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UCI Press Release of May 25, 2010

Floyd Landis did not put his best foot forward in his presentation of assertions that many high-level riders and team staff doped or assisted riders to dope in the years 2002-2006. But does that automatically mean his claims are false?

When it comes to time trial equipment, it's 2009 all over again for most USA Cycling events this year. The racing organization announced Friday that it will enforce UCI rules on aero equipment the same way it did last year, a reversal of the policy announced in March, when it said that it would follow the UCI's recent more strict interpretation of the rules for all racers except masters.

Stefan Schumacher has withdrawn his appeal against an International Olympic Committee ruling that he committed an anti-doping rule violation during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

UCI president Pat McQuaid said Saturday that governing body will wait for the outcome of a pending appeal before the Court of Arbitration for Sport before seeking a worldwide ban of Caisse d'Epargne's Alejandro Valverde.

Britain and fellow track powers Germany and Australia were warned Saturday that attempts to leave weaker nations behind thanks to illegal technological advances will not be tolerated.

The UCI has filed an appeal to the International Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) challenging a decision by the Swiss Olympic Committee to end its doping case against 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich.

The U.S. Open of Cycling, which had been scheduled for May, and would have been a part of the USA Cycling Professional Tour, has been canceled, its organizers announced Wednesday.

Thanks to good results at the Tour Down Under and Paris-Nice, Caisse d'Epargne's Luis-Leon Sanchez leads the UCI points series.

The UCI has announced that the governing body’s anti-doping manager, Anne Gripper, will leave the post this month, citing a desire to return to her home in Australia.

The United States has the third highest number of UCI teams with 12, compared to the 14 Italian and 15 French squads.

U.S. masters racers who plunked down big bucks for Specialized Shivs just like Alberto Contador's won't have to sell them this year. USA Cycling announced Tuesday that it will follow the UCIs lead and enforce rules barring some frame shapes for any racing bearing UCI points or qualification potential — except for masters competition.

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.

India hosts its first professional UCI-sanctioned road race this weekend, with hopes it will showcase home-grown talent and boost public interest in two-wheel transport.

2010 will see the epic event return to the Alberta Rockies as well as the addition of UCI sanctioning.

Seventeen pro continental-registered teams will enjoy “wild card” status this, opening the door for the teams to get invites to ProTour events. Sixteen teams were confirmed Friday, with BMC already assured its “wild card” status ahead of its debut at the Tour Down Under last month.

The fines levied this week against former Giro d’Italia winner Danilo Di Luca reflect the greater latitude recent rule changes have given the UCI in handing down penalties, the governing body noted Tuesday.

Our readers weigh in on Tom Zirbel's positive and a winter warmup in Hawaii.

Just a day after successfully defending the suspension of Stefan Schumacher in the International Court of Arbitration for Sport, anti-doping officials scored a significant legal win in a Spanish courtroom.

2009 UCI Cyclocross Rankings, updated Jan. 19.

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

André Greipel (Team HTC-Columbia) tops the 2010 UCI world rankings following his victory in the Tour Down Under.

While the UCI blessed 29-inch wheels for mountain bike racing in 2004, the German Cycling Federation is only now allowing racers to choose between 26ers and 29ers.

Citing costs and the loss of sponsorship, organizers of the Bump ‘N Grind in Birmingham, Alabama will drop out of USA Cycling's national Pro Cross-Country Tour.

Our readers weigh in on doctors' duties, the wording of the oath, the value of cutting & pasting and weight limits.

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.

The BMC Racing Team says it has been granted Wild Card status by the UCI. which will allow the team, registered as a pro continental team, to be invited to participate in ProTour events.

Series stops at Houffalize, Belgium and Windham Mountain in New York are on as scheduled for 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup.

The most notable addition to the 2010 Pro XCT is the Mellow Johnny's Classic, to be held Memorial Day weekend on Lance Armstrong's Texas ranch.

Felt Bicycles and the UCI have joined forces to provide rising talent with bicycles supplied by the American company.

Upstate New York community ponies up $100K to keep World Cup race; news not so good for World Cup stop in Belgium.

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.

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.

After split with national cross-country series management company, number of UCI-sanctioned races goes from six to three.

The International Olympic Committee is reviewing UCI recommendations to make changes to Olympic track events for 2012.

In the wake of each World Cup season, riders, teams, journalists, sponsors and UCI officials vote for the best event venues of the year.

US Cup Chairman Scott Tedro, the man behind Team ShoAir, said UCI sanctioning demands impose unnecessarily high costs and provide only small benefits to a limited number of riders. He is set to start a new 20-race series.

The UCI has approved 19 pro conti team applications. Rock Racing's application is denied.

2009 Vuelta a España champ Alejandro Valverde may skip his title defense for a shot at the Tour de France, which he says "is the race with more international prestige."

The UCI has registered 17 ProTour teams, including Astana, but the team still may need to produce a bank guarantee before its future is secured.

The Pro XCT will feature six UCI-sanctioned events in 2010, kicking off in California on March 13. Races follow in Alabama, Wisconsin and Colorado.

New site was chosen last year to replace initial venue after the UCI ruled that it was not challenging enough.

VeloNews Editor at large John Wilcockson makes the case for keeping a proven draw by disposing of an event with little public interest — the team sprint.

Facing a ban after a positive test for EPO, Gabriele Bosisio pleads his innocence at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee.

In a new weekly column, "Out of Dish," Singletrack.com will scour the nether-regions of cyberspace for cycling-related material and then disgorge, plop and present it right on your doorstep. And it won't (hardly) ever be in a burning paper bag.

USA Cycling held its second annual race promoter summit at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs Nov. 13-15.

The Univest Grand Prix is a large circuit race founded in 1998.

The Tour of Missouri continues to draw top ProTour talent, including Mark Cavendish, Franco Pellizotti and Jens Voigt.

The Tour de New York began in 2004 as the Rochester Twilight Criterium.

Tour de Beauce is Canada's biggest stage race.

For many years this race — known to many simply as "Philly" — hosted the U.S. professional road race championships. That title moved to Greenville, but the race through downtown Philadelphia and up the iconic Manayunk Wall remains a classic.

The Amgen Tour of California is hands-down the biggest stage race in the United States. For 2010, it moves from its traditional mid-February slot to mid-May.

The Air Force Cycling Classic will be held in Arlington, Virginia.

The Tour of the Battenkill made a splash on the U.S. pro scene in 2009, with BMC's Scott Nydam taking the win over miles of dirt roads.

Held the day after Christmas, Heusden-Zolder in Belgium is the seventh round of the UCI Cyclocross World Cup.

The UCI Track World Cup is being held in Melbourne Australia from November 19th to 21st.

Removing individual pursuit from the Olympics is a mistake, John Wilcockson tells UCI President Pat McQuaid

The third round of the 2009 Superprestige cyclocross series is in Gavere, Belgium.

Giro d'Italia

Tour de Romandie

Held in the Ardennes since 1892, "La Doyenne" ("the old one") is organized by ASO, owner and operator of the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and other major events.

Part of the UCI Historic calendar, La Flèche Wallonne ("the Walloon arrow") begins in Charleroi and travels east to Huy.

Holland's biggest race is relatively new to the international calendar, having first been held in 1966.

The Tour of the Basque country — La Vuelta Ciclista al País Vasco — showcases superb climbers.

In cycling-mad Belgium, the Tour of Flanders is second in popularity only to Paris-Roubaix, which comes a week after.

For 2010, Ghent-Wevelgem moves from its traditional Wednesday spot to the more prestigious Sunday slot.