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January’s Tour Down Under is still the only confirmed race appearance for Lance Armstrong in 2011.

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Alberto Contador is hunkering down this weekend to celebrate the Christmas holidays with family and friends in Spain as he faces a far from certain future.

• 1. Katherine Compton, (USA), 38:18
• 2. Marianne Vos, (NED), Nederland Bloeit, at 0:31
• 3. Katerina Nash, (CZE), Luna Pro Team, at 0:35
• 4. Sanne Van Paassen, (NED), at 0:47
• 5. Sanne Cant, (BEL), at 1:19
• 1. Tom Meeusen, (BEL), Telenet-Fidea, 1:02:21
• 2. Sven Nys, (BEL), Landbouwkrediet, at :00
• 3. Kevin Pauwels, (BEL), Telenet-Fidea, at :02
• 4. Francis Mourey, (FRA), Fdj, at :07
• 5. Niels Albert, (BEL), Bkcp-Powerplus, at :30

Spain’s cycling federation president expects the Alberto Contador doping case to end up in the hands of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) no matter what decision is made

The Explainer reflects on this week's hearing in Colorado in which a court accepted a plea deal for a wealthy defendant and explains why he won't be calling for a boycott of an entire community based on the actions of one public official.

Flavia Oliveira, the Brazilian cyclist who recently won a reduction in her suspension for doping, has filed suit against the supplement manufacturer who she says caused the doping violation.

Leaving the scene of an accident involving serious bodily injury is good for an orange jumpsuit in anybody’s jurisdiction, yeah? Well, that depends. ...

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Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert has filed a motion asking a Colorado judge to bar the cyclist victim in a hit-and-run from testifying at a Thursday hearing to review a controversial plea bargain in the case.

The UCI, in a front page editorial in the latest edition of its Velo World magazine, takes issue with Floyd Landis' charge that the organization gives favorable treatment to some cyclists.

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The UCI will soon begin maintaining an online list of cycling products that comply with its rules for competition, it announced Monday.

• 1. Sven Nys (B), Landbouwkrediet, 59:15
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (B), 0:21
• 3. Klaas Vantornout (B), 0:37
• 4. Bart Aernouts (B), 0:53
• 5. Tom Meeusen (B), 1:03

From winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix to riding for his teammates at the Tour de France while wearing the yellow jersey, Fabian Cancellara was incredible in 2010. For that, we gave him the International Cyclist of the Year Award (and a jersey, and a few bottles of champagne….). Subscribe today!

At HTC team camp in California, sprinter Mark Cavendish assesses his biggest challengers as he eyes the 2011 season.

Prosecutors from the Italian Olympic Committee (CONIi) have asked that an entire family be banned for doping offenses related to a case involving Alessandro Petacchi.

An update on the Vail hit-and-run case ... and a look at the defendant's second failure to report.

In part 2, McQuaid talks about the UCI's agreement with grand tour organizers, why the individual pursuit is gone from the Olympics and whether cyclocross could become a winter Olympic event.

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced the two-year suspension of Brazilian-born and U.S.-licensed rider Flavia Olivera to 18 months.

After a week of outdoor island adventure, the 2011 Garmin-Cervélo team bonding camp wrapped up Saturday on Grand Cayman Island.

Some 25 sport directors from elite ProTour and pro continental teams head to class next week as part of the UCI’s ongoing efforts aimed at increasing professionalism among the ranks of cycling’s directeur sportifs.

Three-time world champion and Milan-San Remo winner Oscar Freire isn't ready to hang up his cleats quite yet.

A reader wants to know what an athletes options might be when that dreaded letter from USADA arrives at your door.

Now retired, former world champion Igor Astarloa says it's 'ridiculous' to suspend him based on alleged anomalies in his blood profile

Spain’s economic problems have torpedoed efforts to revive the five-day Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana.

Geox-TMC rider Daniele Colli can expect the full support of his new team following the discovery of a benign tumor in his knee.

Evelyn Stevens will stay in an HTC-Highroad jersey for two more seasons after penning a contract extension

Igor Astarloa – the former world champion who has not raced since 2009 – is the latest victim in the UCI’s controversial biological passport program.

Comments from an alleged Peter Sagan “Twitter” account complaining of nagging stomach ailments and problems with Liquigas team doctors went viral this weekend across the Web, but the Slovak phenomenon says the words are not his.

Floyd Landis has cast doubt on reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's claims that a positive test for clenbuterol was due to contaminated meat.

Tom Boonen says he’s back on track to be at his best for the spring classics following knee surgery last summer

Belgium’s most venerable team – Quick Step – secured its future Thursday when a pair of high-rolling investors stepped in to guarantee the team’s financial backing through at least 2013.

What do a couple of suspended masters racers have to do with the current Federal investigation of doping in cycling? Where are the big names?

The new Australian team, organized by Pegasus Sports, has signed three new riders going into the 2011 season with a focus on developing regional talent.

Boulder-area racer Charles “Chuck” Coyle has accepted a two-year suspension after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency found that he had purchased and used synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) and insulin growth factor (IGF-1).

Neal Schubel, a 45-year-old masters racer from Saginaw, Michigan, has accepted a two-year suspension from competition after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency found that he had purchased and used synthetic erythropoietin (EPO).

Geox-TMC officials vow to race in all three grand tours next season despite being denied one of 18 ProTour licenses.

The under-23 version of Paris-Roubaix, won by Taylor Phinney the past two editions, will not be held next year due to a money crunch for race organizers.