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The Giro del Friuli is a one-day UCI category 1.1 road race in the Italian region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. The event is part of the UCI's Europe Tour and has been held since 1974. In 2009 Mirco Lorenzetto of Lampre won.

The four-day race in southern Italy was the first road race held on European pavement in 2010, pipping the tradition Euro opener of GP d’Ouverture de Marseillaise by one day.

Galleries from 2010 pro team training camps in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Zellik - Galmaarden is a UCI 1.2 race that runs from Zellik to Galmaarden, Belgium, which are both in the Flemish Brabant province. The course consists of on circuit of 89.5 km and four 21.1-km circuits, totaling 173.9 km.

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The Tour of Turkey is an eight-stage race that covers the western part of Turkey. It is rated as a UCI 1.HC event.

The Grand Prix Pino Cerami is a 193.3-km race in the Belgian province of Hainaut. It is a UCI 1.1 category race that began in 1964.

The 2010 professional road championships are once again being held in Greenville, South Carolina, the home of the reigning national road champ, George Hincapie.

The Circuit Cycliste Sarthe - Pays de la Loire is a short stage race held in the Pays de la Loire region of France. The event has been held since 1975.

The Grand Prix of Donetsk is a 168.5-km, UCI 1.2 race held in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk. The course starts in the city, runs out into the steppes of eastern Ukraine, the returns to the city for four finishing laps of downtown Donetsk.

Known for its strade bianche — white gravel roads — Italy's newest one-day classic is quickly becoming an early season favorite.

Paris-Troyes is a 172-km, UCI 1.2 race that spans the Seine and Marne regions of France.

The Trofeo Franco Balestra is a 170-km, UCI 1.2 race held in Italy.

Omloop van het Wassland is a 190-km, UCI 1.2 race held in the Belgian region of Wassland.

The Porec Trophy race is a UCI 1.2, Croatian road race.

The Classic Loire Atlantique is a French, UCI 1.2 race that does 10 laps of a 16.8-km course. 2010 is the 11th year of the event, which runs outside the city of Nantes, near the west coast of France.

The Ronde van het Groene Hart is a Dutch, UCI 1.1 race that runs 207.4 km from Pijnacker to Zoetermeer. The 3-year-old race passes through some of the most well-known cities in the Netherlands, such as The Hague, Rotterdam, Utrecht and Amsterdam.

The Cholet-Pays de Loire is a 200-km, French, UCI 1.1 race that mirrors some of the Belgian semi-classics because of the typical wind, rain and short climbs.

Our readers weigh in on the Tour de Georgia, Tom Zirbel's test results and the comments section on our new site.

Amber Neben, professional cyclist and 2008 Olympian, delivered more than 40 bicycles to homeless kids in Orange County, California, this week for Christmas.

Embattled Italian rider Davide Rebellin is challenging charges that he doped during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games and denied that he took performance-enhancing substances.

Former world downhill champion Melissa “Missy” Giove entered a guilty plea Tuesday on conspiracy charges relating to marijuana smuggling ring.

Our readers weigh in on Wiggin's move, the dark days of winter and our new design

Reader-submitted pics from all over.

After the success of sponsoring, “Phil Keoghan of The Amazing Race rides Across America”, Los Angeles-based NOW-MS Society cycling team is pleased to announce that Specialized Bicycle Components will sponsor their U25 Elite Development Men’s and Women’s team for 2010 and 2011.

British cycling great Chris Hoy is ready to abandon the defence of some of his Olympic titles at the 2012 London Games ifit increases his chances of adding to his gold medal collection

Spanish all-rounder Luis León Sánchez hopes to continue into 2010 his steady but improving trajectory that he’s enjoyed the past two seasons. With a stage victory at the Tour de France and taking one away from Alberto Contador at Paris-Nice, León Sánchez confirmed yet again he’s a rider who’s proving capable of fulfilling the high expectations placed on him.

While winter weather blasted much of Europe, Team Milram was enjoying a weeklong training camp on the Spanish island of Mallorca.

Readers offer opinions on Bradley Wiggins' move and wonder about these cold and dark days.

Health insurance company UnitedHealthcare is stepping in as title sponsor of the team known in 2009 as OUCH. The team, owned and managed by Momentum Sports Group, announced Friday that the new team will be known as the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis.

USA Cycling has announced the recipients of its annual Club of the Year awards. Nine USA Cycling-sanctioned clubs received recognition for outstanding programs throughout the 2009 season and will receive complimentary registration fees for the 2010 racing season.

