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			<title><![CDATA[Ex-Tour champion Pereiro joins Astana for 2010]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Former Tour de France champion Oscar Pereiro has agreed to a one-year deal to ride for Astana in 2010.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 09, 2009 01:53:36 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Cyclist Jimenez fails doping test, suspended]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Spanish cyclist Eladio Jimenez has been provisionally suspended by the International Cycling Union after testing positive for EPO.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 08, 2009 03:35:19 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Phinney sends petition, 4,408 signatures to IOC]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Taylor Phinney is getting some last-minute help in the quest to keep his specialty event on the Olympic cycling program.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 07, 2009 14:44:09 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Italians ask for two-year ban on cyclist Biondo]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Italian Olympic Committee's anti-doping prosecutor has recommended a maximum two-year ban for cyclist Maurizio Biondo.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 04, 2009 04:48:45 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. cyclist Williams banned over drug violation]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency says cyclist Kenneth Williams has accepted a two-year suspension for using an anabolic agent.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 03, 2009 13:10:00 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Armstrong's team selected for Tour Down Under]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Yaroslav Popovych of the Ukraine and Belgium's Gert Steegmans will ride for Lance Armstrong's RadioShack team at the Tour Down Under cycle race in Adelaide in January.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 02, 2009 19:53:50 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Basso to return to Tour de France with Liquigas]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Former Giro d'Italia champion Ivan Basso will return to the Tour de France next year following a four-year absence.]]></description>
			<pubDate>December 01, 2009 06:42:38 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Contador's cycling team gets ProTour license]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alberto Contador's Astana team has been registered to race on the International Cycling Union's ProTour calendar.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 25, 2009 08:47:09 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[UCI wants financial promises for Astana license]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador's Astana team is again in doubt after cycling's ruling body made new demands for financial guarantees.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 24, 2009 02:11:51 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Armstrong's new team announces 2010 lineup]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong's new RadioShack racing team has released its full 2010 lineup, which includes former Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Kloden and Yaroslav Popovych.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 23, 2009 11:30:53 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Italians ban cyclist Da Ros 20 years for doping]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Cyclist Gianni Da Ros has been banned for 20 years by the Italian Olympic Committee because of doping.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 23, 2009 03:02:46 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Austrian officials hand Pfannberger lifetime ban]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The Austrian cycling federation says Christian Pfannberger has been banned for life by the national anti-doping agency after a second doping offense.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 21, 2009 01:30:31 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Kazakhs pledge $22M to keep Astana running]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Kazakhstan's state sovereign fund pledged $22 million in financial backing to the Astana cycling team Friday, ensuring the squad stays alive and Tour de France champion Alberto Contador remains in its ranks.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 20, 2009 01:48:57 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Astana to keep Contador if it meets conditions]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has agreed to finish the final year of his Astana contract on condition that the team receives its Pro Tour license.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 19, 2009 09:12:37 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[German cycling: Pollack's 'B' sample positive]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The German cycling union says Olaf Pollack's "B" sample confirmed the former track Olympic champion tested positive for doping.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 19, 2009 05:18:35 PST EST</pubDate>
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