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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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Mark Renshaw says he relishes the opportunity to take his own chances in the bunch sprints after his high-profile move to Rabobank for the 2012 season.

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans was named Victorian Sportsperson of the Year on Monday during the 2011 Victorian Sport Awards, held at the Crown Entertainment Complex in Melbourne, Australia.

Saxo Bank riders will be heading to Israel for a unique pre-season training camp that's likely a first among the professional peloton.

Reigning world champion Mark Cavendish says fatherhood is going to make him an even better bike racer.

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Laura Van Gilder (C3-Mellow Mushroom) and Dylan McNicholas (Cyclocrossworld.com) picked up big UCI victories on Sunday at the finale of the Bay State Cyclocross Weekend.

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Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) finally got that elusive win on Sunday at the finale to the three-race Jingle Cross Rock weekend — and he got it aboard a disc-brake-equipped bike.

David Arroyo, who rode to second behind Ivan Basso in the epic 2010 Giro d'Italia, says he'll skip the Italian tour in favor of the Tour de France in 2012.

Considered one of Europe's most challenging stage races, the Vuelta al Paîs Vasco will live up to its reputation in 2012 with an interesting route that includes two summit finales and a closing-day individual time trial.

If Kevin Pauwels had hoped to use the Superprestige at Gieten to avenge himself for Saturday's World Cup defeat at the hands of Sven Nys, he was in for a disappointment.

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World champion Marianne Vos (Nederland Bloeit) turned the tables on Daphny van den Brand (AA Drink-Leontien.nl) on Sunday, winning a muddy Superprestige race at Gieten after finishing second to her countrywoman at Saturday's World Cup in Koksijde.

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Teal Stetson-Lee (California Giant-Specialized) and U.S. national champion Todd Wells (Specialized) won round two of the three-race Jingle Cross Rock weekend on Saturday in Iowa.

The camp gave senior team members a chance to reflect on how the team has progressed

SpiderTech, Team Type 1 and UnitedHealthcare have secured Continental Professional status going into 2012.

Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) used his brains as well as his legs to win the World Cup stop in Koksijde on Saturday.

Daphny van den Brand won the World Cup stop in Koksijde on Saturday.

Due to severe budget cuts, the future of the women’s Garmin-Cervélo team is uncertain

Jamey Driscoll and Meredith Miller won day one of the three-day Carousel Volkswagen Jingle Cross Rock on Friday at the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City, Iowa.

Making beet juice with Allen Lim, co-author of "The Feed Zone Cookbook: Fast and Flavorful Food for Athletes."

Quick-change saddle device, windproof tights and a mechanic's mistakes.

The waiting game begins as a Court of Arbitration panel weighs the mountains of evidence in the Alberto Contador case. A decision is not expected until early 2012.

Jonathan Bellis was placed into an induced coma for four weeks in the wake of a scooter accident in 2009. He returned to racing in late 2010, but has only raced a handful of days since his accident.

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Tour de France officials confirmed Thursday that the centenary edition of the French race will begin on Corsica in 2013

Lawyers from both sides of "caso Contador" presented their closing arguments Thursday

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Alberto Contador's four-day hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will end as scheduled Thursday, and the three-time Tour de France champ was to address the panel on Wednesday.