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Jake Keough says UnitedHealthcare hopes to "make more of a push to Europe" in 2012, along with tackling the top-shelf domestic races.

Graham Watson shoots the Race of the Falling Leaves.

Tour of Lombardy

• 1. Oliver Zaugg (Sui), Leopard-Trek, 6:20:02
• 2. Daniel Martin (Irl), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:08
• 3. Joaquim Rodriguez Oliver (Esp), Team Katusha, at 0:08
• 4. Ivan Basso (Ita), Liquigas-Cannondale, at 0:08
• 5. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Lampre-ISD, at 0:08

Oliver Zaugg (Leopard-Trek) stunned a host of favorites to claim the biggest win of his career at the Tour of Lombardy Saturday.

Photos from stage four of the 2011 2011 Jayco Herald Sun Tour.

Stage 4

• 1. Egor Silin (Rus), Team Katusha, 3:20:54
• 2. Nathan Haas (Aus), Genesys Wealth Advisers, at 0:16
• 3. Jack Bobridge (Aus), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:16
• 4. Artem Ovechkin (Rus), Team Katusha, at 0:19
• 5. Lachlan Norris (Aus), Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 0:23

GC

• 1. Nathan Haas (Aus), Genesys Wealth Advisers, 15:11:20
• 2. Jack Bobridge (Aus), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:10
• 3. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den), Saxo Bank-Sungard, at 0:29
• 4. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA), Mtn Cycling, at 0:33
• 5. Jens Debusschere (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:34

Nathan Haas wears the race leader’s jersey with 10 seconds’ insurance over Garmin-Cervélo’s Australian road champion, Jack Bobridge, heading into Sunday’s final stage.

USA Cycling announced two of the three national road calendars this week and they are full of changes. The new National Criterium Calendar spins off from the National Racing Calendar and includes more than a month of southeast crits in the spring.

Mauricio Soler, the Colombian climber who suffered horrible head injuries in a crash during this summer's Tour de Suisse, finally left a Spanish hospital.

3T's new cyclocross offerings: a disc-compatible fork and handlebars

DRYSDALE, Australia (VN) — Along with Tony Martin and John Degenkolb, Marcel Kittel is one of a handful of riders leading a renaissance in German cycling, following the ignominious exit of Jan Ullrich.

World No. 1 Gilbert will line up as the two-time defending champion against a field of challengers who hope to knock him off balance.

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• 1. Marcel KITTEL, (GER) Skil-Shimano, in 4:16:16
• 2. Steele VON HOFF, (AUS) Genesys Wealth Advisers, at 0
• 3. Thomas PALMER, (AUS) Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 0
• 4. Wesley SULZBERGER, (AUS), at 0
• 5. Jacobe KEOUGH, (USA) Unitedhealthcare, at 0

DRYSDALE, Australia (VN) — The Great Ocean Road produced one of its most stunning days on stage 3 of the 2011 Jayco Herald Sun Tour, and in the best traditions of a tourist icon, it inspired a visitor to victory.

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In Italy, Lennard unearths many brands never seen in U.S. bike shops, some for good reasons.

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GEELONG, Australia (VN) — Heinrich Haussler admits his past two seasons have been left wanting but is already relishing the prospect of being back to his 2009 best, where he finished second at that year’s Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen).

Daniel Moreno (Katusha) used clever tactics to claim victory in Thursday's Giro di Piemonte in northern Italy.

Gustav Larsson, the Olympic time trial silver medalist, has penned a deal with Vacansoleil-DCM for the 2012 season while Italian veteran Stefano Garzelli has decided to race one more season.

The World Anti-Doping Agency has dropped another clenbuterol case just weeks ahead of Alberto Contador's hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

• 1. Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG, (RSA) Mtn Cycling, at
• 2. Baden COOKE, (AUS) Saxobank-Sungard, at 0
• 3. Steele VON HOFF, (AUS) Genesys Wealth Advisers, at 0
• 4. Thomas PALMER, (AUS) Drapac Porsche Cycling, at 0
• 5. Jonathan CANTWELL, (AUS) Fly V Australia, at 0

GEELONG, Australia (VN) — A barely-known 22-year-old from Pretoria, South Africa, upstaged his more experienced rivals to win stage two of the 2011 Jayco Herald Sun Tour in Geelong Thursday.

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" ... Someone should invent an “emergency brake.” I’m not sure how it should work (I’m just the idea man), but when there is a crash in the field, there’d be nothing worse than watching it come and having no way to avoid it. Maybe if you could just pull a parachute ..."

