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Next year Kim Kirchen will ride for the Russian Katusha squad having made the move from Columbia-HTC team of Mark Cavendish.

Many observers believe a deal will be struck to bring Bradley Wiggins, who finished fourth overall in this year's Tour de France, to Team Sky.

Photograph: Pascal Guyot/AFP/Getty Images Team Sky have confirmed three more signings, bringing the number of cyclists in the line-up of Britain's new team to 22.

The outgoing chief executive of Credit Agricole told the Reuters Global Finance Summit that he was leaving France's biggest retail bank well-placed for 2010 and set for solid growth at its core domestic business.

Who mistimed their holiday, who admired Hitler, and what's Bradley Wiggins shouting about? They're all here in our celebration of sport's stranger moments in 2009 Serena Williams in her titilating T-shirt. Photograph: Neil Tingle/Empics BBC presenter Clare Balding.

Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.

LONDON - European stock markets rose Wednesday after strong earnings from French bank Credit Agricole SA and a surprise increase in British employment levels.

Alberto Contador once again proved too strong for his rivals and took the win in the 8th edition of the Amstel Curacao race repeating his victory in 2007 finishing alone The two time winner of the Tour de France escaped just before the finish at the Lions Dive & Beach Resort.

Junior male track and road cyclist, Cameron Meyer . Ttrack world champion another year wiser After spending his first year in the professional ranks, talented young Australian Cameron Meyer believes that the confidence gained in his debut season should help him achieve even bigger things in 2010, which will probably include another ride in the Giro ...

Bradley Wiggins described Team Sky as the Manchester United of cycling teams. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Team Sky will delay naming their full line-up with the final roster hingeing on their ongoing last-ditch efforts to sign Bradley Wiggins from the American Garmin-Slipstream team.

With Cadel Evans signing onto the team, BMC is virtually guaranteed a spot in the 2010 Tour de France.

Rob Hayles upstaged Great Britain's Olympic cycling heroes at the opening Tour of Britain stage in London yesterday.

Sir Chris Hoy and Geraint Thomas showed Great Britain remain the world's leading nation at Manchester's Velodrome with stunning victories at the Track World Cup.

Surviving success was tough but that is the goal for Team GB cyclist. Photograph: Vladimir Rys/Getty Images A year ago this week, Great Britain's cyclists assembled for the World Cup in Manchester in the euphoric haze that followed the team's domination in Beijing.

Team RadioShack general manager Johan Bruyneel has reflected on a manic season at Astana, the experiened Belgian not mincing his words on a number of topics, including the Kazakh squad and his former star rider, Alberto Contador The man who guided Lance Armstrong, and more recently, Contador, to their Tour de France wins, opened up to Belgian ...

French bank Credit Agricole said it had no plans for talks on a merger with rival Societe Generale and insurer Groupama, after Le Monde newspaper reported that Agricole was studying such a deal.

Amundi Asset Management will be the new name of the combined asset management businesses of Credit Agricole and Societe Generale, effective Jan.

Castelli unveiled its new "Dress Like a Pro" program at this year's Interbike show whereby regular consumers will now have access to exact same custom clothing pieces as supplied to the Cervelo Test Team - instead of diluted pieces that only look like the real thing.

Bradley Wiggins collected a nifty trophy for winning the Jayco Herald Sun Tour - but he has his eyes on another prize in 2010.

BRADLEY Wiggins departs Australia today having claimed the first professional stage race of his soaring career after an intriguing criterium in which his Garmin-Slipstream team opted to protect the lead of the British superstar, rather than propel young Australian Chris Sutton to a victory he desperately wanted.