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Kristin Armstrong: ‘I know I will miss it’

Kristin Armstrong put an exclamation point on the final week of her racing career with an emphatic victory in Wednesday’s elite women’s time trial. The Olympic champion whipped old foes and a new generation of faces by nearly one minute to retire with the rainbow jersey. But she’s not done yet. Armstrong will compete in Saturday’s road race, promising an exciting finish to her elite career. VeloNews European correspondent Andrew Hood caught up with Armstrong following her emotional victory:

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Road

UCI votes to ban radios

The UCI management committee, meeting at the world championships in Switzerland, has voted to phase out the use of two-way radios in all aspects of road racing. Accepting a UCI road commission recommendation, committee members agreed to broaden a ban that already applies to junior and under-23 categories to all others, including the top tier of professional riders.

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Road Racing

Compton and Driscoll win CrossVegas jackpot

The women's podium repeated its 2008 order at CrossVegas Wednesday evening, as thousands of spectators saw a display of raw power and consistency. Later, under the lights at a soccer complex on the outskirts of the city, new faces emerged from the tactical men's race, frustrating an elite group of chasers. In both races, domestic riders prevailed against European challengers in this city that is so uniquely — if sometimes regrettably — American.

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Road Racing

Interbike 2009: Those things you might use every day

The doors of the Sands Expo and Convention Center opened on Wednesday, kicking off the 2009 Interbike trade show in Las Vegas. Our tech crew spent most of the day wandering the aisles intent upon finding new items that might catch the interest of VeloNews readers. But while new bikes, new wheels and other high-end components are the big draw, tech writer Lennard Zinn went looking for things that have a more utilitarian purpose, many of which can be used on a daily commute or training ride.

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Mountain

That Win is Going to Leave a Mark

a1heatherjhkHeather Irmiger and Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski talk to Singletrack.com about her win at the Singlespeed World Championships, tattoos and life as a husband-and-wife mountain bike racing powerhouse.

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Cyclocross Racing

CrossVegas: The ProTour comes to Sin City

Rabobank rider Bram de Groot is a good sport. The Belgian came to Las Vegas to race CrossVegas, though he hasn’t raced cyclocross in years. To open up his legs for the race, Giant’s Andrew Juskaitis took him for a mountain bike ride on Interbike’s Outdoor Demo Caldera loop — almost two hours of dry, loose trail embedded with rocks as sharp as razor blades. De Groot had never ridden a mountain bike in his life. It was 6 p.m. when he climbed on the big bike, with ace mountain bikers Adam Craig and Carl Decker for riding partners.

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Road Racing

Interbike Expo: Light wheels, light helmets — and lights, too

The rumor that Interbike 2009 might be smaller than in years past didn’t seem to hold up on opening day — there was quite a crowd queued up at 8:45 a.m. for the show's 9 a.m. opening at the Sands Expo and Convention Center, and we’re seeing plenty of cool new products in every category.

Reynolds RZR carbon wheelset

Renowned composites engineer Paul Lew is back with Reynolds Cycling as director of technology, and he wasted no time created a head-turning new wheelset, the RZR.

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Road Racing

CrossVegas preview: pros struggle with early date for a must-do race.

For most cyclocross pros — almost all of whom make their living racing mountain bikes or road bikes during the "off season" — CrossVegas is an odd confection: one of the most visible races of the North American season, with arguably the best field. Yet it comes so early in the season, and is on such an unusual course, that many racers enter it with something of a hit-or-miss attitude. "It's like the Tour of California for cyclocross," Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-cyclocrossworld.com) said Wednesday.

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Road

Boston hosts Mayor’s Cup Criterium Saturday

While most domestic road racers view either the Tour of Missouri or the USA Crits series finale in Las Vegas as the end of their long season, a select few are extending it through this weekend for the inaugural TD Bank Mayor's Cup Professional Criterium, held Saturday in Boston.

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Vuelta a España

2009 Vuelta a Espana results, final

  • 1. Alejandro Valverde (ESP), Caisse d'Epargne, 87:22:37
  • 2. Samuel Sánchez (ESP), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 55
  • 3. Cadel Evans (AUS), Silence-Lotto, at 01:32
  • 4. Ivan Basso (ITA), Liquigas, at 02:12
  • 5. Ezequiel Mosquera (ESP), Xacobeo Galicia, at 04:27

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