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In today’s cycling news, more snippets from Het Nieuwsblad, Masters Road National Championships to Bend, Contador conspiracy theorists can rest easy and more….

In today’s cycling news, more Omloop Het Nieuwsblad previews, Lance Armstrong survives encounter with cat, women’s results from New Zealand and more…

I want to start off by saying that Lake deserves some immediate props for offering shoes in widths (I may have mentioned here before that I have feet like Fred Flinstone). Lake was featuring three new shoes that are coming for 2010.

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

We’re back with the weekend race action, new additions to the disabled list, the latest on Mikel Astarloza, post-Tour crit results and more.

2010 looks like it is going to shape up to be a very interesting year. The gloves are off and the battle between Alberto Contador and Lance Armstrong is ON. By now, of course we know that Lance Armstrong is heading to the new Radio Shack Cycling team, while Contador is headed to parts unknown. All we know for sure is that they will both be at the 2010 Tour and it’ll be “no more mister nice guy.”

Welcome back! Here’s some of the latest news, notes and quotes from Stage 11 of the 2009 Tour de France: Hinault says teams must attack to defeat Lance Armstrong and Alberto Contador, and more….

The Tour de France rosters are getting more and more stable, but that’s not to say that they are done.

The big question mark on this one is Tom Boonen. Will he be there? I think so. Given other riders and teams that have been included, the ASO doesn’t have aleg to stand on.

Not much news from the Giro today, but we have tons of results from other places and just a little bit of cycling news. Happy reading!

Here are just some of the latest cyclists to hit the disabled list:

Robbie McEwen was part of the finish line crash at Wednesday’s Scheldeprijs. He had a hard fall, but reported that “My ribs, collarbone and pelvis are intact. There is nothing broken and that is a relief.” He did get a slight concussion, but will try to ride today.
Tom Boonen was in the same pileup. There was some concern as he was not able to put weight on one of his feet. His wrist was in pain as well. …