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There's Tour winner in there somewhere.

Racing in the urban canyons.

Dominguez wins, but Lance is the hit on Wall Street

Hincapie joined the right break.

Simoni marked his return to the peloton in Hamburg.

Giove's signature was in high demand after her win.

Gerolsteiner's Michael Rich and Uwe Peschel won the 72km Grand Prix timetrial in Karlsruhe, Germany, on Saturday, leaving a field of top riders,including Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong and his teammate FloydLandis, in their wake.Rich and Peschel timed 1:23:02 topping the second-placed French pairLaurent and Nicolas Jalabert by 1:35 with Spaniards Joseba Beloki and Igorde Galdeano third at 2:25.Armstrong and Landis managed an eighth place finish, coming in 4:13behind the leaders and just behind another American duo, Telekom ridersBobby Julich and  Kevin Livingston, who took

Willy Voet, the man who achieved notoriety as the Festina soigneur found with a carload of drugs at the start of the 1998 Tour de France, claims that cycling is no cleaner today than it was four years ago, despite the fact that not a single rider in this summer's Tour tested positive. Voet, in an interview in Sunday's edition of the Swiss weekly Dimanche.ch, said that little has changed since the scandal that nearly stopped the 1998 Tour de France in its tracks, "I've always proclaimed loud and clear that nothing has changed in cycling,” Voet told the paper. "No one takes the

Goldy’s Heather Albert assumed her race leader’s jersey with style Saturday, winning the hilly 100-mile sixth stage at the International in severe heat. In the men’s race, Jason McCartney of Bianchi-Grand Performance pulled off a surprise victory 16 seconds ahead of race leader Danny Pate (Prime Alliance.) “Winning ‘The International’ has been my intent since the beginning of the cycling season,” said Albert moments before the women’s race, adding that she was ready to take on any challengers. “To see my goal reaching fruition is quite gratifying.” From the gun, Team Rona began attacking,

The inaugural year of NORBA's new mountain cross discipline rolled on Saturday in Durango with some big crashes by two of the sports top stars, and a pair of big wins for Eric Carter and Sabrina Jonnier. Before racing even began, then series leader Tara Llanes met with disaster, going down hard during the warm-up session on the steep Chapman Hill course and suffering what was initially diagnosed as a broken collarbone. According to several eyewitnesses Llanes came up short on one of the big double jumps that preceded the finish line and went sailing over her bars. The Yeti-Pearl Izumi rider

Start with the fact that the short track at NORBA NCS No. 4 was held almost entirely on the track around a football field, then add the kind of extremely muddy conditions usually reserved for wintertime European cyclo-cross races, and you have a picture of the racing in Durango, Colorado on Saturday. After a torrential mid-afternoon rainstorm soaked the Fort Lewis College campus, riders lined up in front of the small stadium's grandstand for a 20-minutes, plus 3 laps race that was thoroughly entertaining to watch, but hell to ride in. When all was done Alison Dunlap (Luna) and Ryder Hesjedal

Carter heads for his third straight four-ride win.

Lopes came back from his crash and put on a show for the fans.

Jonnier was out front for the entire women's final.

Dunlap blasts through the mud.

Florit managed a smile despite the elements.

Dunlap heads around the Fort Lewis track.

Vanlandingham's look was shared by many.

Hesjedal leads the pack.

The Vuelta a Espana promises to be a highly competitive after the releaseof the official team start list this week. With the absence of Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong, a dozen topriders will be looking to step up for a stab at victory in the final three-weekgrand tour of the 2002 season. Topping the list will be defending champion Angel Casero. Casero'sTeam Coast had hopes of earning an at-large bid to the Tour, but it never materialized, so the team has a lot riding on the Vuelta. Casero will be joined by two-time Vuelta winner Alex Zulle andperennial stage-hunter Fernando

Lithuania's largest daily on Friday slammed the French judiciary and media for the jailing of the wife of Lithuanian cyclist Raimondas Rumsas, calling the move revenge for his third place finish in the Tour de France. "The operation only against the wife of the cyclist appears to be an attempt to crucify him, especially as he is an upstart from a country without influence," the daily Lietuvos Rytas wrote in an editorial. Edita Rumsas, the rider's wife, was charged on Tuesday after being caught with performance-enhancing drugs in her car and is currently in police detention. She has

