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Lennard zinn takes a look back at some of the coolest bikes at Italy's Padua bike show this fall.

Even though Philippe Gilbert won five major classics in the 2011 road season that just ended, he was the exception rather than the rule in one of the must unpredictable seasons on record. From Matt Goss at Milan-San Remo in March to Oliver Zaugg at the Tour of Lombardy earlier this month, many of this year’s big winners have come from left field.

The UCI allowed a clearer picture into how the ProTeam lineup will shape up next season when it released its first round of evaluation of teams bucking for spots in the 18-squad league.

GreenEdge officials will be on their edge of their seats in the coming days as the team waits for news if it earns a ProTeam license for its debut season next year.

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What you eat now has a lot to do with how you will race next season.

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Here’s a little secret: that beautiful carbon frame is easily repaired, provided it is administered to by the right hands

A French court has given Floyd Landis, in his absence, a suspended sentence of 18 months in prison for his alleged 2006 use of hacked material from the Laboratoire National Antidopage (National Antidoping Lab). The prosecutor in the case before the Correctional Tribune of Nanterre also asked for the same suspended sentence for Landis' former trainer, Arnie Baker.

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Johan Bruyneel names the sport directors who will be part of the merger between RadioShack and Leopard-Trek for the coming season.

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Japan Cup Cycle Road Race

• 1. Nathan Haas (Aus), Genesys Wealth Advisers, 4:08:35
• 2. Taiji Nishitani (Jpn), Aisan Racing Team, same time
• 3. Junya Sano (Jpn), D'angelo & Antenucci-Nippo, s.t.
• 4. Damiano Cunego (Ita), Lampre-ISD, s.t.
• 5. Yusuke Hatanaka (Jpn), Shimano Racing Team, s.t.

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Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) dominated the second round of the UCI cyclocross World Cup on Sunday in Tabor, Czech Republic.

Katerina Nash (Luna) won a close one in front of the home crowd on Sunday as the UCI cyclocross World Cup came to Tabor, Czech Republic.

Former pro cyclist Joe Papp has been sentenced to three years' probation, including six months of house arrest, for running an online drug ring that distributed EPO and human growth hormone.

Geox-TMC riders are scrambling to find rides following the surprise announcement Thursday evening that the Italian shoemaker was pulling its money out of the team.

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For the first time ever, the European pro peloton will see Iranian riders among its numbers in 2012.

USA Cycling on Friday announced the dates and locations for nearly all of the 2012 national championships. The lone significant change next year is the move of the U.S. Professional Criterium Championships to late July in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

While several riders from both teams will be squeezed out as the two squads reduce their roster, King said his future is secure next season.

Katusha's Vladimir Karpets, a former winner of the Tour de France white jersey, will rejoin Movistar in 2012, the Spanish cycling outfit announced Friday.

PARIS (AFP) - Saxo Bank has signed Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa on a one-year deal, team manager and owner Bjarne Riis announced Friday.

Alberto Contador would love to see another major climber to help him tackle the coming season, but SaxoBank-Sungard boss Bjarne Riis admits he doesn't have the budget to make a blockbuster addition to his squad.

One shoe has dropped for admitted drug trafficker-turned-anti-doping witness Joe Papp as he awaits sentencing on two felony counts of conspiracy to distribute Human Growth Hormone and Erythropoietin (EPO). The U.S. Anti-doping Agency announced Friday morning that Papp was handed an eight-year sanction for a non-analytical rule violation.

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The future of Geox-TMC is hanging in the balance after Italian shoemaker Geox did not post a required bank guarantee to underwrite the team's budget for 2012.

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Three-time world champion Óscar Freire will race his final season as a professional with Katusha. The Spanish daily MARCA reported that Freire penned a deal with the Russian team yesterday.

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Team Sky will keep three of its most promising riders in-house, announcing Thursday that it has extended the contracts of Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Peter Kennaugh going into the 2012 season.

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The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced Wednesday that cyclist Arnaud Papillon has received a two-year sanction for the use of erythropoietin (EPO) during the Canadian Road Championships.

