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Chris Horner (RadioShack) just missed victory with second in Thursday’s “queen stage” at the 28th Giro di Sardegna in Italy. The veteran American finished second to stage-winner and new race leader Roman Kreuziger (Liquigas), with Thomas Voeckler (Bbox Bouygues) coming through third in a challenging, 175km stage finishing atop the Cat. 1 Monte Ortobene.

Alex Rasmussen (Saxo Bank) delivered a huge TT win over some big names in Wednesday’s 10.9km course at the Ruta del Sol in Spain, topping such riders as Bradley Wiggins (Sky) and Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia).

The Tour of Poland will dedicate its third stage to Franco Ballerini, the Italian national team manager and retired pro who died in a rally car accident last month.

Shelley Evans, racing for the U.S. national team, won the opening stage of the Women's Tour of New Zealand Wednesday and takes the first leader's jersey of the six-stage race.

2010 Women's Tour of New Zealand results

Joaquín Rodríguez's move to the Russian-backed Katusha squad in 2010 will see him get a chance to race the Tour de France for the first time.

Since 1985, Yeti Cycles has been pushing the envelope for off-road race bikes. Singletrack.com stopped by the Yeti lair to see what makes this little company tick.

Gary Fisher Bicycles, Subaru and Mellow Johnny's bike shop join up with Hotel San Jose to sponsor Austin team.

Josh Liberles reports back from the Vuelta Independencia, the Dominican Republic's largest bike race.

Who is behind that flashy team vehicle color scheme? Chances are it's Victory Circle, a Colorado company that specializes in custom vinyl graphics for team cars and trucks. Zack Vestal pays a visit.

The first article in a new training series for riders preparing for Gran Fondos and other challenging events.

Kelly Benefit Strategies expands its international schedule to better prepare for the Amgen Tour of California and an eventual upgrade to Pro Continental status.

Former world champion Amber Neben will lead the USA Cycling Women's National Team at the NZCT Women's Tour of New Zealand, which starts Wednesday.

After 24 years in Downers Grove, Illinois, the 2010 USA Cycling Professional Criterium National Championship is moving about 26 miles to the northern Chicago suburb of Glencoe, Illinois.

Lennard attends the Park Tool Summit and returns with tips for garage mechanics.

A women's criterium will be held in Sacramento on May 16, just prior to the arrival of the men's Amgen Tour of California peloton in the city. The Sacramento Grand Prix at the 2010 Amgen Tour of California will begin at 10 a.m. and will circle the Capitol building duplicating part of the finishing circuits that will be used in the men's race.

Lennard Zinn reports back from the 2010 Park Tool Tech Summit with tips for those about to wrench their rigs.

Team Type 1 staffs up with new riders and crew, as it aims for an improved Tour of California showing.

Team Type 1 riders will sport Colnago CX-1's with Shimano components in 2010.

2010 Giro di Sardegna results

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) has already won more races this year than he did in all of 2009, and it’s only February. The Spanish “gato” pounced to his second straight victory in Tuesday’s third stage at the Ruta del Sol (AKA the Vuelta a Andalucia), fending off Grega Bole (Lampre) and Simon Gerrans (Sky) to claim his third win in the 2010 season.

Shops to get Bicycle Technologies International catalog next week.

Registration for pro-am U.S. Open of Mountain Biking's gravity events at Diablo Freeride Park in New Jersey opens March 1.

Omloop Het Niuwsblad, KBK and the Vuelta a Andalucia highlight a big week in Europe. Andrew Hood gives the run down.

2010 Wake Forest collegiate results

Ever try to define the term "functional masterpiece?" Let this one-off belt-drive singlespeed titanium 29er from Black Sheep do the talking (while you drool).

The Atlantic Coast Cycling Conference’s two-day, three-event weekend, at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina began early by college standards, at 8:30am.

The fi’zi:k Cyrano seatpost offers easy adjustment and excellent support for carbon and oversized saddle rails.

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Ace photographer Casey B. Gibson recently spent some time with Team Bissell's Pinarello Dogma 60.1 bikes and sent us this photo gallery. He was impressed, and we expect you will be, too.

Former European-based pro Pat McCarty, who had announced last fall that he would join Rock Racing for the 2010 season, has signed on with Yahoo Cycling Team on a provisional basis.

The team is attempting to register as a Mexican-based Continental team, a UCI spokesman said, and another cycling official in Europe said the team is trying to align with some of the sponsors from the defunct Spanish Murcia team.

Trek, with its headquarters in Waterloo, Wisconsin, will also be the presenting sponsor of the Subaru Cup Pro XCT race held June 26 and 27 in Mt. Morris, Wisconsin.

Registration error and then outpouring of negativity has race organizers rethinking approach to venerable California event.