One got here 10 days ago, while the other arrived at 2 a.m. this morning. But when racing on Friday was done, the result was the same for Jimena Florit and Roland Green, as both took impressive cross-country wins at NORBA No. 4 in Durango, Colorado. Florit (RLX-Polo Sport) was the early arrival, rolling into this tourist town in southwest Colorado more than a week ago to get used to the altitude and learn the ins and outs of the tough Durango course. And when race day finally did arrive, she was on form from beginning to end, out-dueling reigning world champion Alison Dunlap in a

On Friday, Saturn’s Will Frischkorn won the espoir national championship road race in Clemson, South Carolina, beating out Patrick McCarty of the U.S. national team. Frischkorn, McCarty and Jonathan Erdelyi (Brielle Cyclery) broke away on the fourth and final lap of the 21-mile course, and Frischkorn dropped the other two on the difficult 3-mile, 15 percent climb to the finish. McCarty took second and Erdelyi third. The espoir and junior national championships began on Thursday in Clemson, with the juniors' criteriums on the campus of Clemson University. Blake Caldwell (Mercury) won the

For the third time in five stages, the leader’s jersey of the seven-day International stage race traded hands within the Prime Alliance team. After sweeping the opening stage’s time trial-- Svein Tuft narrowly edged out teammate Matt Decanio, and U-23 world time trial champion Danny Pate finished third – the team has led the race consecutively in that order. Tuft passed the jersey to Decanio after the opening two stages, and Friday, it was Pate’s turn. Riders began the day tentatively, slowly rolling into the scenic four-lap, 80-mile circuit race around Martinsburg, Pennsylvania, a few

“You have hurt my feelings with your filthy fish-wrapper….”a cane--wielding Patrick Fitzpatrickto editor Deke Patwell inThomas McGuane’s "Nobody’s Angel" Lance Armstrong’s fourth consecutive Tour triumph was the prelude toa cacophony of chin music in the public prints, a symphony scored for smallminds playing big mouths, over who is the world’s greatest athlete — indeed,over who is an athlete and who is not. It didn’t help that Lance makes Le Grande Boucle look like aSunday spin on the bike path. A miser where his physical capital is concerned,Scrooge McTour spends no more than is

Only the TV moto could keep up with Green.

Florit crusing alone at the front.

Grigson pulled away from Sydor to take third.

Racing started and finished inside the Fort Lewis College football stadium.

Hesjedal had a tough day, but still managed to finish second.

Brown sails through the culvert ahead of Horgan-Kobelski.

Brown nips Horgan-Kobelski for third.

Florit leads Dunlap up the Chapman Hill climb.

O Iron Mike, Where Art Thou? Maybe Tyson is someone who could bring “athletic credibility” to cycling.

Sport directors from the top Spanish teams are convinced Lance Armstrong will win a record-tying fifth Tour de France. A quick survey by the Spanish sports daily AS checked the barometer of Spain’s top teams. “He will win two more because he’s ambitious and he wants to break the record,” said Vicente Belda of Kelme. “I also don’t see anyone behind him who can beat him.” Manolo Saiz, the ONCE director who’s team has come closest to Armstrong in the podium, said Armstrong is without a doubt cycling’s top dog. “You can’t say he can win as many as he wants, but it’s practically true,” Saiz

The Prime Alliance cycling team maintained race leadership today at the fourth stage of the International, a 60-mile circuit race in Holidaysburg, Pennsylvania. Taking the approach of covering moves, instead of riding a defensive tempo, Prime Alliance effectively forced the other teams in the peloton to ride at the front to keep the field intact. Right from the gun, race leader Matt Decanio covered a four-man break away group, which was caught after five miles. Soon after, a nine-man escape formed containing Svein Tuft, Prime Alliance’s former race leader. The group gained a maximum of 1:45

After a month long hiatus while the World Cup circuit took center stage, the NORBA National Championship Series reconvenes for the second half of its season, with stop No. 4 in Durango, Colorado this weekend. Pro racing gets going Friday with the women's cross country at 11 a.m., followed by the men at 2 p.m. The short track and mountain cross are Saturday, followed by the downhill on Sunday. This year's revamped 7.89-mile cross-country circuit features much of the same terrain used at last year's World Cup event, save for the start/finish, which has been moved from the center of the Fort

Australia smashed the world 4000 meter team pursuit record in the final of the Commonwealth Games at Manchester Thursday night. Graeme Brown, Peter Dawson, Mark Renshaw and Stephen Wooldridge clocked 3:59.483 to beat the old world mark of 3:59.710 set by Germany at Sydney Olympic Games in 2000. Australia took the gold medal ahead of England, whose 4:02.665 was a national record. "At last year's world's we didn't even finish the first round because we crashed -- and I caused it -- so this is great," said Renshaw. "For Australia to pitch four guys together, get them to train for three weeks