Cadel Evans says his race schedule will remain largely unchanged, with a focus on one-week stage races and the Ardennes classics for early season goals before reloading with a likely start at the Dauphiné ahead of the Tour.

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The Nature Valley Grand Prix is hoping to shake up the men’s stage race in 2012 by reducing team sizes to just six riders. Organizers announced the change Tuesday.

Returning to a formal evening presentation format it has used in years past, the Garmin-Cervélo WorldTour team will unveil its 2012 squad next month in Boulder, Colorado, the city where the team started in 2003.

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PARIS (VN) — Alberto Contador was doubly optimistic Tuesday after getting a glimpse of what's waiting for the peloton in next year's Tour de France.

" ... Like mystical mirages in a city congested with towers, the mountains appeared through the thick smog as we reached the outer limits of Beijing. The landscape was completely foreign to most of us. But we swiftly settled into a routine we know: the race."

Another prominent U.S. masters racer has tested positive for a banned substance and accepted a sanction from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Nicholas Brandt-Sorensen (Sho-air-Rock ‘n Road), the 2011 national road champion for men 30-34, has informed VeloNews in a fax that he tested positive at nationals in September.

PARIS (AFP) - Defending champion Cadel Evans was cautiously optimistic over his chances of defending the Tour de France yellow jersey in 2012 after the race route was unveiled here on Tuesday.

PARIS, Oct 18, 2011 (AFP) - Route for the 2012 Tour de France confirmed by organizers on Tuesday.

MELBOURNE, Australia (VN) — He may not have raced as much as he’d like to this season, but Cameron Meyer says he’s parting ways with his incumbent employer, Garmin-Cervélo team manager Jonathan Vaughters, sans acrimony.

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The 2012 Giro d'Italia course "is good for me and if it was just what my heart said, I'd be there," Alberto Contador said Sunday. "Next year I am going to think about different objectives, above all the Tour de France. Although you can never say never, next year I will not be back."

HTC-Highroad teammates Tony Martin and Amber Neben powered to victory in the 30th edition of the Chrono des Nations time trial on Sunday.

Chrono des Nations

• 1. Tony Martin (Ger), HTC-Highroad, 56:20
• 2. Gustav Larsson (Swe), Saxo Bank-Sungard, at 2:03
• 3. Alex Dowsett (Gbr), Team Sky, at 2:50
• 4. Stef Clement (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 3:20
• 5. David Millar (Gbr), Garmin-Cervélo, at 3:51

• 1. Amber NEBEN, Usa, in 27:58
• 2. Kristin ARMSTRONG, Usa, at 9
• 3. Olga ZABELINSKAYA, Rus, at 1:03
• 4. Tatiana ANTOSHINA, Rus, at 1:07
• 5. Pia SUNDSTEDT, Fin, at 1:15

A gallery from the final stage of the 2011 Jayco Herald Sun Tour.

ROME — The 95th Giro d'Italia will start with three days' worth of racing in Denmark, race organizers announced Sunday in Milan.

A crafty Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet) outfoxed world champion Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) and Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) to win the first race of the 2011-12 UCI World Cup in Pilsen, Czech Republic.

Nathan Haas began the year as a member of the supporting cast in the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic criteriums and ends as the winner of the 59th edition of the Sun Tour.

Stage 5

• 1. Marcel Kittel (Ger), Skil-Shimano, 1:28:19
• 2. Anthony Giacoppo (Aus), Genesys Wealth Advisers, same time
• 3. Jens Debusschere (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, s.t.
• 4. Thomas Palmer (Aus), Drapac Porsche Cycling, s.t.
• 5. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA), Mtn Cycling, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Nathan Haas (Aus), Genesys Wealth Advisers, 16:39:39
• 2. Jack Bobridge (Aus), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:17
• 3. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den), Saxo Bank-Sungard, at 0:26
• 4. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA), Mtn Cycling, at 0:27
• 5. Jens Debusschere (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:29

Caroline Mani (CC Etupes) and Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) won the Spooky Cross on Saturday in Irvine, California.