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Tour de France officials confirmed Thursday that the centenary edition of the French race will begin on Corsica in 2013

Lawyers from both sides of "caso Contador" presented their closing arguments Thursday

Drum roll for the resolution readers have been waiting for with bated breath

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She surprisingly escaped prison time

Alberto Contador's four-day hearing before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will end as scheduled Thursday, and the three-time Tour de France champ was to address the panel on Wednesday.

Myles Romanow performs his one-man show "Cyclocross Tango" at Saturday's Super Cross Cup in East Meadow, New York.

It sounds odd, but a basic bowl of cereal was initial genesis for the recently released cookbook

Chris Froome hopes to ride his runner-up finish at the 2011 Vuelta a España into bigger things in 2012.

It sounds odd, but a bowl of cereal was the genesis for the recently released cookbook, “The Feed Zone: Fast and Flavorful Food for Athletes.”

Dear Lennard, I hate the IMBA trail rule to yield to uphill riders

Tour de France champion Cadel Evans (BMC Racing Team) will make his season debut at the Mallorca Challenge in Spain in February, taking a pass on the WorldTour season opener at the Tour Down Under in January.

Movistar manager Eusebio Unzue has welcomed Alejandro Valverde back to the fold and believes that he can return to his prolific best despite sitting on the sidelines since 2010.

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) announced Wednesday that it has provisionally suspended banned Australian cyclist Deon Locke after he failed a doping test in October.

Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes and six others will go on trial for suspected involvement in a doping network in cycling, according to a judge's ruling released Wednesday.

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Lennard Zinn takes questions on spoke tension, dish and lubing spoke threads.

U.S. cyclists earned 24 medals — nine gold, 11 silver and four bronze — during the eight-day Parapan American Games.

Burke Swindlehurst is bringing his Crusher in the Tushar adventure race back in 2012 for a second helping of on- and off-road racing.

Former pro Burke Swindlehurst will be crushing Utah's Tushar Mountains in 2012

With Oakley’s Transition lenses tech editor Nick Legan has found the solution to his epic-ride eyewear issues.

Disgraced Italian cyclist Riccardo Riccò on Tuesday received a two-month suspended sentence and a 3,000-euro fine from a French court for having taken EPO during the 2008 Tour de France.

French cyclist Jeannie Longo, a 59-time national and former Olympic champion, will not face any disciplinary proceedings after missing three random drugs tests, an offense normally synonymous with a doping ban.

He may not be what you expected

WADA and UCI lawyers are also arguing that "strict liability" — that a rider is responsible for what enters his system — should be applied in the case against Alberto Contador.

Americans Timmy Duggan and Ted King will be back in the Liquigas-Cannondale jersey for 2012 as the Italian squad closed out its roster with 29 riders for next season.

A growing row between two of Britain's leading female cyclists threatens the prospects of either winning a medal at next year's London Olympic Games.

Robert Gesink says the road back to the Tour de France will likely go through the Giro d'Italia next season.

Thor Hushovd wants a Paris-Roubaix title, and says Philippe Gilbert won't be in his way. The two have different goals, but a similar approach, he adds.

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Karl Ockert captures the action at the 2011 Super Cross Cup November 19-20 in East Meadow, New York.

Ag2r-La Mondiale, Euskaltel-Euskadi and FdJ will participate in the 2012 WorldTour, the UCI announced on Monday.

John Wilcockson recalls the first VeloNews Awards and considers who might have been the Rider of the Year in 2011.

British rules excluding athletes who have tested positive for doping from competing in Olympic Games were declared "non-compliant" by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Sunday.

Among the first wave of witnesses set to appear in the case against Alberto Contador is the Spanish butcher who allegedly sold the infamous steaks that the three-time Tour de France champ blames for his clenbuterol positive.

Wil Matthews dares to chronicle the 2011 Singlespeed Cyclocross World Championships in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, and brings 'em back alive.

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Men

• 1. Eric Brungger, PCS, 54:46
• 2. Dan Chabanov, RGM Watches-Richard Sachs, at 0:04
• 3. Josh Dillon, RGM Watches-Richard Sachs, at 0:04
• 4. Christian Favata, RGM Watches-Richard Sachs, at 0:07
• 5. Ryan Leech, Hilton Head Cycling, at 0:12

Women

• 1. Laura Van Gilder, C3-Mellow Mushroom, at 0:37:40
• 2. Arley Kemmerer, C3-Athletes Serving Athletes, at 0:09
• 3. Kristin Gavin, Team Cystic Fibrosis, at 0:55
• 4. Katrina Dowidchuk, Team TBB-Deep Blue, at 1:30
• 5. Brittlee Bowman, Crossresults.com-Jra Cycles, at 1:30

Dan Seaton snaps the action at the 2011 Superprestige Gavere.

