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CAS sets dates to hear 2 Valverde doping cases

Spanish cyclist Alejandro Valverde will face two court hearings over allegations of blood-doping from more than three years ago.

Lance Armstrong: Steel on two wheels

If, for a dare, the likes of Tiger Woods, Michael Phelps and Roger Federer were asked to race the Tour de France, how long would they survive? A day on steep uphills in the thin air of the Alps? A week on roads so sun-scorched that the tarmac melts?

Contador: Astana weaker than Armstrong's team

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador admits his Astana team is weaker with Lance Armstrong's departure and the exodus of riders who followed the Texan to RadioShack.

Phinney's effort to keep pursuit falls short

Taylor Phinney still wants an Olympic cycling gold medal in 2012. Having his specialty event taken off the program for the London Games only made that desire stronger.

Washington requests 2012 Giro start

The mayor of Washington will reportedly meet with organizers of the Giro d'Italia to request that the start of the 2012 race be held in the U.S. capital.

Phinney getting some last-minute help with IOC

Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program.

Italy probes ex-cyclist Bettini's tax returns

Olympic cycling gold medalist Paolo Bettini has been placed under investigation for alleged tax evasion in Italy.

Armstrong's team selected for Tour Down Under

Tour de France stage winners Yaroslav Popovych of the Ukraine and Belgium's Gert Steegmans will ride for Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team when it makes its world debut at the Tour Down Under cycle race in Adelaide in January.

Ivan Basso to ride next year's Tour de France

Former Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso will return to the Tour de France next year following a four-year absence.

Astana cycling team on the brink after new demands

The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana team is again in doubt after cycling's ruling body made new demands for financial guarantees.

Kazakhs pledge $22 million for Astana cycling team

Kazakhstan's state sovereign fund pledged $22 million in financial backing to the Astana cycling team Friday, ensuring the squad stays alive and Tour de France champion Alberto Contador remains in its ranks.

Cyclist Rebellin to appeal to CAS in doping case

Cyclist Davide Rebellin plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after being stripped of his Olympic silver medal for doping.

Cyclist Evans expects big things from Armstrong

Road race world champion Cadel Evans is predicting bigger things for seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in 2010 than he achieved in his comeback to professional cycling this season.

Priamo banned 4 years for giving drugs to teammate

Italian cyclist Matteo Priamo was banned for four years Thursday for supplying doping products to a teammate.

Statewide cycling race seeks 2010 host cities

Tour of Missouri organizers are seeking host cities for the 2010 race. Whether the race can collect enough money to hold its fourth annual event remains unclear.

Phinney's hopes for 2012 gold may already be gone

Taylor Phinney had a simple plan. The budding American cycling star was going to spend four years working toward four minutes, which is about how long his final race would have taken at the 2012 London Games.

Schumacher makes case to beat 2-year doping ban

German cyclist Stefan Schumacher has made his case to overturn a two-year ban for doping at the 2008 Tour de France.

Evans signs with American cycling team BMC Racing

Road race world champion Cadel Evans of Australia signed a three-year contract with BMC racing with a victory in next year's Tour de France as his main goal, the American cycling team said Monday.

Tour de France champ Contador to stay with Astana

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador will remain with the Astana team at least until his contract expires at the end of next year, an official with the Kazakh Cycling Federation said Thursday.

French cyclist Duval banned after doping test

The International Cycling Union has provisionally suspended French rider Aurelien Duval for doping with a banned stimulant.

Armstrong to compete in 2010 Tour of California

Lance Armstrong will compete in next year's Tour of California, which will feature route changes and be moved from February to May to avoid the rainy season.

Spanish doctor banned in Portuguese doping case

Portugal's cycling federation has suspended a Spanish doctor for 10 years after finding him guilty of providing illegal substances to riders in the country's biggest doping case.

Cyclist Swanguen suspended after doping violation

The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says cyclist J.D. Swanguen of San Diego has accepted a suspension after testing positive for a metabolite of marijuana or hashish.

Suspicions over latest probe into Armstrong team

There is something fishy about France's latest probe into the former team of seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong.

Armstrong's RadioShack team gets ProTour license

Lance Armstrong's new team has been given permission to race in many of cycling's top events for the next four years.

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Willoughby's a Winner

23rd November 2009-Darren Andrews-Melbourne, Australia-Newsvine-SOUTH Australia's reigning BMX World Cup Supercross champion Sam Willoughby claimed two awards at Australian cycling's presentations' ceremony in Melbourne last night.

Cadell Evans will add to his trophy collection

23rd November 2009-Darren Andrews-Melbourne, Australia-Newsvine-Cadell Evans will parade more than just the coveted UCI world road champion's rainbow jersey at the Santos Tour Down Under in January.

Ag2r La Mondiale return to chase another Title

21 Novemeber 2009-Darren Andrews-Adelaide, Australia-Newsvine-Ag2r La Mondiale, the only team to competed at every edition of the SAntos Tour Down Under, will bring a strong team to competer in the 2010 race in Adelaide.

