AFP/File America's seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong, seen here in January 2010, will race Tue Feb 9, 4:16 pm ET PARIS America's seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong will race in the cycling's first one day classic of the season the Milan-Sanremo on March 20 announced the race organisers on Tuesday.

Bruno Risi of Switzerland, left, won the derny pace on the last day of the ?Six days of Copenhagen? race in Ballerup, Copenhagen, Tuesday Feb.

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Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Twenty-four hours after winning the opening stage, Team Sky hit the earth with a bump on day two of the Tour of Qatar, literally in the case of the experienced Norwegian Kurt-Asle Arvesen, who crashed in the neutralised zone and fractured his collarbone.

AFP Quickstep team rider Kevin Weert of Belgium, seen here before the start of the second stage of the Tour Mon Feb 8, 12:54 pm ET DOHA Belgian Topsport rider Geert Steurs won the second stage of the Tour of Qatar on Monday after edging Dutchman Wouter Mol of the Vacansoleil team, who assumed the overall lead.

The B-sample of the 2009 Vuelta a Guatemala winner Nery Velsquez has also come back positive, according to the president of the Guatemalan Cycling Federation.

Taylor Phinney and the Trek-Livestrong squad take on the big boys on February 7 in the Tour of Qatar.

'There was no way I was not going to be part of a British team. Someone was always going to get hurt.

Italy cycling coach Franco Ballerini has died after an accident in a rally car, a hospital spokesperson said.

The Italian Cycling Federation says national team coach Franco Ballerini has died following a crash during an amateur rally race.

Britain's Bradley Wiggins made a stunning debut for Team Sky to help their eight-man squad win the opening team time trial at the Tour of Qatar.

The Tour of Qatar starts on Sunday, and for one family in Belgium the 2010 race will mark a sad anniversary.

Qatar plus Tour of Oman will be 'good training for the classics' Boonen says he's aiming to add to his tally in Qatar ... and in this year's spring classics.

Lance versus Contador II. Team Sky versus tradition. Electronic shifting going mainstream.

USA Cycling announced today the fourth edition of the USA Cycling Professional Tour, which is highlighted by an expanded calendar and two first-time UCI events.

Ten ads to look for during the Super Bowl, which airs Sunday on CBS: ANHEUSER-BUSCH: The brewer has five minutes of ads this year to pitch Bud Light, Budweiser and others.

A star-studded field, featuring world individual pursuit champion Alison Shanks and Olympic bronze medallist Marc Ryan, will grace Cycling Otago's biggest weekend.

Denmark-born cyclist Linda Villumsen will make her debut in BikeNZ colours at this month's Women's Tour of New Zealand, after becoming a New Zealand citizen last month.

University of Zurich seeks elite athletes for training camp research The Center for Integrative Human Physiology of the University of Zurich is planning a scientific study to investigate the effects of altitude traning on performance.

The 2010 USA Cycling Collegiate Road season kicked off last weekend in Tucson with the University of Arizona Criterium, the year's first collegiate cycling race.