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The 2010 Tour won't be a two-man race between Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, says José Azevedo.

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2010 Vuelta Independencia results

Casey B. Gibson, with camera in hand, pays a call on the Bissell team camp in California.

The Bissell Pro Cycling Team is smaller but swifter for 2010, hoping to contend in crits as well as time trials and stage races.

J.J. Haedo wins the Tour de Mumbai.

Sergio Pardilla wins Stage 1 at the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux) wins the 42nd Tour du Haut Var.

Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro) wins the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Alberto Contador (Astana) finishes second in the final time trial to take the overall title at the Volta ao Algarve.

Rinaldo Nocentini wins Stage 1 of the Tour du Haut Var.

Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) wins the first stage of the Tour du Haut Var.

Saxo Bank's Jose Juan Haedo on Sunday won the inaugural Tour de Mumbai, India's first UCI-sanctioned pro race.

Alberto Contador isn’t happy about the UCI’s decision to ban his Specialized Shiv time trial bike on the eve of Sunday’s decisive final TT in the Volta ao Algarve.

With the star-studded RadioShack roster, Sébastien Rosseler never expected it would be him to score the new squad’s first victory. The stocky Belgian rider pulled it off in Saturday’s hilly fourth stage at the Volta ao Algarve, powering away from a breakaway with nearly 30km still to go.

Heading into its 11th season, Jelly Belly presented by Kenda set up camp once again at the golfing community of Lake San Marcos in Southern California.

Riders from war-ravaged Afghanistan are bound to be the center of attraction in next month's Tour de Pakistan, particularly since Indian cyclists were left out in the cold by organizers, an official said on Saturday.

Fox Racing Shox says distinctive gold-colored Kashima Coat maintains better lubrication for lower friction — plus it's tough.

Fabian Cancellara added another victory to his palmarès Friday with the overall win at the inaugural Tour of Oman. He did so on his Specialized Tarmac SL3.

Quick-draw Contador wins stage 3 Alberto Contador (Astana) picked up where he left off last July and won Friday’s “queen stage” to surge into the overall lead at the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.

Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara won the final overall title at the Tour of Oman Friday after finishing second to Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen in the race's concluding 18.5 km individual time trial.

Levi Leipheimer isn’t used to racing in Europe so early in the season, at least not since the inception of the Tour of California in 2006.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is slated to begin his 2010 campaign on Sunday at the Ruta del Sol after an abscessed tooth postponed a planned start at the Tour of Qatar.

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Australia's Tour Down Under last month attracted record crowds, visitor numbers and income, the South Australian state government said Friday.

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Anthony Tan sits down with George Hincapie to talk about pre-race rituals, Paris-Roubaix, the Giro, Cadel Evans and his new team.

Chris Carmichael has the belt buckle from Leadville. Now he's going for La Ruta, and bringing 10 Carmichael Training Systems customers with him in 2010.

Despite being in only its fifth year and lasting just eight days, the Amgen Tour of California is fast approaching the status of a three-week grand tour — in terms of the publicity it generates. That was shown by last week’s online release, over four days, of the 2010 stage details, and by the number of Tour de France contenders choosing to compete in the U.S. when the Giro d’Italia is under way in Europe.

Early in Thursday’s infernally cold and rainy stage at the Volta ao Algarve, André Greipel called off his HTC-Columbia troops and told them not to chase down a five-man breakaway that had opened up a six-minute gap. ... Well, he won anyway.

Endurance champ Rebecca Rusch gives the blow-by-blow of her South American race adventure with teammate Heidi Volpe.

Awesome Land: Women of Dirt is a new film from Bones Over Metal that highlights women shredding all forms of mountain biking.

Ted King is ready to apply the lessons he’s learned in 2009 to have an even better sophomore season in the pro ranks.

Belgian champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the fifth stage of the Tour of Oman, Thursday, already his third win of the season.

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A profile of HTC-Columbia's innovative trainer, Darcy Norman, and his techniques.

Men's and women's singlespeed added to national championship classes

at Breckenridge. Riders wishing to compete for any of the Stars-and-Stripes jerseys will have a two-week exclusive online registration period. The field will be limited to 750.

