After working behind the scenes on the structure of a new professional calendar for domestic mountain bike racing, cross-country pro and Singletrack.com columnist Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski says he's frustrated yet hopeful that top-tier racing will continue in the U.S.
Italy's anti-doping prosecutor on Thursday asked the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping tribunal to hit former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca with a three-year ban. Di Luca tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO twice during May's Giro, in which he finished second behind Russian Denis Menchov.
Colombian climbing ace Mauricio Soler is hoping to rediscover his climbing wings with a move to Caisse d’Epargne in 2010.
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Riders and teams reacted with enthusiasm to the route chosen for the 2010 Vuelta a España.
Officials announce 2010 Vuelta route and unveil new red leader's jersey.
It's not too late to shop for (or ask for) a few special somethings for Christmas. Here are some new products we've come across.
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Details of the season’s third grand tour will be revealed Wednesday during a ceremony in Sevilla, Spain.
Beleaguered Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will finally get his day in sport court – or make that two.
Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has confirmed that he will ride the Giro d’Italia for the first time in eight years next May.
Lennard Zinn offers a few more thoughts on the subject of brake chatter on cyclocross bikes.
Recreational cyclists and amateur racers planning out their 2010 event calendars may want to reserve two weekends in April as an opportunity to get a firsthand experience on the routes of two stages of next year’s Amgen Tour of California.
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A reader asks the panel how he can keep to his base-building program when he can't bring his bike on a trip.
A rider asks Eddie Monnier, 'what are some good intervals to boost VO2 max before starting base training?
Paul Swift and Katrina Vogel answer a question about leg length discrepancy and the use of cleat shims.
Do bodies absorb warm or cold water faster?
Alejandro Valverde is hoping to return to the Tour de France in 2010 and make a run for the final podium.
VeloNews technical editor Zack Vestal tries out Gore's latest version of its Ride-on cables, and shares installation tips in a video.
When it comes to choosing the right kit for a cold cyclocross race, Ryan Trebon makes a few basic items go a long way.
Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said Monday that 2009 has been his best year ever, as he received the award from the International Cycling Union (UCI) as this season's top rider.
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UCI World Cup leader Katie Compton (Planet Bike) won her sixth straight cyclocross national championship and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) collected his third during the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Sunday in Bend, Oregon.
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When the ’crossing gets cold, Katie Compton turns up the heat with soft, warm and versatile clothing.
Rubén Plaza – one of the numerous “refugees” from the Operación Puerto doping scandal -- has landed a contract with Caisse d’Epargne for 2010.
Summerhill wins U23 title as nearly 500 riders compete across six divisions on penultimate day of USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships
When I gave up racing mountain bikes I vowed to never ride a trainer again. I didn’t quite stick to that sacred oath, but I have tried my best.
Two-time world champion Sarah Hammer set a new U.S. record in the individual pursuit Friday, clocking a 3:27.5 in qualifying rounds at the World Cup track event in Cali, Columbia.
Juniors and masters lined up to compete at cyclocross national championships in Bend, Oregon, on Friday.
Garmin-Transitions team captain David Millar pulled no punches on his friend and former teammate Bradley Wiggins, who announced on Thursday that he was leaving the American squad for Britain’s Team Sky.
More than 500 competitors opened the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships on Thursday in Bend, Oregon, in conditions no less than 100 degrees cooler than when the USA Cycling National Road Championships took place in Bend last July. Things warmed up to nearly freezing however before five national titles were awarded in the 55 and over master men’s age divisions on the first of four days of competition.
Giro d'Italia race director Angelo Zomegnan met Thursday with Washington mayor Adrian Fenty about possibly starting the cycling classic in the U.S. capital in 2012.
Cadel Evans has confirmed he will race in January's Tour Down Under in South Australia with his new team, BMC Racing. BMC Racing also announced on Friday that US cyclist George Hincapie would compete alongside Evans.
Eleven new faces that are part of the Columbia-HTC squad for 2010 are getting to know their new teammates at the team’s first confab ahead of next racing season. The world’s No. 1 ranked team opened a 10-day training camp on the Spanish island of Lanzarote, bringing together sprinter ace Mark Cavendish and 27 other riders along with staff.
