Bike World News

In today’s cycling news, Keisse may join Quick Step, new jersey for Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini, Brard retires, Valverde will pass on Vuelta defense in favor of Tour de France and more.

In today’s cycling news, off season transfer news from Radio Shack, Rapha, Team Sky & more; Columbia’s Michael Rogers steps into leadership role; Bram de Groot retires and more…

From VeloNews.com:
Former U.S. national cyclocross champion Jonathan Page has been cleared of charges stemming from a missed in-competition doping test, but it may be a week before he knows whether that will result in his inclusion on the U.S. team for the upcoming world championships.
Page missed a post-race anti-doping test on November 29, 2008, at the UCI World Cup in Koksijde, Belgium. The American, who earned a silver medal at the 2007 world championships, had crashed out of the race and was nursing what turned out to be serious injuries. …

Zabel to help Columbia’s young riders, Risi and Marvulli split, Contador and Armstrong finally train together, Katie Compton looks to stay healthy and strong and more headlines after the split:

Tags: alberto contador, Belgium, Bruno Risi, columbia, Cyclocross Magazine, Danny Stam, Erik Zabel, Franco Marvulli, Italian Olympic Committee, Juan Llaneras, katie compton, Koksijde, Mark Cavendish, Podium Cafe, Robert Slippens, West Flanders

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Not too much new today, but enough to file a report. Here’s the headlines:

There have been rumors that Niels Albert has been back on the bike, but he is still limited to rest and very light exercises. He will start water exercises next week. (Sportwereld.be)

Tags: Aaron Olson, Belgium, Bernhard Kohl, Cyclocross Magazine, Danilo Napolitano, Erwin Vervecken, Filippo Pozzato, France, Gert Steegmans, hanka kupfernagel, katie compton, Koksijde, Robbie McEwen, Rotterdam, stefan schumacher, Sven Nys, Tour de France News, West Flanders, World Cup

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USA Cycling sent out a news update. Here are some of the highlights:

The recent growth trends of participation in competitive cycling are continuing as USA Cycling this week exceeded 63,200 members for the 2008 season – an increase of nearly 2.7% compared to this week last year. USA Cycling finished the 2007 season with 61,564 licenses sold. Currently, mountain bike license sales are up over 2.6% while Road, Track and Cyclo-cross license sales are up nearly 3.6%.
Applications for USA Cycling’s Club of the Year are now available on-line here …