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Giant-Asia takes the team prize.

Loddo adds another check to his win column

The final stage takes the peloton through...

The Mosque at Putrajaya

Serpa and Rujano keeping cool

Lange took a flyer in the last kilometer.

Anthony Charteau maintened his hold on the jersey Saturday.

Charteau closing in on Langkawi title as Tinkoff gets its first-ever win

Charteau closing in on Langkawi title as Tinkoff gets its first-ever win

The Tinkoff boys were active all day

Dean leads the chase

Press Release - Base Building Clinics in Santa Cruz

Elite USA Cycling Coach Presents Base Building Clinics in Santa CruzThomas Chapple will discuss early-season training techniques fromhis new bookBoulder, CO, February, 2007 - This February, elite USA Cyclingand Ultrafit coach Thomas Chapple will discuss the concepts of base trainingin Santa Cruz, CA. Cyclists often think that preparing for next seasonmeans piling on the miles, but long rides at high or even medium intensitiestoo early in the season can actually do more harm than good. In his comprehensiveguide BaseBuilding for Cyclists: A New Foundation for Endurance and Performance,Chapple

Tinkoff gets its first win

Saturday's ride appears to have given the boys from Giant Asia a lock on the team title

No one was conceding anything to Charteau on Saturday.

Gianni Savio congratulates the day's winner and vows to keep fighting

Walter Pedraza stayed with Serpa as long as he could

Serpa recovers and watches the clock

A short stage, with a killer finish

Up, up and away....

Serpa and new Asian GC leader Ghader Mizbani

'I try to go as long as I can until I blow,' explained Duggan

Charteau keeps the jersey

Serpa wins at Genting, but Charteau battles to hold Langkawi lead

Landis, on his way to doping control after his stage 17 win

SRAM issues road brake recall

French media have reported that American Floyd Landis has declined a U.S.Anti-Doping Agency request to release remaining urine samples from lastsummer’s Tour de France for additional testing. Landis, who is scheduled to appear before a USADA panel in May, hadbeen asked to permit the release of remaining B-samples for tests to detectthe presence of exogenous testosterone. Landis tested positive for an elevated testosterone/epitestosteroneratio following his spectacular come-from-behind stage17 victory at the Tour. The win ensured his overall title at the Tour,but that win was called into

Hincapie may wear stars-and-stripes again in '08, but the globe won't be there.

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USA Today reported Friday that the Discovery Channel is expected to drop its title sponsorship of the cycling team that bears its name at the end of the 2007 season. The decision not to renew the team’s contract at the end of a three-year contract comes only days after the firing of company CEO Billy Campbell, a strong advocate of the team sponsorship, on Monday of this week. Campbell, who helped push the television network’s initial co-sponsorship in 2004, also pushed the company to assume full title sponsorship in 2005, when the U.S. Postal Service ended its support for the team. The

Floyd Landis blasted the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) on Friday regarding the agency’s efforts to subject cleared doping samples from last Tour de France to additional testing. Landis tested positive for an elevated testosterone/epitestosterone ratio after winning stage 17 of the Tour last July but has challenged the handling of the sample and testing conditions at the French national anti-doping laboratory (LNDD) at Châtenay-Malabry, which processed the dope test. In a statement issued Friday, Landis said he was responding to a report in the French sports newspaper l'Equipe

Serpa likes the climb at Genting, although he might have appreciated it more had it been longer.

With his stage win, Fukusima moves into second on GC

Loddo's presence in the break ensured its success

Charteau and crew were content to monitor the gap... and worry about Thursday.

The jerey holders: Loddo, Fukusima and Charteau

Cunego won the white jersey at the '06 Tour, but may focus on regaining his pink jersey from 2004

Impy is developing into a solid all-rounder

Floyd Landis says he will not defend his Tour de France title following an agreement he has made with the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD). In return the agency agreed to postpone its hearing into the failed doping test that Landis returned after winning the race last July. The French proceedings could result in him being banned from racing again in France. Landis, who tested positive for an elevated testosterone/epitestosterone ratio after his triumph in Paris, had already made it clear that he would not attend Thursday's AFLD hearing in Paris. He is due to appear before the U.S.

