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The Italian Lampre – Merida team said it will carry on as a WorldTour squad in 2017, but it will take on a Chinese sponsor.

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Roompot – Oranje Peloton rolled onto the Flanders cobbles with SRAM TK disc brakes, while Lampre – Merida riders are on Shimano discs

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Does MPCC actually hold power as a voluntary group? Recent exits of three prominent teams raise questions about the organization's role

Lampre-Merida's Diego Ulissi returns to the Giro d'Italia, where he enjoyed success in 2014 but also ran afoul of anti-doping tests

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After a protracted, convoluted battle over whether or not Diego Ulissi can return to racing, Lampre leaves the voluntary MPCC organization

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The MPCC issues a vague press statement concerning Ulissi, and Lampre-Merida responds to what it feels is unfair treatment in the media

Lampre-Merida general manager Brent Copeland tells VeloNews Chris Horner's age (43) was the reason why the Italian team did not re-sign him

Lampre's Brent Copeland is adamant that Diego Ulissi didn't intend to break any rules, hopes his rider can get back on track this spring

MPCC rules could be problematic for Lampre-Merida when Diego Ulissi returns to racing this spring after nine-month ban

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Once again, Horner, 43, is left adrift in the off-season, without a contract, jeopardizing his 2015 plans

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On the Vuelta a España's first rest day, Global Cycling Network tours the Lampre-Merida team bus

Chris Horner is hoping he can stay with Lampre-Merida at least one more season despite his controversial exit before the start of the Vuelta

Lampre-Merida team management has told star Italian rider Filippo Pozzato to pull himself together — on the bike, and off

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Cannondale is working with Italian police to investigate the Tuesday robbery of its service course

New arrivals will complement each other and, according to Costa, avoid conflict when they do race together

Lampre GM says finding the budget for Horner was difficult, but should prove worthwhile for the team's young riders

The 42-year-old is expected to captain the Italian team at the Giro and Vuelta this season

Lampre riders at Tour Down Under say they would welcome the addition of the American Vuelta winner to the team's 2014 roster

Copeland says Horner's talent, experience and popularity make him a valuable property, and he's hunting the resources to bring him to Lampre

American grand tour winner's deal with Italian squad 'essentially 100-percent done'

With a doping investigation lingering, Lampre-Merida is focusing on 2014 — which includes anchoring its grand tour plans around Rui Costa

World champion Rui Costa and his new Lampre team have started working on 2014 and the new manager is building him a Tour squad

The Portuguese rider left Movistar for the Italian squad after winning the world championship

The 34-year-old Italian will focus on the Giro next year, while Nibali's goal is to win the Tour

Costa cuts a one-year deal to see if he fits in while testing his wings

Italian former Giro champion will try to ride into the top five of his second grand tour of the year

31-year-old Damiano Cunego will lead the Italian team, which boasts an average age of 29

We tour Michele Scarponi's Lampre-issue Merida aero machine in Naples

After a challenging 2012, Lampre's Filippo Pozzato is confident he'll perform well at the spring classics

Italian riding discreetly at Paris-Nice after contract restructuring with Lampre

Lampre-Merida went loud on its new team bike livery, equipped with Dura-Ace 7970 drivetrains and FSA components

A series of fatal quakes earlier this year postponed 1000 criminal and 4000 civil hearings in favor of urgent cases

Teams will face a vote in early February at the group's next general meeting

With the Mantova case looming, Lampre shifts its rider and staff line-up, hiring former Giro director Angelo Zomegnan as an advisor

Lampre-Merida waits for Mantova shoe to drop, as Bardiani-CSF lacks Pro Continental license and Acqua & Sapone shuts its doors

Lampre-ISD has suspended 2011 Giro d'Italia winner Michele Scarponi for having worked with banned Italian doctor Michele Ferrari

Lampre and Wilier have split, leaving the latter out of the WorldTour in 2013, but with Mantova and Padua looming, the team is under fire

Italian investigators are expected to file charges soon in broad doping case involving Michele Ferrari, RadioShack-Nissan, Astana, Lampre, Katusha and others

Australian leaves Orica for Rabobank

Italian Lampre rider nabbed in passport program

Former Giro mountains jersey winner is back from his blowout at Omega Pharma and aiming for a shot at polka dots in July

After a difficult day of cramping Wednesday on the Passo Giau, Scarponi says he's ready to play his cards this weekend

Sprinting star Alessandro Petacchi left off Lampre-ISD's Giro squad, will focus on getting prepared for a return to the Tour

Newly crowned 2011 Giro d’Italia champion Michele Scarponi will be Lampre-ISD’s leader at this year’s edition of the Giro in May.

Two former Giro champions talk Lampre leadership ahead of Italian tour

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PARIS (AFP) — Italian rider Michele Scarponi said he will look to legendary sprinter Alessandro Petacchi for inspiration after Lampre announced that he will lead their challenge on the Tour of Spain.

Wilier Triestina’s brand new TwinFoil time trial frame was put to its first international test at the Giro’s stage 1 team time trial

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Lampre and the Ukranian-backed ISD have reached an accord to join forces going into next season that should give the united budgets a stronger presence in the international peloton.

Michele Scarponi's arrival at Lampre may see Damiano Cunego leave for Footon-Servetto.

Damiano Cunego and Alessandro Petacchi will be in the hunt for stage victories as the pair leads Lampre-Farnese Vini at the 2010 Tour de France.

Lampre confirms talks with Kashechkin

BMC Racing’s Mauro Santambrogio has the green light to return to competition after a preliminary internal investigation found no evidence that he was involved in doping at his former team, Lampre.

A couple of days before the Tour of Flanders, a few ProTour teams pulled into Kortrijk, Belgium to set up camp and begin preparing for the race.

The UCI grants provisional registration to Lampre, letting the Italian team remain part of the ProTour through March.

The UCI's press release announcing it has requested Lampre be granted a provisional license to start the Tour Down Under

The Lampre team, which has been denied a ProTour license because of "serious administrative non-compliances," may be able to start next week's Tour Down Under at the request of the UCI ProTour Council.