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The 69th edition of the Six Days of Ghent opens tonight, but before the beer flows and the frites are dipped in mayo, organizers of the race will pay tribute to Belgian Six Day great Dmitri De Fauw, who committed suicide just days after racing in the Six Days of Grenoble.

In today’s bicycle racing news, the African season begins, the Chicken returns, DeRosa sponsors new team, Tom Boonen talks about his year and more…

Lance Armstrong’s 3rd place win at the Tour de France earns him a spot on the U.S. team for the World’s, Vino flying solo at Tour de l’Ain, much much more transfer news, Robbie McEwen returns to defend Cyclassics title and more cycling news

Welcome back to Bike World News and our coverage of the 2009 Tour de France. In today’s news, Cavendish takes his 5th stage, Contador won’t answer doping suspicions, Schleck spent but still hoping to get his brother on the podium with him and more…

Mark Cavendish wins another, while his teammate Tony Martin continues in the white jersey. Lance Armstrong moves up in standings, while Cadel Evans whines about no one helping him.

Writing today from sunny Buellton, California at the Team Type 1 training camp. More about that later, but here is the latest news:

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Heading for sunny California tomorrow morning, so the next report will come from there. Here’s the news for today…

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Quick Step team manager Patrick Lefevre is threatening a lawsuit against the French Anti-Doping Agency (AFLD) to try and get them to continue the case against Stefan Schumacher. It became known in October that Schumacher tested positive for CERA during the tour, but they did not continue the case and did not test his B-sample. (Sportwereld.be)
Xavier Tondo won the fifth stage of the Tour de San Luis (Actualidad del Ciclismo)
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Floyd returns & Lance welcomes him back, Schumacher should probably look for a job outside of cycling and Christian Vande Velde will likely be ready for cold Alps crossings. All that and more today… 

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