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At HTC team camp in California, sprinter Mark Cavendish assesses his biggest challengers as he eyes the 2011 season.

Prosecutors from the Italian Olympic Committee (CONIi) have asked that an entire family be banned for doping offenses related to a case involving Alessandro Petacchi.

An update on the Vail hit-and-run case ... and a look at the defendant's second failure to report.

In part 2, McQuaid talks about the UCI's agreement with grand tour organizers, why the individual pursuit is gone from the Olympics and whether cyclocross could become a winter Olympic event.

The International Court of Arbitration for Sport has reduced the two-year suspension of Brazilian-born and U.S.-licensed rider Flavia Olivera to 18 months.

After a week of outdoor island adventure, the 2011 Garmin-Cervélo team bonding camp wrapped up Saturday on Grand Cayman Island.

Some 25 sport directors from elite ProTour and pro continental teams head to class next week as part of the UCI’s ongoing efforts aimed at increasing professionalism among the ranks of cycling’s directeur sportifs.

Three-time world champion and Milan-San Remo winner Oscar Freire isn't ready to hang up his cleats quite yet.

A reader wants to know what an athletes options might be when that dreaded letter from USADA arrives at your door.

Now retired, former world champion Igor Astarloa says it's 'ridiculous' to suspend him based on alleged anomalies in his blood profile

Spain’s economic problems have torpedoed efforts to revive the five-day Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana.

Geox-TMC rider Daniele Colli can expect the full support of his new team following the discovery of a benign tumor in his knee.

Evelyn Stevens will stay in an HTC-Highroad jersey for two more seasons after penning a contract extension

Igor Astarloa – the former world champion who has not raced since 2009 – is the latest victim in the UCI’s controversial biological passport program.

Comments from an alleged Peter Sagan “Twitter” account complaining of nagging stomach ailments and problems with Liquigas team doctors went viral this weekend across the Web, but the Slovak phenomenon says the words are not his.

Floyd Landis has cast doubt on reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's claims that a positive test for clenbuterol was due to contaminated meat.

Tom Boonen says he’s back on track to be at his best for the spring classics following knee surgery last summer

Belgium’s most venerable team – Quick Step – secured its future Thursday when a pair of high-rolling investors stepped in to guarantee the team’s financial backing through at least 2013.

What do a couple of suspended masters racers have to do with the current Federal investigation of doping in cycling? Where are the big names?

The new Australian team, organized by Pegasus Sports, has signed three new riders going into the 2011 season with a focus on developing regional talent.

Boulder-area racer Charles “Chuck” Coyle has accepted a two-year suspension after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency found that he had purchased and used synthetic erythropoietin (EPO) and insulin growth factor (IGF-1).

Neal Schubel, a 45-year-old masters racer from Saginaw, Michigan, has accepted a two-year suspension from competition after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency found that he had purchased and used synthetic erythropoietin (EPO).

Geox-TMC officials vow to race in all three grand tours next season despite being denied one of 18 ProTour licenses.

The under-23 version of Paris-Roubaix, won by Taylor Phinney the past two editions, will not be held next year due to a money crunch for race organizers.

Men

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), Landbouwkrediet, in 58:48
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), Telenet-Fidea, same time
• 3. Niels Albert (Bel), BKCP-Powerplus, at 0:22
• 4. Bart Wellens (Bel), Telenet-Fidea, at 1:05
• 5. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), Telenet-Fidea, at 1:24

• 1. Sanne van Paassen (Ned) BrainWash, in 38:30
• 2. Helen Wyman (GB) Kona-FSA, same time
• 3. Sophie De Boer (Ned), at 0:20
• 4. Sanne Cant (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus, at 0:45
• 5. Nikki Harris (GB), at 1:40

Davide Rebellin vows to return to professional racing next season when his doping ban ends in April.

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Alejandro Valverde lost the latest round of his lengthy attempt to overturn Italian anti-doping sanctions on Friday after Switzerland’s highest court rejected his arguments as “unfounded.”

Juanjo Cobo ─ a former winner of the Vuelta al Pais Vasco in 2006 ─ hopes to get back in the fast lane with a return to his former team, now called Geox-TMC.

Readers offer questions about testing in other sports, methods used in labs and why U.S. investigators are in France.

The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Food and Drug Administration investigator Jeff Novitzky is in France to review doping evidence against Lance Armstrong.

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China's Guo Shuang made history at the Asian Games on Wednesday as she powered to the women's sprint title to become the first female track cyclist to win three Asiad golds.

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After a few lean years marked by doping scandals and sponsorship problems, Mauro Gianetti is back in the high life again thanks to the multi-million-euro lifeline offered by Italian shoemaker Geox.

Men

• 1. Tim Johnson, Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com, with 250 points
• 2. Jeremy Powers, Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com, with 234 points
• 3. Jamey Driscoll, Cannondale/cyclocrossworld.com, with 142 points
• 4. Geoff Kabush, Team Maxxis / Rocky Mount, with 138 points
• 5. Ryan Trebon, Kona, with 138 points

• 1. Luke Keough, with 244 points
• 2. Cody Kaiser, with 184 points
• 3. Jeremy Ferguson, with 184 points
• 4. David Hackworthy, with 144 points
• 5. Zach Mcdonald, with 130 points

João Correia ─ the American/Portuguese rider who made the remarkable journey from the publishing world of New York City to the heart of the European peloton ─ will not be racing next season across the Atlantic

One of several yellow jerseys worn by the late Tour de France winner Marco Pantani has been stolen

Authorities in Italy carried out a search of the Brescia home of RadioShack’s Yaroslav Popovych on Thursday.

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Two-time winner Andre Greipel will return to defend his title at the 2011 Tour Down Under, organizers announced on Friday.

The Explainer weighs in on the case of the distracted investment banker.

Following the decision by director Kristen Armstrong to return to competition, the Peanut Butter & Co.TWENTY12 team announced Wednesday that it has hired former Saturn director Giana Roberge to fill that role

Britain's Team Sky announced Wednesday that Saxo Bank's Bobby Julich is joining the team as a race coach for the 2011 season.

Alberto Contador said Wednesday that he is happy his case is finally under review by the Spanish cycling federation

UCI and Chinese officials sealed the deal Wednesday to clear the way for a new, multi-day stage race in China

Garmin sprint specialist Tyler Farrar will ride in Australia's Tour Down Under in January, organizers confirmed Wednesday.

David Mai and Cathy Rowell won this weekend's Porky Gulch Classic Stage Race, an unusual, unsanctioned, season-ending event held near the base of Mount Washington in New Hampshire.

Photos from New Hampshire's Porky Gulch Classic Stage Race