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With most of us hanging up our `cross bikes for the year, Lennard Zinn details those steps necessary to protect your tires.

France's iconic week-long stage race, the Dauphiné Libéré, may soon belong to the growing empire of the Amaury Sports Organization (ASO).

Three-time world champion Oscar Freire will ride the Giro d'Italia for the first time in his career this May.

Having earned stage wins in all three grand tours, Sky's Simon Gerrans has hopes of winning one of the Ardennes classics.

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Dimitro Grabovskyy, the U23 world champion in 2005, admits to developing a drinking problem after turning pro with QuickStep in 2007.

Marathon and endurance events are becoming more popular. Read on to find out how to train for these mountain bike races with either a power meter or heart rate monitor.

Tom Scully (John Trevorrow Cycles-Chifley Hotel) wins Stage 3 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic while Chris Sutton (Skilled-Lowe Farms) displaces Graeme Brown (Urban) as overall leader.

Alberto Contador and his Team Astana mates will be riding Specialized bicycles as he strives to win a third Tour de France in 2010.

In one of the most anticipated team rollouts in years, Team Sky is officially presented to the world in London.

Garmin-Transitions signs Brazilian rider Murilo Fischer to bolster sprinter Tyler Farrar's leadout train.

Greg Henderson wins Stage 2 of the Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Graeme Brown (Urban) holds the overall lead.

Greg Henderson (Mazda) wins stage 2 of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic. Graeme Brown (Urban) keeps the overall lead.

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Zdenek Stybar (Telenet-Fidea) wins the Fidea Cyclocross Tervuren in Belgium.

Michael Rogers’ trophy case is full of hardware from time trials. Now the Aussie pro wants to place a national road title on his mantel.

Defending champion Graeme Brown (Urban) wins the opening stage of the 2010 Jayco Bay Cycling Classic in Geelong, Australia.

Beginning next month, Skins' full range of compression clothing will be the competitive cycling apparel used by USA Cycling racers in mountain, road, track and cyclocross.

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Carlos Sastre’s rollercoaster 2009 season taught him a few things.

2010 Giro d'Italia results

The village of Paia is the cyclist's ideal base of operations. Its central location on the north shore makes all of the island's routes easily accessible, and the vibe is much more funky surf town than over-developed tourist trap.

"Six years ago, the bigger racing names started coming over more often. Some visitors include Lance Armstrong, Svein Tuft with the whole Symmetrics team, Andy Hampsten, Connie Carpenter, Tom Danielson, Jeff Louder, Tyler Wren, Chris Wherry, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski ..."

You might think that cycling on an island inherently means limited ride options and terrain. Actually, Maui features a plethora of diverse choices and add-ons that dwarf the selection of any other place I've ever ridden.

Alberto Contador said Friday he will kick off his 2010 season with Portugal's Tour de Algarve in mid-February.

Bradley Wiggins, racing for the new Team Sky, will be among the big names at the 2010 Giro.

The UCI World Ranking is the latest iteration of a season-long, top-level points series for pro men, teams and nations, something of a loose replacement for (and combination of) the old UCI Road World Cup and the UCI ProTour rankings.

2010 Collegiate Road Season Galleries

Tour of Luxembourg

Tips for a special, extra-sealed installation of Gore cables.

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 14 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 20 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 18 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 16 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 15 results

2010 Giro d'Italia, stage 13 results

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 17 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 13 photos

2010 Giro d'Italia stage 16 photos

Former Astana boss Johan Bruyneel dismissed suggestions by Alberto Contador that he didn’t receive the technical support he needed during the 2009 Tour de France.

Guest columnist and recent national masters champion Pete Webber checks in from the motherland of ’cross.

This holiday season, VeloNews is bringing you three galleries of some of photographer Graham Watson's best shots from the 2009 Grand Tours. Last week we brought you Watson's Vuelta a Espana gallery and earlier this week we presented his Giro d'Italia gallery. Today you can unwrap a gallery from the Tour de France. Enjoy.

From bike messenger to Cat. 5 to pro, in two seasons.

João Correia’s day job in 2010 will require a different uniform than the one he wore in 2009 as Bicycling’s associate publisher. Cervélo TestTeam signed Correia — who also moonlighted for Bissell in 2008 and 2009 — for the coming season.

