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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[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[Stefanie Spielman, wife of Chris, dies of cancer]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[The wife of former NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman has died after a lengthy battle with cancer.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 19, 2009 14:26:24 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[Cyclist Priamo banned four years for doping]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Italian cyclist Matteo Priamo was banned for four years Thursday for supplying doping products to a teammate.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 12, 2009 01:43:36 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Landis falls to 17th place at Tour of Southland]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Floyd Landis dropped to 17th on the final day of the Tour of Southland, which included two stages on New Zealand's South Island.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 06, 2009 17:15:17 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Landis moves to 14th place at Tour of Southland]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Floyd Landis finished seventh in Friday's stage of the Tour of Southland, moving into 14th place overall after seven of nine stages.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 05, 2009 16:36:54 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Landis improves to 29th at Tour of Southland]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[American cyclist Floyd Landis improved six places to 29th overall, more than 12 minutes behind the leader, after the sixth stage of the nine-stage Tour of Southland.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 04, 2009 17:45:07 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Evans to join Armstrong in Tour Down Under]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[World road race champion Cadel Evans will join seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong in January's Tour Down Under.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 04, 2009 11:40:30 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Australian cyclist Evans signs with BMC Racing]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Road race world champion Cadel Evans of Australia signed a three-year contract with BMC racing with a victory in next year's Tour de France as his main goal, the American cycling team said Monday.]]></description>
			<pubDate>November 02, 2009 03:36:32 PST EST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Landis: Competing in Tour de France is unlikely]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[American cyclist Floyd Landis has told a New Zealand newspaper it is unlikely he will compete again in the Tour de France.]]></description>
			<pubDate>October 31, 2009 17:57:23 PDT EST</pubDate>
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