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A seven-man breakaway pulled away early in Monday’s ninth stage at the Vuelta a España and never looked back.

The Quick Step team used “by the book” tactics on Saturday to deliver Carlos Barredo to the finish, where he was able to outsprint Liquigas’ Roman Kreuziger for the win at a wet San Sebastian Classic.

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It’s definitely NOT a slow news days today. Controversy surrounds the final sprint at the Tour of Turkey, lots of race results from the weekend, more injuries at Amstel Gold, Mario Cipollini nailed for tax evasion, and much much more….
Results:

Levi Leipheimer won the road race at Sea Otter ahead of training partner Paul Mach (Bissell). Bissell’s Morgan Schmitt took third.
Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Columbia-Highroad) won the Ronde Van Gelderland in the Netherlands on Saturday for her 11th win of …

Happy New Year! We’re back and ready for another year of race news, results and rumors. Here are the latest headlines from the past few days.

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Pez looks at the Giro, Kiriyenka to Caisse d’Epargne, Gilbert and Ballan win honors, Triple Crown of PA loses its luster and more in today’s headlines:

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Last week, Lance Armstrong packed them in for the route presentation for the Giro. This week, it was Alberto Contador’s turn for the Vuelta a Espana presentation. The 64th edition (from 29 August to 20 September 2009) of the race , at 3260 km long, appeals to the Spaniard. The winner of all three major Tours immediately noticed that the number of mountain stages are up, but there are fewer time trial stages than the 2008 edition.

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Niels Albert may return before end of year, Carlos Sastre unsure about the Giro, Giro route might favor Lance Armstrong, Valverde will sacrifice all for the Tour de France, and more, after the jump…

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Here are the latest headlines from across the world of cycling:

At the Tour of Benelux, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia) took stage six, while teammate Andre Greipel holds onto the overall lead. In the Stage 7 team trial, Raivis Belohvosciks (Scott – American Beef) took the win, and José Iván Gutierrez (Caisse d’Epargne) took over the lead. Greipel now sits 14 seconds back in fifth place.

In related news, Scott Bicycles has announced that they were not going to continue on as a major sponsor for the renamed Scott-American Beef team. This …

The riders at the Tour are taking a well deserved rest day, so we have time to get out some other news:

Here’s the big bombshell: 17 of the 18 UCI Pro Tour teams and the organizers of the 3 major races (The Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta d’Espana) will not renew their licenses for next year. The organizers of the big races have had their difficulties with the UCI, most notably the Tour de France’s Amaury Sports Organization, so this was somewhat expected. That said, no one really knows …

Vuelta de Espana – Stage 17:After a very successful year, Daniele Bennati was understandably upset when it was announced that he was not selected for the World Championship team for Italy. He took his frustration out on the peloton at the Vuelta today.
There was an early two-man escape today, but the pelton was able to keep the breakaway under control. They were never more than six minutes ahead, and, with 34 km to go, their lead was whittled down to 2 minutes.
With 20k remaining, the Euskatel-Euskadi, Lampre and Milram …