Bike World News

The final list of 20 teams for the 15th edition of the Tour de Langkawi from March 1 to 7 has been confirmed with Kelly Benefit Services completing the line-up.

Scott is rolling out three new bicycles for the HTC-Columbia Team to use in 2010.

Tour de France champion Alberto Contador is waiting for legal advice before deciding whether to break his contract with Astana.

Tuttobici is reporting today that a new doping scandal may be breaking in Spain.

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

In today’s 2nd stage of the Tour of Spain (Vuelta a Espana), Milram’s Gerald Ciolek takes the win, but Fabian Cancellara (Saxo Bank) stayed close enough to keep possesion of the maillot oro.

Alberto Contador meets the head of the Spanish government, teams forming for Vuelta and Worlds, Cavendish notches another win and more.

NBC’s Universal Sports network and Universalsports.com will be broadcasting the Vuelta a Espana (Tour of Spain) this fall. Between online and TV broadcasts, the network will air more than nine hours of cycling action every day of the race.

Eurosport.fr once again brings us the Tour by Numbers – some of the numbers and figures to know about the 2009 edition of THE grand tour.

No shortage of cycling news today! We have results from Fleche-Wallone and Italy, new additions to the disabled list, a new team for Ricardo Ricco, an early start to the ‘cross season, a late apology from Theo Bos and more…
Results:

Davide Rebellin won his third Fleche Wallone over Andy Schleck (Saxo Bank) and Damiano Cunego (Lampre).
In the women’s event, Marianne Vos racked up her third consecutive win.
Astana’s Andreas Kloden won the opening time trial of the Giro del Trentino.

Disabled List:

Wim Van Huffel, who collided with a dog during Sunday’s Amstel Gold …