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A reader wants to know how Yaroslav Popovych, a Ukrainian national, who lives in Italy, can be forced to appear before a U.S. grand jury.

Ukrainian Volodimir Gustov has returned to Saxo Bank-SunGard after the collapse of his Cervélo team.

Yaroslav Popovych, a teammate of Lance Armstrong, testified for 90 minutes before a federal grand jury in the U.S. that is probing doping in the sport, his lawyer said Wednesday.

Five new Epic trails from the suburbs of Washington, D.C. to the deserts of west Texas added to the 60 already in existence

The season finale of the Colorado High School Mountain Bike League saw 150 competitors, the most of the inaugural four-race 2010 series.

The North Umpqua Trail in Oregon is divided in to multiple sections, or you can just go for the total 78-mile epic. Take a look at the slideshow and then get ready to go.

Check out the 2010 Leadville Trail 100 slideshow shot by pro photographers Dave McElwaine and Rob O'Dea at the 2010 Leadville Trail 100.

The latest evolution of the Turner RFX project is still several months from seeing a showroom floor.

Heather Irmiger earned a sweet tattoo last year by winning the Singlespeed World Championships in Durango, Colorado. Here's her bike, as well as her husband's Jeremy Horgan-Kobelsk's rigid rig, that they took to the 2010 SSWC in New Zealand.

Kiwi Garth Weinberg and Australian Heather Logie top Elvis, Superman, a Human Disco Ball, Animal from the Muppets, Marilyn Munroe, five Beer Cans, numerous fairies and a fair amount of criminals at SSWC.

The "team without a name" continues to make headlines in the off-seaon by filtering its signings in dribs and drabs, but who can blame them when there's not a lot going on.

The American is pumped for Paris-Nice and the spring classics, an undecided on defending his world pursuit title

Denied a shot at a ProTeam license, Australian Pegasus Sports will register as a UCI Professional Continental team for the coming season.

Denis Menchov has never been one to wear his heart on his sleeve, but the austere Russian is downright excited about his switch from Rabobank to Geox

The finale of the Colorado High School Mountain Bike League saw 150 racers.

RadioShack’s Yaroslav Popovych has been subpoenaed to testify before a U.S. Federal grand jury that is probing doping in the sport, largely focusing on his teammate Lance Armstrong.

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France's AFLD said it is once again ready to help catch dopers at the Tour de France after independent observers called for an end to its UCI spat.

A French tribunal has ordered Floyd Landis and former coach Arnie Baker to stand trial for computer hacking

VeloNews tech editor Nick Legan answers more questions about life in the European pro caravan: broken helmets, rider positions and those cool car racks that Euro' teams use.

The Australian squad hoping to move into the sport's top ranks did not make the provisional cut based on the UCI's sporting criteria.

The teams will be eligible to compete in the world's most prestigious events next season.

Lennard fields questions on pealing AquaSeal, Campy's electronic group and pricing, clicking Zipps, nitrogen-inflated tires and water-in-the-frame syndrome.

Jaime Lissavetzky, Spain's top sports minister, says he remains neutral in the alleged doping case of Alberto Contador.

2010 Koppenbergcross photos by Dan Seaton

British champ Helen Wyman and Belgian Sven Nys are tops at the Koppenbergcross, as Stybar can't match Nys in the mud. American Jon Page starts with a bullet then fades.

VIDEO: Team mechanic Brian Dallas walks us through Jones' distinctive Focus Mares cyclocross bike.

Retired pros Omer Kem and Burke Swindlehurst will join the Bissell team's management team for next year.

(Click headline for full rankings) Men

• 1 JOHNSON Timothy USA 650
• 2 POWERS Jeremy USA 600
• 3 TREBON Ryan USA 420

• 1 VAN GILDER Laura USA 733
• 2 MILLER Meredith USA 450
• 3 GOULD Georgia USA 400

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• 1. Sven NYS, (BEL), in 1:00:00
• 2. Niels ALBERT, (BEL), in 1:01:07
• 3. Kevin PAUWELS, (BEL), in 1:01:28
• 4. Zdenek STYBAR, (CZE), in 1:02:08
• 5. Klaas VANTORNOUT, (BEL), in 1:02:24

The women's team will switch bike sponsors in a two-year deal.

At age 45, Laura Van Gilder is the top ranked woman on the UCI world cyclocross standings and has the most feared sprint in women's 'cross. Daniel McMahon talks with her about how it's done.

Which time trial equipment — an aero helmet or aero wheels — will help my performance the most?

A look at some sealed and slippery cable options for cyclocross, plus some tips and tricks for setting them up.

If the sound of a honey sandwich made with sweetened wafers sounds good, you'll most likely enjoy a new product from the Honey Stinger crew.

Andrew Hood visits Pinto, Spain.

USA Cycling considers proposals to ban helmet cams in races, prevent juniors from using carbon wheels and award singlespeed national championships

As expected, Australian Stuart O’Grady will join several of his former Saxo Bank teammates on the new Luxembourg pro team headed up by Frank and Andy Schleck.

As reported last month, the Australian will join the British squad for the 2011 season.

Is VO2 max solely genetic or can you train to improve it?

UCI deems 2012 London Olympic MTB course "stunning, challenging."

If there’s calm in the eye of the brewing storm gathering around Alberto Contador, he can find it in his hometown of Pinto.

