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Cooke’s Gold comes at the end of a long road

It took about 14 months for Nicole Cooke and the British cycling team to concoct a plan that would give her the best possible chance of winning an historic gold medal. But some would argue the 25-year-old Welshwoman has been preparing for an Olympic triumph all her life. Cooke on Sunday handed Britain its first gold of the Games and became the first Briton to win an Olympic road race when she beat Sweden's Emma Johansson to the finish line of the women's event here on Sunday.

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Cooke weathers storm to take Olympic gold

Great Britain’s Nicole Cooke didn’t raise her arms in glory after uncorking a winning sprint at the end of Sunday’s rain soaked Olympic road race. The blonde Welshwoman, 25, instead let fly with an ear piercing shriek that echoed throughout the Juyongguan Pass area of China’s Great Wall.

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The hardest Olympics ever?

George Hincapie is one cool character, but before starting his fifth Olympic Games on Saturday in Beijing, the veteran American broke into a sweat ahead of what’s being hailed as the hardest Olympic race ever. Why? Torrid is one word to describe conditions for what was, at 245km, the longest road race in Olympic Games history. Some were quickly calling it the most demanding as well.

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Agritubel suspends Casper

French cyclist Jimmy Casper has been provisionally suspended from his team, Agritubel, following positive doping tests taken while he was riding in last month's Tour de France. Casper was in a list of five riders whose tests revealed positive during the Tour which finished in Paris on July 27, L'Equipe newspaper reported on its website. But the 30 year old racer denied any wrongdoing, saying he has an official dispensation – a Therapeutic Use Exemption (TUE) – to take medicine for asthma.

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Miller scores elite women’s road title

Tibco’s Brooke Miller scored a big win at the 2008 USA Cycling National Road Championships on Friday, outsprinting Tina Pic (Colavita-Sutter Home) and Katharine Carroll (Aaron's) at the end of 123-kilometer race in Irvine, California. Miller was national collegiate road champion in 2005, but the win on Friday marked her first elite title.

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Sanchez takes Olympic gold in Beijing

On a sweltering day that saw many riders succumb to Beijing’s heat and humidity, Samuel Sanchez timed a last-minute acceleration to perfection to win the 2008 Olympic men’s road race. The Spanish climber crossed the finish line beneath China’s Great Wall just inches ahead of Italian Davide Rebellin. Swiss world time-trial champ Fabian Cancellara, who was riding without any teammates, collected the bronze.

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Small teams, long climb make finishing strength a must in women’s Olympic road race

On the eve of the women’s Olympic road race, the best female riders in the world are wondering just how the event will play out. “There’s only two circuits, so that should be enough to break it up. But it really depends on if people are willing to set a good tempo on the climb,” said American Amber Neben. “It comes down to whether people choose to actually ride. A lot of times you get the selection over the top but people aren’t willing to ride afterward so it comes back together.”

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VeloNews posts record-breaking circulation, ad-sales numbers

Boulder, CO, August 8, 2008 — VeloNews, the Journal of Competitive Cycling, announced today that it has achieved record high total circulation numbers. VeloNews' most recent filing with the Audit Bureau of Circulations shows a 40% increase in newsstand sales and a 10% overall increase in circulation. This new circulation level is the highest ever in the magazine's 36-year history. The VeloNews ABC filing for the six months ending June 30, 2008 and subject to audit, showed paid circulation of 47,546 and total paid/non-paid circulation of 49,222.

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Armstrong says Olympic road racing would benefit from bigger teams

American Kristin Armstrong is making only her second appearance at the Olympic Games, but she already has a few ideas about how to improve things — particularly when it comes to the women’s road race. Although road cycling is a team sport, the Olympic format makes it more of an individual event, says the 35-year-old from Boise, Idaho.

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Williams, Rodriguez win U23 crit crowns at USA Cycling nationals

Justin Williams (Rock Racing) and Beatriz Rodriguez (SC Velo) won their respective under-23 criteriums on Friday as the USA Cycling junior, U23, and elite road national championships continued in Anaheim, California. The criterium championships were held on a fast, flat 1.7km course in Angels Stadium. In the 35-lap U23 men’s race, the 19-year-old Williams threw his bike at the line in a massive bunch sprint to barely squeak past second-placed Jake Keough (Kelly Benefit Strategies-Medifast) with Daniel Holloway (VMG-Felt) third.

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Horner says he, not McCartney, deserved Olympic slot

Chris Horner believes he should be gearing up to ride in support of Levi Leipheimer in Saturday’s Olympic road race, not sitting at home with a broken collarbone. Speaking from his home in Bend, Oregon, the 36-year-old Astana rider lambasted USA Cycling for not selecting him as part of its five-man team for Beijing.

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Olympic Cycling TV/Online Schedule

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Freddie Rodriguez urges his fellow pros to support Michael Ball for USPRO’s board.

Editor's Note: Rock Racing pro Freddie Rodriguez, a three-time USPRO champion, has submitted the following letter to VeloNews.com urging his fellow pros to vote in the upcoming USPRO board elections, and to vote for Rock Racing team owner Michael Ball. Rodriguez's letter is reproduced in its entirety below. Writers who support other board candidates are welcome to submit letters in their support.

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