Decanio wearing the leader's jersey

Raimondas Rumsas, whose wife has been charged with doping offenses after being caught with performance-enhancing drugs, showed absolutely no traces of doping in tests taken during the Tour de France, sources told AFP Wednesday. Rumsas, who finished third in his Tour debut, was due to face a round of police questioning but his lawyer said he would not arrive until the afternoon after missing his flight. Rumsas's wife Edita was arrested on Sunday after French customs officials found a number of doping products including corticoids, testosterone and EPO in her car. She is now being held

The seven-day International stage race continued on Tuesday with the 74-mile second stage in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with Rona’s Nicole Freedman and 7UP-Nutra Fig’s Charles Dionne taking the stage wins in the women’s and men’s races, respectively. The women’s race came down to a big field sprint finish in Johnstown, with Goldy’s Heather Albert the first to jump, with about 400 meters to go. Freedman came through 150 meters from the line to take the win, followed by Gina Grain (Boise) and Andrea Hannos (Rona). Race leader Manon Jutras stayed in the yellow leader’s jersey for her Rona

In the third stage of the seven-day International stage race (formerly known as Tour de ‘Toona), Prime Allliance’s Mattt Decanio took the stage win, and overall race lead, by winning the 101-mile Jonestown-to-Altoona road race. An early breakaway gained almost seven minutes before reabsorbed, while at the 70-mile mark four men broke free at the base of the day’s second big climb. The group consisted of Decanio and teammate Danny Pate, Mercury’s Plamen Stoyanov and Sierra Nevada’s Ben Jacques-Maynes. The four worked together until Pate attacked in the final 5 kilometers, forcing Stoyanov

Miguel Indurain is the only man to win five consecutive Tours. "Big Mig,"as he was called in his hey-day, was far away from the Tour de France,in Norway, when Lance Armstrong barnstormed his way to a fourth win, oneshy of Indurain's record. Here are some excerpts with an interview publishedin the Spanish sports daily MARCA:Question: Who would win if you could race against Armstrong?Answer: "It's hard to say, because you cannot take things fromera to another. It's difficult to say who would have won, because we arequite similar, both are strong in the mountains and the time

The wife of Lithuanian cyclist Raimondas Rumsas, who was third in this year's Tour de France, has been charged with doping offences after she was caught in possession of performance-enhancing drugs, prosecutors said Tuesday. Edita Rumsas was arrested on Sunday after French customs officials found a number of doping products including corticoids, testosterone and EPO in her car. She is now being held at the women's prison at Bonneville in the French Alps. "We discovered a large amount of medical products of which some could be classed as doping - corticoids, testosterone, EPO,

The doctor who developed the means to detect the performance-enhancer EPO conceded Tuesday that the test is largely ineffective as it is currently being used and can't detect newer versions of the drug that may already be in use in the peloton. Following the arrest of the wife of Lithuanian cyclist Raimondas Rumsas, third in this year's Tour de France, for possession of doping products including corticoids, testosterone and EPO, two questions have been asked - whether the cyclist was doped and if so how four doping controls all produced negative results. Dr. Francoise Lasne, who

Editor's note: Prime Alliance's Jonas Carney checked in with VeloNews.com throughout Super Week in Wisconsin. This is his wrap-up report.The International Cycling Classic is over. There weren't any big surprises in the last four days of racing. Chad Gerlach maintained his lead in the sprint competition, and The Russian Concussion finished up strong to take the overall. Thursday in the Sheboygan criterium a large group took a lap. Apparentlya group of riders was being caught in one of the final corners and it gota little chaotic, with Joe Papp sprinting to the win. Friday was the Kenosha

Canadians Manon Jutras(Rona) and Svein Tuft (Prime Alliance) took the first leaders' jerseys at The International(formerly the Tour de 'Toona) in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Monday. Jutras completed the opening 5.67km time trial less than a second ahead of Leah Goldstein (Team Boise), with recently crowned U.S. road champion Jessica Phillips (Saturn) in third. In the men's race, Tuft led a Prime Alliance sweep, followed by teammates Matt DeCanio and Danny Pate. 7UP's John Lieswyn and Doug Ziewacz rounded out the top five. Both Jutras and Tuft were stepping up in the absence of their

Australia scored another 1-2 in the women's points race at the Commonwealth games in Manchester, England, Tuesday with Kathy Bates and Rochelle Gilmour winning gold and silver. Canada's Clara Hughes took the bronze medal. Hughes initiated a break approximately 20 laps into the race, and was joined by Bates, Nicole Cooke (Wales) and Frances Newstead (England). The foursome lapped the field to gain ten points each, but Bates and her teammates proved to be dominant in the sprints, with the winner figuring in almost every one. With 20 laps to go, the race for gold was essentially over, but

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Bleed's lead singer scaring off the bike racers.

