Here are some of the latest headlines from around the web:

• Rock Racing has announced plans to implement an aggressive anti-doping program.
  • Specific details have yet to be released, but sources close to the team say that team owner Michael Ball will hire the re-animated corpse of Ronald Reagan to urge his racers to “Just Say No.”
• After his collarbone break at the Tour of Qatar, Magnus Backstedt is expected to return to racing at the Tirreno-Adriatico stage race next month in Italy.
• BBC Sport continues coverage of the ongoing squabble between the UCI and the ASO. They suspect that the proposed ban of the Paris-Nice race could have effects on the Tour de France.
  • It’s nice that McQuaid is growing a bit of spine, but will anyone outside of the bicycle racing industry and the most hardcore fans really care if Paris-Nice doesn’t happen this year? If the UCI chose to boycott the TDF people might start to take notice, but everyone is far too financially involved for that to likely happen.
  • The Euskatel-Euskadi, Silence-Lotto and Quick Step teams have already said that they are going to participate.
• Former T-Mobile racer Patrick Sinkewitz could face jail time if he remains mum on others that might be guilty of doping offenses.
• Alberto Contador, Oscar Pereiro, Damiano Cunego, Alessando Petacchi and others are racing this week at the Vuelta a la Comunidad Valenciana. Alejandro Valverde is last year’s champion but will not be defending his title this year.
  • José Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d’Epargne) won the first stage and Erik Zabel (Milram) took Stage 2
• Is it any surprise the there is a battle of super-egos over at Rock Racing? Mario Cipollini and Michael Ball are sitting down with lawyers to discuss the upcoming season and who is in command.
• The Spring Classics season starts on Saturday with the Omloop Het Volk