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The organizers of Spain’s Vuelta a Murcia, which begins Wednesday, have refused to admit Italian teams, an action in solidarity with Alejandro Valverde who has been banned from competing in Italy.

SAGEBRUSH SAFARI ~ CROSS COUNTRY RESULTS 2010 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA STATE SERIES #1 / KENDA CUP QUALIFIER

Shelley Evans (Team USA) takes the final stage and the overall title as the Women's Tour of New Zealand concludes.

Roberto Ferrari wins the GP di Lugano after a crash takes down two riders and most of the rest abandon.

Roberto Ferrari (De Rosa) wins a greatly reduced edition of the GP di Lugano.

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Tom Zirbel is joining millions of his fellow Americans in tuning up the résumé and hunting work.

Theo Bos sprints to victory in the Clásica de Almería.

Theo Bos wins the Clasica de Almeria.

Bobbie Traksel wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) wins Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

A crafty Bobbie Traksel (Vacansoleil) takes a three-up sprint to win a soggy Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.

Visiting the Bissell team camp in Santa Rosa, California, we had a chance to take a look at the team's new fleet of race bikes.

2010 Women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad results

1. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sp), Sky, 5:07:15 2. Heinrich Haussler (G), Cervélo TestTeam, at 0:18 3. Tyler Farrar (USA), Garmin-Transitions, at 0:18

Liquigas’ Roman Kreuziger won the overall title at the Tour de Sardaigne Saturday, four seconds ahead of RadioShack’s Chris Horner.

Rinaldo Nocentini, the Ag2r rider who spent eight days in the yellow jersey at the 2009 Tour de France, has fractured his leg in a crash at the GP Insubria in Italy on Saturday.

Sky’s Juan Antonio Flecha kicked off the spring classics season in style, soloing to the finish line to become the first Spanish winner of the Belgian semi-classic, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad.

It's amazing that the whole Ten Speed Drive team has managed to stay crash-free thus far in the Vuelta Independencia. The body count continued to mount on the course today, as did the trashed equipment tally. I just shredded my second tire — luckily I brought extras. The Metro VW team, out of Dallas, Texas, is out of front wheels, having gone through several tubulars and run out of glue. They've resorted to using neutral wheels for the rest of the race.

American cyclist Tom Zirbel announced on his blog Friday that he is retiring from the sport rather than continue an aggressive fight against doping charges.

American Shelley Evans retook the overall lead at the Tour of New Zealand, winning the tour’s fifth stage in a field sprint ahead of Australian champion Ruth Corset and China's Xin Liu and gaining enough bonus time to move ahead of teammate Amber Neben.

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Lampre’s Danilo Hondo won the fourth stage of the Giro di Sardegna on Friday after his team leader Alessandro Petacchi crashed in the final meters of the race.

Not going to the North American Handmade Bicycle Show? Singletrack.com has an advance look at a hybrid bamboo-carbon bike built by Boo Bicycles.

The HTC-Columbia team begins its Belgian Classics season this weekend with a double dose of racing action, first tackling Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday February 27th, then Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne the next day.

Nick Nuyens (Rabobank) has won some important races in his career, including tomorrow’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, but he’s not quite broken through to the big-time in the major spring classics.

We got an early look at Boo Bikes' bamboo creations before the upcoming North American Handmade Bicycle Show.

German Manuel Fumic joins Juarez, Bishop and Paulissen on Cannondale Factory Racing team.

VeloNews sits down with Team TIBCO's two star Millers: Meredith and Brooke.

After hosting the elite road nationals and cyclocross nationals, Bend, Oregon, will host the masters nats in 2011 and 2012.

American Amber Neben moved into the overall lead at the Tour of New Zealand on Friday, powering through the 11-kilometer fourth stage individual time trial to take the leader’s jersey from U.S. teammate Shelly Evans.

A proposed 2012 Giro d'Italia prologue in Washington D.C. would pass by many of the city's landmarks, including several with symbolic meaning to Italy. Besides showcasing the city and bringing in millions of dollars in economic impact, the build-up would help Mayor Adrian Fenty — an avid cyclist — promote health, wellness and the benefits of bicycle riding.

Cervelo TestTeam is sending squads to this weekend's cobbled races, the men's and women's Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on Saturday and the men's Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne on Sunday.

BOULDER, COLORADO (February 25, 2010) ­- Calling to mind the glory days of the famed Coors Classic when Tour de France champions Greg LeMond and Bernard Hinault roared through the Rocky Mountains, Centurion Cycling is bringing big time biking back to the challenging climbs that link Colorado's Front Range with the Peak-to-Peak highway (aka Colorado State Highway 72).

The Sage Brush Safari set for this weekend in SoCal is the first event under the US Cup/Kenda Cup banner for 2010.

A look at Team Jelly Belly's new Focus team bikes

PRESS RELEASE LOS ANGELES – Velo Club La Grange is pleased to announce its Elite men’s and women’s category 1/2 teams, which will be race under the Herbalife La Grange name for 2010 with the arrival of new title sponsor Herbalife. Training camps were held on the weekend of January 16th & 17th in Thousand Oaks and Pasadena for the respective teams. A combined dinner and team meeting was held with longtime professional Tony Cruz, who got his start in competitive cycling with La Grange, coming to speak. Tony also rode with the Elite men’s team on Sunday’s ride to Ojai.

Chris Horner remains second at the Giro di Sardegna as Alessandro Petacchi takes the stage win.

A presentation Thursday evening at the Italian Embassy in Washington will attempt to drum up support for a Giro d'Italia start in the nation's capital in 2012.

