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In an exclusive excerpt from his book Racing Weight, Matt Fitzgerald explains the best way for cyclists to eat and ride to reduce body fat.

USA Cycling plans to change the calendar to reduce travel, tweak the points system and figure out how UCI Pro Continental teams can participate in national-level races.

Haimar Zubeldia hadn’t won a race in 10 years – now he’s back on the winner’s podium for the second time in a week.

Frank and Andy Schleck both posted notices on their respective Twitter pages confirming that their new Luxembourg team project is on solid footing.

Can a Tour de France podium finisher ride solo to an overall victory in the high mountains of northern Utah?

SpiderTech manager Steve Bauer says the team's strong performances in 2010 may lead to expansion into the Pro Continental ranks next year.

There was controversy at the finish line Friday in the 164.5km third stage at the Tour de l’Ain

Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Transitions) lines up Sunday as defending champion at the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Germany under very different conditions that he did one year ago.

Igor Antón, Romain Sicard and Egoi Martínez have signed deals that will keep them in those distinctive orange jerseys.

• 1. Haimar ZUBELDIA AGIRRE, (ESP) Team RadioShack, in 3:38
• 2. Wilco KELDERMAN, (NED), at 0
• 3. Laurent MANGEL, (FRA) Saur-Sojasun, at 0
• 4. Greg VAN AVERMAET, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 1
• 5. Matthieu BOULO, (FRA) Roubaix Lille Metropole, at 1

Seattle-area Masters cyclist Kenny Williams has accepted an extension of his two-year doping ban because he competed while under suspension

Critérium du Dauphiné winner Janez Brajkovic (RadioShack) has withdrawn from France’s Tour de l'Ain

Former Czech cyclo-cross world champion Radomir Simunek Sr. died Tuesday after a long illness.

Defending champion Lance Armstrong will not start the Leadville Traill 100 this year. Armstrong decided Monday to pull out of the high-altitude mountain bike race.

André Greipel has confirmed that he will join Omega-Lotto for the 2011 season.

Fresh off winning the Vuelta a Burgos, Samuel Sánchez has penned a two-year extension that will keep him in an Euskaltel-Euskadi jersey through 2012.

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• 1. FERRAND PREVOT Pauline (FRA), in 2:31:47
• 2. RATTO Rossella (ITA), at s.t.
• 3. RIVERA Coryn (USA), at s.t
• 4. SOLOVEI Canna (UKR), at s.t.
• 5. ZORZI Susanna (ITA), at 16

Organizers are hoping to announce a route next month at Interbike. They say classic routes for climbers and sprinters are in the works.

It's the first ProTour victory for the Garmin-Transitions rider.

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) will likely not race the Vuelta a España later this month and could miss the road cycling world championships in September.

The Danish Saxo Bank team took over control of its home race in style on Friday with Matti Breschel winning the third stage and grabbing the overall lead at the Tour of Denmark.

Trek Bicycle Corporation officials told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Friday that they have provided documents to a federal criminal investigation involving Lance Armstrong.

Luís León Sánchez says he’ll wait to see if Caisse d’Epargne can find a new sponsor before abandoning ship.

Former world time trial champion Bert Grabsch will ride for two more years with HTC-Columbia, the team announced Friday.

Alberto Contador said he’s raising the bar with his move to Saxo Bank-Sungard in 2011, with the likely participation in two grand tours next season.

Garmin-Transition's Daniel Martin won Thursday's fifth stage of the Tour of Poland, taking the overall lead.

Bernhard Eisel will stay with High Road Sports (HTC-Columbia) through 2012

Former Gerolsteiner manager Hans-Michael Holczer says blood tests showed "clear evidence" that American Levi Leipheimer doped during the 2005 Tour de France.

Now that the Schleck brothers and Alberto Contador have announced their plans for 2011, it's worth asking where key support riders will land.

The future is now. VeloNews takes a close look at the fresh young crop of super-talent riders, such as cover boy Tejay Van Garderen, world champion Taylor Phinney, Liquigas' sensation Peter Sagan and more.

