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Alejandro Valverde is hoping to return to the Tour de France in 2010 and make a run for the final podium.

Energizer Asia Pacific has become a sponsor of the Kelly Benefit Strategies pro cycling team.

Champion triathlete Iván Raña is giving up on his one-year experiment trying to race in the professional ranks to return full-time to triathlon.

VeloNews technical editor Zack Vestal tries out Gore's latest version of its Ride-on cables, and shares installation tips in a video.

When it comes to choosing the right kit for a cold cyclocross race, Ryan Trebon makes a few basic items go a long way.

Cycling Sports Group refurbishes nearly 100 bicycles for Connecticut town's Wheels for Kids program.

Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said Monday that 2009 has been his best year ever, as he received the award from the International Cycling Union (UCI) as this season's top rider.

The 87 members of Team IMBA 2009, raised a total of $84,937 for local and national trailbuilding projects by riding their bikes.

U23 cross-country national champ Amy Dombroski will race fat tires for Team Luna Chix, but expect to see her on the road and racing 'cross too.

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UCI World Cup leader Katie Compton (Planet Bike) won her sixth straight cyclocross national championship and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) collected his third during the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Sunday in Bend, Oregon.

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When the ’crossing gets cold, Katie Compton turns up the heat with soft, warm and versatile clothing.

Rubén Plaza – one of the numerous “refugees” from the Operación Puerto doping scandal -- has landed a contract with Caisse d’Epargne for 2010.

2009 U.S. Cyclocross Nationals Day 3 results

Summerhill wins U23 title as nearly 500 riders compete across six divisions on penultimate day of USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships

There was plenty of history leading up to Saturday’s re-match of an old race between Don Myrah and Pete Webber.

Defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is expressing confidence that the re-rigged Astana will be able to support him as he searches a third maillot jaune in four years.

When I gave up racing mountain bikes I vowed to never ride a trainer again. I didn’t quite stick to that sacred oath, but I have tried my best.

Two-time world champion Sarah Hammer set a new U.S. record in the individual pursuit Friday, clocking a 3:27.5 in qualifying rounds at the World Cup track event in Cali, Columbia.

On Sunday, December 13th, Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) will defend his cyclocross national championship on his home turf in Bend, Oregon. Defending women’s champ and leader of the world cyclocross UCI points, Katie Compton, will having a go at her sixth national championship in a row.

Juniors and masters lined up to compete at cyclocross national championships in Bend, Oregon, on Friday.

Singletrack.com takes Fisher's thoroughbred 29er on course, and the result isn't surprising if you've heard the hype.

Garmin-Transitions team captain David Millar pulled no punches on his friend and former teammate Bradley Wiggins, who announced on Thursday that he was leaving the American squad for Britain’s Team Sky.

Word from Lance Armstrong's Austin bike shop is that an application is in to USA Cycling for a May 29-30 spot for the Mellow Classic on the national calendar.

2009 USA Cycling Cyclocross Championships

More than 500 competitors opened the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships on Thursday in Bend, Oregon, in conditions no less than 100 degrees cooler than when the USA Cycling National Road Championships took place in Bend last July. Things warmed up to nearly freezing however before five national titles were awarded in the 55 and over master men’s age divisions on the first of four days of competition.

Giro d'Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan met Thursday with Washington mayor Adrian Fenty about possibly starting the cycling classic in the U.S. capital in 2012.

Cadel Evans has confirmed he will race in January's Tour Down Under in South Australia with his new team, BMC Racing. BMC Racing also announced on Friday that US cyclist George Hincapie would compete alongside Evans.

Eleven new faces that are part of the Columbia-HTC squad for 2010 are getting to know their new teammates at the team’s first confab ahead of next racing season. The world’s No. 1 ranked team opened a 10-day training camp on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, bringing together sprinter ace Mark Cavendish and 27 other riders along with staff.

Full World Cup schedule set for teen U.S. rider, with his first race in Vigo, Spain, at the end of March.

Our readers offer advice on collections, thoughts on Wiggo's move and the toughest time of the year.

Euskaltel's Egoi Martínez vows to gain the success at the Tour de France that has so far eluded him.

OK, it's not the definitive list. It's actually a list of events that we'll be building up over the next several months as information comes in to Singletrack.com.

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The company that owns Kestrel, Breezer, Fuji and other bike brands is buying the component company Oval Concepts. Advanced Sports, Inc. says it has purchased the Oval Concepts brand, trademarks and tooling and has entered into a license agreement for its patented JetStream and SCCS technology.

This cyclocross season, filmmaker Andy Frothingham is following two professional racers through their seasons, checking in with them at events around the country and at their homes in Colorado between races. The fourth episode is presented here today.

