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August 31
- Olympic Heroes Celebrated at Salford Nocturne
- De Jongh eyeing Worlds
- Katusha's Tinkov confirms sprinter McEwen and other big names
- Pinotti bags Tour of Ireland victory
- Hamilton moves on with national title
- Hamilton moves on with national title
- Kemp repeats in rainy day
- Katusha's Tinkov confirms sprinter McEwen and other big names
- Saxo Bank to ride Specialized in 2009
- Saxo Bank to ride Specialized in 2009
- Another USPRO podium for Pate, but not the top
- Another USPRO podium for Pate, but not the top
- Milram extends, gobbles up Gerolsteiners
- Thiery wins Rüebliland
- US Pro Championships to return to Greenville
- CSC-Saxo Bank signs Bellis
- CSC-Saxo Bank signs Bellis
- Castaño signs with Kec Pro Sport management company
- Castaño signs with Kec Pro Sport management company
- British Columbia Cyclo-cross starting
- British Columbia Cyclo-cross starting
- Sastre sees a strong Valverde
- Duggan makes racing return in US time trial
- Martínez: Nothing ventured, nothing gained
- It's Miller's time
- It's Miller's time
- Lehikoinen looks towards next season
August 30
- Successful comeback for Gerdemann
- Successful comeback for Gerdemann
- Downing takes over Cavendish show
- Downing takes over Cavendish show
- Demol leaves Quick Step for Astana
- Demol leaves Quick Step for Astana
- Caucchioli keeps going in 2009 and D-Tour
- Zabriskie defends time trial crown
- Zabriskie defends time trial crown
- Pozzato takes the lead on dicey opening stage
- Pozzato takes the lead on dicey opening stage
- No more national team for Klöden
- No more national team for Klöden
- Colorado team needs cat 3's
- Tired Menchov out of Deutschland Tour
- Tired Menchov out of Deutschland Tour
- Caucchioli keeps going in 2009 and D-Tour
August 29
- Volksbank adds Corratec as sponsor
- Stamsnijder, Garate to Rabobank in 2009
- Cavendish to race Missouri
- Doppmann retires
- Lancaster ends drought in Germany
- Team Type 1, Kelly Benefit Strategies/Medifast for US PRO
- World hour record holder positive for doping
- Not wasting any time
- UCI ProTour re-signs five races
- Another year with Cofidis for Duclos-Lassalle
- Join the Cyclingnews team!
- Sunderland's Vuelta diary
August 28
- Richeze fires back after warning
- Devolder sticks with Quick Step
- Pannone Sponsor Salford Nocturne Elite Criterium
- Milram fielding young team in Vuelta
- Sørensen out of Deutschland Tour with injury
- Euskaltel will fight for stage wins
- Cavendish takes over sprinters' title
- Sastre tips Contador for Vuelta glory
- Olympic Madison champions back home
- Vuelta to test for CERA, use passports
- Milram to provide parachute for ex-Gerolsteiners
- Kohl finds new team
- State of the Peloton: North America
- Join the Cyclingnews team!
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- Sánchez ranks Olympic gold above all
August 27
- Team Gerolsteiner to dissolve at year-end
- Evans stays with Silence-Lotto
- Tinkoff looks for Vuelta stage wins
- Olano: Sastre and Contador are favourites
- Ciolek: Columbia or Milram?