Former cyclist Joe Papp, who testified against Floyd Landis in 2007, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to sell EPO and other drugs, the AP is reporting

A reader asks how and why race officials can cut short a stage because of weather ... and we get some unbelievable news.

If the name Leigh Howard — Wednesday’s 20-year-old field-sprint winner at the Tour of Oman — sounds familiar to VeloNews.com readers, there are several reasons why.

Benoit Vaugrenard (FDJeux) surprised the sprinters with a well-timed late-stage attack to win Wednesday’s hilly opening stage at the 36th Volta a Algarve.

VeloNews' Robbie Stout takes a look at Kelly Benefit Strategies' 2010 team gear, from its new bikes to its new washing machine.

HTC-Columbia’s Leigh Howard won the fourth stage of the Tour of Oman Wednesday, outsprinting Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) who took the overall lead from Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen.

Reigning Olympic champion, Samuel Sanchez, showed up at this week's Volta ao Algarve with a special edition Orbea Orca.

SRAM has announced plans to release a new entry level road group, intended to compete against Shimano’s 105 group, in the spring of 2010.

Is there a right or wrong way to hang a full-suspension bike? Singletrack.com's resident wrench Lennard Zinn has the answer.

Readers weigh in on the Tour of California, Lance and collegiate racing.

Red rock to slickrock: Mountain biking around Sedona is the best way to spend time in this desert destination.

India hosts its first professional UCI-sanctioned road race this weekend, with hopes it will showcase home-grown talent and boost public interest in two-wheel transport.

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The 2010 event outside Tucson, Arizona, marked the 11^th edition and was dedicated to Stan Koziatek of Stan's NoTubes.

Getting into position: what's the difference between bike sizing and bike fitting, and when is close-enough close-enough?

The new bikes will use the Split Pivot, a concentric dropout pivot linkage suspension system designed by Weagle, the man behind the DW-Link.

Arnie Baker, the former Floyd Landis advisor who was named in a French arrest warrant along with Landis yesterday, said he has has offered to talk to French authorities but they have not taken him up on the offer. Baker denies any involvement in hacking into the French anti-doping agency's computer system, the alleged act French authorities said they want to talk to him about.

Friends of Steve Larsen are raising money for his family by auctioning some cycling products and memorabilia, including one of Larsen's Mongoose mountain bikes.

This year's Women's Prestige Cycling Series includes four stage races in four states. The series, which awards points at existing events to determine season-long winners in four categories.

Race leader Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky) solidified his grip on the overall lead at the Tour of Oman on Tuesday by winning the third stage, a 124-kilometer race from Saifat Ash Shiekh to Qurayyat.

Christian Vande Velde is holding nothing back this season as he sets his sights on the ultimate prize of the Tour de France.

A cracked or broken carbon frame can be fixed. Lennard Zinn checks in with Craig Calfee's repair shop.

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Kelly Benefit Strategies is forging a team for stage races and tough one-day events.

Kelly Benefit Strategies is entering the new season with its core roster intact and a focus on stage racing and tough one-day events.

A French judge has issued an international arrest warrant for Floyd Landis for allegedly hacking into a French anti-doping lab's computer system, the French anti-doping agency announced Friday.

Jonathan Chodroff and Carmen Small win the 2010 Valley of the Sun Stage Race in Arizona.

Stewart leads the nearly-day-long break. Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) won the second stage of the Tour of Oman on Monday as Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Sky) takes over the race lead from stage 1 winner Jimmy Casper.

On Friday lawmakers who sit on the Transportation Committee in Idaho's State House moved a bill to create a special "mountain biking" license plate. The effort would generate funds for trail building and maintenance.

Racing this Week: The big story this week is the season debut of defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador and several other big names at the Volta ao Algarve.

Despite recent snow, teams come out for the South Central collegiate conference's first race of the season, a time trial at Centenary College

UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis limbers up in Tucson for the upcoming season.

Filippo Pozzato believes he’s poised to win at least one major classic this spring and he could care less which one it is.

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Jonathan Chodroff and Carmen Small lead the Valley of the Sun Stage Race going into the final criterium in Phoenix.

Tech editor Zack Vestal pays a call on the Cyfac factory during a whirlwind tour of France.

Jimmy Casper takes the kickoff to the inaugural Tour of Oman.