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VeloNews features Masi in the daily excerpts from the book Italian Racing Bicycles

Michael Rasmussen admitted that he did indeed lie during the traumatic 2007 Tour de France, but says he did it to cover his tracks with his wife.

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Sitting in the shadow of Zion National Park, the giant cliffs provide a stunning backdrop to all the riding in the area

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José Ivan Gutiérrez — the three-time Spanish national time trial champion on Movistar — says he wants to forget his winless 2011 season as soon as possible.

Cycling teams and sponsors make strange bedfellows sometimes, but perhaps none is stranger than the final-hour quest by the ill-fated Geox-TMC team managers to save its squad for next season.

VeloNews features Moser in the daily excerpts from the book Italian Racing Bicycles

Behind the barriers with Jeremy Powers

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VeloPress is pleased to announce the release of the new book, Italian Racing Bicycles: The People, The Products, The Passion. VeloNews will be posting new excerpts from the book over the next five days.

The UCI has scuttled a scheduled presentation of Alejandro Valverde as a new member of Movistar next season.

I’m on the way back from the last race of the year, for me, and for Kenda–5 Hr-Geargrinder (as always, sorry for the mouthful, but the sponsors paid for it, so it’s the least I can do).

The long-running Alberto Contador clenbuterol case likely won't see final resolution until early 2012.

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I just wanted to finish the race and do well,” said Ryan Trebon. “Yeah, I wanted to try and salvage the series and not lose so many points. That was the main determining factor for today.”

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Men

• 1. Jeremy Powers (USA), Rapha-Focus, at 1:03:50
• 2. Todd Wells (USA), Specialized, at 0:01
• 3. Geoff Kabush (CAN), Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, at 0:48
• 4. Ben Berden (BEL), Ops Ale-Stoemper, at 1:03
• 5. Christopher Jones (USA), Rapha-Focus, at 1:04

Women

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), Rabobank, 44:44:00
• 2. Kaitlin Antonneau (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 11
• 3. Katerina Nash (CZE), Luna Pro Team, s.t.
• 4. Meredith Miller (USA), California Giant Berry Farms-Specialized, at 19
• 5. Nicole Duke (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 22

Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) did the double at Derby City on Sunday, winning back-to-back in Louisville, Kentucky.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) won her second Derby City Cup on Sunday, sweeping the weekend's racing in Louisville, Kentucky.

The Pros Closet is auctioning off one of Edvald Boasson Hagen's spare Tour de France bikes to help a family with a child suffering from leukemia.

Men

• 1. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), 1:04:20
• 2. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 1:04:29
• 3. Sven Nys (Bel), 1:04:29
• 4. Niels Albert (Bel), 1:04:51
• 5. Radomir Simunek (Cze), 1:04:53

Women

• 1. Daphny Van Den Brand (Ned), 40:35
• 2. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra), 40:53
• 3. Sanne Cant (Bel), 40:53
• 4. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned), 40:53
• 5. Sophie De Boer (Ned), 40:53

Wil Matthews captures the action at day one of the 2011 Derby City Cup in Louisville, Kentucky.

“I saw the finish and I was like, 'I'm going to light his ass up in this,' because I was feeling good and had a lot left in my legs and it just didn't get to happen,” said Ryan Trebon. “It's bike racing; it just happened.”

Romain Sicard, the promising French rider on Euskaltel-Euskadi, has published an online apology after getting a DUI this week in Toulouse.

World champion Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) rode a huge group of favorites off his wheel and soloed to victory in the Superprestige Hamme-Zogge on Sunday.

Kristin Gavin (Team CF) and Weston Schempf (C3-Athletes Serving Athletes) soloed to victory on Saturday in round 10 of the Mid-Atlantic Cyclocross Series.

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Team managers from the doomed Geox-TMC team are traveling to Venezuela in a final-hour bid to save their team for next season.

Men

• 1. Jeremy Powers (USA), Rapha-Focus, 56:52:00
• 2. Ryan Trebon (USA), LTS-Felt, at 0:03
• 3. Timothy Johnson (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 0:27
• 4. Geoff Kabush (CAN), Team Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, at 0:46
• 5. Daniel Summerhill (USA), Chipotle Development Team, at 0:55

Women

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), Rabobank-Giant, at 45:11:00
• 2. Katerina Nash (CZE), Luna Pro Team, at 31
• 3. Kaitlin Antonneau (USA), Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, at 41
• 4. Caroline Mani (FRA), CC Etupes, at 1:05
• 5. Chloe Forsman (USA), Crank Brothers Race Club 11, at 1:19

Jeremy Powers (Rapha-Focus) won a thrilling two-man battle with Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) to claim the Derby City Cup on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Katie Compton (Rabobank-Giant) overpowered the field to claim the Derby City Cup on Saturday in Louisville, Kentucky.

