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To see Lance Armstrong registered for the 2010 Miles of DisComfort Mountain Bike Marathon in Comfort, Texas on Jan. 30 could mean a couple of things.

German rider Charlotte Becker is joining Cervélo TestTeam for the 2010 season. Becker is experienced on both track and road. The 26-year-old is a former German national time trial champion and European points champion on the track. Last season, she picked up four wins and finished third overall in the Giro della Toscana while riding as a member of the now-defunct Equipe Nürnberger.

As part of our ongoing Buyer’s Guide look at new bikes and gear for 2010, we uncovered a good bargain in the Superleggera road bike from Tommaso Bicycles.

All of Graham Watson's 2010 Tour Down Under stage galleries

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Jason McCartney is consistent if nothing else. An appointed domestique since he was 15 years old, the native Iowan has a developed a sick passion for burying himself into the ground in the service of others.

HTC-Columbia is putting the finishing touches on its pre-season training camp at Mallorca.

Astana and RadioShack are both expected to start the Vuelta a Castilla y León in northern Spain in mid-April

Alberto Contador is quietly growing confident that the re-fitted Astana team will be up to the task of defending his Tour de France title come July.

Manuel Cardoso (Footon-Servetto-Fuji) takes Stage 3 at the 2010 Tour Down Under. Andre Greipel (HTC-Columbia) holds the lead.

Chris Carmichael recently returned from Hawaii where Lance Armstrong had been training in the lead-in to the Tour Down Under. Armstrong’s current power output, according to his longtime coach, is where it used to be in April during the years he was winning the Tour de France.

The Whole Athlete Junior Development Team out of California is grooming the future of MTB racing in North America.

Singletrack.com's resident wrench says tire sealants fall into two categories. Find out what might work best for you. Also, check out the video on how to install a tubeless system.

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From DH and freeride to cross-country, Easton wheelsets will get put through their paces.

San Diego-based company's chief operating officer assumes broader role.

A gallery of Graham Watson photos from the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under second stage.

Mark Cavendish wants to be more than the world’s fastest sprinter and is planning to widen his net to include a run for glory over the pavé of the northern classics.

HTC-Columbia's Andre Greipel extended his dominance of the Tour Down Under on Wednesday, winning his second stage in as many days.

Kevin Flock became a statistic when he was struck and killed by a van while cycling. But he was so much more than that.

Skil-Shimano is hoping to repeat its Tour de France sweepstakes this season as it prepares for an important season to confirm itself among the top ranks of the peloton. Strong performances in the 2008 and 2009 Paris-Nice helped earn Skil-Shimano one of the three wild-card invitations to the 2009 Tour. The team lived up to its end of the bargain in animating the race, putting riders into breakaways, capped by a third-place in stage 3 with Cyril Lemoine.

Cervelo's Ted King rejoins his second family at a team training camp in Portugal.

With racing underway in Australia and South America, it’s only a matter of days before the 2010 calendar clicks into gear in Europe. The first official races on the European continent will be the Giro di Regio Calabria in Italy on Jan. 30 and the GP de Ouverture La Marsellaise on Jan. 31 in France.

Citing costs and the loss of sponsorship, organizers of the Bump ‘N Grind in Birmingham, Alabama will drop out of USA Cycling's national Pro Cross-Country Tour.

So far people from 98 countries have applied for the LT100 lottery, which ends on Jan. 31. Guess who doesn't need to ask for an entry...

Graham Watson photos from the first stage of the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under

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2010 stage winner/GC leader (Click for full results):

• Stage 1: Andre Greipel/Greipel
• Stage 2: Greipel/Greipel
• Stage 3: Manuel Cardoso/Greipel
• Stage 4: Greipel/Greipel
• Stage 5: Sanchez/Greipel
• Stage 6/FINAL: Sutton/Greipel

Team Sky drew first blood in Sunday’s Cancer Council Classic. But two days later in the South Australian village of Tanunda, 2008 champion Andre Greipel of HTC-Columbia fired the first real warning shot of the opening event of this year’s ProTour when he claimed the first road stage and ochre leader’s jersey at the 2010 Santos Tour Down Under.

With redesigned ErgoPower levers, a reader wonders about keeping the small brass cable stop in its place. LZ also touches on why Campagnolo isn't as big in cyclocross as you might expect.

A selection of photos by Andrew Hood from the Cervelo TestTeam and HTC-Columbia training camps in Spain this week.

Response to "action alert" gets Congress member's pledge to rework language that could have blocked MTB access on public land that was being considered a wilderness area in the future.

RadioShack pro Chris Horner takes five Little 500 riders on a tour of Southern California.

We break down all the best bikes of 2010 in 18 categories, plus give you the inside story on tested products from road groups to helmets to shoes. The photo feature, 25 Years of Cool, takes you inside bike tech as only VeloNews can, showing choice bikes and gear in their 1985 form alongside their 2010 iteration, like the Specialized Stumpjumper or Sidi shoes. Subscribe Now!

