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Tech Gallery: The $2,600 Mad Fiber wheelset from Ric Hjertberg is light, stiff and boasts low rotational inertia

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Tech Gallery: The 2011 Cervelo line includes major trickle-down of technology and design pioneered in the limited production R5ca.

UPDATED AND CORRECTED: A rider expected to start Sunday's professional road race championships was charged with a non-analytical doping violation, but was ruled not guilty by an arbitration panel, his lawyer says.

• 1. Taylor Phinney, Trek Livestrong U23 41:02.5
• 2. Levi Leipheimer, Team RadioShack, 41:02.7
• 3. Bernard Van Ulden, Jelly Belly, 42:15.0
• 4. Carter Jones, Jelly Belly, 42:17.2
• 5. Matthew Busche, Team RadioShack, 43:20.6

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At the messenger world championships in Guatemala, the racing might be secondary to other activities, but was an impressive demonstration none the less.

Doping sanctions against as many as two dozen U.S. riders — pro and amateur — could come out in coming weeks.

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The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency announced Friday American cyclist Duane Dickey of Cokato, Minnesota, has accepted a lifetime suspension after a second anti-doping rule violation

This weekend's Nittany Lion Cross is the first UCI cyclocross race of the season, while an hour away, the Univest Grand Prix closes out the UCI America Tour.

Riders boasting two of the most distinctive jerseys in the peloton – George Hincapie and Cadel Evans – both return to action this weekend following some serious injuries.

A report from the Cycle Messenger World Championships in Guatemala, where a recent natural disaster has added to the challenge.

The UCI announced Wednesday that Belgian Roy Sentjens (Milram), has been provisionally suspended following a positive test for EPO.

Augusta, Georgia, and Sun Valley, Idaho, will host the road and mountain bike nationals, respectively, for the next two years.

Floyd Landis, former teammate of Lance Armstrong, has filed a federal "whistle-blower" lawsuit, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

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French President Sarkozy, Bernard Hinault, Greg LeMond, Lance Armstrong and others pay tribute to the two-time Tour winner.

Two-time Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon has died at the age of 50 following a battle with cancer

Stefan Schumacher will have to wait a bit longer for his return to professional cycling after serving a two-year suspension for doping.

The Chris Thater Memorial closes out the National Racing Calendar, while the Hotter 'n Hell and the Winters Road Race keep Texas and California racers busy.

Now VeloNews.com readers will get training tips and advice from the same folks who advise Contador, the Schlecks, Fabian Cancellara, Taylor Phinney and others.

Manolo Saiz — the controversial Spanish sports director who was among eight people arrested in the Operación Puerto doping scandal back in 2006 – hopes to be back in the international peloton with a new team.

Emanuele Sella – the diminutive Italian climber who tested positive for EPO – has penned a deal to join Androni Giocatolli-Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni for the 2011 season.

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Utah's Jeff Louder (BMC) takes a big win as Levi Leipheimer fights off non-stop challenges to defend his overall lead

André Greipel’s win in Thursday’s stage at the Eneco Tour was a milestone for HTC-Columbia.

George Hincapie, a veteran of 15 Tours de France, cooperates with Landis investigation, believes Evans can win Tour

Increasingly concerned about news leaks and the apparent focus of a federal investigation involving doping, Lance Armstrong has added more muscle to his legal team, that of former White House special counsel Mark Fabiani.

Rabobank's Koos Moerenhout won the third stage of the Eneco Tour of Benelux on Friday, out-sprinting his breakaway companion Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) who earned the overall lead in the week-long stage race.

Lampre and the Ukranian-backed ISD have reached an accord to join forces going into next season that should give the united budgets a stronger presence in the international peloton.

After weeks of speculation that Rabobank's Denis Menchov was poised to join the Russian-sponsored Katusha team, the two-time winner of the Vuelta a España has signed with Spain's team Geox.

Italy's Liquigas team has signed deals with 14 riders, including breakout star Peter Sagan, to solidify its base going into the future.

Michael Barry (Team Sky) hopes to recover from a broken rib suffered Wednesday at the Eneco Tour in time to race a pair of ProTour races on home roads in Canada next month.

Former pro Michael Sayers will direct a strong U.S. men’s national team at the upcoming world championships in Gelong, Australia on October 3.

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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