Australia's Favourite Son to Ride in Tour Down Under

5 November 2009-Darren Andrews-Perth, Australia-Newsvine-Cadel Evans' new team BMC Racing has been granted and accepted a wild card into the 2010 Tour Down Under held in Adelaide Australia.

Cadel Evans targets 2010 Tour de France triumph after leaving Silence-Lotto for BMC Racing

02 November 2009-Darren Andrews-Adelaide Australia-Newsvine-Cadel Evans has said he wants to improve on his two second places at the Tour de France. After the world champion ended his five-year association with Silence-Lotto to join BMC Racing.

Santa Cruz Named Host City In 2010 Amgen Tour
Source: KSBW.COM

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Santa Cruz will be playing a role once again in the Amgen Tour of California, according to the tour's official Web site.

Syringes found: Armstrong's team investigated
Source: NBC Sports

French prosecutors have reportedly launched a preliminary investigation against the Astana cycling team, following the discovery of syringes belonging to the squad during this year's Tour de France.

Women Are Key to Getting More Bicyclists on the Road
Source: scientificamerican.com

The article is two pages long. If you prefer to view it on one page with fewer graphics, click here. Getting people out of cars and onto bicycles, a much more sustainable form of transportation, has long vexed environmentally conscious city planners.

Tour de France prankster takes flash mobs to another level
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Remi Gaillard is quite famous in France. He's quite famous because he films himself playing pranks on people, and posts them on the internet. His reasons? "C'est en faisant n'importe quoi qu'on devient n'importe qui" - "It's by doing whatever that one becomes whoever".

Cyclists will be given green light to ignore one-way signs
Source: The Times

Cyclists will be permitted to ride the wrong way along one-way streets under a change intended to encourage more people to give up their cars or use them less.

Cyclist Breaks Trans-globe Bike Record Raising Money for "Research into Parkinson's Disease"
Source: the Mail online

James Bowthorpe apparently broke the world record for bicycling "around the globe," completing his journey on September 19, 2009.

Managing diabetes by cycling a goal for 2 Severna Park Peloton members
Source: HometownAnnapolis.com

Community story from Severna Park regarding local area cyclists with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes that competed in the 3,000 plus mile Race Across America.

Foldy: Can a man going nowhere fast get there more efficiently with a folding bike? By Steve Friedman
Source: Bicycling Magazine

One of the funniest articles I've read this summer! I've just purchased a Dahon folding bicycle and have had many a hilarious comment shot in my direction.

Children face cycling bans over schools' safety concerns
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Significant numbers of children face active official discouragement and even bans against cycling to and from school, cycle campaigners have warned as a new academic year gets under way.

Thieves pedal off with $42,000 bike haul
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

A cycling team lost $42,000 of cycling equipment when the team's minibus was burgled in the inner Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy.

Naked sports booming in sizzling summer heat - Nudist golf cycling skydiving....
Source: bild.de

How the Germans are spending their Summer... Naked sport is booming in the sizzling summer heatwave - and what better way is there to enjoy the outdoors than in the buff?

Call for Brits to step up fitness levels
Source: Yahoo! News

Health Secretary Andy Burnham is urging people on incapacity benefit to do more exercise, which could help them back to work. He says the country could save millions of pounds a year if just 1 per cent of those on the benefit were more active.

Contador - I will never admire Armstrong - CNN.com
Source: CNN

Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has launched a stinging attack on Astana teammate Lance Armstrong after returning as a hero to his native town of Pinto near Madrid.

Grueling ride for a good cause
Source: The Baltimore Sun

Adam Driscoll of Halethorpe, Md., and Patrick Blair of Elkridge, Md., will ride across country in a bid to raise $50,000 for diabetes research and disabled Kenyan children.

Despite diabetes, Hoggard teacher cycles across U.S.
Source: StarNews Online

Larry Cleveland, a teacher and assistant soccer coach at Hoggard High School, was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes in 2006. Instead of a half-hearted attempt to control it, Cleveland immersed himself in the science of the disease.

Armstrong, Radio Shack form team for '10 Tour
Source: NBC Sports

Lance Armstrong and Radio Shack are forming a new cycling team that will compete in next year's Tour de France.

Controversy extends beyond the Tour de France to NJ State Fair SpectaCross
Source: Examiner

Cyclocross starting line positons auctioned for charity.

Lance still in second place - 5 Americans in the top Twenty
Source: Le Tour Official Site

Thomas Voeckler of France scores his first stage win ever, and five Astana cyclists are in the top seven. Lance is still a fraction of a second away from the yellow jersey...

Astana moves to take over the Tour
Source: letour

Lance Armstrong almost ended the day with another yellow jersey. Were it not for a fraction of a second, the American would be the leader of the Tour de France.

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