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Ten summits in the cards for Spanish tour

Karsten Kroon will return to Saxo Bank for the 2012 season

Contador planning season as if he won't be banned

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Clothesline review: Curve Proline JT-1 Thermal Aero vest, Panache fleece bib shorts, De Marchi Contour Plus Insulator Teflon jersey

Prelim start list

Garmin sprinter reflects on death of close friend

Lance Armstrong will not have a public role in the newly merged RadioShack-Nissan-Trek team

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Saxo Bank held a camp in Israel and a judge presiding over the CAS panel is Israeli

Lloyd, Porte round out podium

Logan Owen continued his streak of seven junior national championship titles on Saturday in Madison, Wisconsin

Schleck reacts to Riis comments; Contador case

Strength in numbers will help vs. long TTs

Hosking: “What can you say, Pat McQuaid is a dick"

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South Australian Alexis Rhodes (GreenEdge-AIS) won the women's race, marking her fifth national victory and fourth criterium title

on carbon durability, carbon seatposts, KMC, mixing SRAM and Shimano

Vuelta champ eyes Tour, Vuelta defense

The 2011 Forté Pro Carbon Road Pedals can potentially break or crack during use

There is not the slightest hint of braggadocio

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Choi claims that the design is not an idea that came from Specialized

Chloe Hosking is sorry for how she phrased the comment, but not what she meant by it

De la Fuente will keep racing as a pro at least for one more season.

You won't find the usual magpie’s nest of glistening carbon fiber gadgetry

Spanish tour set to return to Barcelona

New route headed to Kashmir

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There will be racing on three continents, with the season's first UCI-ranked raced set for South America

Team Type 1 is among 14 teams revealed to be in the running for wild-card invitations to race in the Giro d'Italia

Alejandro Valverde will be making his comeback in Movistar colors on Wednesday

Athletes that are willing to put some thought and dedication into designing a personal training strategy can be quite successful

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Mark Cavendish believes David Millar has paid the price for his doping past and deserves a second chance at London 2012.

Euskaltel-Euskadi's Samuel Sánchez is eyeing a Tour podium, road worlds and the London Games for 2012.

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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