Euskaltel's Egoi Martínez vows to gain the success at the Tour de France that has so far eluded him.
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Alberto Contador is getting to know his “new” Astana teammates at the team’s first training camp.
It’s staring at me from across the room. We all know the feeling when we’re being watched, ... and it’s happening right now.
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Britain's Bradley Wiggins will spearhead Sky's efforts at the Tour de France after signing a four-year contract with the British ProTour team.
The brothers Schleck have revealed their respective racing schedules for the upcoming season and Andy Schleck has penciled in a trip to the Tour of California as part of his 2010 racing calendar. The Saxo Bank captains see a few new twists in their approach toward the 2010 Tour de France, where the brothers will aim for outright victory between one of them. Andy rode to second last year while Frank won a stage and finished fifth.
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A look at the official Team RadioShack Treks for 2010
It’s a team highly reminiscent of the squads that took him to seven Tour de France wins, funded by an American sponsor lured into the sport by the draw of his star power — yet Lance Armstrong said Tuesday that his new RadioShack ProTour team isn’t built solely around him.
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Pedro Horrillo – the Rabobank rider who fell 180 feet into a ravine during the Giro d’Italia in May – recently returned to the scene of his horrific crash.
BMC has officially closed its roster for the 2010 season and promises to be competitive in all the major events.
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David Lynskey, the founder of Litespeed, Ti's one on for 2010 with Lynskey Performance in Chattanooga, Tennessee .
Katerina Nash (Luna) and and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) win the final day of the Stanley Portland Cup in Oregon. Nash and Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) take the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross series titles.
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Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) wins the fifth round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup in Igorre, Spain.
Mary McConneloug (Kenda-Seven-NoTubes) and Dan Timmerman (Richard Sachs-RGM-Radix) win the first round of the NBX Grand Prix of Cross.
Todd Wells (Specialized) and Katerina Nash (Luna) rode to wins at the first day of the Portland Stanley Cup in Oregon.
After a possible Astana deal went south, 2006 Tour de France champion Óscar Pereiro says he is probably at the end of his career.
Carlos Sastre has tapped a veteran compatriot to help him during next year’s Tour de France.
Alberto Contador will get to know his “new” team next week in the season’s first get-together for the refitted Astana squad.
Our tech editor considers a few small items for the Christmas stocking of your favorite bike geek.
Over 100 riders started the inaugural Gravel Grovel in Southern Indiana on Nov. 27, and Kenda Pro rider Jake Rytlewski emerged first after 100 kilometers of racing on mostly gravel roads through Hoosier National Forest.
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Kenda Pro's Jake Rytlewski won the 2009 Gravel Grovel in Indiana.
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Cyclocrossers of all shapes and sizes descended on the Johnson County Fairgrounds in Iowa City last weekend for the sixth annual Jingle Cross Rock.
New book, "Racing Weight," is the first to help endurance athletes train for weight-loss using healthy and effective methods.
The UCI has approved 19 pro conti team applications. Rock Racing's application is denied.
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Belgium's Omega-Lotto team appears ready to sign 26-year-old Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas) to fill the shoes of the world champion Cadel Evans.
Reading Judy Freeman's new Singletrack.com column won't be anywhere near as painful than when she tweaked her hand in Australia as part of the USA Cycling team during the 2009 MTB World Championships. Read Freeman's "Life as a Bike Jockey" to learn how she is getting a grip on things.
Kristi Berg (Redline Bicycles) put an exclamation point on her perfect SCX season and Toby Swanson (Benaroya Research Institute) added a finals victory to his slim points lead to take the Elite Men's title.
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Mavic celebrates 10 years of Ksyrium wheels by offering a limited edition K10 wheelset, which will feature the company's first tires.
If news reports are right, the 2010 Vuelta will open with a team time trial in Sevilla on August 29th.
Lennard Zinn offers some follow-up ideas on ways to make sure you don't roll a tubular tire.