 Matthew Pacocha Men 35-39 Jonathan Baker Men 40-44 Peter Webber Men 50-54: Steve Tilford

Men

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:00:21
• 2. Klaas Vantornout (Bel), 1:00:26
• 3. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:00:29
• 4. Bart Wellens (Bel), 1:00:49
• 5. Niels Albert (Bel), 1:01:03

A mechanical derails Niels Albert's train and Sven Nys slips past for the win in Essen.

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Women 13-14: Emma White Women 10-12: Ashley Zoerner Women 15-16: Corrie Osborne Women 17-18: Alexis Ryan Men 10-12: Matteo Jorgenson Men 13-14: Gage Hecht Men 15-16: Logan Owen Women Cat. 1-3, 30-34: Amanda Casey Women Cat. 1-3, 35-39: Nicole Duke

From winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix to riding for his teammates at the Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey, Fabian Cancellara was incredible in 2010. For that, we gave him the International Cyclist of the Year Award (and a jersey, and a few bottles of champagne….). Subscribe today!

Racing ’cross at the U.S. national championships this week is about a lot more than pain and glory between the course tape. A number of non-profit organizations – and their supporting riders – are hoping to make big gains in Bend, Oregon.

Todd Wells, a two-time elite national cyclocross champion is the reigning cross-country and short-track mountain bike champ and wants badly to add a third jersey to his 2010 collection.

Singletrack.com's Judy Freeman catches up with a familiar voice in U.S. cycling — Dave Towle

After success in Europe, Katie Compton turns her attention to Bend, Oregon, and her effort to win a seventh successive national cyclocross title

December 2003 in Portland, Oregon, was the last time anyone other than Katie Compton won a women’s elite U.S. national championship in cyclocross.

At HTC team camp in California, sprinter Mark Cavendish assesses his biggest challengers as he eyes the 2011 season.

Women Open Singlespeed: Kathy Pruitt Men Open Singlespeed: Adam Craig Men 55-59: Ned Overend Men 60-64: Glen Norton Men 65-69: John Elgart Men 70-74: Erik Nordenson Men 75-79: Walter Axthelm Women 40-44: Wendy Williams Women 45-49: Karen Hogan Women 50-54: Kris Walker Women 55-59: Linda Elgart Women 60-64: Martha Iverson Women 70-74: Julie Lockhart

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Brian Holcombe handicaps the favorites and the longshots.

Emily Batty, Canada's U23 champ, swaps spots with Willow Koerber.

Nick answers questions about what race mechanics do when there isn't much racing going on and explains what tools just have to be within arm's reach in the team car.

PORTLAND, Oregon (VN) _ A meeting of cyclocross event promoters Friday could clarify next year’s unsettled domestic calendar, but the process is likely to include some heated negotiation.

Prosecutors from the Italian Olympic Committee (CONIi) have asked that an entire family be banned for doping offenses related to a case involving Alessandro Petacchi.

Red Bull's Mark Webber came off his MTB while training between F1 races.

An update on the Vail hit-and-run case ... and a look at the defendant's second failure to report.

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VeloNews' Nick Legan returns to the Bill Woodul mechanics clinic to see what's changed in the eight years since he first took the class.

After a decade of tubeless innovation for mountain bikes the guys at Stan’s notubes turned their attention this year to wheels for road and ‘cross.

FORT COLLINS, Colo. (VN)_ Five of the world’s top 18 squads will take to the roads of Colorado for the inaugural Quiznos Pro Challenge in 2011. Race organizers announced today that Team Radioshack, Liquigas-Cannondale, HTC-HighRoad, Garmin-Cervelo and BMC Racing will start the week-long, UCI 2.1 stage race on August 22.

From Switzerland to Belgium via the United States

How do you protect the carbon soles on your spiffy new Sidis?

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Men

• 1. Zdenek STYBAR, (Czech Republic), with 1015 points
• 2. Sven NYS, (Belgium), with 1000 points
• 3. Niels ALBERT, (Belgium), with 980 points
• 4. Kevin PAUWELS, (Belgium), with 832 points
• 5. Francis MOUREY, (France), with 782 points

• 1. Daphny VAN DEN BRAND, (Netherlands), with 765 points
• 2. Katherine COMPTON, (United States), with 710 points
• 3. Sanne VAN PAASSEN, (Netherlands), with 710 points
• 4. Katerina NASH, (Czech Republic), with 550 points

In part 2, McQuaid talks about the UCI's agreement with grand tour organizers, why the individual pursuit is gone from the Olympics and whether cyclocross could become a winter Olympic event.

Lennard says some folks have hopes that are too high for latex-based tire sealants.

The move from the Subaru-Trek squad to Trek World Racing means Willow is focused on World Cup podiums and London in 2012.

Willow Koerber will make the run to the 2012 London Olympics as a member of UK-based Trek World Racing.

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced the two-year suspension of Brazilian-born and U.S.-licensed rider Flavia Olivera to 18 months.

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Applied as a clear sticker over vulnerable parts of your frame, Shelter protects your bike/investment from those nasty dings

Tyler Farrar has a new ride for 2011. Nick Legan takes a look.

World champ Thor Hushovd is on a new team, but a mostly familiar bike for 2011. Tech editor Nick Legan takes a look.

Southern California bike builder Haro has laid off seven employees

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