Readers weigh in on Wiggo's loyalty, jersey colors and the benefits of the war on dopers.

USA Cycling is pleased to congratulate the 49 graduates of the 2009 Bill Woodul Mechanics Clinic which took place at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Dec. 9-13.

The UCI and former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said Thursday that they had settled a lawsuit over allegedly libelous comments made by Pound in a number of media interviews.

December 17, 2009: Boulder, Colorado — Combine the mass-participation buzz of a big-city marathon, the epic beauty of a European gran fondo, and the all-inclusive nature of a cycling century ride and you have the framework for the newest entrant to North America’s endurance sports events arena — Centurion Cycling, the new marathon of cycling.

Readers ask how long Puerto can last, why Aussie's kits don't match their flag and getting the Tour on satellite.

Fashioned after Italian Gran Fondo rides, Levi Leipheimer's King Ridge Gran Fondo is a one-of-a-kind road cycling experience. The 103-mile route through California's Sonoma County takes place on October 9, 2010.

This week's reader photos are from the Tour of California, the Tour de France and Le Tour de Bunny. Plus a classic video of the 1976 cyclocross nationals.

Energizer Asia Pacific has become a sponsor of the Kelly Benefit Strategies pro cycling team.

Champion triathlete Iván Raña is giving up on his one-year experiment trying to race in the professional ranks to return full-time to triathlon.

Defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is expressing confidence that the re-rigged Astana will be able to support him as he searches a third maillot jaune in four years.

Our readers offer advice on collections, thoughts on Wiggo's move and the toughest time of the year.

The company that owns Kestrel, Breezer, Fuji and other bike brands is buying the component company Oval Concepts. Advanced Sports, Inc. says it has purchased the Oval Concepts brand, trademarks and tooling and has entered into a license agreement for its patented JetStream and SCCS technology.

It seems rumors of his retirement were greatly exaggerated. Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will be back at Rabobank for 2010 and has been confirmed to start the Ruta del Sol in February in Spain.

A new book, The Athlete's Plate: Real Food for High Performance, debunks the myth that busy athletes lack the time to fuel with real food.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today confirmed the new track programme which was proposed by the UCI for the XXX Olympic Games in London 2012. In its report to the IOC after the Beijing Olympic Games, the UCI had requested that 2 extra track events for women be added to the programme in order to increase women participation in the track and indeed to give a more meaningful number of events for women to compete in.

Alison Powers to coach at Alabam Cycling Camp

The International Olympic Committeehas approved UCI recommendations to make changes to Olympic track events for 2012.

A look at options when a race prize check bounces.

New British ProTour team Sky is expected to announce the signing of its country’s star rider, Bradley Wiggins, at a press conference held Thursday in London.

Dear Velo, Anyone who throws a leg over the top tube's a cyclist!

Lars Bak is hoping he’ll get more chances to win on his own with a move to Columbia-HTC for 2010.

The famed Italian frame builder De Rosa is to be the official bicycle sponsor of the Fly V Australia professional cycling team in 2010.

Despite suggesting over the weekend that his career was over Oscar Pereiro has signed a one-year contract with Astana, the Kazakh team announced on Tuesday.

The International Olympic Committee is reviewing UCI recommendations to make changes to Olympic track events for 2012.

The lawsuit between Trek Bicycle and Greg LeMond is rolling, slowly, toward the courthouse and what could be an explosive trial. A federal judge in Minnesota last week rejected requests from each side to dismiss case, and granting each an assortment of minor victories and setbacks.

Join Rebound experts Tim Evens, PT and Bart Bowen, along with national champions Ryan Trebon and Adam Craig as they compare and contrast their physiology and biomechanics and how that impacts their performance. Wednesday, December 9 at 7:00 PM at Rebound Physical Therapy, located at 155 SW Century Drive.

Allen Lim says his move from Garmin-Transitions to Team RadioShack for the 2010 season was based on new opportunities and challenges.

Our readers weigh in on ballroom dancing as athleticism, bike registration and the simplicity of the brakeless fixie.

Noel Dejonckheere, the long-time director of USA Cycling's U23 development program in Belgium, is leaving the organization to join the BMC professional team as European Operations Manager and Assistant Director Sportif.

Our readers weigh in on brakes, fixie hipsters and the Explainer's view of the demands of dance.