The UCI allowed a clearer picture into how the ProTeam lineup will shape up next season when it released its first round of evaluation of teams bucking for spots in the 18-squad league.
The Collegiate Mountain Bike Championships begin Friday in New Mexico
GreenEdge officials will be on their edge of their seats in the coming days as the team waits for news if it earns a ProTeam license for its debut season next year.
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1, 30 ADRIANA NASCIMENTO (LADIES BRASIL SOUL - RC BIKES) in 0:44:10 53 2, 46 ANDREA MARCELLINI (HORA DO BLUSH) in 0:46:57 71 3, 47 CARLA PLENS (CM/SZ) in 0:54:42 93
1. 37 BARTI BUCHER (BIXS -ZELLEWEGER ARCHITEKTEN) HANSJUERG GERBER in 0:33:55 10 2. 4 ABRAAO AZEVEDO (MASTER BRASIL SOUL - RC BIKES) PAULO FREITAS in 0:34:27 11 3. 6 PLINIO SOUZA (BRASIL / ALEMANHA) EDWARD SZRAUCNER in 0:36:22 19 4. 38 PEDRO NETO (PEDAL POWER EPIC) DANIEL ALIPERTI in 0:38:42 26 5. 139 MARTIN PORTMAN (FBC) DENIO FRANCO in 0:41:31 37
Fast Facts on the 12.4km prologue, Mucuge to Mucuge.
Here’s a little secret: that beautiful carbon frame is easily repaired, provided it is administered to by the right hands
Lance Armstrong finished 23rd in Sunday's Xterra championships in Maui. The cycling legend was among the leaders on the swim and bike, but was overcome by faster runner in the third leg.
A French court has given Floyd Landis, in his absence, a suspended sentence of 18 months in prison for his alleged 2006 use of hacked material from the Laboratoire National Antidopage (National Antidoping Lab). The prosecutor in the case before the Correctional Tribune of Nanterre also asked for the same suspended sentence for Landis' former trainer, Arnie Baker.
Theo Bos says he's looking forward to the arrival of Mark Renshaw to Rabobank and says he's mulling a return to the track for another shot at Olympic gold next season.
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"I definitely aim for a medal. Preferably gold. Gold's cool."
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Johan Bruyneel names the sport directors who will be part of the merger between RadioShack and Leopard-Trek for the coming season.
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Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) dominated the second round of the UCI cyclocross World Cup on Sunday in Tabor, Czech Republic.
Katerina Nash (Luna) won a close one in front of the home crowd on Sunday as the UCI cyclocross World Cup came to Tabor, Czech Republic.
Former pro cyclist Joe Papp has been sentenced to three years' probation, including six months of house arrest, for running an online drug ring that distributed EPO and human growth hormone.
The second annual Brasil Ride mountain bike stage race rolls out at noon local time Sunday on the outskirts of Parque Nacional Chapada Diamantina. First up is a 12.4km prologue time trial that starts and finishes in Mucuge, a small town in western Bahia, the sprawling Brazilian state that gave the world samba, capoeira and Carnival.
Geox-TMC riders are scrambling to find rides following the surprise announcement Thursday evening that the Italian shoemaker was pulling its money out of the team.
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For the first time ever, the European pro peloton will see Iranian riders among its numbers in 2012.
USA Cycling on Friday announced the dates and locations for nearly all of the 2012 national championships. The lone significant change next year is the move of the U.S. Professional Criterium Championships to late July in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Lance Armstrong will take on the third triathlon of his comeback at the Xterra World Championship this Sunday.
USA Cycling on Friday announced the dates and locations for nearly all of the 2012 national championships.
While several riders from both teams will be squeezed out as the two squads reduce their roster, King said his future is secure next season.
The elite U.S. ’crossers have a week off for the most part, with Sunday’s C2 tilt at Downeast Cyclo-cross in Maine the country’s only UCI contest, and so a small race for a big cause takes center stage. The fifth round of the Utah Cyclocross series runs at Wheeler Farm in Murray on Saturday and for the second year the Cross Out Cancer event fights the disease and recognizes members of the cycling community living through cancer.
