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• Michael Barry, Chris Sutton and Serge Pauwels join Team Sky• Bradley Wiggins remains at Garmin-SlipstreamTeam Sky have recruited three further riders to their squad for the 2010 season, but there is still no sign of Bradley Wiggins.Michael Barry, Chris Sutton and Serge Pauwels have signed deals with the British squad, whi (Read More)
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• Kazakh cycling federation claims Contador will stay• Money issues a result of technicalities says teamThe Tour de France winner Alberto Contador will remain with the Astana team at least until his contract expires at the end of next year, the Kazakh Cycling Federation's deputy president Nikolai Proskurin has said.The Span (Read More)
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He is not the only star to claim to detest the sport that made him rich and famous"I play tennis for a living even though I hate tennis, hate it with a dark and secret passion and always have." So writes Andre Agassi in his new autobiography, Open, published this week. It is 2006 and one of the world's most feted sports sta (Read More)
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• Kazakh-backed team have missed UCI deadline• Wiggins's move to Team Sky also back on agendaThe protracted saga of which team Alberto Contador will ride for next season took another twist yesterday when it emerged that the Tour de France winner's Astana team has not yet met the International Cycling Union (UCI)'s criteria (Read More)
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'The rider may terminated the present contact," says brother FranGarmin, Caisse d'Epargne, and Quict Step in battle to sign championTour de France champion Alberto Contador is free to leave Astana since the Kazakh team have not yet been granted their elite status for 2010, according to the International Cycling Union's regu (Read More)
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• World No1 rider shocked by her speed in victory• Endurance riders outshine sprinters in men's eventVictoria Pendleton brushed off the challenge of the emerging generation at the Manchester Velodrome last night, in the opening session of the British track cycling championships, to claim her seventh women's 500 metres time- (Read More)
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• Team RadioShack given approval to race in ProTour• Membership gives teams applying to the Tour an advantageLance Armstrong's new team has been granted permission to seek entry into the Tour de France. The International Cycling Union said it has granted Team RadioShack a licence to compete in ProTour races for the 2010-13 (Read More)
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• Graphic: Route features range of tough natural challenges• Tour director admits: 'This is going to be a big fight'Alberto Contador will have to contend with treacherous cobblestones and blustery North Sea winds before reaching next year's Tour de France mountain stages.But the newly unveiled route for 2010 also gives the (Read More)
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• Contador and Armstrong set to do battle through Pyrenees• Only five certain sprint finishes make life tough for CavendishLance Armstrong and Alberto Contador were in the same room today but not, naturally, side by side as they watched the unveiling of the 2010 Tour de France route, where their bitter rivalry from this Jul (Read More)
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• French prosecutors study 'suspicious medical material'• Contador and Armstrong unconcerned by investigationAlberto Contador says he is totally relaxed despite French prosecutors opening a preliminary investigation after suspicious medical material, including used syringes, was seized during the Tour de France.A source clo (Read More)
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• Echoes of 2000 investigation hangs over Tour de France• Astana team say they have 'nothing to hide'Prosecutors in France have opened an investigation into several Tour de France teams after recovering "suspicious medical equipment", including used syringes and drips discarded during this year's race. It is alleged that on (Read More)
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• Tour to start in Rotterdam with a time trial• Pyrenees expected to feature heavily in routeA year ago, the interest for British cycling fans in the launch of the 2009 Tour de France came down to one question: how many sprint stage win opportunities is there for Mark Cavendish? Today, after the emergence this summer of Bra (Read More)
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The news of the blond bombshell's death did not surprise – his career followed a depressingly familiar patternThe great and the good of professional cycling will gather tomorrow morning in Paris for the annual jamboree that marks the launch of the 2010 Tour de France route with an abrupt reminder of the dark side of the spo (Read More)
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• New backers for Astana means Alberto Contador could stay• Wiggins unlikely to join Team Sky if Garmin don't sign SpaniardIn a development that could have implications for Team Sky and Bradley Wiggins, the future of the Tour de France winner Alberto Contador's Astana team has reportedly been secured with a new three‑year s (Read More)
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• Tour de France champion likely to stay for 2010• Team's licence due to expire next yearThe Tour de France-winning team Astana will sign a three-year sponsorship deal today with Kazakhstan's vast state holding company, the Kazakh Cycling Federation's deputy president, Nikolai Proskurin, has said.The financial terms of the (Read More)