Collegiates try the gamut at Florida State this weekend: TT, TTT, road race in crit.

FSU Collegiate Race, Feb. 20-21, 2010 results

Specialty plate that aims to raise funds for MTB trails in Idaho approved by lawmakers in that state's House; Senate vote is next.

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins Stage 2 of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Graham Watson shoots the final stage of the 2010 Volta ao Algarve.

Our readers sound off on Alberto Contador's victory salute, Portuguese standout Tiago Machado and bringing track cycling to the Winter Games.

University of Arizona wins the conference criterium title in rainy Phoenix.

Results from the ASU Sundevil Criterium, February 20, 2010

The 2010 Tour won't be a two-man race between Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, says José Azevedo.

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2010 Vuelta Independencia results

Casey B. Gibson, with camera in hand, pays a call on the Bissell team camp in California.

The Bissell Pro Cycling Team is smaller but swifter for 2010, hoping to contend in crits as well as time trials and stage races.

J.J. Haedo wins the Tour de Mumbai.

Sergio Pardilla wins Stage 1 at the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Christophe Le Mevel (Française des Jeux) wins the 42nd Tour du Haut Var.

Sergio Pardilla (Carmiooro) wins the first stage of the Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol.

Alberto Contador (Astana) finishes second in the final time trial to take the overall title at the Volta ao Algarve.

Rinaldo Nocentini wins Stage 1 of the Tour du Haut Var.

Rinaldo Nocentini (Ag2r-La Mondiale) wins the first stage of the Tour du Haut Var.

Saxo Bank's Jose Juan Haedo on Sunday won the inaugural Tour de Mumbai, India's first UCI-sanctioned pro race.

Alberto Contador isn’t happy about the UCI’s decision to ban his Specialized Shiv time trial bike on the eve of Sunday’s decisive final TT in the Volta ao Algarve.

With the star-studded RadioShack roster, Sébastien Rosseler never expected it would be him to score the new squad’s first victory. The stocky Belgian rider pulled it off in Saturday’s hilly fourth stage at the Volta ao Algarve, powering away from a breakaway with nearly 30km still to go.

Heading into its 11th season, Jelly Belly presented by Kenda set up camp once again at the golfing community of Lake San Marcos in Southern California.

Riders from war-ravaged Afghanistan are bound to be the center of attraction in next month's Tour de Pakistan, particularly since Indian cyclists were left out in the cold by organizers, an official said on Saturday.

Fox Racing Shox says distinctive gold-colored Kashima Coat maintains better lubrication for lower friction — plus it's tough.

Fabian Cancellara added another victory to his palmarès Friday with the overall win at the inaugural Tour of Oman. He did so on his Specialized Tarmac SL3.

Quick-draw Contador wins stage 3 Alberto Contador (Astana) picked up where he left off last July and won Friday’s “queen stage” to surge into the overall lead at the Volta ao Algarve in Portugal.

Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara won the final overall title at the Tour of Oman Friday after finishing second to Team Sky's Edvald Boasson Hagen in the race's concluding 18.5 km individual time trial.

Levi Leipheimer isn’t used to racing in Europe so early in the season, at least not since the inception of the Tour of California in 2006.

Mark Cavendish (HTC-Columbia) is slated to begin his 2010 campaign on Sunday at the Ruta del Sol after an abscessed tooth postponed a planned start at the Tour of Qatar.

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Australia's Tour Down Under last month attracted record crowds, visitor numbers and income, the South Australian state government said Friday.

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Anthony Tan sits down with George Hincapie to talk about pre-race rituals, Paris-Roubaix, the Giro, Cadel Evans and his new team.

Chris Carmichael has the belt buckle from Leadville. Now he's going for La Ruta, and bringing 10 Carmichael Training Systems customers with him in 2010.

Despite being in only its fifth year and lasting just eight days, the Amgen Tour of California is fast approaching the status of a three-week grand tour — in terms of the publicity it generates. That was shown by last week’s online release, over four days, of the 2010 stage details, and by the number of Tour de France contenders choosing to compete in the U.S. when the Giro d’Italia is under way in Europe.

Early in Thursday’s infernally cold and rainy stage at the Volta ao Algarve, André Greipel called off his HTC-Columbia troops and told them not to chase down a five-man breakaway that had opened up a six-minute gap. ... Well, he won anyway.

Endurance champ Rebecca Rusch gives the blow-by-blow of her South American race adventure with teammate Heidi Volpe.

Awesome Land: Women of Dirt is a new film from Bones Over Metal that highlights women shredding all forms of mountain biking.

Ted King is ready to apply the lessons he’s learned in 2009 to have an even better sophomore season in the pro ranks.

Belgian champion Tom Boonen (Quick Step) won the fifth stage of the Tour of Oman, Thursday, already his third win of the season.