Viktor celebrates his victory with Grandpa over a cold PBR.

Like the man said, potato guns are fun.

An alleged nationwide insurance scam may have left hundreds of bike races, sanctioning organizations and clubs without coverage for much of the 2002 season, and could make it difficult for mountain-bike clubs and promoters to insure events independent of USA Cycling or other large groups. On July 17, Iowa-based McKay Insurance Agency Inc. began informing its clients - among them USA Cycling Inc. and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) - that policies McKay issued through insurance companies Harbour Entertainment and Sports and American International Group, Inc. (AIG) may

Lithuanian cyclist Raimondas Rumsas, third in this year's Tour de France, has been suspended after his wife was found in possession of doping products, the rider's team Lampre announced Monday. "If we discover that the rider is at all responsible he will be fired straightaway," Lampre said in a statement announcing Rumsas' suspension pending an internal investigation. "The team is confused by what has happened and we state we have no involvement in this whatsoever," he added. Rumsas' wife was arrested on Sunday at Chamonix after customs officials found her in possession of

Lithuanian cyclist Raimondas Rumsas, third in this year's Tour de France, has been suspended after his wife was found in possession of doping products, the rider's team Lampre announced Monday. "If we discover that the rider is at all responsible he will be fired straightaway," Lampre said in a statement announcing Rumsas' suspension pending an internal investigation. "The team is confused by what has happened and we state we have no involvement in this whatsoever," he added. Rumsas' wife was arrested on Sunday at Chamonix after customs officials found her in possession of a number of

The maple leaf was a common sight on the podium this weekend at the Commonwealth Games, as Canadian riders took both gold medals and asilver in the cross-country. Chrissy Redden held off a late charge bySusy Pryde (New Zealand) to take the women's gold, and Roland Green andSeamus McGrath easily cruised to a 1-2 finish in the men's race before acrowd of over 50,000. The 6.5 kilometer circuit around the village of Rivington, north ofManchester, wasn't regarded as technical, but certainly demanding with its relentless intensity. A long gravel and pavement climb followed by a sharp descent

Well, I can finally check off Tour number six. I'm happy to have arrived here in Paris. This was a tough battle for me personally. I think I'm more tired today than I was after the final stage of the Giro. It's safe to say this year's Tour took its toll on me. I'm a bit haggard. The final time trial on Saturday was a full suffer fest. I felt completely awful that morning during the training ride before the stage. My lungs were quite restricted due to the congestion from my cold. If I had been at any other race besides a Grand Tour, I probably wouldn't have started. And that's saying a lot,

Rumsas on the Tour podium in Paris on Sunday.

Rumsas on the Tour podium in Paris on Sunday.

As expected, Lance Armstrong arrived in Paris as the winner of the 2002 Tour de France. Take time to review those parts of our extensive stage-by-stage coverage you might have missed. It's all there in our specialTour de France Section. Throughout the Tour, VeloNews's John Wilcockson and Andrew Hood produced daily reports and Rupert Guinness gave a slightly off-beat perspective on events leading to Paris. Riders Tyler Hamilton and Jonathan Vaughters offered their insights of what it was like to be in the Tour this year and Graham Watson and Casey Gibson supplied readers with a

Lance Armstrong is king for a day once again in the City of Light. The Texan confirmed that he’s cycling’s most dominant force in a generationafter winning four stages en route to his fourth consecutive Tour de Francevictory. Armstrong basked in his moment in the sun on a brilliant summerafternoon in Paris. Surrounded by thousands of his fans on the Champs-Elysées,Armstrong was clearly enjoying his day. President George W. Bush even calledto congratulate him. “It’s an honor and it makes me happy to be able to win again,” Armstrongsaid. “It was a long three weeks. With so many mountains, it

5:15 p.m. Robbie McEwen takes his second stage win on the Champs-Elysées and his second stage win of this Tour, but more importantly, he has broken Erik Zabel's six-year hold on the points jersey. 5:13 p.m. Zabel and McEwen ...McEwen wins the stage and wins the jersey! Lance Armstrong wins the Tour de France. It's done. 5:12 p.m. We are one kilometer from the line. Armstrong can now not lose the Tour with less than 1km to go. The field is together and Telekom is leading. 5:11 p.m. Rumsas is now off on his own. He will be caught. 5:10 p.m. We have 3.5 km to go, Rumsas and Ivanov are

