Here’s the latest from around the web:

France has stiffened their anti-doping laws. The news laws state a one year sentence for being in possession of doping products and stiffer penalties (5 to 7 years) for trafficking. When will one of their own be found guilty?
The UCI delivered the Cyclocross World Cup trophies to Sven Nys and Daphny […]

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Results from the last several days:
Road: 

Monte Paschi Eroica: In only its second season as a professional race, this classics-style contest gets moved to the spring. Fabian Cancellera takes the win this time around.
Three Days of West Flanders: Bobbie Traksal of P3 Transfer takes the overall win
Tour of Murcia: Kolko Fernandez of Euskatel-Euskadi wins the fifth and final stage, […]

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The spring classics season opens this weekend with both the Omloop Het Volk and Kuurne Brussel Kurrne races taking place.
Italian Filippo Pozzato won the Omloop last year, so look for the Belgians to try and take back their race. Belgian powerhouse Quick Step will of course be there, and Tom Boonen, Gert Steegmans and Stijn Devolder […]

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CyclingNews.com reports that Alessandro Petacchi will have his next day in court on March 12, when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, will hear appeals concerning his “non-negative” doping test from the 2007 Giro d’Italia. Both the Italian Olympic Committee (CONI) and the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) have appealed the Italian […]

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My apologies to the 2 or 3 regular readers of this blog.
Between a death in the family and work commitments, the last month has been crazy. Things are down to a low roar now, and I expect that I will be posting more often.
I don’t expect that I’ll be trying to catch up with everything […]

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Fall is coming to Europe, and that means that it’s time for some of the classic end of season races.
The Paris-Tours race was yesterday, and three time winner Erik Zabel of Milram led out teammate Alessandro Petacchi for the final sprint. Robbie McEwen got clipped by a spectator in the final 100 metres and nearly […]

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