Tech editor Zack Vestal puts areo wheels to the test in the lab, on the road and in the wind tunnel. We rank the wheels by aerodynamics, weight, stiffness and rotational inertia, and list the feedback of the test riders. The results don't lie. Subscribe today!

Alexander Kolobnev (Katusha) says he hopes he can receive an Olympic medal following news that Davide Rebellin lost his appeal in his doping case

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport has rejected Davide Rebellin's appeal against a doping charge from the 2008 Olympics.

Official announcement of eight-day stage race expected next week.

Brothers Andy and Frank Schleck have confirmed that they will be leaving Saxo Bank to join a new team based in Luxembourg.

Alexander Kolobnev hopes to be speaking Russian from atop the world championship podium some day ... soon

The Explainer looks at laws that prosecutors might be considering when investigating Floyd Landis' allegations against Lance Armstrong and others

Last year’s champion Carlos Barredo will be back to defend his title at Saturday’s Clásica San Sebastián in northern Spain

A new generation of riders will get their first taste of big-time European racing next week as the latest crew of stagiaires enters the peloton for the second half of the season.

Spanish rider Rubén Lobato has been suspended for two years due to irregular readings on his biological passport

Complete results from stage 3 of the Cascade Cycling Classic

"At some point, people have to tell their kids that Santa Claus isn't real," Landis says.

201 Cascade Cycling Classic stage 2 results

2010 Cascade Cycling Classic prologue results

Floyd Landis is expected at the Cascade Cycling Classic, starting Tuesday evening. Meanwhile, his former team has either disbanded or reorganized.

To encourage a more civil — and speedy — dialogue, VeloNews.com is making some tweaks to its online comment system.

Lance Armstrong's attorney reacts to the apparent contradiction between his remarks Wednesday and a 2005 deposition.

The Belgian champion is still recovering from his crash at the Tour de Suisse

Armstrong will begin competing in triathlons at the half Ironman distance.

The New York Times quotes sources saying a grand jury has issued subpoenas for several witnesses in the investigation into Floyd Landis' claims.

A look at the importance of the Tour's first mountaintop finish.

Storms await in the mountains

ASO is planning a citizens cyclosportive along the Paris-Roubaix course next April

The Peanut Butter & Co. rider leads Alison Powers with one event remaining.

Cycling bloggers now have access to a powerful search and network tool thanks to VeloNews and Lijit Networks, the leading provider of site search and online discovery tools.

Felt is recalling about 2,100 road bikes because the bikes' aluminum steerer tube can fail.

How does your sprint stack up? Power meter guru provides the simple protocol for a sprint test to determine what type of sprinter you are - and how to use this information for racing and training. Subscribe today!

U23 crit' champ Schneider misses podium for hospital

National time trial championships, men's results

2010 USA Cycling national time trial championships, men's results

2010 Tour de Beauce results

2010 Harlem Skyscraper Criterium results

Former Luxembourg national champion Kim Kirchen has been placed in an artificial coma after suffering a heart attack on Friday, his Katusha team said.

Pro men results from stage 4 of the Nature Valley Grand Prix

Pro women's results for the fourth stage of the Nature Valley Grand Prix

John Eustice is a legend in American cycling and a central piece of the East Coast cycling scene. Daniel McMahon takes a look at what makes the Harlem Cycling Classic promoter tick.

The usually upbeat spirit of the thousand or so people traveling the route of the Race Across America was darkened when Spanish rider Diego Ballesteros was struck by a car near Maize, Kansas.

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Replay: Live coverage of 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 6

2010 Nature Valley Grand Prix stage 2, Casey B. Gibson photos

Statistically over its 29-year history, about half of the riders who attempt the Race Across America make it to the finish line. This year, despite the heat of the desert in the early miles, the howling headwinds of the mountain states and the torrential rain and thunder storms in the plains, the attrition rate among the solos had been lower than usual.

Replay: Live coverage of the 2010 Tour de Suisse stage 5