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Australian Brett Lancaster ends a 13-year pro career and moves into a new role as sport director for Team Sky.

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Christine Lagarde is on trial for arranging payment of 400 million euro to former cycling team owner Bernard Tapie.

BMC has a long list of 2016 objectives, but the most eyebrow-raising is the Tour de France, which it hopes to win in 2016.

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BMC Racing stars Phinney, Gilbert, and Van Avermaet back in the saddle for a winter training camp in sunny southern Spain.

Global Cycling Network picks five of the worst-dressed pro cycling teams of all time. It's so bad, you just can't look away.

The Paris-Nice route is unveiled, and it should include some surprises, plus a tough climb up the lower half of Mont Ventoux.

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Luca Paolini's doping case will be heard before the UCI's Anti-Doping Tribunal.

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Bjarne Riis tried to woo Segafredo, but ultimately, the Italian coffee company went with Trek Factory Racing to sponsor pro cycling.

Sky lights up the holidays with a bit of creativity and a healthy dose of pedal power.

Have a look back at some of the more memorable battles and attacks that played out on roads across the world this year.

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Mick Rogers will miss out on his home tour in Australia after a pre-season medical check reveals concerns about his heart.

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Final sentences are expected Friday in the Mantova doping investigation, which implicated top riders, such as Alessandro Ballan.

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Bradley Wiggins will be among those lining up for the third Dubai Tour, which on Sunday announced a 2016 lineup featuring 10 WorldTour teams

Nelson Rolo's positive sample was taken in July, and he is now serving a one-year suspension.

Rabo-Liv, home to former world and Olympic champions Marianne Vos and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot will lose title sponsor at the end of 2016.

According to a report in the Spanish daily AS, the 2016 Vuelta could have as many as 10 mountaintop finales, one more than this year’s climb-heavy edition.

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The 2016 Tour of Utah will feature three stages in the southern half of the state before its traditional finish in Park City.

USA Cycling recently constructed a dome that sits over the velodrome in Colorado Springs, allowing athletes to train year-round.

The Tinkoff team's new training kit is just as wild as you'd expect it to be.

The 2012 Tour de France champion has reverted back to his track racing roots, which includes bulking up for the team pursuit.

Brakethrough Media captures the emotional rollercoaster that is professional cycling in this best-of photo gallery.

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UCI president says WorldTour reforms are evolution, not revolution, that he doesn't understand why ASO is being belligerent.

Bjarne Riis may have an unexpected opportunity to return to the world of pro cycling after Cult Energy team loses sponsorship.

The years-long reform process ground to an unceremonious halt Tuesday as a compromise put the sport right back where it started.

With RCS Sport facing financial troubles, it seems possible that China's richest man could become a major player in pro cycling.

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Wang Jianlin, China's richest person, is reportedly in talks to buy one — or more — of cycling's grand tours.

The January issue of Velo magazine is the 28th annual Awards Issue.

It appears the current WorldTour calendar will remain intact, with options for second-tier races to join the top level moving forward.

The Ladies Tour of Qatar names its 2016 teams, and the Cervelo-Bigla team is a surprising omission.

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E3 Harelbeke organizers say the 2016 race will be shorter but will offer a few new cobblestone sections.

Tour de France director says that by reducing team sizes, the race will see more open racing, less controlled by powerful teams.

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Pro cycling's governing body, race organizers, and teams will try to find common ground on proposed reforms at a meeting in Barcelona

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USA Cycling announces its 2016 Olympic long teams for the men's and women's mountain bike events, as well as the women's road events.

Todd Hickman, of Byhalia, Mississippi, fails anti-doping test after winning Louisiana-Mississippi Age-Graded Championships.

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Seven-time cyclocross world champion Erik De Vlaeminck is dead.

Here's a cheatsheet of all the physiological data Chris Froome released Thursday from his day in the laboratory last August.

Do you believe no clean rider can win the Tour, today and, perhaps, ever?

Trek Factory Racing is taking on an increasingly Italian flavor with addition of sponsor Segafredo and rumors of talks with Vincenzo Nibali.

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Mapei Sport will partner with Trek Factory Racing in 2016 after a 14-year absence from the upper echelon of pro cycling.

Two-time stage host city Fort Collins decides not to participate in 2016, while Grand Junction aims to be first-time host in coming year.

Pro riders' union expresses its concern about disc brakes in the pro peloton, says it wasn't included in decision-making.

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The Lotto-Soudal Ladies team announces a 15-rider roster for the 2016 season.

Tour of Oman names teams for 2016 edition, but curiously, Etixx will race the Middle Eastern event, despite opting out of Tour of Qatar.

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Etixx-Quick-Step won the last four editions of the Tour of Qatar, but the Belgian team will be conspicuously absent from the 2016 race.

Taylor Phinney hand-paints two special Silca floor pumps to be auctioned off to benefit the Davis Phinney Foundation.

Though Richie Porte has little success as a grand tour leader, BMC insists the Tasmanian can deliver on cycling's biggest stages.

The Sky camp admits it is a bit disappointed that Chris Froome fell short of a historic Tour-Vuelta double in 2015.

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Global Cycling Network finds five of the world's priciest bikes, from Armstrong's special-edition Tour bikes, to a gold-plated fat bike.

The 100th edition of Ronde van Vlaanderen won't offer much novelty, but it could appeal to a fan favorite such as Peter Sagan.

Taylor Phinney was faced with a tough choice this summer, and he opted out of surgery so he'd have a chance to race the 2016 Olympics.

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Alberto Contador is fully focused on targeting the Tour and Olympics, leaving it unlikely that he'll race the Vuelta in final season.

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Zdenek Stybar will pass on a shot at a fourth world cyclocross title to prepare for a run at the northern classics next spring

If you're ready to splurge this holiday season, here are five gifts that are sure to please everyone from pure roadies to mountain bikers.

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