Men

• 1. Kevin Pauwels, 1:02:05
• 2. Tom Meeusen 0:32
• 3. Zdenek Stybar (Tsj)
• 4. Bart Aernouts
• 5. Sven Nys 0:36

Women

• 1. Sanne van Paassen (Ned) 40:17
• 2. Sophie de Boer (Ned)
• 3. Nikki Harris (GBr) 0:04
• 4. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned) 0:17
• 5. Pavla Havlikova (Tsj) 0:28

Jan Ullrich is back on the bike and enjoying life as a recreational cyclist — and he's not particularly interested in how the Court of Arbitration for Sport rules on his years-old case.

Alberto Contador on Monday will fight a bid by cycling's world governing body to impose a doping ban that could strip him of his 2010 Tour de France victory.

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) exploded out of a lead group with just over two laps remaining to win round four of the Superprestige series on Sunday in Gavere.

While most locals were probably not finished with breakfast, Dutchwoman Sanne Van Paassen was busy winning another of the crown jewels of Belgian cyclocross, the famously difficult — for its hills and mud —fourth round of the Superprestige series in Asper-Gavere.

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The Colorado-based American Cycling Association (ACA) voted to rejoin USA Cycling Friday night during a club council meeting in Golden.

Oscar Pereiro took it to journalists on a Spanish talk show when he vehemently defended cycling against media bias that he says favors soccer.

Chris Horner says that retirement is not on the horizon as he prepares for the 2012 season with RadioShack-Nissan-Trek.

GVA Trofee Hasselt

• 1. Kevin Pauwels, Sunweb-Revor
• 2. Zdenek Stybar, Quickstep Cycling Team
• 3. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet
• 4. Tom Meeusen, Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team
• 5. Dieter Vanthourenhout, BKCP-Powerplus

Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) edges Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) to win the GVA Trofee Hasselt and confirm his overall lead in the series.

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Michael Diamond, a 63-year-old racer from St. Augustine, Florida, has accepted a two-year doping suspension after refusing to submit a sample during an out of competition test.

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Tom Danielson broke through a glass ceiling at the Tour de France in 2011 and will return to the Tour de Langkawi in 2012 looking to recapture the taste for winning that he said he lacked in recent years.

Garmin-Cervelo introduction interviews

Mark Cavendish's Team Sky debut won't be at the Tour Down Under.

Matt Lloyd has landed with Lampre for next season after a rough year that saw him kicked off the Lotto team, while German rider Stefan Schumacher will join up with Michael Rasmussen at Christina Watches.

Dave Zabriskie goes solo at the Boulder Theater

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BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Four years after the squad was first introduced to the pro racing community as a new, world-class American team, the Garmin-Cervélo team returned to its roots Thursday night, presenting its 2012 squad to a sold-out crowd at Colorado’s Boulder Theater.

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Garmin-Cervélo riders will be shifting and braking on Japanese parts for the 2012 season instead of the SRAM they rode this season. Shimano, however, is not a new sponsor. Cervélo, the bike manufacturer, is purchasing Shimano groups for the team after repeated requests for Shimano from team members.

The 2013 elite cyclocross world championships appear to be safe for Louisville, Kentucky, as organizers tell VeloNews they have signed five major sponsors and are nearing a television distribution deal.

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The Danish sorts doping tribunal has dismissed charges against Alex Rasmussen, who was accused of violating whereabouts rules, because the UCI did not meet its deadline in informing the rider of his offense.

Leif Hoste — the three-time runner-up at the Tour of Flanders — is set to return to a Belgian team.

In a word: flawless

A look at Campagnolo's 20-year effort to bring electric shifting to market

VeloNews is featuring Milani in the daily excerpts from the book Italian Racing Bicycles

Cleat lube, dream wheels, fixie conversions and more.

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In an effort to keep his athletes and other local cyclists safer out training, Lindsey Wilson College cycling coach Dave Grigsby has lauched a “Bicycle Friendly” sticker campaign.

Viatcheslav Ekimov, the Olympic champion and super-domestique who spent much of his career helping Lance Armstrong, is heading back to Russia in a new job for the 2012 season.

Saxo Bank will be lone sponsor of Bjarne Riis's team next year after the Danish investment house exercised an option to take over as the lead sponsor.