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UPDATED: Georgia Gould scores a solid win, Katie Compton abandons and Tim Johnson attacks late to drop Todd Wells.

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• 1. Zdenek STYBAR, (CZE), in 1:02:34
• 2. Kevin PAUWELS, (BEL), in 1:02:41
• 3. Sven NYS, (BEL), in 1:02:48
• 4. Bart AERNOUTS, (BEL), in 1:03:00
• 5. Niels ALBERT, (BEL), in 1:03:18

Superprestige Zonhoven

World champion Zdenek Stybar keeps his unbeaten streak intact, winning the Superprestige Zonhoven ahead of teammate Kevin Pauwels and Sven Nys.

Men

• 1. Valentin Scherz (Sui), 57:05
• 2. Adam McGrath (USA), same time
• 3. Ryan Knapp (USA), 57:09
• 4. Weston Schempf (USA), 57:13
• 5. Craig Richey (Can), 57:23

• 1. Deidre Winfield (USA), 40:02
• 2. Laura Van Gilder (USA), 40:51
• 3. Arley Kemmerer (USA), 41:06
• 4. Kristin Gavin (USA), 41:15
• 5. Nikki Thiemann (USA), 41:15

Valentin Scherz and Deidre Winfield take the flowers in round 7 of the MAC Series.

See Katie Compton ride away from the field once more at the Colorado Cross Classic in Boulder.

Watch as Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com goes one-two in the men's race at the 2010 Colorado Cross Classic in Boulder.

With the series leaders absent, Shannon Skerritt and Wendy Williams get their moment in the spotlight.

Women

• 1. Katie Compton, Planet Bike, 36:17
• 2. Georgia Gould, Team Luna, 36:51
• 3. Nicole Duke, Hudz-Vista Subaru, 38:16
• 4. Meredith Miller, California Giant-Specialized, 38:38
• 5. Terry Barnholt, Scott-Ritchey, 39:02

• 1. Jeremy Powers, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 59:49
• 2. Tim Johnson, Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com, 1:00:04
• 3. Todd Wells, Specialized, 1:00:37
• 4. Geoff Kabush, Maxxis-Rocky Mountain, 1:01:12
• 5. Alex Candelario, World Bicycle Relief, 1:01:27

Jeremy Powers jumps early and stays gone as Katie Compton rides away from the competition on the second lap in Boulder.

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Meredith Miller's special pink Specialized Crux bike.

Cal Giant-Specialized team riders Meredith Miller and Teal Stetson-Lee have raised thousands for an organization that serves breast cancer patients. An online auction that ends today could raise even more.

Aim of squad is to promote the success of Durango-based riders.

Alberto Contador will watch – not participate in – the Criterium de Oviedo on Saturday in northern Spain to honor retiring rider Chechu Rubiera.

Madison, Wisconsin, will host U.S. cyclocross nationals in January 2012 and 2013. Is the later date a good idea?

Whitmore’s Super Cross Cup is moving from Southampton to Nassau County on Long Island and will no longer serve as the NACT series finale.

Hawaii is not a bad place to unplug for anyone, but if you’re Ryder Hesjedal coming off a breakthrough year, the Pacific islands are the perfect respite to reflect on a phenomenal 2010 season.

Make your hotel reservations now: the 2012 Tour de France will start in Liège in eastern Belgium.

Superbike champ loves anything with two wheels — bicycles included.

Team RadioShack director Johan Bruyneel is fined 10,000 francs and suspended two months for the team's jersey-swapping violation on the final stage of the Tour

The yet-unnamed Luxembourg cycling team continues to add more firepower, announcing Friday the arrival of Danish rider Jakob Fulgsang and the German duo of Linus Gerdemann and Fabian Wegmann.

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The Tour of Battenkill joins the NRC for 2011 and former winner Evelyn Stevens predicts an epic battle

The woman pleaded guilty to running into three amateur racers, killing two of them, while drunk driving last year.

After reviewing test procedures at the 2010 Tour, the World Anti-Doping Agency recommends some changes.

USA Cycling and the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame name Mara Abbott and Taylor Phinney Athletes of the Year.

The carbon top cap on the posts can crack.

Feds are recalling about 200 carbon seatposts because the carbon top clamp of the seat post can crack.

We’ve reached the middle of the U.S. cyclocross season. Temperatures are dropping, leaves are falling and the Pacific Northwest and the Rockies have seen snow.

