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Compton, Powers rule USGP of Cyclocross opener

For the entire elite women’s race, and half of the men’s, the title sponsor of the Planet Bike Cup looked poised to sweep the top step of both podiums. Held in near summer heat on Saturday at the Angell Park Speedway in the Madison suburb of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, and doubling as the opening weekend of the sixth annual U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross, the Planet Bike Cup was looking like a two-fer for the home team until the dream scenario quickly went awry under a rolled tubular tire.

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Sicard powers into history at U23 race

The U23 worlds race is always an unpredictable affair, but French phenomenon Romain Sicard did what just about everyone thought he would. Fresh off winning the Tour de l’Avenir in dominating fashion ahead of a strong U.S. team earlier this month, Sicard surged away from a fractured peloton with two laps to go in the 13-lap, 179.4km course Saturday to win France’s first U23 world title since competition began in 1996.

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McQuaid: Astana license under scrutiny

The cycling future of the Astana team, whose star rider is Tour de France champion Alberto Contador, could be in doubt, UCI president Pat McQuaid said Saturday. Astana, whose ProTour license is currently under review, is hoping to impress the UCI licensing commission to avoid the revocation of the final year of its ProTour status. However, McQuaid said there were several areas of concern.

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Italy’s Guderzo wins women’s road title

Kristin Armstrong’s farewell race ended with an exclamation point as she powered into the winning, four-rider move in Saturday’s elite women’s road race. Tatiana Guderzo (Italy) – a bronze medalist in the road in the Beijing Olympic Summer Games – attacked on the final lap and soloed to victory 19 seconds clear of a three-rider chase group featuring Armstrong in the 124km race under cloudy skies in Mendrisio.

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Can anyone break the Italian-Spanish stranglehold?

In what’s no surprise, the Italian and Spanish teams are leading the odds to win Sunday’s elite men’s world title. Just as they have for the past decade, Italy and Spain bring deep squads with two or three options to win the season’s most important one-day race on the calendar. Leading Sunday for Italy will be last year’s runner-up Damiano Cunego, with defending champion Alessandro Ballan and Filippo Pozzato waiting in the shadows. Spain comes with Alejandro Valverde, with Olympic gold medalist Samuel Sánchez and three-time world champ Óscar Freire ready to step up.

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McQuaid: UCI aims for Olympic gender equality

Women track cyclists could be among the biggest winners at the London Olympics after the UCI said it has the goal of ensuring "gender parity" at the 2012 Games. There are currently, there are 10 track cycling events contested at the Olympics. But while men compete in seven competitions, the women get to contest just three: the sprint, the individual pursuit and the points race. UCI president Pat McQuaid said it is now time to redress the balance so the men and women compete in five events each, acknowledging that the move will mean losing some men's disciplines.

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McQuaid: UCI can’t keep Valverde out of worlds road race

UCI president Pat McQuaid said sport’s international governing body can do nothing to stop Alejandro Valverde from racing the world championships road race on Sunday. Valverde is currently serving a two-year ban in Italy handed down by the country's Olympic Committee (CONI). Despite admitting he believed Valverde was involved in the Operación Puerto doping scandal that erupted in Spain in May 2006, McQuaid said he would not extend that ban worldwide until the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rules on two appeals later this year.

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Cancellara dreams of worlds double

Fabian Cancellara is dreaming of carving a place for himself in the pages of cycling history by becoming the first rider to ever win the world championship in both the road race and time trial in the same year. After dominating Thursday’s world time trial championship, winning his third rainbow jersey in the discipline in four years, the Swiss powerhouse is audaciously proclaiming his intentions of taking aim at the world road title.

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