Óscar Pereiro was close to retirement just months ago, but says he’s finding new wings with his move to Astana for the 2010 season.

If the highest point near your home is a freeway overpass, that long-planned mountain biking vacation in the high country this season could end up being a tour of misery. Here's how to avoid altitudinal agony — at least a little bit of it.

Out of nearly 500 readers who chose one of the four final Phat Phat-Tire Photos in our online poll, Ron's picture, "The Gorge," tallied 187 votes.

Organizers of the "All-Mountain World Championships" in California's Sierra Nevada have secured a special-use permit for this July and next year.

It’s rare for a Tour de France champion to think about anything but winning another maillot jaune. But Carlos Sastre is not your typical rider, so it shouldn’t come as a complete surprise that the 2008 Tour champion remains ambivalent about his plans come July.

Michael Rasmussen — the Danish climbing specialist who was forced out of the 2007 Tour de France after being tripped up on whereabouts questions — makes a subdued debut to racing this week in Argentina’s Tour de San Luís with the modest Italian Miche Silver Cross team.

For the rest of the world, Monday’s cyclocross headlines focused on Zdenek Stybar’s Roubaix World Cup win and subsequent ascension to the top of the World Cup standings. But in Belgium, motherland and epicenter of elite level ’cross, Niels Albert grabbed front page attention.

The death of Christian Meier's brother gives the Garmin-Transitions rider a fresh perspective on life.

Team Sky manager Sean Yates applauds his squad's performance in the Tour Down Under prelude.

Sidelined by surgery after a wicked crash, HTC-Columbia's André Greipel is ready to race.

World champion Cadel Evans seems content to let Lance Armstrong have the spotlight at the Tour Down Under.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Katerina Nash (Luna) take the eighth round of the cyclocross World Cup.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) and Katerina Nash (Luna) take the wins in round eight of the cyclocross World Cup.

Team Sky's Gregory Henderson and Christopher Sutton go one-two in the 2010 Cancer Council Helpline Classic.

Reigning overall World Cup DH champ Sam Hill loses Australian national jersey after crash. Sid Taberlay wins short track XC title.

Cervélo TestTeam promises more of the same as it prepares for the 2010 season.

Britain's all-new Team Sky stormed to a one-two win in the Cancer Council Helpline Classic on Sunday, their debut race and a prelude to next week's season-opening Tour Down Under.

Former Spanish cyclist Jesus Manzano has repeated doping charges against former teammate and compatriot Alejandro Valverde, adding that the Vuelta a España winner should admit his violations rather than continuing to deny them.

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Around 5,000 amateur cyclists joined Lance Armstrong on Saturday for an impromptu ride announced on Twitter, causing chaotic scenes.

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Saying they are now redundant, Lance Armstrong said on Saturday that he has dispensed with the additional personal doping tests he adopted to silence critics who suspect him of using drugs.

New singlespeed category at the MTB stage race in Kamloops, BC will run with the geared categories on the same course.

Pending final UCI approval at the end of the month, the Carmichael Training Systems International Classic set for July 9 through 11 in Colorado Springs will be a UCI C2 stage race.

Team Astana’s Alexander Vinokourov said Friday that winning the Tour de France was a dream for him, but it’s not any longer.

Tinker Juarez, Jeremiah Bishop and Roel Paulissen will spearhead Cannondale's domestic and international mountain bike campaigns.

Lottery process for a spot to race one of the Chequamegon Fat Tire Festival events in Wisconsin begins in February.

Munich's Six-Day track event is facing permanent cancellation due to the lack of crowds despite the event's 46-year history, organizers admitted Friday.

VeloNews' Kurt Hoy tagged along on an Astana team training ride near Calpe, Spain, Friday morning, and hustled back to send in some shots of the Tour champ Alberto Contador's first ride with his new teammate Alexander Vinokourov.

Vinokourov joined Contador for a team training ride near Calpe, Spain, on Friday, and VeloNews' Kurt Hoy was along to take pics.

While most pro teams search out mid-winter training roads in Spain, Milram has headed to greener pastures for a pre-season camp in Cyprus.

Our readers weigh in on doctors' duties, the wording of the oath, the value of cutting & pasting and weight limits.

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Former Astana rider Matthias Kessler was admitted to a hospital in Mallorca in a critical condition after suffering serious head injuries in a training crash, it was reported on Friday.

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Alberto Contador said Thursday that, judging by his power readings, he’s stronger this year than he was in 2009.

Zack Vestal brings readers along on a photo tour of the Time carbon fiber frame factory.

Tech editor Zack Vestal walks readers through the making of a Time carbon fiber frame — from thread to road-ready — in a slideshow.

Iceman Cometh Challenge race director Steve "Iceman" Brown has just wound up the official data on the 2009 event and the numbers are impressive.

The two-time Tour de France champion was diagnosed with cancer this spring, but two rounds of painful chemotherapy have failed to cure him. Speaking in a lengthy interview with Paris-Match, Fignon says he’s realistic about his chances as he prepares for another round of chemotherapy.