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Upon their arrival in sunny California, each of the ten member National team will be receiving their customized Dutch Redline Flight frames.

In today’s cycling news, more soundbites from Lance Armstrong but Cadel Evans is the big draw in Adelaide this year; also, Skil-Shimano focusing on Tour de France, Niels Albert ready for Roubaix and more.

Lance Armstrong is in the running to be the Associated Press’ Athlete of the Decade. They say that his return from cancer to win the Tour de France 7 times, then to come back and stand on the podium after taking two years off “raised the bar on the definition of ‘exceptional’”.

Wiggins’ move to the BSkyB-backed outfit was confirmed on Thursday, with the three-time Olympic gold medallist signing a four-year deal.

The Omega Pharma-Lotto team announced the signing of Frenchman Jean-Christophe Péraud to a two year contract.

Chicago was eliminated in the first round and Tokyo fell out after the second round.

Transfers and signings continue, Ballan gets first win in rainbow jersey, Floyd Landis plays some hoops, Univest GP expands 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 to Day 3 of the Giro. Here’s some more news from the race and other cycling news. Unfortunately, it seems to be all about dopes and doping.