- Astana looks for a strong helper Klöden in the Vuelta
- First Zaugg, now Oss and Guarnieri for Liquigas
- Renshaw to become Cavendish's lead out man at Columbia
- Ullrich still waiting
- Cavendish back to winning in Ireland
- Baldato bows out on low-note
- Greipel happy with Eneco
- In the Beijing pits
- Absalon repeats while Spitz completes dream ride in Beijing
- North American peloton in flux
- National Ultra Endurance Series stops in Virginia
- Canberra World Cup should be showcase for Aussie riders
- Bernucci with Team Cinelli-OPD
- Gutierrez sprints sans saddle to Eneco Tour win
- Inaugural Nelson's Creek MTB Festival set for Sep 13/14
- Cordero: "The Vuelta will be the Tour"
- Tour of the White Mountains opens new trails for 2008
- Gunn-Rita Dahle Flesjå forced to pass on Canberra
- TransWales ends with closest GC battles in its history
- State of the Peloton: North America
- Inside Canberra's grueling course
- Cervélo forms TestTeam, part ways with CSC
- Future Publishing Australia seeks Online Sales Manager
- A late start and a new beginning; The Barbara Howe diary
- Equal prizes at Planet Bike Cup
- Quick Step targets the Vuelta
- River's Edge to host US Southeast Marathon Championships
August 26
- Gerolsteiner to the Vuelta
- Leipheimer to address Hall of Fame audience
- Basso concludes training vacation
- Gerdemann doesn't see himself as D-Tour favourite
- Britons invited to beat Hoy
- D-Tour: Something for everyone
- New sponsor for Karpin-Galicia in Vuelta lead-up
- Boasson Hagen makes amends
- Popovych can exact revenge at the Vuelta
- Team line-ups for Deutschland Tour
- Teams converge on Spain for final Grand Tour of 2008
- Di Luca on Worlds hunt
- Martin leads Irish challenge in Tour of Ireland
- Zaugg to Liquigas
- Rene Mandri back in action
- Heroes, Villains and Velodromes: Chris Hoy and Britain's track revolution
- Litu Gómez heads to Deutschland Tour with confidence
- Netherlands positive after Tour inspection
August 25
- Caisse for Deutschland Tour
- Valverde to lead Caisse d'Epargne
- Germans announce long Worlds list
- Westphal: A surprised surprise winner
- Kreuziger and Vande Velde at Tour of Missouri
- Team Type 1 ready to contest Irish Tour
- Another Russian win for William Tell
- Contador focused on Spanish glory
- Cavendish leads Ireland charge
- Fédrigo is Plouay's new hero
- Leukemans eligible to ride again
- Lund gets CSC-Saxo Bank extension
- Inaugural bike race in US capital
- Rohregger: staying or going?
August 24
- Ardila Cano wins mountains classification at Regio Tour
- Martens hoping for Worlds
- Tinkoff ready to close out season in style
- Drought is over for Niermann
- Worrack and Nürnberger dominate in Albstadt
- Regio Tour ends in tight battle
- Astana revs its engines in Spain
- Boonen ready to take on La Vuelta
- Sponsor Bissell takes over team ownership
- Regio Tour has support from the racers
- French stars race to cycling's heartland
- Elijzen out with cut knee
- CPA calls for unpaid wage action
- Dekker feels damaged
- John Doe v. USADA lawsuit dismissed
- Vuelta a Venezuela with coastal kick-off
- USA Cycling supports art from recycled bike parts
August 23
- MTB wraps up Olympic cycling events
- Llaneras to fly Spanish flag at closing ceremonies
- Wegelius to Silence-Lotto?
- Klöden to skip national tour
- Bennati takes over in Benelux
- Cars trouble the pro peloton
- French stars race to cycling's heartland
- Volunteers scramble to chaperone Regio Tour doping controls
August 22
- Judges overturn Paolini's win in Regio Tour
- Greipel racks up win number ten
- British champ to lead team at Tour of Britain
- Can Cantele make it three?
- Liquigas, Lampre and Milram for Trofeo Melinda, Plouay
- Rise of the British Track Empire
- Hinault has a good ride in Limousin
- Airline tragedy strikes cycling world
August 21
- Karpin-Galicia becomes Xacebeo
- Cummings escapes to win in Italy
- 25th Chris Thater Memorial next stop for USA Crits
- Tour of Ireland set for second edition
- World Champion Sauser readies for the Olympics
- Australia's BMX team unlucky in Beijing
- Gates to retire, start youth foundation
- ProTour: Bouncing back or lame duck?
- Vandenbergh confirmed to Katusha
- Davis joins Quick Step in September
- New team for Sastre and Gerolsteiners?
- Jelly Belly Pro Cycling Team signs Reijnen
- Olympic mountain bikers to take on tougher course
- Reus hoping to return in 2009
- Efimkin out of Vuelta
- Line-ups for upcoming races
- Dornbusch leaves national women's team for Equipe Nürnberger
August 20
- Women's racing clinics successful in Portland
- Mary McConneloug: Keeping the balance
- AG2R La Mondiale for Grand Prix Ouest-France Plouay
- Vandenbergh to Katusha?