Each day during the cyclocross national championship week the race course is open at noon for riders of all categories to take a few laps. On Thursday, December 10, VeloNews grabbed a few photographs of one of the trickiest corners of the course.

It seems rumors of his retirement were greatly exaggerated. Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will be back at Rabobank for 2010 and has been confirmed to start the Ruta del Sol in February in Spain.

A new book, The Athlete's Plate: Real Food for High Performance, debunks the myth that busy athletes lack the time to fuel with real food.

Alberto Contador is getting to know his “new” Astana teammates at the team’s first training camp.

You know the guy — maybe you've been him — the guy who is already suited up, with tires pumped, waiting for the rest of the gang to get its act together?

If an affordable off-road shoe that doesn't take months of agonizing rides to break in is of interest, then Pearl Izumi's Race MTB is one to consider.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today confirmed the new track programme which was proposed by the UCI for the XXX Olympic Games in London 2012. In its report to the IOC after the Beijing Olympic Games, the UCI had requested that 2 extra track events for women be added to the programme in order to increase women participation in the track and indeed to give a more meaningful number of events for women to compete in.

Alison Powers to coach at Alabam Cycling Camp

It’s staring at me from across the room. We all know the feeling when we’re being watched, ... and it’s happening right now.

While Oregon is a hotbed for American cyclocross, the temperatures in Bend, Oregon, during the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships will be far from “hot.”

The International Olympic Committeehas approved UCI recommendations to make changes to Olympic track events for 2012.

The new Spot Brand SS or geared or belt-driven bike from the folks out of Golden, Colorado, is too cool not to leak to the rest of the world — so here it is!

A look at options when a race prize check bounces.

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Britain's Bradley Wiggins will spearhead Sky's efforts at the Tour de France after signing a four-year contract with the British ProTour team.

New British ProTour team Sky is expected to announce the signing of its country’s star rider, Bradley Wiggins, at a press conference held Thursday in London.

The brothers Schleck have revealed their respective racing schedules for the upcoming season and Andy Schleck has penciled in a trip to the Tour of California as part of his 2010 racing calendar. The Saxo Bank captains see a few new twists in their approach toward the 2010 Tour de France, where the brothers will aim for outright victory between one of them. Andy rode to second last year while Frank won a stage and finished fifth.

After split with national cross-country series management company, number of UCI-sanctioned races goes from six to three.

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Call yourself a clydesdale and are worried about your 29er wheels turning into tacos? Singletrack.com's Lennard Zinn says there is safety in strength.

A look at the official Team RadioShack Treks for 2010

Team Lapierre International to add DH, enduro and XC riders to it's stable, including ten-time downhill world champion Nicolas Vouilloz. French team to be at Sea Otter Classic and World Cups.

It’s a team highly reminiscent of the squads that took him to seven Tour de France wins, funded by an American sponsor lured into the sport by the draw of his star power — yet Lance Armstrong said Tuesday that his new RadioShack ProTour team isn’t built solely around him.

Dear Velo, Anyone who throws a leg over the top tube's a cyclist!

Yes, it's time for you to pick a Phat Phat-Tire Photo contest winner for November.

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Lars Bak is hoping he’ll get more chances to win on his own with a move to Columbia-HTC for 2010.

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Pedro Horrillo – the Rabobank rider who fell 180 feet into a ravine during the Giro d’Italia in May – recently returned to the scene of his horrific crash.

BMC has officially closed its roster for the 2010 season and promises to be competitive in all the major events.

The famed Italian frame builder De Rosa is to be the official bicycle sponsor of the Fly V Australia professional cycling team in 2010.

Despite suggesting over the weekend that his career was over Oscar Pereiro has signed a one-year contract with Astana, the Kazakh team announced on Tuesday.

The USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships are not a part of the USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar, and last weekend’s four events were the final calendar races for the season. Jeremy Powers and Maureen Bruno-Roy are the overall winners of the 2009/2010 Cyclo-cross National Racing Calendar. The final standings are below.

The International Olympic Committee is reviewing UCI recommendations to make changes to Olympic track events for 2012.

In the wake of each World Cup season, riders, teams, journalists, sponsors and UCI officials vote for the best event venues of the year.

The owners of US Cup MTB Event Management have announced their intention to withdraw as organizers of the 2010 Pro XCT series.

US Cup Chairman Scott Tedro, the man behind Team ShoAir, said UCI sanctioning demands impose unnecessarily high costs and provide only small benefits to a limited number of riders. He is set to start a new 20-race series.

The lawsuit between Trek Bicycle and Greg LeMond is rolling, slowly, toward the courthouse and what could be an explosive trial. A federal judge in Minnesota last week rejected requests from each side to dismiss case, and granting each an assortment of minor victories and setbacks.

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