Dick’s Sporting Goods. Victoria’s Secret. Nordstrom. All in a day’s trip to the mall, but `cross racing?

Wippermann's Connex 9sG and 920 chains are functional-yet-flashy items that add a little color to a dull drivetrain.

A reader wants to know how much proof is required to convict an athlete on a doping charge.

(Click headline for full results) Women:

• 1 VAN GILDER Laura 643
• 2 MILLER Meredith 360
• 3 ANNIS Sally 327
• 4 COMPTON Katherine 310
• 5 SMITH Andrea 305

• 1 JOHNSON Timothy 530
• 2 POWERS Jeremy 515
• 3 TREBON Ryan 420
• 4 LINDINE Justin 406
• 5 SCHERZ Valentin 308

UPDATED: Big changes are in store for the National Racing Calendar next year. Philly's Liberty Classic gets added to the list.

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Team Sky snags classics hope Davide Appollonio and classics veteran Jeremy Hunt from Cervelo TestTeam

Nick takes questions about spring classics gear, frame inspections after crashes and how to line up handlebars perfectly.

North Carolina State retains its lead in Divison 1 after hosting the conference in Raleigh on a course heavy on the sand features.

Light on time trials and heavy in the climbing department, Samuel Sánchez says the 2011 Tour de France is ideally suited for his talents.

For pro mountain bikers, sponsorship ain't what it used to be. But that ain't all bad.

A riding reader asks Singletrack.com's tech expert Lennard Zinn about greasing the seatpost in his new carbon Gary Fisher Superfly Elite. And how do you keep carbon clean? LZ has the scoop…

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Australia might get its first top-level team as Pegasus-Fly V Australia awaits news from Switzerland.

Food on the road: Chris reports on culinary finds from Morocco to Cincinnati.

It's a torn Ted King that visits home in October. Some time away from the bike would be welcome, but the roads in New Hampshire in October pass through 'a seemingly impossible explosion of colors.'

A year has passed since Jeff Castelaz rode across the country to raise awareness and funds for childhood cancer and mourn the death of his own son. This year, another ride united Castelaz' music and cycling community, including Lance Armstrong and Levi Leipheimer.

(Click headline for full rankings) Men:

• 1. Zdenek STYBAR, (Czech Republic), with 640 points
• 2. Jeremy POWERS, (United States), with 437 points
• 3. Francis MOUREY, (France), with 406 points
• 4. Timothy JOHNSON, (United States), with 380 points
• 5. Kevin PAUWELS, (Belgium), with 370 points

• 1. Laura VAN GILDER, (United States), with 410 points
• 2. Sanne VAN PAASSEN, (Netherlands), with 400 points
• 3. Katherine COMPTON, (United States), with 400 points
• 4. Katerina NASH, (Czech Republic), with 400 points
• 5. Daphny VAN DEN BRAND, (Netherlands), with 380 points

Contador's defense is not earning him any friends in the Spanish beef industry

Pietrio Caucchioli plans to be the first cyclist to ask the CAS to throw out a suspension based on the UCI's biological passport

Lennard looks to one of cycling's most thoughtful mechanics to explore the question of brake shudder and stopping power

Singletrack.com's tech writer/rider Zach White doesn't really hate 29-inch wheeled bikes or the benefits of big wheels; he simply wants to recognize that there's more than one opinion out there in regards to mountain bike wheel diameters.

Boulder Center for Sports Medicine's Andy Pruitt walks readers through the many kinds of health care professionals serving athletes

Recently crowned world champion Thor Hushovd says he hopes to win Paris-Roubaix next year wearing the rainbow jersey.

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André Greipel gets his favorite lead-out man and the yet-unnamed Luxembourg team signs three more in another busy day in the rider market.

Kenda's Chad Thompson wants his outfit to be "top dog" next season.

New stage 2 complements classic la Ruta features like volcanoes, mud and sketchy train trestles.

Pat Malach's photos from the muddy fourth round of the 2010 Cross Crusade series in Portland.

Results from the Oct. 24 race at North Carolina State

Chris Sheppard uses the muddy Portland course to build fitness for Canadian nats while Alice Pennington pads her lead in the Cross Crusade series.

Photos from day 2 of the Downeast Cyclocross in New Gloucester, Maine.

