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NEWS  by Lee Rodgers

Anti-Inflammatory Foods Pineapple, walnuts and red onions on the menu 
We all know how wonderful food is - it is, in fact, one of the truly wonderful things about being alive, all those delicious, seemingly endless possible concoctions of wonderful flavors, textures and colors available. Yet it is the healt...  12/27/11 18:01

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CyclingTime.com Rider of the Year-Lee's Choice  
There are a host of candidates for the accolade of Rider of the Year in 2012 and it is a hard choice to make. Philippe Gilbert proved yet again that he is one of the greatest one day riders of his generation and also impressed hugely at ...  12/26/11 14:40

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Most Wanted: Campagnolo Ghibli Pista Track Rear Wheel A masterpiece 
We doubt we’d ever use this beautiful Ghibli Pista Track rear wheel as we almost never get the chance to ride the track and don’t have a fixie, but ever since seeing our first full carbon disc wheel schouw-schouw-schouw past ...  12/26/11 10:21

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Review: Specialized S-Works Road Shoes Technology loaded, but worth $380 price tag? 
Specialized has become one of the largest companies in the bike industry since it was first created in 1974 by Mike Sinyard in Morgan Hill, California. The Allez road bike and the Stumpjumper mountain bike quickly became industry staples...  12/25/11 09:00

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Fuji To Sponsor Champion System In 2012 Asia’s first ever Pro-Continental team get new sponsorship deal 
Fuji Bikes has announced that it will be the official bike sponsor of the first-ever pro-continental cycling team based in Asia, Champion System.   The Champion System squad will race in 2012 on the Fuji Altamira's and SST's...  12/24/11 09:00

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Cavendish Named British Sportsperson Of The Year Third cyclist to win BBC award 
Mark Cavendish has won the BBC’s highly prestigious Sports Personality of the Year award after a scintillating season that saw the Manx rider claim five stages at the Tour de France and the Green Jersey, three stages at the Giro d&...  12/23/11 11:38

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Boasson Hagen Signs 3 Year Contract With Sky Classics will be Norwegian’s main target 
Team Sky’s management expressed their understandable delight at the announcement that Edvald Boasson Hagen has extended his contract with the British team until 2015.    “Edvald is widely recognized as one of the mo...  12/22/11 14:40

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The Mechanic Diaries The now-defunct HTC-Highroad team’s mechanics captured on film 
As we all know, the HTC-Highroad team has sadly disappeared from the WorldTour ranks. One of the most successful teams of recent years, the American team brought a new level of professionalism to many aspects of the sport in their drive ...  12/22/11 11:58

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Ten Top Tips For Riding In The Rain How to be better prepared for those wet days 
Most people don’t like riding in the rain. Living in England though as a youngster I learned to endure the wet. After all, if you stayed in every time it rained in the UK you might only ride thirty days a year...   Learning ho...  12/21/11 18:22

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Film Chronicles Garmin-Cervelo Riders’ Story Journey To A Dream offers wonderful insight into the pro life 
Filmmaker Nigel Dicks has created a very interesting short film featuring the riders of Garmin-Cervelo and the owner Jonathan Vaughters that allows the cycling fan a look inside the team that won the award of Best Team in the Tour de Fra...  12/21/11 16:01

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Cyclepassion 2012 Calendar On Sale Now It’s not all mud, sweat and pain in women’s cycling 
First released in 2006, the Cyclepassion annual calendar is on sale now. The calendar features a heady selection of some very fine female cyclists proving that women’s cycling has a glamorous side to it.    Featured are M...  12/21/11 14:00

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Frank & Andy Schleck Star In The Road Uphill Next stop Hillywood?  
The feature film The Road Uphill stars brothers Andy and Frank Schleck as they prepare over the season for the biggest race on earth, the Tour de France. The film premiered in Luxembourg yesterday to a packed house.   The 2011 Tour ...  12/19/11 17:11

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The Truth About Coffee We spill the beans on the world’s favorite, erm, beans.... 
Coffee. Lovely stuff. A kick in a cup. A jolt in a jar. Long the cyclist’s favorite pre- and mid-ride tipple, said to give the rider a boost when needed, and even to aid in weight loss, yet the positive and negatives of coffee have...  12/19/11 14:52

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Arthritis Prevention  
Arthritis is a medical condition that afflicts millions of people around the world. When severe it can be extremely painful and requires many sufferers to take solace in prescription drugs to dull the pain. However, it may be that cyclin...  12/16/11 14:49

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Vacansoleil-DCM Reveal New Bianchi Oltre Return to the big time for Bianchi 
Italian bike maker Bianchi marks its return to the top echelon or world cycling by sponsoring Dutch team Vacansoleil-DCM in 2012. Bianchi claim the Oltre is “one of the best racing machines we have ever made.”   Designed...  12/16/11 14:33

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Menchov Signs For Katusha Back to Russia for former Giro & Vuelta winner 
After seeing his Vuelta a Espana winning team Geox-TMC collapse in a burst of flames, Denis Menchov was finally unveiled as a Katusha rider, in somewhat of a homecoming for the Russian.    Menchov won the Vuelta a Espana in 200...  12/15/11 16:26

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Greipel Hungry For A Win In Santos Tour Down Under German wants to make history with 3rd GC win 
Andre Greipel of the Lotto-Belisol team is gunning for an historic third overall victory in the Santos Tour Down Under. The big German sprinter won the event in 2008 and 2010 and shares the record for overall wins with Australia’s ...  12/14/11 18:43

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Giant-Kenda Team To Race Tour of Oman & Tour of Qatar Big plans ahead for UCI Continental Team 
  The UCI Continental Giant-Kendal Professional Cycling Team has built a large team in 2012 to compete in the UCI Asia Tour and also, in February next year, three major events in India, Oman and Qatar.      The Giant-...  12/13/11 23:13

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EDITOR'S CHOICE: Tour de France, A History- Tales of the Tour Part II The legends remembered 
Editor's Choice gives you an opportunity to read some of the reports you may have missed or to re-visit some of your favorite articles...   1948 was not a vintage Tour, but its importance will never be forgotten. It was so impor...  12/13/11 15:21

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EDITOR's Choice: Tour de France, A History - Tales of the Tour Part I The great feats of the Tour remembered 
Editor's Choice gives you an opportunity to read some of the reports you may have missed or to re-visit some of your favorite articles...   Where do we start? It would make sense of course to start at the very beginning, way bac...  12/12/11 15:15

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