Mexican beef can be a legitimate excuse for clenbuterol in an athlete's blood sample, the World Anti-Doping Agency said Wednesday. Whether a similar excuse will stand up for the Spanish beef that Alberto Contador claims caused his positive test for the banned substance remains to be seen.

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Tony Martin said he takes personal satisfaction in delivering victory at the Tour of Beijing last weekend in what was HTC-Highroad's final stage race.

BALLARAT, Australia (VN) — Exactly 102 kilometers into Wednesday’s opening stage of the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, Saxo Bank-SunGard’s Richie Porte climbed off his bike and called it a day.

• 1. Rhys POLLOCK, Drapac Porsche Cycling, in 4:09:23
• 2. Jonas AEN JORGENSEN, Saxobank-Sungard, at 0:13
• 3. Nathan HAAS, Genesys Wealth Advisers, at s.t.
• 4. Jack BOBRIDGE, Garmin-Cervelo, at s.t.
• 5. Jens DEBUSSCHERE, Omega Pharma-Lotto, at s.t.

BALLARAT, Australia (VN) — Rhys Pollock produced the ride of his life to win stage 1 of the 2011 Jayco Herald Sun Tour Wednesday, but for any rider outside the top 10 to win the event overall, it will take something more exceptional.

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LONDON — World champion Mark Cavendish completed his move to Team Sky on Tuesday after several weeks of speculation linking the rider to the British-based outfit.

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So what can we expect from next year’s Giro and Tour, the routes for which will both be announced officially in the coming days?

PARIS, Oct 10, 2011 (AFP) - Tour de France organisers inadvertently published next year's route on their official website according to several specialist cycling websites on Monday.

LONDON (AFP) — Britain's Olympic cycling champion Rebecca Romero confirmed on Monday that she will not compete at the London 2012 Games next summer.

After a year’s hiatus and as much politics in trying to move Australia’s oldest stage race to a different calendar slot, the Herald Sun Tour returns to its original calendar spot in 2011, and with a point to prove.

BEIJING (AFP) — China's chances of producing a road cycling star of the future would increase significantly if the sport was given much needed backing from sports leaders, according to a top UCI official.

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Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) staged a marvelous comeback to beat Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) on day two of the New Belgium Cup on Sunday in Fort Collins.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) won day two of the New Belgium Cup on Sunday in Fort Collins.

Justin Lindine (BikeReg.com-Joe's Garage) swept the Providence Cyclocross Festival in Rhode Island this weekend, riding away to solo victories on both Saturday and Sunday.

Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) finally climbed back atop the podium on Sunday, escaping a lead group in the final kilometers of the Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli in Monteveglio.

Gran Premio Bruno Beghelli

• 1. Filippo Pozzato (Ita), Team Katusha, 4:39:08
• 2. Manuel Belletti (Ita), Colnago-CSF, at 0:19
• 3. Giovanni Visconti (Ita), Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli, at 0:19
• 4. Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col), D'angelo & Antenucci-Nippo, at 0:19
• 5. Bauke Mollema (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:19

Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven Cycles) outsprinted Laura Van Gilder (C3-Mellow Mushroom) to win day two of the Providence Cyclocross Festival in Rhode Island.

"Even with our RadioShack sponsors on course in Beijing, I focused on the things I could control, like swallowing fear and riding in good position on the last lap."

Belgian champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) won a muddy Superprestige opener in Ruddervoorde on Sunday.

Paris-Tours

• 1. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel), BMC Racing Team, 5:21:43
• 2. Marco Marcato (Ita), Vacansoleil-DCM, at 0:02
• 3. Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den), Saxo Bank-Sungard, at 0:15
• 4. Ian Stannard (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:15
• 5. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra), Team Type 1, at 0:15

Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) won a sprint finish to claim the Paris-Tours cycling classic on Sunday.

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Andrew Hood snaps the final stage of the inaugural Tour of Beijing.

Stage 5

• 1. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus), Team Katusha, 2:19:44
• 2. Juan José Haedo (Arg), Saxobank-Sungard, same time
• 3. Elia Viviani (Ita), Liquigas-Cannondale, s.t.
• 4. Matteo Trentin (Ita), Quick Step, s.t.
• 5. Davide Appollonio (Ita), Team Sky, s.t.

Final GC

• 1. Tony Martin (Ger), HTC-Highroad, 13:39:11
• 2. David Millar (Gbr), Garmin-Cervélo, at 0:17
• 3. Christopher Froome (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:26
• 4. Stephen Cummings (Gbr), Team Sky, at 0:35
• 5. Olivier Kaisen (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:39

Tony Martin (HTC-Highroad) claimed his first stage-race victory as world time trial champion when he won the inaugural Tour of Beijing on Sunday.

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