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Health insurance company UnitedHealthcare is stepping in as title sponsor of the team known in 2009 as OUCH. The team, owned and managed by Momentum Sports Group, announced Friday that the new team will be known as the UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team Presented by Maxxis.

Benjamín Noval is more motivated than ever to get back to the Tour de France.

Active Knowledge in Albuquerque picked up the USA Cycling award for offering children the opportunity to be involved with mountain biking.

Scott Tedro — owner of Team ShoAir and chairman of US Cup, which was managing the Pro XCT for USA Cycling — has announced the 2010 dates for the inaugural Triple Crown All Mountain Series.

With their low cost and wee stature, mini multi-tools offer enough trailside function to help get you home — and they'll fit into that bike fiend's stocking real easy.

USA Cycling has announced the recipients of its annual Club of the Year awards. Nine USA Cycling-sanctioned clubs received recognition for outstanding programs throughout the 2009 season and will receive complimentary registration fees for the 2010 racing season.

One of the strongest teams on the North American circuit, the ValueAct Capital Women's Pro Cycling Team, has a new sponsor, new name and new mission for 2010. The team, now called Team VBF, also has a new top rider: NRC individual champion Alison Powers. The team is working with the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer to raise funds for breast cancer research.

A reader asks bike tech guru Lennard Zinn if it still make sense to cover the inner legs on suspension forks.

Readers weigh in on Wiggo's loyalty, jersey colors and the benefits of the war on dopers.

USA Cycling is pleased to congratulate the 49 graduates of the 2009 Bill Woodul Mechanics Clinic which took place at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Dec. 9-13.

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Mountain bike racer David Mock has accepted a three-month racing ban after testing positive for a marijuana metabolite at a race in New York in August.

Gravity racer David Mock tested positive for marijuana following the Yankee Clipper Four-cross in Windham, New York in August.

It's been a while since the Panaracer MTB tire line got any love. But by the looks of the new rubber, it could have been worth the wait.

USA Cycling has named the elite women, U23 men and Junior men who will represent the U.S. at the UCI cyclocross world Championships in Tabor, Czech Republic next month. The organization will announce the men's elite team on January 13.

The UCI and former World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Dick Pound said Thursday that they had settled a lawsuit over allegedly libelous comments made by Pound in a number of media interviews.

December 17, 2009: Boulder, Colorado — Combine the mass-participation buzz of a big-city marathon, the epic beauty of a European gran fondo, and the all-inclusive nature of a cycling century ride and you have the framework for the newest entrant to North America’s endurance sports events arena — Centurion Cycling, the new marathon of cycling.

Final 2009 USGP rankings, Released Dec. 17, 2009

The 2010 edition of the Critérium International will be held on the island of Corsica on March 27 and 28, the organizer announced Thursday.

After working behind the scenes on the structure of a new professional calendar for domestic mountain bike racing, cross-country pro and Singletrack.com columnist Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski says he's frustrated yet hopeful that top-tier racing will continue in the U.S.

Italy's anti-doping prosecutor on Thursday asked the Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping tribunal to hit former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca with a three-year ban. Di Luca tested positive for the banned blood-booster EPO twice during May's Giro, in which he finished second behind Russian Denis Menchov.

Colombian climbing ace Mauricio Soler is hoping to rediscover his climbing wings with a move to Caisse d’Epargne in 2010.

Quality Bicycle Products set to supply bicycle shops with freeride components, accessories and apparel for skilled mountain biking.

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Geared or SS versatility can be yours on big wheels in early 2010 with Niner's Air 9 Carbon.

Riders and teams reacted with enthusiasm to the route chosen for the 2010 Vuelta a España.

In 2002, the first TransRockies mountain bike race rolled out of Fernie, British Columbia, bound for Canmore, Alberta, nearly 600km and seven riding days away. In 2010, riders will again start and finish in the same towns.

Officials announce 2010 Vuelta route and unveil new red leader's jersey.

Readers ask how long Puerto can last, why Aussie's kits don't match their flag and getting the Tour on satellite.

A selection of videos from this year's races.

Fox knocked it out of the park with its 2010 F100 FIT RLC. The only question we have is how Fox will possibly improve upon the fork in 2011.

Fashioned after Italian Gran Fondo rides, Levi Leipheimer's King Ridge Gran Fondo is a one-of-a-kind road cycling experience. The 103-mile route through California's Sonoma County takes place on October 9, 2010.

It's not too late to shop for (or ask for) a few special somethings for Christmas. Here are some new products we've come across.

Topics at the May 5–8 IMBA World Summit will include destination and urban trail networks, land conservation and sustainable trails, youth outreach and new programs for mountain bike clubs.

