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France's iconic week-long stage race, the Dauphiné Libéré, may soon belong to the growing empire of the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO).

Felt Bicycles and the UCI have joined forces to provide rising talent with bicycles supplied by the American company.

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will ride the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career this May.

Having earned stage wins in all three grand tours, Sky's Simon Gerrans has hopes of winning one of the Ardennes classics.

The Dallas Off Road Bicycle Association's Frozen Endurance Mountain Bike Race Series starts Jan. 9.

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Upstate New York community ponies up $100K to keep World Cup race; news not so good for World Cup stop in Belgium.

Dimitro Grabovskyy, the U23 world champion in 2005, admits to developing a drinking problem after turning pro with QuickStep in 2007.

Portugal's Volta ao Algarve is a traditional early-season test for European pros.

Marathon and endurance events are becoming more popular. Read on to find out how to train for these mountain bike races with either a power meter or heart rate monitor.

Tom Scully (John Trevorrow Cycles-Chifley Hotel) wins Stage 3 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic while Chris Sutton (Skilled-Lowe Farms) displaces Graeme Brown (Urban) as overall leader.

Alberto Contador and his Team Astana mates will be riding Specialized bicycles as he strives to win a third Tour de France in 2010.

In one of the most anticipated team rollouts in years, Team Sky is officially presented to the world in London.

Whether you're a racer or trail ripper, it's time to hit the base training, which means long rides, a sore butt and the need for some energy to get you home.

Garmin-Transitions signs Brazilian rider Murilo Fischer to bolster sprinter Tyler Farrar's leadout train.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet Fidea) wins the Fidea Cyclocross Tervuren in Belgium.

Greg Henderson wins Stage 2 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Graeme Brown (Urban) holds the overall lead.

The 21st annual Jayco Bay Cycling Classic runs from January 2 through January 5 in Australia.

Greg Henderson (Mazda) wins stage 2 of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Graeme Brown (Urban) keeps the overall lead.

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Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) wins the Fidea Cyclocross Tervuren in Belgium.

Michael Rogers’ trophy case is full of hardware from time trials. Now the Aussie pro wants to place a national road title on his mantel.

Defending champion Graeme Brown (Urban) wins the opening stage of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Geelong, Australia.

Beginning next month, Skins' full range of compression clothing will be the competitive cycling apparel used by USA Cycling racers in mountain, road, track and cyclocross.

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Carlos Sastre’s rollercoaster 2009 season taught him a few things.

2010 Giro d'Italia results

The TX Tough Grand Prix serves as the USA CRITS men's series finale, where the pro mens field will race for $25,000 in cash and primes. The TX Tough GP benefits the Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas.

The Chris Thater Memorial race is an event weekend that host a 5K run and pro, elite and novice crit races. The race will be held in Binghamton, NY, and will serve as the USA CRITS Women's final event in 2010.

The Boise Twilight Crit (aka the Well Fargo Crit) began in 1987 as a way to attract cyclists and pump up business in downtown Boise. Today, top teams compete for $20,000 in cash and prizes on the four-corner Boise course.

The 50-mile twilight crit in downtown Charlotte, North Carolina, paid out $13,000 to 2009 winner David Veilleux. The dog-bone shaped course is 1.3 miles long with two long straight-aways that makes the Presbyterian crit a great spectators event.

The Capital Criterium follows part of the presidential inauguration route with the startt/finish area on Pennsylvania Avenue.

The intersection of Gay and High Streets in West Chester, Pennsylvania, serves as the start for the Iron Hill Twilight crit. The brewery of the same name sponsors this four-corner crit held in historic downtown West Chester.

The Hyde Park Blast is another twilight crit in the USA CRITS series. Held in Hyde Park, Ohio, the Blast is the middle event of a weekend of crit racing.

In what’s a series of one-day races over a five-day period on Spain’s pleasant Mallorca island, the Challenge is a popular early-season race for pros looking to enjoy some mild weather with the first taste of racing. There are some steep hills, but nothing too extreme for February legs.