Men

• 1. Adam Myerson, Cycle-Smart, 1:00:47
• 2. Dylan Mcnicholas, Pedros, same time
• 3. Justin Lindine, Bikereg.com-Joe's Garage-Scott, s.t.
• 4. Nicholas Keough, Champion System p/b Keough Cyclocross, 1:01:36
• 5. Josh Dillon, Richard Sachs-RGM Watches-Radix, 1:01:50

• 1. Sally Annis, Crossresults.com p/b Jra Cycles, 32:53
• 2. Andrea Smith, LadiesFirst Racing, at
• 3. Sara Bresnick-Zocchi, Crossresults.com/pedalpowercoaching.com, 33:32
• 4. Linnea Koons, Embrocation Cycling Journal, 33:51
• 5. Crystal Anthony, LadiesFirst Racing, 34:13

Sally Annis out-kicks Verge series leader Andrea Smith as Adam Myerson wins a three-up sprint to take his first UCI victory in two decades of elite racing.

Elvis, Superman, Human Disco Ball, Animal from the Muppets, Marilyn, fairies, beer grace SSWC.

Men:

• 1. Jeremy Powers, (USA) Cannondale P/b Cyclocrossworld., in 1:03:20 11 laps
• 2. Ryan Trebon, (USA) Kona, in 1:03:44 11 laps
• 3. Timothy Johnson, (USA) Cannondale P/b Cyclocrossworld., in 1:05:02 11 laps
• 4. Todd Wells, (USA) Specialized, in 1:05:20 11 laps
• 5. Tristan Schouten, (USA) Iscorp Cycling Team, in 1:05:28 11 laps

• 1. Georgia Gould, (USA) Luna Pro Team, in 38:59 6 laps
• 2. Meredith Miller, (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/sp, in 40:52 6 laps
• 3. Laura Van Gilder, (USA) C3 Athletes Serving Athletes, in 41:07 6 laps
• 4. Natasha Elliott, (CAN) Garneau Club Chaussure-Olgivy, in 41:26 6 laps
• 5. Teal Stetson-lee, (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/sp, in 41:33 6 laps

Georgia Gould takes back-to-back wins in the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross as Jeremy Powers wins day 2 in Kentucky.

Local residents in Alberto Contador’s hometown of El Pinto formed a human chain three kilometers long on Saturday in an act of support for the beleaguered Tour de France champion.

• 1. Sanne Van Paassen (NED), 43:40
• 2. Brand Daphny Van Den (NED), at 0:16
• 3. Katerina Nash (CZE), Luna Pro Team, at 0:55
• 4. Pavla Havlikova (CZE), at 1:11
• 5. Helen Wyman (GBR), Kona, at 1:25

The world champion proves flawless once again in front of a partisan crowd in Pilzen.

Men:

• 1. Timothy Johnson, (USA) Cannondale P/b Cyclocrossworld.
• 2. Ryan Trebon, (USA) Kona
• 3. Jeremy Powers, (USA) Cannondale P/b Cyclocrossworld.
• 4. Todd Wells, (USA) Specialized
• 5. Tristan Schouten, (USA) Iscorp Cycling Team

• 1. Georgia Gould, (USA) Luna Pro Team
• 2. Natasha Elliott, (CAN) Garneau Club Chaussure-Olgivy
• 3. Laura Van Gilder, (USA) Mellow Mushroom
• 4. Kaitlin Antonneau, (USA) Team Kenda
• 5. Meredith Miller, (USA) California Giant Berry Farms/sp

Sean Yates, who helped orchestrate overall victory for Paolo Savoldelli when he was behind the wheel at Discovery Channel, said the 94th Giro could be one for the history books.

Lance Armstrong will race for the last time outside the United States in January when he makes an international farewell appearance at the Tour Down Under.

Men

• 1. Dylan McNicholas, Pedros, 53:16
• 2. Justin Lindine, Bikereg.com-Joe's Garage-Scott, 53:25
• 3. Christian Favata, Favata's Tablerock Tours And Bikes, 53:31
• 4. Josh Dillon, Richard Sachs-RGM Watches-Radix, 53:46
• 5. Peter Bradshaw, Embrocation Cycling Journal, 54:20

• 1. Sally Annis, Crossresults.com p/b Jra Cycles, 38:30
• 2. Sara Bresnick-Zocchi, Crossresults.com-Pedalpowercoaching.com, 38:41
• 3. Crystal Anthony, LadiesFirst Racing, 39:11
• 4. Andrea Smith, LadiesFirst Racing, 39:18
• 5. Christina Tamilio, LadiesFirst Racing, 39:45