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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>
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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>
      <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:02:12 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Meares, Meyer win gold to open World Cup meet (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Australia&#39;s Anna Meares won the women&#39;s sprint to open the Melbourne round of the cycling World Cup series on Thursday, beating China&#39;s Guo Shuang by 2-0 in the best-of-three gold medal ride off. Meares was a silver medalist in the sprint at the Beijing Olympics, where she beat Guo in the semifinals.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:14:26 PST</pubDate>
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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>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:32:31 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>Contador reaches preliminary deal to stay at Astana (Reuters)</title>
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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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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:27:27 PST</pubDate>
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      <title>BRIEF-Cycling-Italian Olympic Committee to sue Rebellin (Reuters)</title>
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cyclist tested positive for the banned blood-booster CERA at the
Beijing Olympics.
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      <description><![CDATA[Italian cyclist Davide Rebellin plans to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport after being stripped of his Olympic silver medal because of doping. Rebellin&#39;s lawyer, Fausto Pavone, told the Gazzetta dello Sport on Thursday they will wait the required three weeks before bringing their case to the Swiss court.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:06:58 PST</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[The German cycling union says Olaf Pollack&#39;s &quot;B&quot; sample confirmed the former track Olympic champion tested positive for doping. The union did not reveal which substance was involved. Pollack was suspended two months ago and faces a two-year ban. The cyclist won a gold medal in the team sprint at the 2000 Olympics and was silver medalist at last year&#39;s world championships.]]></description>
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      <title>Cycling aims for gender equality at 2012 Olympics (AP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Cycling&#39;s governing body confirmed Wednesday it will deliver proposals to the IOC for a track race program at the 2012 London Olympics that offers equal gold medal opportunities for men and women, and likely would deny American phenom Taylor Phinney a chance to compete in his specialty event. The Dec.]]></description>
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