One of the highlights of the U.S. cyclocross nationals in Bend, Oregon, last week was the Art+Bike Love evening: part performance, part gallery, part bike show. Robbie Stout took a look, and he brought along his video camera and a friend to hold it.

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Neal Rogers recalls his descent into cycling madness; it involved a credit card and a mountain bike

This week's reader photos are from the Tour of California, the Tour de France and Le Tour de Bunny. Plus a classic video of the 1976 cyclocross nationals.

Details of the season’s third grand tour will be revealed Wednesday during a ceremony in Sevilla, Spain.

Beleaguered Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde will finally get his day in sport court – or make that two.

Reigning world champion Cadel Evans has confirmed that he will ride the Giro d’Italia for the first time in eight years next May.

A gallery of Ben Ross photos from the fourth day of the 2009 USAC Cyclocross Nationals in Bend, Oregon.

Lennard Zinn offers a few more thoughts on the subject of brake chatter on cyclocross bikes.

Recreational cyclists and amateur racers planning out their 2010 event calendars may want to reserve two weekends in April as an opportunity to get a firsthand experience on the routes of two stages of next year’s Amgen Tour of California.

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A reader asks the panel how he can keep to his base-building program when he can't bring his bike on a trip.

A rider asks Eddie Monnier, 'what are some good intervals to boost VO2 max before starting base training?

Paul Swift and Katrina Vogel answer a question about leg length discrepancy and the use of cleat shims.

We have a winner of the November Phat Phat-Tire Photo Contest: Lester Pardoe and son in Moab, Utah.

Do bodies absorb warm or cold water faster?

Alejandro Valverde is hoping to return to the Tour de France in 2010 and make a run for the final podium.

Energizer Asia Pacific has become a sponsor of the Kelly Benefit Strategies pro cycling team.

Champion triathlete Iván Raña is giving up on his one-year experiment trying to race in the professional ranks to return full-time to triathlon.

VeloNews technical editor Zack Vestal tries out Gore's latest version of its Ride-on cables, and shares installation tips in a video.

When it comes to choosing the right kit for a cold cyclocross race, Ryan Trebon makes a few basic items go a long way.

Cycling Sports Group refurbishes nearly 100 bicycles for Connecticut town's Wheels for Kids program.

Two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador said Monday that 2009 has been his best year ever, as he received the award from the International Cycling Union (UCI) as this season's top rider.

The 87 members of Team IMBA 2009, raised a total of $84,937 for local and national trailbuilding projects by riding their bikes.

U23 cross-country national champ Amy Dombroski will race fat tires for Team Luna Chix, but expect to see her on the road and racing 'cross too.

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UCI World Cup leader Katie Compton (Planet Bike) won her sixth straight cyclocross national championship and Tim Johnson (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) collected his third during the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships Sunday in Bend, Oregon.

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When the ’crossing gets cold, Katie Compton turns up the heat with soft, warm and versatile clothing.

Rubén Plaza – one of the numerous “refugees” from the Operación Puerto doping scandal -- has landed a contract with Caisse d’Epargne for 2010.

2009 U.S. Cyclocross Nationals Day 3 results

Summerhill wins U23 title as nearly 500 riders compete across six divisions on penultimate day of USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships

There was plenty of history leading up to Saturday’s re-match of an old race between Don Myrah and Pete Webber.

Defending Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is expressing confidence that the re-rigged Astana will be able to support him as he searches a third maillot jaune in four years.

When I gave up racing mountain bikes I vowed to never ride a trainer again. I didn’t quite stick to that sacred oath, but I have tried my best.

Two-time world champion Sarah Hammer set a new U.S. record in the individual pursuit Friday, clocking a 3:27.5 in qualifying rounds at the World Cup track event in Cali, Columbia.

On Sunday, December 13th, Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) will defend his cyclocross national championship on his home turf in Bend, Oregon. Defending women’s champ and leader of the world cyclocross UCI points, Katie Compton, will having a go at her sixth national championship in a row.

Juniors and masters lined up to compete at cyclocross national championships in Bend, Oregon, on Friday.

Singletrack.com takes Fisher's thoroughbred 29er on course, and the result isn't surprising if you've heard the hype.

Garmin-Transitions team captain David Millar pulled no punches on his friend and former teammate Bradley Wiggins, who announced on Thursday that he was leaving the American squad for Britain’s Team Sky.

Word from Lance Armstrong's Austin bike shop is that an application is in to USA Cycling for a May 29-30 spot for the Mellow Classic on the national calendar.

2009 USA Cycling Cyclocross Championships

More than 500 competitors opened the USA Cycling Cyclocross National Championships on Thursday in Bend, Oregon, in conditions no less than 100 degrees cooler than when the USA Cycling National Road Championships took place in Bend last July. Things warmed up to nearly freezing however before five national titles were awarded in the 55 and over master men’s age divisions on the first of four days of competition.