- Jeep 48STRAIGHT season kicks off
- Valley Preferred Cycling Center to host season finale
- Rain causes Olympic schedule changes
- Gutiérrez wins Eneco Tour prologue
- Evans out of Vuelta
- Deho and Cattaneot win TransRockies
- Clarke threatens Murray Tour upset
- Bishop and Stevenson set Georgia on fire
- Surgery for optimistic Terpstra
- Equipe Nürnberger in weekend races
- Lacondeguy wins Kokanee Crankworx Slopestyle with double back flip
- Roche signs with AG2R La Mondiale
- Kamloops race to offer equal payouts for both sexes
- New race to Catskills
- Opportunity for a once-in-a-lifetime Olympic-style experience
- Children learn geography through cycling
- BikeNZ road coach to return to native Canada
- CTC & IMBA team for UK National Mountain Bike Conference
- Brisbane gets eight-hour race
- Mountain Cross racing goes indoors
- Ötztal Vertical Hunt tries new format
- Hectic travels for Jennings
- Sonye wins motions against Leogrande lawsuit
August 19
- Sprints and Classics
- BMX awaits Olympic destiny
- Roche gets big win in Limousin
- Regio Tour with another wet presentation
- Pendelton claims gold as Meares caps a successful come-back
- Rich prefers car
- Sastre focused on tasks ahead
- No Vuelta defence for Menchov
- Zabel to skip Deutschland Tour in favour of Vuelta
- Olympic heroes to appear at Salford Nocturne
- Argentina lands knockout blow early
- Zubeldia thanks team and fans
- Duggan back on the road
- Weylandt hit by car in Spain
August 18
- Skil-Shimano chasing Dutch talent
- Sprint finals set
- Kohl considering "five or six" offers
- Bronzed Roulston aiming for more Beijing glory
- Star Crossed – nightime cyclo-cross opens North American Cyclocross Trophy
- Riders coming, going and staying put
- Regio Tour back to its roots
- Britain's Aussie track mastermind feels for home squad
- Sánchez honoured in Basque country
- New doping test proposed for Deutschland Tour
- Euskaltel Euskadi re-signs Astarloza
- USA Cycling National Racing Calendar Standings
- UCI won't introduce life bans…yet
- UCI names World Championship numbers
- Stapleton analyses UCI world calendar announcement
- Evans to lead Silence-Lotto at Vuelta
August 17
- Vos adds another title to impressive palmarès
- Terpstra out with two broken arms
- Bayley unsure of cycling future
- Romero and Houvenaghel continue Britain's Olympic track success
- Louder takes Utah by one-second
- Great Britain's team pursuit with gold and world record ride
- Teams announce line-ups for the week
- World and Olympic track records broken in Beijing
- Hayles out for revenge at Salford Nocturne
- Bahati and Miller new US Pro crit champs
- Zubeldia to Astana
- Pucinskaite reflects on her Olympics
- Feedback given to UCI world cycling calendar announcement
- UCI announces launch of 'world calendar'
- US national racing calendar problems persist
- Columbia dominates Route de France
August 16
- CSF Group-Navigare for Trittico Lombardo and Melinda
- Nydam already on the road to recovery
- Liquigas ready with strong trio for Trittico Lombardo
- More medals for Britain on the track
- Hoy unstoppable in keirin
- Vacansoleil replaces Rabobank as Dekker ride sponsor
- Spain steps up to the top of the Olympic podium on the track
- New York to host traffic-free Bike MS
- Climbers get their day on Mount Washington
August 15
- Germany gets its medal
- Devolder takes Belgian title
- Speed and skiil at US profesional crit nationals
- British rise to the challenge in opening session
- Danish track turnaround
- Toyota team still searching for title sponsor
- Glen Chadwick's Olympic experience
August 14
- Moreno questioned by police
- Spanish federation questions Leipheimer's bronze
- Trek's best trail bike yet
- American MTB Classic draws top talent
- German race excludes CSF Navigare
- Dekker looking to next season
- Stats: Armstrong's medal 900th American gold at Olympics
- Page to host Wisconsin 'cross clinic
- Nature Valley GP on TV this week-end
- Italians maintain lead mid-way through TransRockies
- Garmin-Chipotle starts Utah in yellow
- Germans count on track riders for medals
- Nydam season cut short
- Bajadali scores in Pyrenees
- Gerdemann "not favourite" for Deutschland Tour
- Barnes and Gaskell win in mid-Wales
- Fool's Gold continues NUE Series this weekend
- Mike Friedman: A Beijing Meatball
- Board talk: A preview of the Olympic track events
- Team sprint rivalries add fire to track opener
- 4Xers ready for next British rounds
- British team win team sprint
- Dekker and Rabobank call it quits
- Mechanics support US Teams abroad
- Juarez to National Mountain Bike Oktoberfest
- Tour of Britain unveils Scottish stage
- Stevenson and Passant finish first in unsupported Colorado race
- Durango to hold trails fundraiser
August 13
- Longo narrowly misses medal
- Univest Grand Prix and Cyclosportif coming up in September
- Irish racer dies during club event
- Ivano Fanini blasts those behind Riccò and Sella
- Magic potion: Avid Elixir CR
- Armstrong shows fitness in Leadville
- Boogerd leaves Rabobank for good
- Everything comes together for Cancellara
- Nibali takes a break before heading to Missouri
- Kenyans tackle L'Alpe d'Huez
- Schumacher looking to London Olympics
- Evans reveals ruptured knee ligament
- Gerdemann captures overall win in Tour de L'Ain
- Lakata and Starr win French Tour VTT
- Trek & 23 Degrees partner for new team in 2009
- Näf extends with the Multivan Merida
- Thomas Dekker linked to Garmin-Chipotle
- IOC permits UCI to screen blood at Olympics
- American President previews Olympic MTB Course
- Charlottesville to host omnium
- Klöden still deciding whether to race German or Spanish tour
- New Essex venue confirmed for the London 2012 Games
- Climbers ready for Utah hit-out
- 24 Hours of Landahl cancelled
- Eddie & Namrita O'Dea Diary: Busy as ever
August 12
- Tour of Colorado series in final round
- No "three-peat" for Voigt?
