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A gallery of the new RadioShack team bikes

This holiday season, VeloNews is bringing you three galleries of some of photographer Graham Watson's best shots from the 2009 Grand Tours. Today you can unwrap a gallery from the Vuelta a Espana. Watch for galleries from the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in coming days. Happy Holidays.

Mark Cavendish says his goals next year will be much as they were this year: win and win a lot.

Cyclocross veterans Sven Nys and Daphny Van den Brand scored wins a rough and snowy pre-Christmas UCI World Cup race in Kalmthout, Belgium, on Sunday.

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Danny Summerhill (Garmin-Transitions) wins the U23 race at the Lichtervelde cyclocross.

Spaniard Carlos Sastre, winner of the 2008 Tour de France, will compete in the 2010 Giro d'Italia.

With their low cost and wee stature, mini multi-tools offer enough trailside function to help get you home — and they'll fit into that bike fiend's stocking real easy.

Italy's anti-doping prosecutor on Thursday asked the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping tribunal to hit former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca with a three-year ban. Di Luca tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO twice during May's Giro, in which he finished second behind Russian Denis Menchov.

Riders and teams reacted with enthusiasm to the route chosen for the 2010 Vuelta a España.

Officials announce 2010 Vuelta route and unveil new red leader's jersey.

It's not too late to shop for (or ask for) a few special somethings for Christmas. Here are some new products we've come across.

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Details of the season’s third grand tour will be revealed Wednesday during a ceremony in Sevilla, Spain.

Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has confirmed that he will ride the Giro d’Italia for the first time in eight years next May.

Lennard Zinn offers a few more thoughts on the subject of brake chatter on cyclocross bikes.

VeloNews technical editor Zack Vestal tries out Gore's latest version of its Ride-on cables, and shares installation tips in a video.

When it comes to choosing the right kit for a cold cyclocross race, Ryan Trebon makes a few basic items go a long way.

UCI World Cup leader Katie Compton (Planet Bike) won her sixth straight cyclocross national championship and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) collected his third during the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Sunday in Bend, Oregon.

When the ’crossing gets cold, Katie Compton turns up the heat with soft, warm and versatile clothing.

Summerhill wins U23 title as nearly 500 riders compete across six divisions on penultimate day of USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships

Two-time world champion Sarah Hammer set a new U.S. record in the individual pursuit Friday, clocking a 3:27.5 in qualifying rounds at the World Cup track event in Cali, Columbia.

Juniors and masters lined up to compete at cyclocross national championships in Bend, Oregon, on Friday.

More than 500 competitors opened the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships on Thursday in Bend, Oregon, in conditions no less than 100 degrees cooler than when the USA Cycling National Road Championships took place in Bend last July. Things warmed up to nearly freezing however before five national titles were awarded in the 55 and over master men’s age divisions on the first of four days of competition.

Giro d'Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan met Thursday with Washington mayor Adrian Fenty about possibly starting the cycling classic in the U.S. capital in 2012.

Euskaltel's Egoi Martínez vows to gain the success at the Tour de France that has so far eluded him.

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A look at the official Team RadioShack Treks for 2010

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David Lynskey, the founder of Litespeed, Ti's one on for 2010 with Lynskey Performance in Chattanooga, Tennessee .

Katerina Nash (Luna) and and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) win the final day of the Stanley Portland Cup in Oregon. Nash and Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) take the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross series titles.

Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) wins the fifth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Igorre, Spain.

Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) and Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs-RGM-Radix) win the first round of the NBX Grand Prix of Cross.

Todd Wells (Specialized) and Katerina Nash (Luna) rode to wins at the first day of the Portland Stanley Cup in Oregon.

Our tech editor considers a few small items for the Christmas stocking of your favorite bike geek.

Over 100 riders started the inaugural Gravel Grovel in Southern Indiana on Nov. 27, and Kenda Pro rider Jake Rytlewski emerged first after 100 kilometers of racing on mostly gravel roads through Hoosier National Forest.

Cyclists are an easy lot to shop for, especially if you keep selections that help out on the singletrack simple.

Cyclocrossers of all shapes and sizes descended on the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City last weekend for the sixth annual Jingle Cross Rock.

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Kristi Berg (Redline Bicycles) put an exclamation point on her perfect SCX season and Toby Swanson (Benaroya Research Institute) added a finals victory to his slim points lead to take the Elite Men's title.

Mavic celebrates 10 years of Ksyrium wheels by offering a limited edition K10 wheelset, which will feature the company's first tires.

If news reports are right, the 2010 Vuelta will open with a team time trial in Sevilla on August 29th.

Lennard Zinn offers some follow-up ideas on ways to make sure you don't roll a tubular tire.

Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) double up at the Bay State Cyclocross.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) wins his 50th Superprestige event and takes the lead of the 2009 series in Gieten, the Netherlands.

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American Katie Compton is third and Jon Page is 27th. Compton retains her World Cup lead.

A roundup of a few tech items that caught our collective attention here.

How accurate are pump pressure gauges?

Lennard Zinn ponders the age-old question of why your chain is on the right side and finds the answer on a horse.

Tech editor Zack Vestal takes on the cold in a Nalini jacket and Cirello bib tights.

JHK, Irmiger win at Lance's place

Jeremy Horgan Kobelski and Heather Irminger win the first Mellow Johnny's Classic

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Amy Dombroski and Tim Johnson double up in the final weekend of the 2009 North American Cyclocross Trophy series.

Niels Albert struggles as Zdenek Stybar outfights Sven Nys for the win in Hamme-Zogge.

Details of the 2010 version of the Vuelta a España are slowly leaking out through the Spanish media.

Anna Meares scored her second and third gold medals at the World Cup track event in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday.

An untried Australian team pursuit combination beat arch-rival Great Britain in the Melbourne World Cup round on Friday.

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Complete results from days 1-3 of the Melbourne track World Cup competition.

Olympic silver medalist Anna Meares headlined a winning night for Australia at the Melbourne World Cup round on Thursday.

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A day after playing the role of Ryan Trebon’s punching bag, Tim Johnson punched back.

Planet Bike's Katie Compton wins by nearly a minute in Gavere as world champ Niels Albert takes his second Superprestige.

Mercer Cup, Day 1: Trebon and Nash triumph

After weeks of hinting he might skip the Tour de France, Carlos Sastre has confirmed that he will be at the start line in Rotterdam for the 2010 edition.

Part way through the ’cross season, Amy Dombroski is switching to Primus Mootry and a new set of sponsors.

The brother of Alberto Contador says the two-time winner will likely stay with Astana in 2010, but no longer.

Do tubeless tires work for cyclocross?

Giro d'Italia

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Mud surely took its toll on both riders and bikes at Saturday's Blue Sky Velo Cup in Colorado.

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Running from Saturday July 3rd to Sunday July 25th 2010, the 97th Tour de France will be made up of 1 prologue and 20 stages and will cover a total distance of 3,600 km.

Lennard shares some recent experiences and insights from the cyclocross races.

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The 2010 Time catalog includes not just bikes and pedals.

Sue Butler (Monavie-Cannondale) suited up for the costume race at Cross Crusade No. 6 Sunday in Astoria and rode to her first series win of the season, while Barry Wicks (Kona) doubled up after taking Saturday’s opener in the Halloween weekend of racing. Mud from Saturday’s intermittent rain got tacky when Sunday turned into an unseasonably warm, clear day on Oregon’s northern coast.