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New road bikes from Wilier, De Rosa, Storck and Time

Ageless French racer Jeannie Longo crushes the competition.

VeloNews.com diarist Ted King sets a course record in the individual time trial.

David Moncoutie (Cofidis) wins the Vuelta a España's first mountain stage on Saturday, as Euskaltel's Igor Anton takes over the lead

• 1. David Moncoutie, Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne , at
• 2. Serafín MartÍnez, Xacobeo Galicia, at 54
• 3. Johann Tschopp, BBox Bouygues Telecom, at 54
• 4. José Luis Arrieta, Ag2r La Mondiale, at 54
• 5. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, at 1:29

Team manager Johan Bruyneel calls the three "classy riders" with "a lot of potential."

Team Sky pulled out Saturday of the 2010 Vuelta a España following a death of a staff member who died of a bacterial infection.

• 1. Alessandro PETACCHI, (ITA) Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 4:36:12
• 2. Mark CAVENDISH, (GBR) HTC-Columbia, at 0
• 3. Juan José HAEDO, (ARG) Team Saxo Bank, at 0
• 4. Andreas STAUFF, (GER) Quick Step, at 0
• 5. Tyler FARRAR, (USA) Garmin-Transitions, at 0

Alessandro Petacchi took full advantage of a perfect lead out from his Lampre team to win the seventh stage of the Vuelta a España on Friday

UPDATED: Txema González, a Spanish massage therapist on Team Sky, died Friday in Sevilla, but team officials denied he succumbed to the same virus that is affecting the British-backed team.

Look shows a pedal-based power meter built around its Keo platform and designed to communicate with Polar cycling computers.

More spokes than you can shake a stick at. New 'sets from Zipp, Reynolds, Hed and Lightweight and others

Eddy goes aero, Colnago plays hide-n-seek with Di2 and Lapierre offers custom web options.

Ridley's lower priced Noah and its Flandrien collection: Belgium classics bikes for the masses. Canyon's basalt-enriched new aero bike with adjustable dropouts.

From the competition, to the course and even registration, Singletrack.com columnist Judy Freeman says what's different about racing a World Cup or the world championships versus a national event is, well, pretty much everything.

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Even more solutions for cyclists plagued by mystery noises on their rides.

The Gateway Cup in St. Louis, the Green Mountain Stage Race in Vermont and the Steamboat Springs Stage Race in Colorado highlight the Labor Day weekend.

Final Approach. Something about flying into a town stirs nostalgia and excitement for pro cyclist Ted King.

Giro marketers chose Livigno, Italy as the venue to introduce to the world their new line of seven shoe models

• 1. Thor Hushovd, Cervélo TestTeam, in 3h 36' 20''
• 2. Daniele Bennati, Liquigas-Doimo, at 0
• 3. Grega Bole, Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0
• 4. Allan Davis, Astana, at 0
• 5. Filippo Pozzato, Team Katusha, at 0

UPDATED: Thor Hushovd won the sixth stage of the Vuelta a España, easily taking a sprint into Murcia on Thursday.

Coach Frank Overton shares some of his favorite 'cross workouts

A load of hot European 'cross bikes at Germany’s massive Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen

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• 1. Luis Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home/colavita, with 1139 points
• 2. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia, with 855 points
• 3. Rory Sutherland, Unitedhealthcare P/b Maxxis, with 805 points
• 4. David Veilleux, Kelly Benefits Strategies, with 743 points
• 5. Ben Jacques-maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, with 632 points

They’re rivals now, but next season, Tyler Farrar and Thor Hushovd will ride side-by-side on the new-look Garmin-Cervélo team.

Garmin-Slipstream's Tyler Farrar won the fifth stage of the Vuelta a España on Wednesday, outsprinting some of the best in the business

• 1. Tyler Farrar, Garmin-Transitions, in 5h 03' 36''
• 2. Larrea Koldo FernÁndez De, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 00:00
• 3. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Columbia, at 00:00
• 4. Matteo Tosatto, Quick Step, at 00:00
• 5. Alessandro Petacchi, Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 00:00

John Wilcockson, VeloNews editor at large, recalls the late French champion.

Six more riders, including Heinrich Haussler, Roger Hammond and Brett Lancaster, will join Thor Hushovd on the new Garmin-Cervelo team for 2011.

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Omega Pharma-Lotto has been catching flack due its lackluster season that has included a paltry four victories.

UPDATED The Euskaltel-Euskadi rider pips Nibali, as Gilbert retains the lead.

The Tour champion is resting after sliding out on a training ride.

• 1. Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ, (ESP) Euskaltel-Euskadi, in 5:00:29
• 2. Vincenzo NIBALI, (ITA) Liquigas-Doimo, at 0
• 3. Peter VELITS, (SVK) HTC-Columbia, at 1
• 4. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, (ESP) Team Katusha, at 1
• 5. Philippe GILBERT, (BEL) Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 5

Singletrack.com's tech editor Zack Vestal tested Northwave's Razer MTB shoe. Does the shoe fit?

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Jonathan Vaughters says the Norwegian strong man will complement the team's current top sprinter, Tyler Farrar.

