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	Cancellara Conquers TT World Championships Reigning Olympic time trial champion, Fabian Cancellara, expanded his collection of gold medals by winning the 2009 Men’s Elite Individual Time Trial in Mendrisio, Switzerland. Powering his prototype Specialized S-Works Shiv TT machine, the Swiss man nicknamed “Spartacus” simply crushed the competition, establishing a dominant lead by the first time check and adding to it virtually every meter thereafter. Details

	Sam Hill Wins UCI World Cup Championship Schladming, Austria- Monster Energy Specialized racing ended the 2009 Mountain Bike season on top at World Cup Finals held this weekend. Sam Hills win today allowed him to secure the overall UCI World Cup Downhill Title, while Sam’s teammate Brendan Fairclough also made a trip to the podium in 5th place leading to 8th overall in the series. Details

	Barredo Breaks Through at San Sebastian Carlos Barredo of Team Quick Step bolted to a dramatic victory in Saturday's 237km, six-climb race across Spain's rainy Basque Country in the 29th Clásica San Sebastián. Details...

	Andy Schleck Finishes Second Overall in the Tour de France After three weeks of hard and vicious riding around France, the field today went out on lthe last 164 kilometer of parading the caravan to Paris, of which 52 kilometres were done on one of the world's most busy streets, the Champs Elysées. Details

	Globe Reward Winners The Globe Reward was a promotion offering a free Specialized helmet and entry to win a weekly fruit basket for a month. This promotion has now finished and the prize winners have been drawn. Details...

	Schleck Brothers on the Rise Frank and Andy Schleck lit up the Tour de France in Wednesday's decisive 169.5km 17th stage, winning the stage and slotting into second and third places overall. Details

	Cancellara Roars Into Yellow Jersey at Tour The reigning Olympic time trial champion took a page from his winning strategy from last year’s gold medal performance in Beijing, staying close to the climbers in the first hard part of the course and then turning on the afterburners in the closing kilometers to claim victory. Details

	Boonen Barrels Into Record-Book Tom Boonen confirmed yet again he's the king of the cobblestones after winning the "queen of the classics" for the third time in five years at Paris-Roubaix on Sunday. Story & Photos

	Frank Schleck Wins Tour of California Finale Frank Schleck finished the Tour of California in the same manner in which it started, with a victory for the Saxo Bank team. At the end of a murderously fast final stage that started in Rancho Bernardo, Schleck outsprinted Vincent Nibali (Liquigas) to take the win today in front of huge adoring crowd in Escondido. Story & Photos

	Tour of California: Spartacus Stomps Sacramento Prologue Fabian Cancellara (Team Saxo Bank) is 1-for-1 on his new Specialized bikes. Boosted by Specialized BG Fit Integration Technology and his lightning-quick S-Works Transition bike, the rider known as "Spartacus" dominated the prologue of the 2009 Tour of California. Story & Photos

	Boonen King of Qatar for Third Time Quick Step's Tom Boonen might be the king of the cobblestones, but he's certainly taking a liking to the windy, wide-open roads of Qatar, where he won his third overall title. "I wanted to see if a winter's worth of hard work has paid off," Boonen said. "I guess it has." Story & Photos

	Boonen Takes Podium at Qatar Stage 3 Quick Step's Tom Boonen emerged the victor after what felt like a day-long sprint at the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. The win is his first of the 2009 season, and it vaulted him into the overall lead. Story & Photos

	Quick Step Steps Up for 2009 Specialized was honored to be on-hand for the official launch of the 2009 Quick Step team on January 23rd in Kortrijk, Belgium. A squad packed with returning stars Tom Boonen and Stijn Devlolder was joined by newcomers Sylvain Chavanel and Allan Davis. Story & Photos

	Specialized Teams Claim 1st and 2nd at First Pro Tour Race of Season After three stage wins at Australia's Tour Down Under, Quick Step's Allan Davis turned a collective 25-second lead into a huge overall win yesterday to take the first Pro Tour race of the season; Saxo Bank’s Stuart O'Grady claimed a well-fought 2nd place. Story & Photos

	Third Time's a Charm for Davis Down Under Allan Davis of Team Quick Step scored a hat trick Saturday with his third stage victory in season's first Pro Tour event, the Tour Down Under. The win further consolidated his overall lead and should place him in a well-deserved position atop the final podium. Story & Photos

	Quick Step’s Allan Davis Secures His Second Win at Tour Down Under Draped in the leader’s jersey, Allan Davis flexed his sprinting muscles again today to take an unexpected second win at Stage 4 of Australia's Tour Down Under, while Saxo Bank's Stuart O'Grady collected another 4th place finish. The 143-km stage from Burnside Village to Angaston started with a three-man breakaway—led, in part, by UniSA Australia's Travis Meyer—that managed to stay ahead of the peloton until the final 20 kilometers and ended with a mad dash to the line by the sprinter's teams. Story & Photos

	Specialized Teams Dominate Second Stage of Australia’s Tour Down Under Racing exclusively on Specialized bikes and equipment, Quick Step's Allan Davis collected another stage win at Australia's Tour Down Under yesterday, after an 145-km all-out battle from Hahndorf to Stirling. Yesterday's victory makes the fourth Tour Down Under stage win for Davis since 2006, who has attended all 11 editions of the infamous early season race. Saxo Bank's Stuart O'Grady took 4th. Story & Photos

