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      <title>Astana cycling team on the brink after new demands (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The future of Tour de France champion Alberto Contador&#39;s Astana team is again in doubt after cycling&#39;s ruling body made new demands for financial guarantees. Kazakh Cycling Federation deputy president Nikolai Proskurin said Tuesday that the International Cycling Union is demanding a bank guarantee of Astana&#39;s annual budget before it will renew its ProTour license.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 04:26:58 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Lance Armstrong's new team announces lineup (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Lance Armstrong&#39;s new RadioShack racing team is getting ready to ride. Team manager Johan Bruyneel announced a 26-rider lineup for 2010 on Monday, including Armstrong&#39;s former Astana teammates Levi Leipheimer, Andreas Kloeden and Yaroslav Popovych. Armstrong, a seven-time Tour de France champion, came out of retirement to race the 2009 tour with Astana and finished third at age 37, making...]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 14:56:52 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Italian cyclist Da Ros banned 20 years for doping (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cyclist Gianni Da Ros received a 20-year ban Monday because of doping, one of the stiffest sanctions imposed by the Italian Olympic Committee. Da Ros was arrested in March while training with Italy&#39;s national track cycling team in Padua and immediately suspended by his Liquigas team. Ten other people were arrested as part of an inquiry into a doping trafficking ring in northern Italy.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:13:50 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>BRIEF-Cycling-Italian Da Ros given 20-year doping ban (Reuters)</title>
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      <description>Liquigas rider Gianni Da Ros has
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      <pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:36:37 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Meares wins 2 more golds at WCup (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Australia&#39;s Anna Meares claimed three gold medals at the Melbourne round of the cycling World Cup, adding the women&#39;s 500 meter time trial and keiran to her sprint gold of the first day. Meares took Australia&#39;s gold medal tally at Melbourne to eight from 17 events, ahead of New Zealand with four, and left Australia clear of Great Britain on overall standings after two World Cup rounds.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:31:31 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Cyclist Pfannberger gets lifetime ban for doping (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cyclist Christian Pfannberger has been banned for life by the national anti-doping agency NADA after a second doping offense, the Austrian cycling federation said Saturday. Pfannberger, a two-time Austrian national champion, pulled out of the Giro d&#39;Italia and was suspended by his Katusha team in May after he tested positive for the banned drug EPO in an out-of-competition check on March 19.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:53:30 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Kazakhs pledge $22 million for Astana cycling team (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Kazakhstan&#39;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. Astana&#39;s current racing license is due to expire at the end of next year, but recurring delays in paying salaries to riders have prompted the International Cycling Union to demand...]]></description>
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      <title>Contador reaches preliminary deal to stay with Astana (Reuters)</title>
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      <description> * Tour de France champion strikes agreement
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:13:16 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Contador agrees to finish contract with Astana (AP)</title>
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      <description>Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has agreed to see out the final year of his Astana contract on condition that the team receives its Pro Tour license. Contador said in a statement on Thursday that the initial agreement to remain with the Kahzak-based team and see out his contract through 2010 also depends on the team maintaining its strict internal doping controls.</description>
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      <description>Spain's Tour de France champion
Alberto Contador has reached a preliminary agreement with his
Astana team to fulfil his contract until the end of 2010.
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