- Cancellara and Armstrong fastest along Great Wall
- Wood's family to miss Olympic curtain call?
- McGee ready for fourth and last Olympics
- Kupfernagel disappointed
- Ladagnous back for Olympic target
- USA unmasks strong track squad
- Gasparotto aiming for Worlds selection
- Sireau: Britons won't match Worlds effort
- McQuaid blasts Spanish officials
- Firing for French gold
- USA may only get six Worlds spots
August 11
- Vos ready for time trial
- Vos ready for time trial
- Decanio answers Leogrande lawsuit
- Cancellara totally focused on TT Gold
- Cancellara totally focused on TT Gold
- Track tumble eliminates Dutch coach
- Kohl looking to next season
- Kohl looking to next season
- Ng leads Malaysian track dream
- Wrolich in stitches
- Wrolich in stitches
- Gilbert wins Belgian derny criterium
- Gilbert wins Belgian derny criterium
- Sastre gets top Vuelta honour
- The clock is ticking
- The clock is ticking
- O'Donnell wants 2012 Olympic Games slot
- Decanio answers Leogrande lawsuit
- Spain talks tough after Olympic embarrassment
- CAS suspends Mayo for two years
- CAS suspends Mayo for two years
- Vasseur: Tour payments, Casper's case and team size
- CSF Group-Navigare to ride with Zen in '09
- Vasseur: Tour payments, Casper's case and team size
August 10
- Geslin to Française des Jeux
- Armstrong shows fitness in Leadville
- Kleinmann takes Holland Hills Classic
- Teutenberg powers to prologue win
- No Worlds for Voigt
- Wegmann "the last one left"
- Di Rocco pleased with Team Italy's medals
- Kupfernagel: Time on trial in gold rush
- Bertagnolli hits back at Fanini's Ferrari accusations
- Cancellara surprised with bronze
- Rollin sneaks up on a victory
- Storms can't stop Cooke's single-minded focus
- Favourites miss the move
- Cycling out of Olympics?
- Spain's Moreno becomes 2008 Games' first doping case
- Olympians return to Olympic course in Sydney
August 9
- Austrians satisfied
- Aerts "formidable"
- Too hot for the Germans
- Evans recovered, possible for time trial
- Fans, family upset with lack of access
- Cooke: heading for the bullseye in Beijing
- Spain asserts its dominance in Beijing
- Casper named as Tour's fifth positive
August 8
- Aaron's sweeps Women's Prestige Series
- Half of CSC in Beijing
- Germans among the favorites for the Tour de l'Ain
- Borrajo in Beijing
- Armstrong returns to racing in Leadville
- Schalk gets new challenger at Fool's Gold
- Step by step: Amaël Moinard, France's next big Tour contender?