Katusha's Vladimir Karpets, a former winner of the Tour de France white jersey, will rejoin Movistar in 2012, the Spanish cycling outfit announced Friday.
PARIS (AFP) - Saxo Bank has signed Japanese veteran Takashi Miyazawa on a one-year deal, team manager and owner Bjarne Riis announced Friday.
Alberto Contador would love to see another major climber to help him tackle the coming season, but SaxoBank-Sungard boss Bjarne Riis admits he doesn't have the budget to make a blockbuster addition to his squad.
The success of the Moab event could signal a change in the way the bike industry talks to consumers
One shoe has dropped for admitted drug trafficker-turned-anti-doping witness Joe Papp as he awaits sentencing on two felony counts of conspiracy to distribute Human Growth Hormone and Erythropoietin (EPO). The U.S. Anti-doping Agency announced Friday morning that Papp was handed an eight-year sanction for a non-analytical rule violation.
Mount Misery Road and a river crossing make the difference for Urs Huber
While it doesn't have the name recognition of Fruita or Moab, little Cortez, Colorado rocks.
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The future of Geox-TMC is hanging in the balance after Italian shoemaker Geox did not post a required bank guarantee to underwrite the team's budget for 2012.
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Three-time world champion Óscar Freire will race his final season as a professional with Katusha. The Spanish daily MARCA reported that Freire penned a deal with the Russian team yesterday.
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Team Sky will keep three of its most promising riders in-house, announcing Thursday that it has extended the contracts of Ian Stannard, Ben Swift and Peter Kennaugh going into the 2012 season.
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For the second consecutive year, October means pink for the women of the Cal Giant-Specialized cyclocross team. Meredith Miller and Teal Stetson-Lee are showing their support for Breast Cancer Awareness Month with pink skinsuits and an online raffle that ends Friday.
The Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport (CCES) announced Wednesday that cyclist Arnaud Papillon has received a two-year sanction for the use of erythropoietin (EPO) during the Canadian Road Championships.
Cadel Evans says his race schedule will remain largely unchanged, with a focus on one-week stage races and the Ardennes classics for early season goals before reloading with a likely start at the Dauphiné ahead of the Tour.
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The Nature Valley Grand Prix is hoping to shake up the men’s stage race in 2012 by reducing team sizes to just six riders. Organizers announced the change Tuesday.
Returning to a formal evening presentation format it has used in years past, the Garmin-Cervélo WorldTour team will unveil its 2012 squad next month in Boulder, Colorado, the city where the team started in 2003.
Lennard answers some less frequently asked questions on fixie chain tension and spoke-thread myths
PARIS (VN) — Alberto Contador was doubly optimistic Tuesday after getting a glimpse of what's waiting for the peloton in next year's Tour de France.
Heather Irmiger wins first medal of the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara.
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" ... Like mystical mirages in a city congested with towers, the mountains appeared through the thick smog as we reached the outer limits of Beijing. The landscape was completely foreign to most of us. But we swiftly settled into a routine we know: the race."
Another prominent U.S. masters racer has tested positive for a banned substance and accepted a sanction from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency. Nicholas Brandt-Sorensen (Sho-air-Rock ‘n Road), the 2011 national road champion for men 30-34, has informed VeloNews in a fax that he tested positive at nationals in September.
Officials neutralize Crocodile Trophy's first stage; Bart Brentjens out of the race before it even starts
PARIS (AFP) - Defending champion Cadel Evans was cautiously optimistic over his chances of defending the Tour de France yellow jersey in 2012 after the race route was unveiled here on Tuesday.
PARIS, Oct 18, 2011 (AFP) - Route for the 2012 Tour de France confirmed by organizers on Tuesday.
IRVINE, Calif. (VN) — With temperatures nearing 85 degrees and the added bonus of daylight, day 2 of the Spooky Cross would offer a drier track and a little more insight to the racers on the whereabouts of their competitors on the course than Saturday evening’s late-night event. Simply being able to see the course more clearly was also an advantage.