Team Sky loses two riders to illness on stage 3, and other riders and staff are struggling with similar symptoms.

Christian Vande Velde has a minor crash on the Vuelta's third stage, outside an olive oil factory. The American vet is looking to finish off his 2010 season with a strong Vuelta.

Beñat Intxausti, the highly touted Basque rider, has penned a three-year deal to join Team Movistar, the team currently known as Caisse d'Epargne

• 1. Philippe Gilbert, Omega Pharma-Lotto, 157.3km in 4:06:12
• 2. Joaquin Rodriguez, Team Katusha, at 0:13
• 3. Igor Anton, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:13
• 4. Vincenzo Nibali, Liquigas-Doimo, at 0:15
• 5. Grega Bole, Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0:15

The Omega Pharma-Lotto strongman attacks for the win in the final kilometer as a daylong break comes to naught.

Hunter Allen and Andrew Coggan discuss some simple ways a power meter can help riders track performance changes over time.

Ah, the pain and joy of testing time trial gear. Zack Vestal installs and rides Zipp's Vuka R2C shifters and VukaShift aero extensions.

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• 1. Luis Amaran, Jamis Sutter Home/Colavita, at 1139 points
• 2. Rory Sutherland, UnitedHealthcare-Maxxis, with 805 points
• 3. David Veilleux, Kelly Benefit Strategies, with 743 points
• 4. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia, with 735 points
• 5. Ben Jacques-Maynes, Bissell Pro Cycling, with 632 points

Luis Amaran (Jamis-Sutter Home) had enough lead to coast across the finish line of the 2010 National Racing Calendar individual standings.

V Australia's Jonathan Cantwell notches another crit win, this time at the NRC-closing Chris Thater in New York. His win helped V Australia lock up the 2010 NRC team rankings win.

• 1. Jonathan Cantwell, Fly V Australia
• 2. Bernard Sulzberger, Fly V Australia
• 3. Hilton Clarke, United Heathcare
• 4. Kyle Wamsley, Bissell
• 5. Andres ignacio Pereyra, Jamis/Sutter Home

The Cervelo TestTeam exodus begins as Xavier Tondo signs with the Spanish squad now known as Caisse d'Epargne. Thor Hushovd says he's talking to several teams.

HTC-Columbia says there's no pressure on the rising young star, who is in Spain to learn.

• 1. Yauheni Hutarovich, Française des Jeux, 4:35:41
• 2. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Columbia, s.t.
• 3. Tyler Farrar, Garmin-Transitions, s.t.
• 4. Alessandro Petacchi, Lampre-Farnese Vini, s.t.
• 5. Antonio Lea Cardoso Manuel, Footon-Servetto-Fuji, s.t.

Yauheni Hutarovich — the lanterne rouge of the 2009 Tour de France — claims his first grand-tour victory ahead of race leader Mark Cavendish and Tyler Farrar.

Tibco's former national champ calls it quits after a successful team effort — just as she wanted.

• 1. Samantha Schneider, Tibco
• 2. Catherine Cheatley, Colavita-Baci
• 3. Joanne Kiesanowski, Tibco
• 4. Modesta Vzesniauskaite, Colavita-Baci
• 5. Brooke Miller, Tibco

USA Crits series action continues Sunday with the men's event.

• 1. Mark Cavendish, HTC-Columbia, 13km in 14:06
• 2. Peter Velits, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01
• 3. Martin Velits, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01
• 4. Lars Ytting Bak, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01
• 5. Hayden Roulston, HTC-Columbia, at 0:01

Graham Watson captures the unusual nighttime team time trial that kicked off the 2010 Vuelta a España

HTC-Columbia set the early top time in the nighttime stage and it withstood challenges from Liquigas-Doimo and Saxo Bank.

Vuelta a España organizers must have known what was in store when they decided to schedule a night-time team time trial to kick start the 65th edition of the Spanish grand tour.

Garmin team CEO Jonathan Vaughters says the merger will add classics strength and a women's team. He said the two teams' management share a philosophy about anti-doping and sport development.

Team Garmin-Transitions and Cervélo SA will join forces for the 2011 season to create a new team that will be known as Garmin-Cervélo.

HTC-Columbia breaks its own rules to let the 22-year-old American start a grand tour. 'I'm not going to be a tourist,' the first-year pro promises.

The Saxo rider says he's fully recovered from his Tour de France crash and ready to challenge for the win, with the help of brother Andy

Lennard Zinn fields questions about the need for headset top caps and why shortened seatposts don't creak, and shares another long list of potential sources for bicycle mystery noises.

Cervélo TestTeam will not ride into the 2011 season, but team officials confirmed that Cervélo will become the new bike sponsor for Garmin-Transitions. The women’s team will continue next season

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The third and final grand tour of the season gets underway in Spain on Saturday, with several leading riders eyeing their chances amid the absence of the world's top road racer Alberto Contador.

The bike manufacturer announced Thursday that it would stop sponsoring the Cervelo TestTeam after this season, but would remain involved with cycling 'at the highest levels of the sport."

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