Wendy Williams comes from behind to win as Shannon Skerritt goes out early and makes it stick.

Kelly Benefit Strategies roadie Alex Candelario races under the World Bicycle Relief banner at two Colorado cyclocrosses.

Two days of hard falls have national champ Katie Compton looking forward to another kind of down time.

Watch Georgia Gould close the deal at the FlatIron Crossing mall.

The elite men tackle a surprisingly tough 2010 Boulder Cup cyclocross at the FlatIron Crossing mall.

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(Click headline for full results) MEN

• 1. Timothy Johnson (USA) Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com 1:00:47
• 2. Todd Wells (USA) Specialized 0:00:24
• 3. James Driscoll (USA) Cannondale p/b Cyclocrossworld.com 0:00:28
• 4. Geoff Kabush (Can) Maxxis-Rocky Mountain Bicycles 0:01:01
• 5. Adam Craig (USA) Rabobank-Giant Off Road Team 0:01:18

• 1. Georgia Gould (USA) Team Luna 0:41:34
• 2. Meredith Miller (USA) California Giant/Specialized 0:02:16
• 3. Nicole Duke (USA) HUDZ-Vista Subaru 0:02:37
• 4. Amanda Miller (USA) Hudz-Subaru Cycling Team 0:02:50
• 5. Teal Stetson-Lee (USA) California Giant/Specialized 0:02:57

UPDATED: Georgia Gould scores a solid win, Katie Compton abandons and Tim Johnson attacks late to drop Todd Wells.

(Click headline for full results)

• 1. Zdenek STYBAR, (CZE), in 1:02:34
• 2. Kevin PAUWELS, (BEL), in 1:02:41
• 3. Sven NYS, (BEL), in 1:02:48
• 4. Bart AERNOUTS, (BEL), in 1:03:00
• 5. Niels ALBERT, (BEL), in 1:03:18

Superprestige Zonhoven

World champion Zdenek Stybar keeps his unbeaten streak intact, winning the Superprestige Zonhoven ahead of teammate Kevin Pauwels and Sven Nys.

Men

• 1. Valentin Scherz (Sui), 57:05
• 2. Adam McGrath (USA), same time
• 3. Ryan Knapp (USA), 57:09
• 4. Weston Schempf (USA), 57:13
• 5. Craig Richey (Can), 57:23

• 1. Deidre Winfield (USA), 40:02
• 2. Laura Van Gilder (USA), 40:51
• 3. Arley Kemmerer (USA), 41:06
• 4. Kristin Gavin (USA), 41:15
• 5. Nikki Thiemann (USA), 41:15

Valentin Scherz and Deidre Winfield take the flowers in round 7 of the MAC Series.

See Katie Compton ride away from the field once more at the Colorado Cross Classic in Boulder.

Watch as Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com goes one-two in the men's race at the 2010 Colorado Cross Classic in Boulder.

With the series leaders absent, Shannon Skerritt and Wendy Williams get their moment in the spotlight.

Women

• 1. Katie Compton, Planet Bike, 36:17
• 2. Georgia Gould, Team Luna, 36:51
• 3. Nicole Duke, Hudz-Vista Subaru, 38:16
• 4. Meredith Miller, California Giant-Specialized, 38:38
• 5. Terry Barnholt, Scott-Ritchey, 39:02

• 1. Jeremy Powers, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 59:49
• 2. Tim Johnson, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:00:04
• 3. Todd Wells, Specialized, 1:00:37
• 4. Geoff Kabush, Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, 1:01:12
• 5. Alex Candelario, World Bicycle Relief, 1:01:27

Jeremy Powers jumps early and stays gone as Katie Compton rides away from the competition on the second lap in Boulder.

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Meredith Miller's special pink Specialized Crux bike.

Cal Giant-Specialized team riders Meredith Miller and Teal Stetson-Lee have raised thousands for an organization that serves breast cancer patients. An online auction that ends today could raise even more.

Aim of squad is to promote the success of Durango-based riders.

Alberto Contador will watch – not participate in – the Criterium de Oviedo on Saturday in northern Spain to honor retiring rider Chechu Rubiera.

Madison, Wisconsin, will host U.S. cyclocross nationals in January 2012 and 2013. Is the later date a good idea?

Whitmore’s Super Cross Cup is moving from Southampton to Nassau County on Long Island and will no longer serve as the NACT series finale.

Hawaii is not a bad place to unplug for anyone, but if you’re Ryder Hesjedal coming off a breakthrough year, the Pacific islands are the perfect respite to reflect on a phenomenal 2010 season.

Make your hotel reservations now: the 2012 Tour de France will start in Liège in eastern Belgium.

Superbike champ loves anything with two wheels — bicycles included.

Team RadioShack director Johan Bruyneel is fined 10,000 francs and suspended two months for the team's jersey-swapping violation on the final stage of the Tour

The yet-unnamed Luxembourg cycling team continues to add more firepower, announcing Friday the arrival of Danish rider Jakob Fulgsang and the German duo of Linus Gerdemann and Fabian Wegmann.

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The Tour of Battenkill joins the NRC for 2011 and former winner Evelyn Stevens predicts an epic battle

The woman pleaded guilty to running into three amateur racers, killing two of them, while drunk driving last year.

After reviewing test procedures at the 2010 Tour, the World Anti-Doping Agency recommends some changes.