Photos from the 2011 Nommay Cyclocross, courtesy of Renner Custom CX Team.

Francis Mourey (FdJ) and Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (CC Etupes) won the 34th Nommay Cyclocross on Friday in France.

Men

• 1. Francis Mourey (Fra), 59:31
• 2. Steve Chainel (Fra), 1:01:25
• 3. Enrico Franzoi (Ita), 1:01:27
• 4. Marcel Wildhaber (Sui), 1:01:30
• 5. Sascha Weber (Ger), 1:01:30

Women

• 1. Lucie Chainel-Lefevre (Fra), 41:07
• 2. Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger), 41:44
• 3. Gabriella Day (Gbr), 41:49
• 4. Pauline Ferrand Prevot (Fra), 42:23
• 5. Amy Dombroski (USA), 43:26

Fidea Jaarmarktcross Niel

• 1. Sven Nys (Bel), 58:08
• 2. Niels Albert (Bel), 58:30
• 3. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 58:46
• 4. Matthieu Boulo (Fra), 58:57
• 5. Tom Meeusen (Bel), 59:13

Valverde had maintained close links to Movistar throughout his ban and was expected to welcomed back to the team.

With everyone talking that the 2012 Tour de France is a route ideal for time trialists who can climb, there's one name that's missing from the early hype: Fabian Cancellara.

The VeloNews tech crew and the Selle Italia saddles they like

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Georgia Gould's #heckleme campaign

All we can say is, Georgia Gould is a good sport

Team tactics, chain lengths, choosing a new bike and more

New Hampshire will host the 2012 Hampshire 100 in conjunction with the NUE

Still riding the vapors of its most successful Tour de France ever, Garmin-Cervélo will take on next year's grande boucle with even higher ambitions.

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New wheels from Hed, Cole and Rolf Prima put to the test

Madison residents are invited to join NICA directors to learn about how to increase youth participation in the sport

The new GreenEdge team is eager to be the first Australian cycling team to compete at the elite level. In addition, GreenEdge is committed to helping put medals around Australian necks in the Olympics. The final two recruits will help the team achieve its goals.

Patrick Lefevere — team manager at newly branded OmegaPharma-Quick Step — says he expects big things from his Belgian squad in 2012.

Ukrainian Volodymir Gustov will stay with Saxo Bank-SunGard through the 2012 season.

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Inside and out. On the road and on the workstand: Lennard's in-depth look at Campy's electric groups.

The Tour de Gruene has a long history in the Southwest that dates back to 1984

PARIS (AFP) — Theo Bos of the Netherlands is due to undergo surgery that will rule him out of next year's London Olympics, his Rabobank team announced on Tuesday.

Held over the weekend of the daylight savings time change, the third annual 25 Hours in Frog Hollow boasts 25 hours of non-stop racing from 10 am Saturday to 10 am Sunday.

Bradley Wiggins says he will only be more confident going into next year's Tour de France after a breakthrough 2011 campaign that saw him win the Criterium du Dauphiné and finish third at the Vuelta a España.

Tainted Italian star Danilo Di Luca is poised to join Acqua e Sapone next season.

Team Type 1 - SANOFI reports that the squad completed required paperwork to qualify for a UCI Pro Continental license for next season in time to meet a UCI deadline.

Veteran sprinter Robbie McEwen is looking at a few early season racing goals before retiring for good to become a stage scout for GreenEdge later next season.

Stefan Rothe riding for Tulsa Tough and partner Wes Jerman of Alchemy Racing took the win at the 28th annual Tour de Gruene two-man time trial.

Also in the issue: Sitting In with Alberto Contador, and Ryan Trebon’s return to center stage, both by Brian Holcombe; the popular Ask a Pro column, by Kenda-5-Hour Energy rider Phil Gaimon; and At the Back, by new, popular contributor Dan Wuori of Livestream Diaries fame.

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2011 Bell's Brewery Iceman Cometh Challenge Gallery

Campy surprises with two electric groups, with one-push cassette sweep.

Tour winners Armstrong, Sastre among the 15 leaving the peloton