	A Perfect BG FIT: Specialized & Team Saxo Bank In December of 2008, Specialized sent a crew to Denmark to introduce the Saxo Bank team to their new Body Geometry shoes. Carl Bird (Director of Equipment) and Dr. Andy Pruitt (Director of the Boulder Center for Sports Medicine and deign consultant to Specialized) explained BG technology and did some preliminary fitting with several riders. Trip Report, Videos & Photos

	Burry Stander Pilots His Epic to Season Opening Win in South Africa The South African mountain bike season has kicked off early at the first round of the South African XC Cup in Stellenbosch. Burry's Report & Photos

	Specialized Sponsors Downhill Champs Sam Hill and Brendan Fairclough Specialized announced today a much anticipated decision to sponsor Team Monster Energy in 2009—home to two of the most notorious faces in downhill racing, 2X World DH Champion Sam Hill and 2006 Junior World Cup DH Champion Brendan Fairclough. Details

	Aero Research As the buzz around wind tunnel testing continues to swarm on aerodynamics forums and bike company websites across the globe, Specialized is making a concerted effort to give you more and more data and feedback on how our products stack up when it comes to aerodynamic performance. We figure we've done our homework (and continue to do it), so why not share the goods? Details

	Christoph Sauser Wins in Cederberg, South Africa aboard his Stumpjumper Christoph wins in Cederberg, South Africa aboard his Stumpjumper. While there he spent some time at the BMX track with local children. Read what Christoph had to say about it. Details

	Cunego Adds to List of Season Victories with Japan Cup Win After the great win in Giro di Lombardia, Damiano Cunego added another victory to his seasonal palmares. Details

	Cunego Wins His Third Giro di Lombardia It's more difficult to win when you're the race favorite, but Damiano Cunego (Specialized helmets and optics) and his Lampre team mates controlled the race. The Italian rider won his third Giro di Lombardia and team Lampre obtained another victory in this fabulous Fall classic. Details

	Notice Regarding Counterfeit Tarmac Framesets Specialized has learned of counterfeit S-Works Tarmac framesets being sold from several online marketplaces like eBay, Craigslist, and other regional online sources. Bikes and framesets sold through Authorized Specialized Dealers are NOT affected. Details

	Ballan Wins as Bettini Waves Goodbye Paolo Bettini (Specialized bikes) didn't win his third consecutive rainbow jersey, but the Italian legend enjoyed a sweet send off of his long and successful career as Italian teammate Alessandro Ballan (Specialized helmet-optics) surged to the world title Sunday in Varese. Details

	Specialized Factory Racing Adds Firepower Specialized is proud to announce the addition of two of mountain bike racing's most prominent riders to its factory racing program, Burry Stander and Todd Wells. The riders join one of the longest-running and most successful racing teams in the sport's history, with a roster that includes reigning UCI cross-country world champion, Christoph Sauser, and Norway's Lene Byberg, with leadership from the legendary Ned Overend. Details

	Trond Hansen wins 26TRIX in Leogang Last Friday and Saturday, 30 riders from 12 countries rocked the mega sized 26TRIX dirt line in Leogang, Austria. With two stunning runs Norwegian Trond Hansen took first place and earned himself 3.500 Euros in cash. Andi Wittmann from Germany showed technically very difficult combos on the most tricky parts of the track and won the Oakley Sick-O-Award. Details

	Wailin’ Wouter Makes it Five for Quick Step in Spain Quick Step and Specialized winning ways in Spain continued Wednesday with a spectacular sprint victory by rising talent, Wouter Weylandt, in a hotly contested run on narrow streets into Valladolid. Details

	Boonen Jets to Impressive Vuelta Win Tom Boonen (Specialized bikes) powered to his second stage win of the 63rd Vuelta to give Quick Step four victories through 16 stages of racing in the Spanish tour. Details

	Sauser Wins XC World Cup Final Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) won the final round of the UCI World Cup in Schladming, Austria. With a quick start and a powerful finish on his S-Works Epic, Sauser's victory took some sting out of an Olympic performance hindered by injury. Story & Photos

	Alvarez Takes Championship in Schladming Specialized Factory Racing's Rafael Alvarez claimed the World Cup Series Championship in 4X (four cross) at the series' final round held Friday night in Schladming, Austria. Details

	Bettini Sprints to Beautiful Vuelta Victory Paolo Bettini (Specialized bikes) is back at his best just in time for a run at third consecutive world championship title in Varese later this month. Details

	Bettini Dashes to Victory to Cap Exciting First Week Riding his S-Works Tarmac SL2 to perfection, Bettini shot off the wheel of Philippe Gilbert with about 75 meters to go on a rising finish into Toledo to sweep to his third victory of the 2008 season. Story & Photos

	Flying Sauser Wins Worlds! Christoph Sauser (Specialized Factory Racing) positively flew to victory in Sunday's mountain bike cross country world championships in Val di Sole, Italy. Aboard a prototype S-Works Epic xc race bike, "Susi" took the lead on the first lap and never looked back. Story & Photos

	Alvarez Claims UCI 4X World Championship Specialized sponsored athlete Rafa Alvarez of Spain captured the 2008 UCI 4X Mountain Bike World Championship held today in Val di Sole, Italy. Alvarez rode to the rainbow-jersey victory on board his Specialized SX with FSR suspension. Details

	Epic Victory for Junior World Champ Peter Sagan proved to be the smartest and the strongest rider on his S-Works Epic by earning himself the rainbow stripes of the 2008 Junior Cross Country World Champion. Details

	Sport Relief - Adrian and Alan Beat the Clock Alan Shearer and Adrian Chiles have successfully cycled a gruelling 335 miles from Newcastle to London, via West Brom, in just two days to raise money for Sport Relief. Read More....