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 VeloNation:
American rider lays out targets and assesses current season.
 CyclingNews:
Gazzetta dello Sport has published more details of the Padua police
investigation into Dr. Michele Ferrari, reporting alleged conversations
between Michele Scarponi and Dr Ferrari and revealing how he secretly
worked with dozens of riders.
 This
Just In: Former Tour de France winner Stephen Roche has said he
believes cycling has moved on from doping scandals of the past, despite
damaging revelations about US rider Lance Armstrong that have rocked
the sport.
![[Unintended consequences] Domestiques are among the riders caught out in the UCI's WorldTour points race. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com](http://velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/10/WATSON_00003112-011-631x421.jpg "[Unintended consequences] Domestiques are among the riders caught out in the UCI's WorldTour points race. Photo: Graham Watson | www.grahamwatson.com") VeloNews:
Hungry to maintain their qualifications for pro cycling’s highest level
of racing, the WorldTour, some teams have turned to hiring riders for
their cache of UCI points as much as for their cycling talent.
 CyclingNews:
Very few words have been said in defence of Lance Armstrong in recent
days, but his former domestique José Luis Rubiera has declared that he
still views the Texan as the greatest rider of his era. Speaking to El
Diario de Mallorca, Rubiera, who rode with Armstrong at US Postal,
Discovery Channel, Astana and RadioShack, also said that he never saw
the American take banned products and eulogised the ability of
controversy-mired coach Michele Ferrari, calling him “the best coach
there is”.
 CyclingNews:
The Crocodile Trophy, a nine-day mountain bike stage race through the
Outback of Tropical Far North Queensland, will kick off on Saturday,
October 20 and finish after more than 900km in Cooktown on Sunday,
October 28. This year, the field of more than 130 racers is bigger and
more competitive than ever before and during today's rider briefing the
top favourites were mingling with adventurous mountain bikers from all
over the world.
 BicycleRetailer:
The butter b1 is a U.S.-made chain holder for cleaning, storing and
traveling with a bike with the rear wheel removed.
 PodiumCafe: It
all ends Sunday, in Les Herbiers, France, with the last-last-last event
of the season, the Chrono des Nations time trial.
TwistedSpoke:
As we watch the staggering collapse of perhaps the greatest sports
legend in history, we can’t help thinking about the mountain Armstrong
couldn’t climb.
Rules
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Michael Rasmussen denied that his name has been redacted as part of
Levi Leipheimer's affidavit as part of the USADA Reasoned Decision
documentation. It follows Michael Boogerd's denial in the Dutch press
that he was the rider in question.
 CyclingWeekly:
Former HTC-Highroad team boss, Bob Stapleton has said the USADA Lance
Armstrong doping scandal provides opportunity for "progressive change."
road.cc:
The UCI has confirmed that its president Pat McQuaid will announce the
governing body's decision in the Lance Armstrong case at a press
conference in Geneva at 1pm local time on Monday.
 VeloNation:
“Third man” of the Coppi-Bartali era passes away in his sleep.
 PodiumCafe:
The world's best cyclocross racers descend on Tabor, Czech Republic,
this Sunday for the first round of the World Cup series. No mud, but
there will be knobby-ish tires and grass.
 PEZ:
In 2005 I rode with Lance Armstrong & about 30 others on an
exclusive cancer fundraiser over two days in Lake Louise Alberta. Lance
was at the height of his powers and in spite of his rock-star approach
to the people who’d bucked up $35K each for the experience, we were all
awestruck by his presence.
 BikeRadar
verdict: 4 out of 5 stars. "A tasty, energy-filled drink that worked
brilliantly. Expensive if used on a regular basis."
 Bicycling:
Being a smart stopper not only keeps you safe, but it also makes you
faster.
|  PodiumCafe:
It's tempting to say that today is a major milestone in the war against
performance enhancing drugs in cycling. It's also worth placing it in a
bit of perspective.
 Peloton:
The “win at all costs” mentality is something that emerges from reading
the testimonies of the riders who detailed their past doping practices
in the USADA investigation.
 InnerRing:
Dutch bank Rabobank has announced it will quit men’s pro cycling at the
end of this year. The team will continue for 2013, only with a blank
jersey funded by the contractual obligations left behind.
 PEZ:
Today's news that Rabobank will stop sponsoring both their men's and
women's teams following on from the fallout of the USADA report and
their own shady past has rocked the sport. Whatever you think of their
riders past and present and their management there's no doubting that
in the seventeen years that they've been in the sport they've given us
many memories.
 CyclingNews:
Philippe Gilbert has spoken about the doping problems in cycling,
saying he is part of a new generation that is good for the sport.
 CyclingNews:
USA Cycling has removed the name of Lance Armstrong from its premiere
junior race series in the wake of the release of the extensive US
Anti-Doping Agency dossier documenting the doping activities he engaged
in during his career.
 MBAction:
Specialized builds their S-Works bikes the same way a top-level racer
would get them... with nothing held back, and no expenses spared. The
S-Works Stumpjumper sports 5 inches of travel front and rear, 29-inch
wheels, and a whole lotta carbon throughout the build.
VeloNews:
Hein Verbruggen, the former president of the UCI accused of having
protected Lance Armstrong, distanced himself on Thursday from claims
that he still supports the retired cyclist, as a growing doping scandal
has left the U.S. rider increasingly isolated.
U.S.
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