Gabriele Bosisio denied using the banned blood-booster EPO at a hearing with the Italian Olympic Committee’s Anti-Doping prosecutor today. 29-year-old Bosisio had taken an out-of-competition test in September that showed traces of EPO in his blood. Bosisio rode for LPR, which is also the team of Danilo Di Luca, who finished second at the Giro d’Italia, but was suspended for doping. Gabriele Bosisio came under suspicion because of the UCI’s “biological passport.” The “passport,” created last year, keeps track of blood levels of professionals around the world.

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Portland Design Works introduces their super-bright Radbot 1000 rear blinkie light, which features a 1 watt red LED light. The light has two simple modes, blink or steady. The Portland Design Works Radbot 1000 Rear Blinkie is one of the brightest rear lights out right now, and it also features an integrated reflector for when the batteries die. The Portland Design Works Radbot 1000 Rear Blinkie comes with seatpost and seatstay mounts, as well as a rear rack mount for people who have racks on the back of their bikes. The light will sell for $30, and there is also a 1/2 watt version available for a little bit cheaper.

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23-year-old Gianni Da Ros, who previously rode for Liquigas, has been given a 20-year ban by Italy’s National Anti-doping Tribunal. This record ban comes as a result of trafficking doping substances. Da Ros was arrested in March in the city of Padua. He’s just one of 12 people who have been arrested as the result of an investigation ordered by Milan’s state prosecutor. Amateur racers, physios, gym staff, and traders have all been detained in a doping bust that included 64 searches all across the country. The bust was initiated 18 months after a report on TV was shown, titled Muscles and Doping, which showed how athletes could get doping substances from traders.

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Australia’s Timothy Roe had a successful season this year riding with Savings and Loans, which has opened up several opportunities for 2010. The 20-year-old from Glenelg, South Australia, has accepted an offer from Trek-Livestrong for the 23 and under squad. “Signing with Livestrong wasn’t as easy as it seemed as I had other good offers that needed a lot of thought. But in the end I felt that the professional support from Lance and his team, especially with Axel Merckx as the director sportif, was too good a opportunity to miss,” says Roe. Roe is set to meet with his 2010 teammates at the Trek-Livestrong training camp next month in the US. “I am looking forward to meeting all the guys and Axel, maybe even Lance,” he says. “I am really looking forward to doing a proper race program next year and racing the…

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Team RadioShack has just announced their roster for the 2010 season, featuring 26 riders from 16 different countries. “It is a well balanced team. We have experienced riders – with some of them I worked already many years in my former teams – but we also have young talents who can develop in the perfect environment. I am happy that our sponsors want to invest in the future of cycling. Our main goal will be the Tour de France and other stage races but I am confident that, with these riders, we can perform very well in the one-day races as well. I look forward to the new season with Team RadioShack and our first training camp,” says RadioShack team director Johan Bruyneel. Team RadioShack has also announced that their first training camp will be held next month, in Tucson, Arizona. The 2010 roster is as…

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Danny MacAskill was made famous by placing his extreme stunts on Youtube, and from their his legacy started. One of his Street Trials Bike is up for auction on eBay to benefit BBC Children in Need. The video where the specific bike is up for auction has well over 12 million views on Youtube, and has even led Danny a commercial deal. The auction is live at eBay now, and ends November 27th 2009.

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For a while, it seemed as if Astana was going to collapse due to financial instability. However, Kazakh officials have answered the call for help and have offered a guaranteed $22 million in backing to keep Astana up and running, at least for another year. This news comes just in time, as two-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador has just reached a tentative agreement to ride with Astana in 2010. “Samruk-Kazyna (state holding) has provided UCI with a guarantee of financial backing worth 15 million Euro($22 million) for this season,” says Nikolai Proskurin, Kazakh Cycling Federation deputy president.

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