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There was no stopping Philippe Gilbert this season. He went on a tear that no one’s seen since the days of Eddy Merckx.

Juanjo Cobo will return to Movistar next season

The UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team will be riding NeilPryde bikes

"I don't believe that I am so bad that I do not have a team." —De la Fuente

"We have an opportunity to do something special in the Tour," —Wiggins

The Lugano Charter has been a disappointment, the fallout of a blend of regulatory ambiguity and lackluster enforcement.

A handful of smaller European races get little or no TV coverage, but that doesn't mean that the racing is any less intense. European correspondent Andrew Hood hit a few of those races this year and found them a return to the days when journalists had to write their dispatches the old-fashioned way, by listening to race radio and standing by the side of the road to see what was going on.

Joaquim "Purito" Rodríguez says he will have no problems sharing leadership at Katusha with new arrival Denis Menchov.

Judy Freeman's TSA nightmare shows that even the most seasoned travelers have travel disasters during the holidays

Belgian champion Niels ALbert (BKCP-Powerplus) escaped Lars Boom (Rabobank) with just under five laps to race in the GVA Trofee Loenhout, then held his advantage over a four-man chase including Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet), Telenet-Fidea teammates Bart Wellens and Rob Peeters, and world champion Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step).

World champion Marianne Vos continued her domination of European cyclocross on Wednesday, riding away from the women's field at the GVA Trofee Azencross Loenhout.

Some foods you can really sink your teeth into ... even if it's freezing

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The climb will be up the Cuitu Negro, with a section of new road at 2.8km with ramps as steep as 25 percent. The finale will come as part of a "queen stage" in stage 16 that will also include the brutally steep climbs over the San Lorenzo and Cobertoria summits, AS reported.

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans and his wife, Chiara Passerini, are adopting a 12-month-old boy from Ethiopia.

Belgian trackie Iijo Keisse has extended his contract, which will keep him with the new-look Omega Pharma-Quick-Step through the 2012 season.

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VeloNews.com presents selections from the January 2012 edition of Velo, the magazine's 24th annual awards issue.

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) proved best of a three-man break on Monday, taking the victory at Monday's UCI World Cup at Heusden-Zolder and regaining the series lead

Marianne Vos continues her World Cup winning streak as American Zach McDonald (Rapha-Focus) takes a strong third place at a very muddy UCI under-23 race at Heusden-Zolder

The veteran Italian confirmed he will race in the WorldTour season debut in what's part of an early-season racing schedule designed to arrive at Milan-San Remo in winning form.

Samuel Sánchez says he will focus on a run at the Tour de France podium rather than another gold medal

The final installment of "The Feed Zone Cookbook" video series

A new perspective on energy bars

Georgia Gould shares her secrets for knowing when you've pushed your off-season too far

A lot of people thought the sun was setting on Cadel Evans, who was looking to become cycling’s latest bridesmaid

UCI clarifies level-saddle ruling, adds water bottle regulation

The recent collapse of the Geox-TMC squad underscores a deeper malaise gripping Spanish cycling that sees dozens of professionals facing 2012 without contracts

Alexander Vinokourov will lead the Astana team during the 2012 Tour de Langkawi. And the USA Cycling Development Foundation has recognized four student athletes with the annual John Stenner and Joshua Kuck Memorial Scholarships

The Court of Arbitration for Sport's general secretary, Matthieu Reeb, says the CAS decision in Alberto Contador's clenbuterol case should be forthcoming in mid-January.

The final summit finish of this year’s Tour, at L’Alpe d’Huez, delivered what the Tourmalet summit finish failed to deliver in 2010 — drama and suspense.

Mauricio Soler, the Colombian climber who suffered traumatic head injuries in a crash during this summer's Tour de Suisse, returned home this week after a long recovery that leaves his cycling future in serious doubt.

Edvald Boasson Hagen will remain in a Team Sky jersey for three more seasons.

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Nick Legan and Lennard Zinn review a pair of late-season offerings from Campagnolo and Shimano.

Stuart O'Grady's heading back to the Aussie road nats with new team GreenEdge. And Dario Cioni is no longer racing for Sky, but he's sticking with them in a communications role.

Computers on ’cross bikes, sucking up old sealant and shifting on a 2011 Roubaix SL3.

Domestique Matt Busche pips veteran and hometown favorite George Hincapie to win the USA Cycling Professional National Championships.

Katusha has declined to extend Alexander Kolobnev's contract for 2012 following his positive doping test during this year's Tour de France.

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This season, the much anticipated teammates-turned-foes clash between Mark Cavendish and André Greipel never really eventuated. But in 2012, as Matthew Goss steps out of Cavendish’s shadow to stake his claim as leader of GreenEdge, things could be very different.

Taylor Phinney's eager to make the U.S. team for the London Games, but he wouldn't mind racing the USA Pro Cycling CHallenge, either. Meanwhile, Greg Henderson has joined old friend André Greipel at Lotto Belisol, hoping to get his ticket punched for the Tour de France.

From Velo's 24th annual awards issue, we present the Technical Innovation — and the Technical Blunder — of 2011.

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Sven Nys bounced back from Saturday's DNF to win a two-man battle with Niels Albert and take the lead in the UCI World Cup on Sunday at Namur.

World champion Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) won round four of the UCI World Cup on Sunday in Namur.

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Fortune finally smiled on Bart Wellens at a spectacularly muddy GVA Trofee Essen on Saturday.

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Chef Biju's oatmeal will soon be the only thing you will want in the morning

“It’s always a progress,” Kittel says

BMC Racing’s full 2012 roster unveiled

GreenEdge hopes for a successful inaugural year with the support of these six sports directors

Eight men and 11 women are in the running for the U.S. Olympic team

Careful rear derailleur installation, maintaining a bike for indoor riding, adjusting your cassette rather than your derailleur

French anti-doping chiefs have confirmed that national cycling icon Jeannie Longo will face no charges despite missing three random doping tests in the space of 18 months.

The Project 1t4i team (the 2012 incarnation of the Dutch Skil-Shimano Pro Continental squad) is in San Diego for two weeks of training and wind tunnel testing

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The category 2.2 SRAM Tour of the Gila, scheduled May 2-6 in and around Silver City, New Mexico, will provide a final tune-up for racers bound for the Amgen Tour of California May 13-20.

The decision to leave SpiderTech-C-10 and sign with GreenEdge "was pretty simple,” says Svein Tuft. “To have the opportunity to ride again at the WorldTour level, it’s pretty much a dream for me for the latter years of my cycling career."

The Torqued Wrench is a new column from VeloNews.com tech writer Caley Fretz. Today's topic: disc brakes on the road.

Lennard Zinn changes his chains early and often, and as for powder-coating a Felt F50: Don't do it!

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Lennard Zinn presents a few must-have items for the hardmen of cycling.

The United States will field 14 UCI-registered pro men's teams and two women's squads in 2012.

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Geox-TMC did not make the cut as the UCI announced its final list of 22 UCI Professional Continental teams on Monday.