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Russian Denis Menchov will race for the Katusha team from next season, moving from the soon-to-be defunct Geox-TMC squad, his new WorldTour team announced Monday.

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Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) wrapped up a weekend of winning in Bend on Sunday, taking the final race of the Deschutes Brewery Cup weekend and taking home the 2011 Exergy U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross title.

Katerina Nash (Luna) did the double in Bend, sweeping the Deschutes Brewery Cup weekend and taking home the 2011 Exergy U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross title.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) won a thriller on Sunday at the Vlaamse Druivencross in Overijse.

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Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) won her second race of the weekend on Sunday, taking a muddy Vlaamse Druivencross in Overijse.

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Former teammates Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) fought a battle royal at day one of the Deschutes Brewery Cup, with Powers taking the victory on Saturday in Bend, Oregon.

GreenEdge, the first-ever Australian team to be granted a WorldTour license, was introduced to the public on Saturday in Melbourne.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) soloed to victory in the Fidea Scheldecross Antwerp on Saturday.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) fought her way back from a pair of early mechanicals to win the Fidea Scheldecross Antwerp on Saturday.

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Watch this week's video to learn Lim's fried rice recipe that is a favorite for immediate recovery for Tour riders

As a cyclist shaving your legs is a right of passage. For men, it’s a commitment to your sport

Leipheimer will have a hard time defending his title against fellow Americans

“We tried to set up the whole course so that it provides a good experience for the fans and they can visit more than one stage”

The 2012 edition of the USA Pro Cycling Challenge will cover some familiar ground and take in some new territory, organizers announced on Thursday.

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The best winter gear from Mavic, Rapha, and Pearl Izumi

Plus: loud freewheels, how the pros keep their shoes fresh and clean and if pros train fixed in the off-season

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Alexander Vinokourov will take legal action against a Swiss magazine that charged him with buying his victory in the 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, his Astana team said Wednesday.

In a week when the merged RadioShack-Leopard-Trek team held its first training camp in Spain, when GreenEdge officially became Australia’s first-ever Division 1 team and when Rabobank presented its 2012 squad in the Netherlands, it’s worth reflecting on the team that won’t be in the peloton next year, HTC-Highroad, and why it will be remembered as one of the greatest teams in cycling history.

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A Swiss magazine has accused Alexander Vinokourov of buying his victory in the 2010 Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the agency Sports-Information reported on Tuesday.

GreenEdge, Cycling Australia and the Australian Institute of Sport have united to deliver Australia’s first top-level UCI professional women’s cycling team.

If the UCI’s legal proceedings against Floyd Landis ever amount to anything, the former pro cyclist may now have a high-profile ally in WADA Director General David Howman.

The Leopard Trek Continental squad, led by director Andriano Baffi, consists mostly of U-23 riders and aims "to build for the future."

Hiding Campy electric's battery, BB compatibility and more on spoke tension.

French president Nicolas Sarkozy will honor Eddy Merckx by elevating the Belgian cycling legend to the highest possible Legion of Honour grade.

The French island of Corsica will host the first three stages of the centenary edition of the Tour de France in 2013.

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American Sarah Hammer won a pair of medals last week during the second round of the UCI Track World Cup in Cali, Colombia.

Omega Pharma-Quick-Step has a brand-new new team kit just in time for a three-day team-building event in Belgium.

The powerhouse RadioShack-Nissan-Trek squad has designs on victories in classics and grand tours as it looks forward to the 2012 season.

The UCI License Commission has approved the registration of the RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team and granted a WorldTour license to GreenEdge Cycling Team, the world governing body announced on Monday.

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Laura Van Gilder (C3-Mellow Mushroom) and Luke Keough (Champion System-Keough Cyclocross) on Sunday clinched the overall titles in the inaugural Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series presented by Verge.

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) finally shed himself of rival Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) and soloed to victory on Saturday as the cyclocross World Cup came to Igorre, Spain.

Andrea Smith (LadiesFirst Racing) and Luke Keough (Champion System-Keough Cyclocross) each won by a whisker on Saturday as the final weekend of the Shimano New England Professional Cyclocross Series kicked off with a bang.

American veteran Chris Horner is relaxed, recovered and ready heading into the coming week, which marks the first training camp for the newly merged all-star squad of RadioShack and Leopard-Trek members.

Following a successful 2011 season Kenda-5-Hour Energy Pro Cycling presented by Geargrinder is taking it up a notch for 2012.

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"The night before the race, around midnight, I told my father, 'I will be close.' I knew I was good."

Time is running out for the management team to save what's left of the Geox-TMC unit for the 2012 season

This week, learn the recipe for roasting a chicken from "The Feed Zone Cookbook"

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Thirteen women were nominated to the Olympic long team Thursday

"I have not commented on my case and I will not until the process is completed"

November has been contrary to my summer race-focused routine of ride, eat, nap, eat, manicure, massage and fanned grape-eating

The trick is in the b-tension screw

The 1984 Olympic champion had some fun but no luck

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Former world champion Amber Neben and Giro Toscana overall winner Megan Guarnier are among the automatic qualifiers for the U.S. Olympic long team for the 2012 London Games.

Mark Cavendish receives an MBE from Queen Elizabeth, and Patrick Brady's Red Kite Prayer blog receives a similar honor from Outside magazine.

Michelin says it's created a tire that not only corners better and rolls faster, but is also more durable.

Leif Hoste, the veteran Belgian classics strongman, will be riding for Accent Jobs-Willems next season.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on an appeal of the Swiss Olympic disciplinary chamber's refusal to open an anti-doping case against Jan Ullrich.

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will make his debut with Russian squad Katusha in Australia's Tour Down Under in January, organizers said on Wednesday.

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If spring weather is temperamental, riding indoors doesn’t have to be a drag

Just days after hearings in his long-running doping case wrapped up, Alberto Contador returned to the spotlight Tuesday in Copenhagen with the official presentation of Saxo Bank for the 2012 season.

Shimano Dura-Ace mechanical is going 11-speed, sources confirm.

Here are my top three reasons for you to be out on the bike, and not out on the couch during the holidays

Jan Ullrich's manager suggests his client may have some revelations following the Court of Arbitration for Sport's decision in his case, and David Millar says he has no plans to challenge the British Olympic Association's lifetime Olympics ban for athletes who have tested positive.

The Liquigas-Cannondale captain says that the Giro-Tour double is possible. Whether he can win one or both remains to be seen.

Lennard Zinn takes questions on Belgian Tape, wide rims for tubulars and carbon braking surfaces.

Shoes are a vital contact point between rider and bike, and cheap ones rarely make the cut. Scott Road Teams do, but only just.

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