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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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Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) won a power-rider's race on Saturday during day one of the New Belgium Cup in Fort Collins.

Katerina Nash (Luna) won a wet, windy and wild day one of the New Belgium Cup in Fort Collins on Saturday.

Justin Lindine (BikeReg.com-Joe's Garage) rode alone to victory on Saturday in day one of the Providence Cyclocross Festival in Rhode Island.

Laura Van Gilder (Mellow Mushroom) took day one of the Providence Cyclocross Festival on Saturday in Rhode Island.

The entire elite men's squad will remain active in professional racing in the wake of the collapse of the U.S.-registered squad at the end of the 2011 campaign.

UCI president Pat McQuaid staunchly defended the Tour of Beijing as it enters its final stage Sunday and says the UCI was right in bringing the elite professional peloton to China.

Andrew Hood snaps the fourth stage of the 2011 Tour of Beijing.

Giro dell'Emilia

• 1. Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col), Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo, 5:05:05
• 2. Bauke Mollema (Ned), Rabobank Cycling Team, at 0:24
• 3. Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col), Team Sky, at 0:24
• 4. Davide Rebellin (Ita), Miche-Silver Cross-Selle Italia, at 0:24
• 5. Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol), Lampre-ISD, at 0:24

Stage 4

• 1. Elia Viviani (Ita), Liquigas-Cannondale, 4:09:08
• 2. Peter Sagan (Svk), Liquigas-Cannondale, same time
• 3. Juan José Haedo (Arg), Saxo Bank-Sungard, s.t.
• 4. Denis Galimzyanov (Rus), Team Katusha, s.t.
• 5. Alexander Porsev (Rus), Team Katusha, s.t.

GC

• 1. Tony Martin (Ger), HTC-Highroad, 11:19:27
• 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

Elia Viviani (Liquigas) dominated a bunch sprint to win the fourth stage of the Tour of Beijing Saturday.

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BMC saw its second serious crash in a row at the Tour of Beijing on Friday.

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Ben King is a first-year professional with Team RadioShack, racing this week at the Tour of Beijing

MENTAUGOU, China (VN) — With the inaugural Tour of Beijing midway through its first edition, the UCI is quietly setting the stage for further expansion of its global network.

• 1. Nicolas Roche, (IRL) Ag2r La Mondiale, in 3:53:15
• 2. Philip DEIGNAN, (IRL) Team RadioShack, at s.t.
• 3. Christopher FROOME, (GBR) Team Sky, at 1
• 4. Francesco GAVAZZI, (ITA) Lampre-Isd, at 1
• 5. Nick NUYENS, (BEL) Saxobank-Sungard, at 1

YONGNING, China (AFP) — Irishman Nicolas Roche of the AG2R-La Mondiale team won the 162km third stage of the Tour of Beijing, the hilliest in the race, as Germany's Tony Martin held on to the overall lead Friday.

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2008 Tour de Georgia winner Kanstantsin Sivtsov has found a new home for 2012 with Team Sky following the collapse of his HTC-Highroad team.

BOURGES, France, Oct 6, 2011 (AFP) - Australia's Mathew Hayman of Team Sky won the 61st edition of the Paris-Bourges race on Thursday.

MENTAUGOU, China (VN) — Worries about clenbuterol are scaring most of the top pros off beef and pork during this week's Tour of Beijing.

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A reader wonders how and if there might ever be a test for autologous blood doping.

Bikes at worlds, Olympian mechanics, the Little 500 and carbon-railed saddle care

MENTAUGOU, China (VN) — Hayden Roulston is back on familiar turf this week in Beijing, but this time he's racing on pavement instead of the track, where he brought home two medals from the 2008 Olympic Games.

MENTAUGOU, China (VN) — The Tour of Beijing has not been kind to two Americans riding in the debut edition of the race.

• 1. Heinrich HAUSSLER, (AUS) Garmin-Cervelo, in 3:03:30
• 2. Denis GALIMZYANOV, (RUS) Team Katusha, at s.t.
• 3. Theo BOS, (NED) Rabobank Cycling Team, at s.t.
• 4. Francesco CHICCHI, (ITA) Quick Step, at s.t.
• 5. Alexander KRISTOFF, (NOR) BMC Racing Team, at s.t.

MENTAUGOU, China (VN) — Heinrich Haussler ended a season-long drought with a narrow sprint victory as the Chinese fans turned out in numbers in Thursday's 137km second stage at the Tour of Beijing.

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David Millar statement, October 6, 2011

CAS Press Release, October 6, 2011

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Specialized's new Shiv is real fast — but it ignores UCI rules for road racing.

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One of the western United States’ leading event registration companies, SportsBase Online, closed up shop over the weekend — leaving numerous promoters empty handed long after their events concluded.

Eight teams, including two rookie squads, are applying for UCI WorldTour licenses for 2012. With 18 available places at the sport’s top level, and just 10 continuing licenses, the eight applicants can each qualify for the WorldTour.

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BOURGES, France (AFP) — Recently crowned cycling world champion Mark Cavendish will not take part in Thursday's Paris-Bourges race, organizers announced on Wednesday.

BEIJING (VN) — History was made of sorts Wednesday when world's elite professionals lined up for the debut stage of the Tour of Beijing.

TIBURON, Calif. (VN) — Embattled three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador met fans and the media Tuesday in Sausalito and Tiburon and called for more involvement in anti-doping regulation for riders. Contador (Saxo Bank-Sungard) said he was confident that the Court of Arbitration for Sport would rule in his favor over a 2010 clenbuterol charge next month and that the World Anti-Doping Agency would soon implement new standards for the drug in its code.

Danny Pate is confirmed to join Team Sky for a two-year deal to join the British squad.

• 1. Tony Martin, HTC-Highroad (thr), in 13:33
• 2. David Millar, Team Garmin-Cervelo (grm), at 17
• 3. Alex Dowsett, Sky Procycling (sky), at 24
• 4. Christopher Froome, Sky Procycling (sky), at 26
• 5. Stephen Cummings, Sky Procycling (sky), at 35

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Lennard takes a look at some innovative new cycling gear that you can wear (somewhere).

Sleep-deprived and overworked, 24-hour racers eat a mixture of a lot things

Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Evelyn Stevens and Clara Hughes are among the women to headline the new Specialized-Lululemon women’s team in 2012. The squad takes up where the successful HTC-Highroad team leaves off when that program ends at the close of the year.

Kiwi veteran Julian Dean is the latest rider to be confirmed for the upstart GreenEdge next season.

BEIJING (VN) — Samuel Sánchez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) lines up Wednesday for the inaugural Tour of Beijing as one of the star riders, but he didn't want to start as the No. 1 bib.

BEIJING (VN) — The inaugural Tour of Beijing clicks into gear Wednesday with much anticipation among the peloton about the longterm prospect of Chinese sponsorship dollars pumping into the sport.

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