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Two-time national champion Adam Craig is in Australia prepping for the Worlds and looking to "finish the season off right."

The Explainer's great Uncle Max saw Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 1943, but we really doubt that he was invited out for Trappist Ale and pomme frites in that get-up.

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Dear Explainer, It occurs to me that the Tour de France (and likely the other major races) could very easily have died during, or after, the major European conflicts of the past century. Luckily for us all, they didn't- but this had to be the work of a few stalwart diehards. I would be fascinated to know more about who brought the Tour de France back after WWI and WW II, and what sort of challenges they met. Do you have any thoughts or suggested readings? Thanks for your articles. I greatly enjoy them. Best in all, Rob Simpson Athens, Georgia Dear Rob,

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Can I rebuild SRAM Red shifters?

As reported on VeloNews.com on August 14, Levi Leipheimer has inked a two-year deal with Lance Armstrong's new RadioShack team, the U.S. cyclist confirmed Tuesday. "There were other possibilities, but I've signed with the best team in the world, an American team that's going to sign more American riders," Leipheimer said. Leipheimer said he plans to race the Tour of California, the Dauphiné Libéré and the Tour de France in 2010. "Those are my three favorite races and top my objectives for next year," he said.

Cannondale builds on feedback for its 2010 marathon-trail bike.

Chris Horner was among the major victims of a horrible high-speed crash Tuesday as scores of riders crashed near the end of the rainy fourth stage at the Vuelta a España. The Astana captain hit the deck with dozens of riders in a pile-up caused by a narrow run through a rain-slickened traffic circle within the 3km-to-go banner. The team later announced that Horner had broken his left hand and would leave the Vuelta.

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André Greipel doesn’t think there should be an asterisk next to his victory in Tuesday’s stage at the crash-marred finale at the Vuelta a España. Greipel was only one of six riders to make it past a horrible accident that wiped out nearly all of the major sprinters, including Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step).

Australian Robbie McEwen of the Katusha team has called an end to his "disastrous season" which has been marred by a bad fall and two other accidents. McEwen called his May 28 accident on the second stage of the Tour of Belgium "by far the worst one I've had during my 14-year pro career and the effect has been that my 2009 season is over."

Columbia HTC's Andre Greipel scored a stage win Tuesday at the Vuelta a Espana, on long, rainy stage — 225.5km from Venlo, in the Netherlands, to Liege in Belgium. Greipel beat Belgian Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) and his German Columbia teammates Bert Grabsch and Marcel Sieberg to the line just moments after more than 40 riders, including overall leader Fabian Cancellara of Switzerland, suffered a huge pile-up just 2.6km from the finish.[nid:97319]

Kabush, Pendrel lead Canadians to silver in cross-country team relay. U.S. finishes in 12 spot.

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The nation's youngest pro rider at 16 won the downhill during the last stop on the Pro Gravity Tour over the weekend. Chris Heath and Darian Harvey take overall ProGRT titles.

George Hincapie is headed to BMC for the 2010 season. The recently crowned American champion is set to join the American-Swiss team for a two-year contract. “Definitely the idea of working with the young team and helping to build the program appealed to me,” Hincapie said in a team press release. “I know a lot of the American racers on the team already and have seen how talented the young Swiss riders are, so I am very excited to help mentor the riders while also focusing on my major goals at the same time.”

Should I remove my fork's wheel retention tabs?

Garmin is introducing a new GPS-enabled cycling computer that the company says is smaller and lighter than its predecessors, has longer battery life and a more secure mounting system.

With this year’s expiration of UCI restrictions on public disclosure of new signings, the Garmin-Slipstream team has announced the addition of six new riders to its roster for 2011, including American Tom Zirbel and classics specialist Johan Van Summeren. The team has also signed Barloworld’s sprint specialist Robbie Hunter, Fuji-Servetto’s Fredrik Kessiakoff, moved Peter Stetina up from its U23 counterpart, the Felt-Holowesko Partners squad, and signed 21-year-old Michel Kreder, who currently rides for the Rabobank Continental team.

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• 1. Tom Zirbel Bissell Pro Cycling Team 1127 points
• 2. Sebastion Haedo Colavita Olive Oil/sutter Home Pro 1120 points
• 3. Rory Sutherland Ouch P/b Maxxis 952 points
• 4. Karl Menzies Ouch P/b Maxxis 660 points
• 5. Alejandro Borrajo Colavita Olive Oil/sutter Home Pro 565 points

Yes! I’m back in writing mode! This road season has been amazingly busy but still so much fun. It’s like getting the boys back together. When you have a good group of doods and you’re traveling around racing your bike it’s pretty hard to buckle down to write it all out in a journal. Now I’m gonna attempt to re-tell the awesomeness in one article.

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With both trade show season and cyclocross season just around the corner, the cycling industry is gearing up for what feels like an unprecedented onslaught of new products and technological developments. Here are just a few that we’re keeping tabs on, based on press releases pouring in the door. Look for more in the days to come, as we cover the Eurobike and Interbike trade shows, plus product intros from companies large and small.

Van Dessel updates Gin and Trombones cyclocross bikes

Perhaps it’s no mistake that Greg Henderson’s biggest road win of his career comes in the Vuelta a España. Monday’s stage-3 sprint victory for the 32-year-old Henderson caps a breakthrough season that’s also included major victories on Spanish roads, at the Clásica de Almería, the Vuelta a Murcia and the Volta a Catalunya. Holland isn’t quite Spain, but it is still the Vuelta a España despite its popular start in Benelux.

Earlier this month USA Cycling announced its picks for the 2009 UCI mountain bike world championships, starting Tuesday in Canberra, Australia. A quick look at the list of elite cross-country riders reveals the usual heavy hitters of America off-road racing: Mary McConneloug, Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski and Adam Craig, to name a few. There’s also the name Judy Freeman.

Boise could be written off as a pretty average city, but the mountain bike trail network just at the edge of town defies expectation.

Planet Energy’s Keven Lacombe emerged from a stacked field of sprinters to win Sunday’s Chris Thater Memorial, coming to the line ahead of Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Yosvany Falcon (Champion Porsche). In Saturday's women's race, Team Tibco's Brooke Miller outsprinted Theresa Cliff_rayn (Verducci) and Tina Pic (Colavita-Sutter Home) for the win. The race was both a National Racing Calendar event and a round of the USA Crits series.