Team Tibco is taking its 2009 National Racing Calendar overall title across the Atlantic in 2010. Tibco director Linda Jackson Jackson will use a two-month European campaign in April and May to prepare her riders for 2012 Olympic selections, which get underway in 2011.

Don't sweat it: Deuter's Race EXP Air is engineered to not only carry agua and gear, but to keep you from getting too sweaty.

Nutritionist Monique Ryan answers some more questions about the effects of cycling on bone density.

Vincenzo Nibali wants 2010 to be the season when he breaks out with some big-time results. The promising 25-year-old takes his confidence-boosting seventh overall at the 2009 Tour de France into the new season, with ambitions of something big.

This holiday season, VeloNews is bringing you three galleries of some of photographer Graham Watson's best shots from the 2009 Grand Tours.Last week we brought you Watson's Vuelta a Espana gallery and today you can unwrap a gallery from the Giro d'Italia. Watch for the Tour de France gallery in coming days. Happy Holidays.

Lance Armstrong’s return to the podium of the Tour de France may have been the biggest story in cycling this year, but Johan Bruyneel says it nearly didn’t happen.

Andy Schleck escapes serious injury in a collision with a car while training near his home in Luxembourg.

Tom Zirbel speaks with Brian Holcombe after announcing that he had tested positive for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) following the USA Cycling Professional Individual Time Trial Championships.

Bissell's Tom Zirbel confirms that his "A" sample from the USA Cycling Professional Individual Time Trial Championships came back positive for dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA).

Xavier Tondo, joins Cervélo to provide Carlos Sastre with the type of support he was so sorely missing in last year’s Giro.

World champion Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) takes the lead of the Superprestige cyclocross series from Sven Nys Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) after the Belgian champion suffers a mechanical and drops out of the race.

Team RadioShack’s riders spent part of their Tucson training camp getting familiar with each other and with their new 2010 Trek Madone 6-Series bikes.

Kevin Pauwels (Fidea Telenet) and Marianne Vos (DSB Bank) won the seventh round of the UCI’s World Cup cyclocross series in Zolder, Belgium, on Saturday.

There’s job security for the top names at Garmin-Transitions for 2010 as the squad officially unveils its official lineup for the upcoming season.

After earlier concerns, Aussie veteran Stuart O’Grady has been given the green light to start the Tour Down Under next month.

Michael Barry looks back over a long season and ahead to a new year on a new team.

Neal Rogers chats with Team RadioShack boss Johan Bruyneel

When the Bahati Foundation Pro Cycling Team launches in 2010, the newest U.S. continental team will be about two things: philanthropy and coaching. Well, three – if you count bike racing.

USA Cycling has released the rosters of the 11 squads that have been registered as UCI Continental teams in the United States for the 2010 racing season.

Astana will ride with two more for 2010 as Australian brothers Scott and Allan Davis are set to join the team, the squad reported Wednesday.

Neal Roger's chats with RadioShack's emerging star, Matt Busche

Organizers of the Tour de Georgia announced Wednesday that the planned return of the six-day American stage race has been delayed for another year.

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French officials have confirmed that they are investigating blood doping equipment discovered in a search of medical supplies belonging to the Astana team of Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong during this year's Tour de France.

Mark Renshaw – the ace lead-out man at Columbia-HTC – will miss the Tour Down Under as he recovers from Epstein-Barr.

David Millar has received something of a reprieve by getting the green light to compete in the upcoming Commonwealth Games.

AFP rates the return of Lance Armstrong and his often-tense relationship with teammate Alberto Contador as the top story of the year.

VIDEO: Neal Rogers chats with Team RadioShack's Chris Horner

A gallery of the new RadioShack team bikes

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This holiday season, VeloNews is bringing you three galleries of some of photographer Graham Watson's best shots from the 2009 Grand Tours. Today you can unwrap a gallery from the Vuelta a Espana. Watch for galleries from the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in coming days. Happy Holidays.

Neal Rogers chats with Trek-Livestrong's Axel Merckx about his first year as a team director and the year ahead.

Kelly Benefit Strategies heads into 2010 with new confidence — and a couple of new sponsors.