The village of Paia is the cyclist's ideal base of operations. Its central location on the north shore makes all of the island's routes easily accessible, and the vibe is much more funky surf town than over-developed tourist trap.

"Six years ago, the bigger racing names started coming over more often. Some visitors include Lance Armstrong, Svein Tuft with the whole Symmetrics team, Andy Hampsten, Connie Carpenter, Tom Danielson, Jeff Louder, Tyler Wren, Chris Wherry, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski ..."

UCI World Road Championships

You might think that cycling on an island inherently means limited ride options and terrain. Actually, Maui features a plethora of diverse choices and add-ons that dwarf the selection of any other place I've ever ridden.

Vuelta Castilla y León

The Grand Prix Llodio is a 172.5-km, UCI 1.1 race in Spain's Basque region.

The Giro dell'Appennino is a UCI 1.1 race held in the Liguria region of northwestern Italy.

Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja

The Rund of Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt is a UCI 1.HC race that begins and ends in Frankfurt, Germany.

Alberto Contador said Friday he will kick off his 2010 season with Portugal's Tour de Algarve in mid-February.

The Tour du Finistere is a French UCI 1.1 race that starts and ends in Quimper, France. The race is 199.3 km long and passes through the far western Brittany region of France.

Bradley Wiggins, racing for the new Team Sky, will be among the big names at the 2010 Giro.

Vuelta de Bisbee

Tour of Denmark

"The Flemish Arrow" is a UCI 1.2 race that starts and ends in Harelbeke, Belgium. The race has been running for 40 years, and previous winners include Karsten Kroon in 1997, Stijn Devolder in 2001, and Jan Ghyselinck in 2009.

The Tour of Britain is a UCI Category 2.1 stage race.

Trofeo Zssdi is a UCI 1.2 race held in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Italy, around the city of Trieste.

The Grand Prix de la Ville de Lillers is a UCI 1.2 race held near the town of Lillers.

La Roue Tourangelle is a UCI 1.2 race that is held in Region Centre, France. From 2002 to 2004 the race was an amateur event but changed to a UCI Europe Tour event in 2005.

The Gran Premio San Giuseppe is a UCI 1.2, circuit race held in Montecassiano, Italy. Racers tackle a 12-km course 10 times in the region of Le Marche.

The Tour de Normandie is a French UCI 2.2,seven-day stage race.

Named after Italian cycling legends Fausto Coppi and Gino Bartali, the UCI 2.1 stage race is five days of racing in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy.

The Settimana Ciclistica Lombarba is a six-day, UCI 2.1 race run on the roads around the northern Italian city of Bergamo in the Lombardia region.

The Tucson Classic is a Southwestern tradition, typically three days including a time trial, circuit race and road race.

Italy's GP Comune di Cornaredo is part of the UCI's elite women's calendar.

The Athens Twilight crit is an 80-km race around historic downtown Athens, Georgia. This is the first stop of the USA CRITS series and has a purse of $120,000 for the men's and women's fields.

Le Samyn is a UCI category 1.2 one-day road race in Belgium. The full name is Memorial José Samyn, in honor of Jose Samyn, who won the first race, in 1968, and died at a small Belgian race in 1969.

The Tour of Luzon is the largest stage race in the Philippines and dates to 1955. It has been known as the Tour of Luzon, The Tour of the Philippines, The Marlboro Tour and Padyak Pinoy. In 2010, the race included eight stages.

The UCI World Ranking is the latest iteration of a season-long, top-level points series for pro men, teams and nations, something of a loose replacement for (and combination of) the old UCI Road World Cup and the UCI ProTour rankings.

Le Tour Mediterranéen is a five-stage race in France. It is a category 2.1 UCI event, part of the UCI's Euro Tour calendar.

The 2010 UCI Track World Championships are being held in Copenhagen, Denmark,

Photos of the Sampson Sports line of components and bikes for 2010.