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Cancellara reflects on his 2009 season and talks about his plans for the off season and what he may do in 2010.

Five races on the calendar for this week, Milram’s doctor on the defense, Elite Junior event coming to Kentucky, Armstrong and Contador will take on Castilla y Leon, U.S. track worlds team named, Cycling.tv apologizes and more…

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Fabian Cancellera started the day in the leader’s jersey, but it was Francisco Mancebo of Rock Racing who was “here to stay”. You’d never know it from his performance yesterday, but Cancellera started the race with a virus and today, in nasty weather conditions, he decided to drop out of the race at the first feed zone. Tour de France winner Carlos Sastre was also recovering from the flu, but he definitely looked like he was taking it easy in the prologue.
Today’s stage ran 173km from the town of Davis …

Full team rosters have been released for the Amgen Tour of California. All of the heavy hitters are going to be there, and while some may argue that this is not the strongest international field ever seen on American soil, it has to be pretty close. You could certainly make the argument that it’s a very strong international field and the strongest domestic field (nine teams) that we’ve ever seen.
Astana will be there with defending champion Levi Leipheimer, and of course, Lance Armstrong. Saxo Bank will be sending the Schleck …

This will probably be the last news digest that I put out until around January 5th. I have a few reviews to publish and will monitor the headlines for anything that merits a newsflash.
Here are the headlines:

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With a little over a month to the start of the 2009 racing season, the bankruptcy and embezzlement scandal at IT Factory leaves Bjarne Riis and the Saxo Bank team with a budget that is almost half of that expected.

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It’s scary how much news there is today (okay, not really):

USA Cycling is revamping their track program, likely in response to the success that Great Britain enjoyed at this year’s Olympic Games. They aim to identify and develop a deeper pool of track racing talent by providing increased exposure to world-class competition at various non-traditional events. (Velo News)
Most of Great Britain’s track cyclists will be back in action at this weekend’s World Cup Classics series in Manchester, England (BBC Sport)

BBC also previews the next generation of British track cyclists, who …

Here’s some of the cool stuff that we’ve seen in the past week or so:

Echappe Equipment is a new company with a fairly cool business model. They offer high end wheels from Zipp, Hed and American Classic for rent. Each rental earns you credit towards the purchase of a wheelset. They can either ships the wheels to you, or they can be picked up a specific events. This also serves as a “try before you buy” as you are able to sample wheels from different manufacturers, different materials, bearings, cross …

A couple of days ago, we noted that Fabian Cancellera and some others were riding a new Cervelo for the Olympic road race. Cervelo made it seem that there would not be any additional information about the bike for several weeks, but I received an e-mail this morning letting me know that I could buy one at Competitive Cyclist.
A little more about the bike: The comfort level is said to be on par with their R3 model – very comfortable for long hauls on bad roads, yet still offers the …

The time trials took place overnight and the results are in.
Fabian Cancellera, the favorite for the men, took gold. Gustav Erik Larsson of Sweden was 33 seconds back for silver and American Levi Leipheimer got the bronze. Alberto Contador looked to be aiming solidly for the top of the podium as he bested the field over the first half of the course, but he was spent and slowed down on the second half.
Cancellera will go home to Switzerland with two medals, having already picked up the bronze medal in Saturday’s …