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HTC-Columbia was ten seconds faster than second placed Liquigas-Doimo on the completely flat course held through the centre of Seville, with Saxo Bank in third.

Giuseppe Saronni, sport director of the Lampre-Farnese Vini team has chosen the 9 cyclists that will represent the team in the Vuelta a Espana.

Thursday morning, Michael Morkov was obstructed by the UCI’s rules of competition and denied permission to take on the stage race

Spain’s Carlos Barredo and Belgian Kevin De Weert will be on the starting line of the Vuelta after having raced in the Tour de France as major players.

Contador won the race without a stage win and finished just 39 seconds ahead of Schleck. If the first week of the race had not been so tumultuous, we may have seen a different outcome.

In today’s 2010 Tour de France news, Armstrong says Tour may be his last European race, 540 doping tests scheduled, Contador says Armstrong could win on his own merit & more

Here’s what we’ve been able to compile for the Men’s Road and Time Trial National Championships.

Sixteen teams had already been pre-selected under a 2008 agreement between the organizers and the UCI but Team RadioShack did not get one of the six wild cards.

Ivan Basso moved closer to his second Giro d’Italia title as he extended his race lead following the mountainous penultimate stage won by Johann Tschopp (BBox)

The future looks bright for Team SpiderTech p/b Planet Energy, which completed debut at the Tour of California, the most prestigious bike race in the United States