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AG2R-La Mondiale has announced their complete roster for 2010. Nine riders have left the team and there are seven new recruits for a total of 28 riders.

Lance gives his season 7 out of 10, Vino wants a couple of Vuelta stages, USA Crits back at Thater Memorial, results and more bicycle racing news….

Welcome back to Bike World News and our continuing coverage of the 2009 Tour de France. Alberto Contador declares, while Lance Armstrong concedes. Cadel Evans has his “worst day ever”. Andy Schleck will fight “until the last breath” and more.

Ten days before the start of the Tour de France, seven of the 20 participating teams have completed their rosters for the race. There will be a couple more iterations of this list until we can call this Version 1.0

TdF team announcements from Euskaltel, AG2R and Milram, Valverde appealing case to CAS, Boonen and Quick Step to sue ASO and more!

The Criterium Dauphiné Libéré kicks off Sunday in France and, as we’ve noted, a strong contingent of Tour de France hopefuls are showing up to test their form in advance of the race.

Here’s the complete list of teams and riders for the 89th edition of the Tour of Catalonia.

The Tour du Haut Var is this weekend in France. The teams and riders for the race have been announced. A total of 18 teams will start the race, including 10 from the Pro Tour.
As we noted in the daily news, Alejandro Valverde has been added to the roster for Caisse d’Epargne, but we don’t know who he is replacing.
The race is one for the mountain specialists and there will be little or no opportunity for the sprinters to make their mark. Saturday’s stage is 171km and includes 3 Category …

The teams and rosters have been announced for the 36th edition of the Tour of the Mediterranean Sea, starting tomorrow.
The race has seen a rise in its UCI classification, and as such, they have increased the amount of climbing in the race, with the final stage from Nice to Mont-Faron culminating in a mountaintop finish.
Favorites for the race include Spaniard Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d’Epargne), who won the race and will have two helpers in the person of Oscar Pereiro and Luis Leon Sanchez at his side. Also on …

Vladimir Efimkin (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Travis Meyer (UniSA) held onto a break for most of the day, but at the end, it was Allan Davis (Quick Step) narrowly edging out Graeme Brown (Rabobank) in the final sprint. Luis Leon Sanchez (Caisse d’Epargne) took third place from local hero Stuart O’Grady (Saxo Bank).
Tomorrow is a big climbing day, and that may tip the scales in Stuart O’Rady’s favor.
I’ll have full results posted when they appear.

Tags: allan davis, Graeme Brown, Luis Léon Sánchez, Rabobank, Stuart O'Grady, Team Saxo Bank, Travis Meyer, …