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Fast, fast, fast. That was best descriptor for stage 7's 49km loop on the flat roads and techy trails around Mucuge.

There will be a shoot-out among the elite men pros to gain what will be a lone berth for the U.S. men's time trial for next summer's Olympic Games in London.

BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Following an abnormally slow start this year, former national cyclocross champion Tim Johnson said he could leave Colorado content with a third-place finish at Sunday’s C1 Victory Circle Graphix Boulder Cup.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan (AFP) — Kazakhstan's Andrey Kashechkin has pushed back his attempt to set a new world hour record, the Astana team cyclist announced Monday.

Icy, and then muddy, conditions in Angel Fire.

Boulder Cup winner Ben Berden

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Belgian Ben Berden and U.S. national champion Katie Compton emerged as winners Sunday at the C1 Boulder Cup cyclocross race in Colorado, the inaugural UCI race held at Boulder's new Valmont Bike Park.

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Fabio Duarte, the former U23 world champion, has signed a deal to join the Colombian-backed Coldeportes project for 2012.

Superprestige Zonhoven Men

• 1. Niels Albert (Bel), 58:30
• 2. Sven Nys (Bel), 58:58
• 3. Kevin Pauwels (Bel), 59:32
• 4. Zdenek Stybar (Cze), 59:57
• 5. Bart Wellens (Bel), 1:00:08

Women

• 1. Sanne Van Paassen (Ned)
• 2. Nikki Harris (Gbr)
• 3. Sabrina Stultiens (Ned)
• 4. Sanne Cant (Bel)
• 5. Pavla Havlikova (Cze)

Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) and Sanne Van Paassen (Brainwash) won the Superprestige stop in Zonhoven on Sunday.

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi has said he wants to continue racing for two more years, even though he is fast approaching his 38th birthday.

Men

• 1. Craig Richey (Can), 1:05:58
• 2. Lukas Winterberg (Sui), 1:06:43
• 3. Travis Livermon (USA), 1:07:19
• 4. Mike Garrigan (Can), 1:07:47
• 5. Lukas Müller (Sui), 1:07:55

Women

• 1. Nicole Thiemann (USA), 46:08
• 2. Laura Van Gilder (USA),
• 3. Kristin Gavin (USA), 46:37
• 4. Stacey Barbossa (USA), 47:35
• 5. Katherine Shields (USA), 49:15

Men

• 1. Ryan Trebon (USA), 1:01:29
• 2. Todd Wells (USA), 1:01:39
• 3. James Driscoll (USA), 1:01:56
• 4. Ben Berden (Bel), 1:02:18
• 5. Daniel Summerhill (USA), 1:02:32

Women

• 1. Katherine Compton (USA), 42:04
• 2. Caroline Mani (Fra), 43:15
• 3. Georgia Gould (USA), 43:44
• 4. Nicole Duke (USA), 44:13
• 5. Susan Butler (USA), 44:42

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BOULDER, Colo. (VN) — Ryan Trebon (LTS-Felt) and Katie Compton (Rabobank) prevailed Saturday on the first day of a weekend of racing here.

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It's was back to the stage 1 and 2 start town of Mucuge by way of an 128km route with 1716 meters of climbing.

Cannondale unveils its new SuperX disc prototype frame

Omega Pharma-Lotto's Philippe Gilbert was honored as the winner of the 2011 UCI WorldTour on Thursday during the fifth Peace and Sport International Forum held in Monaco.

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To her classmates and teaching staff, Lara Kroepsch is another student, regularly assisting in heart surgery during elective rotations as part of her physician’s assistant training at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Snowy Boulder means muddy Boulder

Three food/drink manufacturers have new products out that have caught Nick Legan's attention

News earlier this month that scores of soccer players at the Under-17 World Cup in Mexico tested positive for traces of clenbuterol — and the decision by WADA and FIFA to not pursue any of the cases — reveals just how inconsistent sports justice has been in applying rules in clenbuterol cases.

Collegiate racers from around the country watched anxiously to see how much snow would fall on the small mountain resort

VIDEO: Behind The Barriers with Jeremy Powers

BigMat, a French hardware chain that sponsored a team that made it into the Tour de France in the 1990s, is close to a deal to link up with FDJeux for the 2012 season.

Trek is recalling approximately 27,000 bicycles because of faulty seat clamp bolts on affected seat posts.

Hot temperatures and brutal roads challenge racers in Brazil

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Spanish rider Joaquim Rodríguez expressed satisfaction with what he characterized as a "good" season that saw the Katusha rider finish fourth in the WorldTour rankings.

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Belgian Grace Verbeke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Ridley 2012) was seriously injured after a vehicle struck her during a training ride Thursday in Gistel, Belgium.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport has set specific dates for hearing the UCI and WADA's appeal of Alberto Contador's doping case. The hearing is set for November 21-24, CAS announced Wednesday.

There's no doubt that the 33-year-old Milka-Trek rider deserves to be the overall winner of the 17th Crocodile Trophy.

Carbon handlebar lifespan, long-lasting tires, mechanical sabotage & more

Many proverbial lunches were eaten

Let the accolades begin. Philippe Gilbert, who enjoyed a spectacular season, was named as the annual winner of the Vélo d'Or prize awarded by the French-language Vélo Magazine.

The slow wheels of cycling justice are finally in motion in the case involving Ezequiel Mosquera dating back to the 2010 Vuelta a España.

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Michael Miller of Morgantown, Pennsylvania, has accepted an 8-month ban from cycling after he tested positive for a banned stimulant at USA Cycling's masters track nationals in Trexlertown, Pennsylvania in July.

This was solid test of true mountain biking skill

• 1. 3. LUIS PINTO TEAM SPANO - LUSO ALEJANDRO LOPEZ 0:31:11 6:32:24 1:39:16
• 2. 1. KRISTIAN HYNEK FUTURECYCLING-SWEEP ROBERT NOVOTNY 0:30:51 6:35:21 1:37:23
• 3. 2. JOSEMBERG PINHO JC BIKES RAPHAEL MENDES 0:31:41 6:57:50 1:38:22
• 4. 5. LUKAS KAUFFMANN TEAM EASTON ROCKETS CHRISTOPHER MALETZ 0:30:39 7:03:04 1:40:32
• 5. 6. HUGO NETO OCE-TREINE/KHS/INFANTI DOUGLAS NETO 0:31:43 7:06:18 1:41:48

Former German champion Fabian Wegmann has signed a one-year deal with American cycling team Garmin, the rider announced Wednesday.

PARIS (AFP) — The UCI announced Wednesday that no doping positives have emerged from the Tour of Spain after samples from the entire peloton underwent scrutiny.

Chente Garcîa — the last rider who was active during the Miguel Indurain era — hung up the cleats for good.

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Alexandr Kolobnev - the only rider to test positive during the 2011 Tour de France - escaped a sanction Tuesday when the Russian cycling federation only fined him and issued a warning.

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Lennard zinn takes a look back at some of the coolest bikes at Italy's Padua bike show this fall.

Lennard Zinn answers your questions on rotors and carbon frames.

Defending mixed duo champs Brian and Jenny Smith are forced to withdraw with food poisoning.

Even though Philippe Gilbert won five major classics in the 2011 road season that just ended, he was the exception rather than the rule in one of the must unpredictable seasons on record. From Matt Goss at Milan-San Remo in March to Oliver Zaugg at the Tour of Lombardy earlier this month, many of this year’s big winners have come from left field.