- Sella admits to doping
- Szmyd to Liquigas
- British NPS Downhill #4 to Moelfre
- The TransWales summary
- Olympic Games - take three for Hermida
- Konka Crunch Mountain-bike Challenge
- Boulder Mountainbike Alliance launches bike park fundraising campaign
- Smog may delay Olympic road race
- Broken neck for Bertolini
- SoCal Interscholastic cycling league launched
August 7
- Absalon heads south to prepare for Beijing
- Jim Ochowicz: US team ready to repeat
- Bettini believes in Spanish-Italian match
- Holczer losing hope
- Germans hope for rain
- Olympics mean trouble for Columbia
- U.S. elite road champion will defend title
- Golden Wheelrace returns to T-town
- Valverde fears Schumacher and Bettini
- Hill returns to top podium step
- Longo unfazed by Beijing air
- Discovering a talented Spaniard
- Pendrel wins her first World Cup in Bromont
- Sastre – Champion with a heart
- Menzies makes return at Marion Classic
- Rolland: ready to serve in Beijing
- Eising to Revor
- 11 Olympic teams tested
- Fifth positive possible from Tour
- Tough beginnings for women in Beijing
- Bastianelli and Sella suspended by CONI
- Fuglsang signs with CSC-Saxo Bank
- Transfer rumour mill churning
- Buchanan debuts in World Cup big final
- Cyclo-cross skills in print
- 2009 Grande Boucle Féminine starts in Britain
- Sauser hopeful despite knee injury
August 6
- Volksbank with wildcard to Hamburg
- American cyclists apologize for wearing masks
- Japanese scores stage in France
- Armstrong returns to racing in Leadville
- Scott-American Beef excluded from Vuelta
- Tour of Ireland selects final three teams
- German impressions from Beijing
- Judith Arndt: Turning silver to gold
- Olympic Games leave US national championships wide open
- Beijing Olympics: The road to success
- BMC Team for upcoming races
- Absalon heads south to prepare for Beijing
- British Cycling director optimistic in doping fight
- CONI calls Sella
- Britain and New Zealand outfit Olympians with new aero gear
- Le Mevel signs with Française des Jeux
- Eisel re-ups with Columbia
- Dekker and Rabobank negotiate to part ways
- South Carolina velodrome plans up for review
August 5
- Hamilton: Landis welcome at Rock Racing
- Riccò names supplier
- Riders land for Olympic test
- Spanish champion leads team's Olympic charge
- Kvasina proud ahead of Croatia's Olympic cycling debut
- Sella and CSF Group face difficulties
- Aussie living in UK wins Felt-Cyclingnews Tour sweepstakes
- Riders react to Beijing air quality
- Bastianelli fronts CONI inquiry
- Giro's king of the mountain Sella positive for EPO-CERA
- Leogrande sues Decanio, Sonye for slander
- Deputy pleads not guilty in cyclists' deaths
- Smiddy charity ride aims for $400,000
- Surgery for Dietziker after criterium crash
- Training crash takes Albasini out of Olympics
- Lefevere: Boonen has felt cocaine fallout
August 4
- Criteriums continue
- Pic takes women's NRC lead
- Meier gets Garmin-Chipotle gig
- Rabobank to fight Rasmussen pay
- Cunego returns to racing in Tre Valli
- Horner to skip Vuelta
- Olympics: Evans in for Australia
- No Olympics for Gusev following team's dismissal
- Grabsch looking forward to Olympic time trial
- Aldag more than satisfied with Columbia mix
- Garmin-Chipotle, Liquigas headline Missouri field
- Beijing Olympics – will poor air quality mean poor performance?
- LPR Brakes-Ballan to Tour of Britain
- Exodus begins at Crédit Agricole
- Paulinho out of Olympics
August 3
- Eneco Tour to be renamed Benelux Tour in 2009
- Knaven slip sliding away
- More Criteriums over the weekend
- Australia going all out to win in Beijing
- Horner breaks collarbone at Elk Grove
- Giro Champion Contador hopes for Olympics medal
- Sauser hopeful despite knee injury
- Training problems in Beijing
- FCI turns screws tight on dopers
- Moncoutié extends with Cofidis
- Fuglsang signs with CSC-Saxo Bank
- Buchanan debuts in World Cup big final
- Beijing-bound Zabriskie optimistic for Olympic success
August 2
- Cunego out of Olympics
- Hill returns to top podium step
- Valverde passes final test before Beijing
- UCI grants wildcard to Australia for Olympic time trial
- Valverde passes final test before Beijing
- UCI grants wildcard to Australia for Olympic time trial
- Verbrugghe's future in doubt after fractured collarbone
August 1
- Denver fundraiser to support junior cycling
- Colombians announce doping positives
- Scott-American Beef signs stagiaires
- No Freire in San Sebastián
- D'Ettorre called in as Beijing reserve
- Hushovd out of Olympics
- Team Columbia sends opportunists to San Sebastián
- New Dutch pro team forms
- Crédit Agricole fails in sponsor quest
- China: the last frontier?
- Time running out for Legeay