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VeloNews' Neal Rogers picks his favorite bike-related products of this past year

Here's the last fabulous five out of 2010's top ten.

The future may look back to 2010 and say that was the year American cross-country racing started to make a comeback.

On any given day at an elite World Cup cross-country event in 2010, a woman from Canada or the U.S. had a legit shot at the podium.

It was one thing when mountain bike pioneer Gary Fisher took his 29er crusade to the masses. It was another when, in 2010, he made the Subaru-Gary Fisher mountain bike team 29er all the time.

The final frontier in carbon mountain bike parts has been broached – carbon wheelsets.

The Red Bull rampage came back to the red-rock landscape of Virgin, Utah in 2010.

Windham, New York was the high-noon showdown between the top two downhill gunslingers in the world — Santa Cruz Syndicate's Greg Minnaar and Gee Atherton of Commencal.

Say what you will about the Leadville Trail 100, it ain't easy no matter how it's sliced.

Fox knocked it out of the park with its 2010 F100 FIT RLC. The only question we had after that review was how Fox will possibly improve upon its wares for 2011.

Singletrack.com runs down five of the 10 most intriguing stories from the last 365 days. Check in Friday for the top five.

Short of picking a world championship venue in the United States, Canada is about as close as American spectators will get to seeing the world's elite.

The first World Cup stop in the United States in five years was, by all accounts, a success.

Our resident pro Judy Freeeman says a special coffee and 2010 had a certain symmetry for her.

Even after Pegasus Sports' ambitious plans collapsed this month, a new effort to create a Tour de France-caliber team based in Australia seems to be taking wings.

The Explainer follows up on a few continuing stories and answers a few questions from the inbox.

Australia's High Performance cycling program director, Shayne Bannan, has resigned after 10 years in the post, Cycling Australia announced on Thursday.

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Lance Armstrong has pulled out of the event next month that was supposed to be his springboard back into triathlon competition.

VeloNews 2011 Bicycle Buyers Guide Gallery

VeloNews 2011 Bicycle Buyers Guide Gallery

VeloNews 2011 Bicycle Buyers Guide Gallery

Handmade by robots, the BMC Impec shatters the mold. Plus 92 hot new bikes for road and mountain. Subscribe today!

Follow these 10 tips to reduce your chances of injury

The Danish-backed project to create a new pro team around Michael Rasmussen took a stronger form Tuesday when it announced ex-pro Michael Blaudzun will be the team’s top sport director for next season.

Lennard Zinn weighs in on running a Shimano-SRAM combo as well as road and MTB setups.

Readers ask how to center those Shorties and suggest how to pull that Campagnolo crank.

• 1. Niels ALBERT, (BEL), in 1:00:31
• 2. Sven NYS, (BEL), in 1:00:49
• 3. Zdenek STYBAR, (CZE), in 1:01:12
• 4. Rob PEETERS, (BEL), in 1:01:27
• 5. Bart WELLENS, (BEL), in 1:01:43

Cycling-affiliated healthcare providers offer tips for dealing with head injuries, as Julie Emmerman explains

Men

• 1. ALBERT Niels, Bkcp - Powerplus, with 420 points
• 2. NYS Sven, Landbouwkrediet, with 354 points
• 3. PAUWELS Kevin, Telenet - Fidea, with 349 points
• 4. WELLENS Bart, Telenet - Fidea, with 294 points
• 5. AERNOUTS Bart, Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team, with 293 points

• 1. Katherine Compton, with 240 points
• 2. Sanne Van Paassen, with 230 points
• 3. Brand Daphny Van Den, with 190 points
• 4. Pavla Havlikova, with 148 points
• 5. Sanne Cant, with 147 points

Dan Seaton's photos from the men's race at the Zolder round of the 2010 UCI cyclocross World Cup.

Dan Seaton's photos from the women's race at the World Cup stop in Zolder.

Katie Compton crashed a lot in Zolder — but then, so did everyone else.

For a guy just dabbling in cyclocross this season, Lars Boom is making a pretty good impression.

Wishful thinking or inside scoop? Alberto Contador is registered to start the Vuelta a Murcia in early March.

January’s Tour Down Under is still the only confirmed race appearance for Lance Armstrong in 2011.

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Handlebar tilt, resting your cables, and don't touch my tools!

Frank Overton gives guidelines for developing your own annual training program

Alberto Contador is hunkering down this weekend to celebrate the Christmas holidays with family and friends in Spain as he faces a far from certain future.

Electric shifting comes to Shimano's Ultegra group

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5 MTB national championship events set for 2011.

Give your bike nut a chain-wear gauge for Christmas instead of major drivetrain goodies.

Australian sports stars Mat Rogers and Robbie McEwen kept their wits when they inhaled poisonous gas on a motor yacht, jumping into the sea to rescue a fellow passenger, reports said Thursday

It looks like it will be another climbers’ delight for the 2011 Vuelta a España as new details of the likely route for next year’s Spanish tour are being revealed by local media.

Team Movistar will be rolling with Campagnolo's prototype electric drivetrain in 2011. Lennard Zinn takes a look.

For the first time since the team’s early days in the early 1980s, before Reynolds evolved into super-teams under the Banesto, Illes Balears and Caisse d’Epargne banners, Eusebio Unzue won’t have a major GC captain to carry the squad into the grand tours.

A world renowned procrastinator, Lennard Zinn offers up some cool ideas for last-minute gifts for the bike geeks on your list.

Most riders who have won the U.S. road race championship did so after racing on European-based pro teams. At age 21, Ben King hasn’t yet started that part of his career officially, but he’s looking forward to suiting up for races in his red, white and blue RadioShack jersey in Mallorca next year. VeloNews caught up with King at his parents’ house in Virginia.

Ted reports in from his team's winter camp in Sardinia

Men

• 1. Niels Albert, Bkcp - Powerplus, with 350 points
• 2. Kevin Pauwels, Telenet - Fidea, with 301 points
• 3. Sven Nys, Landbouwkrediet, with 299 points
• 4. Francis Mourey, Fdj, with 290 points
• 5. Bart Aernouts, Rabobank-Giant Offroad Team, with 243 points

• 1. Sanne Van Paassen, with 185 points
• 2. Katherine Compton, with 180 points
• 3. Brand Daphny Van Den, with 150 points
• 4. Katerina Nash, Luna Pro Team, with 135 points
• 5. Sanne Cant, with 129 points