HTC-Columbia's Michael Rogers scores his first stage race victory since 2003 as he survives an explosive final stage.

Triathlon star Chris Lieto raced an impromptu time trial against Lance Armstrong last week in Hawaii, finishing just 9 seconds back over 11 miles. Neal Rogers talked with Lieto about the race, his road racing career and Armstrong's future in triathlon.

Roman Sicard, the reigning U23 world champion, could be the rider the French have been waiting for since Bernhard Hinault last won the Tour de France in 1985.

Irish cycling legend Sean Kelly chats with Andrew Hood about his continental team and academy, the future of Irish cycling and Contador's chances in the Tour.

A three-time podium man at the Tour de France, Beloki’s fortunes took a turn for the worse in a horrendous crash in stage 9 of the 2003 Tour that left him with a broken femur, elbow and wrist. That crash – when Lance Armstrong took his famous “short-cut” across a field – effectively ended Beloki’s career as an elite cyclist.

Shelley Evans of the U.S. National Team is undefeated so far at the 2010 Women's Tour of New Zealand, after winning the second stage in a field sprint ahead of Xin Liu Gia and Yiu Wong Wan, both of China's Giant Pro Cycling Team.

Overall leaders of USA Cycling's ProGRT as of July 14, will also be an automatic selections to the United States World Championship team.

Josh Liberles continues his report on his team's experience at the Dominican Republic's Vuelta Independencia. Day 2: "We flew into the town of La Ramona, dodging potholes, bunny-hopping speed bumps and swerving around parked vehicles and the occasional moped drivers that decided to briefly zip alongside the race."

With less than two days remaining until the opening of the sixth Shimano North American Handmade Bicycle Show, pre-event registrations have topped 2,000, an increase of more than 100% over the previous high mark of 977, set at Portland in 2008. The international custom bicycles show runs February 26-28 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center, in Richmond, Virginia.

Another foggy winter day in Girona, and Cervelo TestTeam's Ted King contemplates why so many cyclists migrate to the Spanish town.

Despite nasty crashes at Algarve, RadioShack will start Gert Steegmans and Tomas Vaitkus at this weekend's cobbled races in Belgium. Milram, Liquigas and Quick Step also release their rosters.

Rubber coated stainless steel straps on the one-size-fits-all fork mount TieRod bike rack will fit 100 percent of factory crossbars.

Chris Horner (RadioShack) just missed victory with second in Thursday’s “queen stage” at the 28th Giro di Sardegna in Italy. The veteran American finished second to stage-winner and new race leader Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), with Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues) coming through third in a challenging, 175km stage finishing atop the Cat. 1 Monte Ortobene.

Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank) delivered a huge TT win over some big names in Wednesday’s 10.9km course at the Ruta del Sol in Spain, topping such riders as Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia).

The Tour of Poland will dedicate its third stage to Franco Ballerini, the Italian national team manager and retired pro who died in a rally car accident last month.

Shelley Evans, racing for the U.S. national team, won the opening stage of the Women's Tour of New Zealand Wednesday and takes the first leader's jersey of the six-stage race.

2010 Women's Tour of New Zealand results

Joaquín Rodríguez's move to the Russian-backed Katusha squad in 2010 will see him get a chance to race the Tour de France for the first time.

Since 1985, Yeti Cycles has been pushing the envelope for off-road race bikes. Singletrack.com stopped by the Yeti lair to see what makes this little company tick.

Gary Fisher Bicycles, Subaru and Mellow Johnny's bike shop join up with Hotel San Jose to sponsor Austin team.

Josh Liberles reports back from the Vuelta Independencia, the Dominican Republic's largest bike race.

Who is behind that flashy team vehicle color scheme? Chances are it's Victory Circle, a Colorado company that specializes in custom vinyl graphics for team cars and trucks. Zack Vestal pays a visit.

The first article in a new training series for riders preparing for Gran Fondos and other challenging events.

Kelly Benefit Strategies expands its international schedule to better prepare for the Amgen Tour of California and an eventual upgrade to Pro Continental status.

Former world champion Amber Neben will lead the USA Cycling Women's National Team at the NZCT Women's Tour of New Zealand, which starts Wednesday.

After 24 years in Downers Grove, Illinois, the 2010 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship is moving about 26 miles to the northern Chicago suburb of Glencoe, Illinois.

Lennard attends the Park Tool Summit and returns with tips for garage mechanics.

A women's criterium will be held in Sacramento on May 16, just prior to the arrival of the men's Amgen Tour of California peloton in the city. The Sacramento Grand Prix at the 2010 Amgen Tour of California will begin at 10 a.m. and will circle the Capitol building duplicating part of the finishing circuits that will be used in the men's race.

Lennard Zinn reports back from the 2010 Park Tool Tech Summit with tips for those about to wrench their rigs.

Team Type 1 staffs up with new riders and crew, as it aims for an improved Tour of California showing.

Team Type 1 riders will sport Colnago CX-1's with Shimano components in 2010.

2010 Giro di Sardegna results

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has already won more races this year than he did in all of 2009, and it’s only February. The Spanish “gato” pounced to his second straight victory in Tuesday’s third stage at the Ruta del Sol (AKA the Vuelta a Andalucia), fending off Grega Bole (Lampre) and Simon Gerrans (Sky) to claim his third win in the 2010 season.

Shops to get Bicycle Technologies International catalog next week.

Registration for pro-am U.S. Open of Mountain Biking's gravity events at Diablo Freeride Park in New Jersey opens March 1.