Riders who have won four or more Tours de France: Jacques Anquetil (Fra): 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964Eddy Merckx (Bel): 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974Bernard Hinault (Fra): 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1985Miguel Indurain (Spa): 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995Lance Armstrong (USA): 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002 List of Tour de France winners: 1903 Maurice Garin (Fra) 1904 Henri Cornet (Fra) 1905 Louis Trousselier (Fra) 1906 Rene Pottier (Fra) 1907 Lucien Petit-breton (Fra) 1908 Lucien Petit-breton (Fra) 1909 Francois Faber (Lux) 1910 Octave Lapize (Fra) 1911 Gustave Garrigou (Fra) 1912 Odile Defraye (Bel)

(Editor's Note: - North American riders listed in bold;Riderson North American teams underlined)1. Robbie McEwen (Aus), LOT, 144 km in 3:30:47 (40.990 kph)2. Baden Cooke (Aus), FDJ, at at 00:00.3. Damien Nazon (Fra), BJR, at 00:00.4. Fabio Baldato (Ita), FAS, at 00:00.5. Davide Casarotto (Ita), ALS, at 00:00.6. Stuart O'Grady (Aus), C.A, at 00:00.7. Erik Zabel (Ger), TEL, at 00:00.8. Jan Svorada (Cze), LAM, at 00:00.9. Arvis Piziks (Lat), CST, at 00:00.10. Nicola Loda (Ita), FAS, at 00:00.11. Christophe Agnolutto (Fra), A2R, at 00:00.12. Gianluca Bortolami (Ita), TAC, at 00:00.13. Danilo

Sure, you've seen the finish, watched the awards and read all aboutthe official Tour de France podium. Well, with the Eiffel Tower in our sights and the rumble of cobblestones on the Champs-Elysées under our wheels, we thought it opportune to announce our own awards for Tour de France 2002. The Happy Camper award for stage winningMichael Boogerd (Rabobank) on stage 16 to La Plagne. Grinninglike a Cheshire cat with 500 meters still  to go was Boogie. No matterthat Lance Armstrong was only 1 min 25 secs behind. With big white horsechoppers like his, Boogerd could do Colgate commercials. The

VeloNews photographer Casey Gibson is at the Tour de France and is taking time to shoot not just the race, but also the scenes along the road and the activity just outside of the peloton.

Jonathan Vaughters (Crédit Agricole) came all the way back to Colorado from the Tour de France to tackle one of his favorite races, the 38th running of the Bob Cook Memorial Mount Evans Hill Climb, only to find Scott Moninger (Mercury) there waiting for him. Named in honor of its five-time winner, the late Bob Cook, the 28-mile race ascends from 7540 feet at the start in Idaho Springs to 14,265 feet at the finish atop Mount Evans. Noting the windy conditions at the bottom on Saturday, neither Vaughters nor Moninger expected to topple Mike Engleman’s course record of 1:45:30, set in

Commonwealth Games records were set in both the men's 1000m time trial and the women's 500m time trial during the first night of track competition. Chris Hoy (Scotland) beat his friend and mentor JasonQueally (England) with a personal best time of 1:01.726. In the women's race, Kerrie Meares' 35.084 second ride was half a second in front of favored Lori-Ann Muenzer, who finished with the bronze, behind a surprising Julie Paulding (England). "I didn't know what to expect" said Meares, "but I did hope that I could do a personal best, that's what I was achieving for here." Muenzer was

The 2002 Tour de France drew to a close with a great sprint on the most famous boulevard in cycling. Robbie McEwen’s win on the Champs Elysees signaled a changing of the guard in the peloton; but regardless of those changes, Lance Armstrong plans on continuing to lead the Tour de France. McEwen is the first Australian to win the green jersey in the Tour de France, and the first man other than Erik Zabel to win it in the past seven Tours de France. That battle went right down to the wire, and McEwen left no doubt as to who the faster man was by showing the entire field his back wheel and

In Paris again. Armstrong makes it four-in-a-row

McEwen broke the Zabel streak.

Having a good team helps.

These two jerseys were pretty much settled by the time the peloton arrived in Paris. The green jersey contest came down to the wire again.

Telekom was overwhelmed at the finish.

Happy camper!

Miss Ed

I have the prescription right here.

The VeloNews awards for Tour 2002