Fukushima hopes to be smiling on Thursday, too.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (February 8, 2007) - State and local officialsplus race organizers announced the cities that will play host to startsand finishes for the inaugural world-class professional cycling race, theTour of Missouri, September 11-16, 2007. Patterned after the famous Tour de France, the race will featurepoint to point racing in six stages, as more than 120 world-class cyclistswill traverse west to south to east through more than 600 miles of theShow Me State. The cities of Kansas City, Clinton, Springfield, Branson, Lebanon, Columbia,Jefferson City, St. Charles, and St. Louis have

The press corps at Langkawi

Chilly as it was this year, Albuquerque serves as an ideal training camp, says Beamon

Do you think Unibet.com is still getting publicity from all of this?

A big crowd of locales welcomed the pros for a group ride.

Press Release - Tour of Missouri organizers release race details

VeloPort: The concept is there - voters will decide if the money will be.

Press Release - Tour of Missouri organizers release race details

Wide-open roads - One big advantage the Rocky Mountain West has over California

This year, the team has skipped Langkawi to focus on a single training camp for the entire squad.

They must like cycling in Albuquerque: No one at the hotel even complained about this.

Lipton will focus on defending its national team title...

...but will spend time in Europe as well.

Dean sports the black-and-white of New Zealand's road champ

Dean works for Charteau here at Langkawi

Charteau: Can the man in yellow stay in yellow?

Huff describes the joys of sprinting in Malaysia

Furlan relishes his win

With Charteau leading at Langkawi, the Crédit Ag' boys get a second yellow jersey.

American Floyd Landis is pinning hopes of retaining his Tour de France title on what he and his supporters claim are sloppy practices at the French national doping laboratory at Châtenay-Malabry when he makes an appearance in front of a U.S. Anti-Doping Agency panel on May 14. Landis’s attorneys will also be hoping to that sloppy testing by a French lab and not doping was the reason behind his failed test on his way to victory in last year's Tour de France, when they make an appearance before France’s anti-doping agency (AFLD) on Thursday. In a conference call here Wednesday, Brian

Four-out-of-five: Loddo's won four of the five sprints he's contested in this Tour

The need for speed: Early attacks kept the whole field strung out.

The chase picked up...

... and the weather turned a little rough.

The 2007 Tyler Hamilton Foundation AUCTION opens for bidding onFebruary 6, 2007 at 8:00 AM Mountain Time.Our goal this year is to raise money to help support THF'smission to empower individuals through cycling. We need your support! Thisis an exciting and fun way to help us, and at the same time have a chanceto win cool items!We'll be adding new items to our catalog for you to preview as the auctiondate approaches. Check back often to see what's new. Feel free to placea Watch on your favorites, so that you'll know as soon as bidding begins!Contact us at THFGala@cmarket.org or

Corbett (L) with Jeff Louder

Tim Johnson and new recruit Ryder Hesjedal adjust the SRM.

Johnson (L) will be serving as road captain for the 2007 season

A younger roster for 2007.

Hesjedal, Ollerenshaw, Menzies, Louder. At 29, Menzies (c) is a HealthNet veteran

Rory Sutherland all dressed up and ready to ride.

Russell Downing and a stern-looking Menzies

Who's that? Hunt scores a win, but you have to guess what team he's on.

UniBet can't show it's colors in France.

Our latest reader-submitted PhotoGallery is now ready for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of our most recent contest. Take the time to wander through that gallery and see if you agree or disagree with our choice of winners this week. This time around, we found ourselves coming back to Bob Clark’s “Colorado Aspen,” a shot of riding on trails in Colorado’s High Country in the fall. Congratulations, Bob. Nice work. It looks like the trail is covered with gold coins. It’s a stellar shot (and stands in contrast with goofy photo you sent in

Hamilton made his last appearance as a pro in the 2004 Vuelta.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Cycling Photographer Graham Watson to Visit Boulder for Exhibit Opening Watson's Travelling Photography Exhibit "Eyes on the Tour de France"Opens February 15 Boulder, CO, February 5, 2007 - Cycling photographer Graham Watsonwill make a rare visit to the cycling-crazed town of Boulder, Coloradoto open an exhibit of his fine art photography at Amante Coffee in northBoulder on February 15th at 7:30 p.m. From 6:00-7:30 p.m., Watson will autograph posters and books of hisphotography at the Boulder Cycle Sport bike shop, located adjacent to AmanteCoffee. Graham Watson

Colorado Aspen

Loddo wins another