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There will be no San Francisco GP in 2006, the race organizer announced Sunday. An ongoing dispute with City Hall over police costs and billing practices has proved to be "a no-win situation, and we simply cannot go forward," said David Chauner, director of San Francisco Cycling LLC, which founded and ran the annual race. "There is considerable uncertainty regarding the amounts we will be billed after each year’s race, making it impossible to accurately forecast budgets or question charges beforehand," Chauner said. "On top of that, the periodic, emotionally charged Board of Supervisors’

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now up for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of ourmost recent contest. While racing is our usual focus, Albert Raine’s “Tents and Bikes at Mt. Everest” reminds us of the great potential the bicycles have for bringing joy and adventure into our lives. On top of that, it’s just a beautiful shot, isn’t it? Congratulations Albert! Drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.com to work out the details and we’ll send you a copy of Graham Watson's "Landscapes of Cycling."Go ahead and take a look at our

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Supervisors to blame for SFGP’s demiseEditor:What a complete shame about the GP San Francisco. As a patron the last four years at the event, I will miss the sight of riders on Fillmore and Taylor, begrudgingly riding 25s when mere mortals would prefer MTB gearing. I will miss the sights

Colby Pearce of Boulder, Colorado, has been named USA Cycling’s endurance track coach. Pearce, 33, will be involved in all phases of the endurance track program, including working with the elite men’s and women’s programs, the U23 program, and developing junior racers, said director of track cycling Pat McDonough. "He’s worked for the last year with TIAA-CREF as a rider-coach and has brought a number of athletes and top road talent to the track," McDonough said. "We hope he can take us to the next level." McDonough noted that Pearce, a former road rider himself, will be instrumental in

It looks like Taylor street will be a little less crowded on September 10, 2006

Tents and Bikes at Mt. Everest

Wells takes the sprint; Wicks takes the series

Johnson put in a good fight

Horner improves in his second outing

Nice jersey. Will he get to keep it?

Simms breaks the streak.

Bessette finally showed she was human.

Wicks wants the whole enchilada.

This is `cross season, isn't it?

Wells in pursuit

Horner tries something different.

Bessette's streak hits 12

Simms made it a real race on Saturday.

Why we love `cross: TIAA-CREF-Clif Bar's Troy Wells grimaces while a competitor gets a face full of dust.

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Clay Mankin: Passionate, generous and gentleEditor:Last Sunday, cyclists and decent human beings everywhere lost a wonderful friend, advocate, instigator, visionary and an all-purpose do-gooder in Clay Mankin, loving father and husband, proprietor and icon of the San Francisco institution

Greg LeMond had a surprise visitor at L’Alpe d’Huez during the 1984 Tour de France. He was relaxing in his hotel room after placing sixth on the stage up the fabled alpine climb when there was a knock on the door. He recognized the female visitor as a motorcycle driver on the race. She said to the young American, then 23, "Greg, do you know who Bernard Tapie is? He’d like to see you in private." Yes, LeMond did know that Tapie was the mysterious, ambitious French businessman who that year had started a new pro cycling team, La Vie Claire, which had hired four-time Tour winner Bernard

Ullrich doesn't want to finish behind Leipheimer in the 2006 Tour of Germany

LeMond in La Vie Claire kit

The suberb Michelin Mud 2. This tire is being run tubeless with sealent on a Shimano 7801-SL wheel set

Geax's Mezcal semi-slick

Some days just beg for clinchers ...

... while others demand fancy tubulars.

Vittoria's EVO XG

Vittoria's EVO XN is designed for dry conditions and comes in both tubular and clincher (this one is a tubular)

The Dugast `cross Typhoon

The original Michelin Mud has taller knobs with no siping perfect for those really mucky days

Tufo's Elite LPS Tubular is a very popular tire

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Small change for big eventEditor,This is disheartening. If San Francisco fails to continuewith its support of this imrpressive race I have lost hope in thiscountry ever truly caring for, or even respecting, cycling.Sad, sad, sad!I know that we need to run our cities efficiently, but

Clay Mankin died Sunday November 13 of natural causes doing what he loved:riding his bike. He was just a week shy of his 50th birthday and to celebrate,Clay was treating himself to a solo ride from the San Francisco Bay Areato Santa Barbara when he died.Clay was a gift to cycling and as I pause to remember him – I feel honoredto have ridden with him. As the owner of CityCycle bike shop in San Francisco, he was legendary for his abilityto pull people into cycling.The last time I saw Clay he was also shoving off for a big ride. Hewas riding from our Bike Camp hotel in Tuscany to meet a former

Clay Mankin

Giro `06: That last day can include a time trial or the usual parade into Milan, but not both

Clay doing what Clay loved to do.

The whole Barry-Demet family stopped by VeloNews international headquarters to discuss a new book deal.

Pay to the order of.....

Is this guy a DOPER?

After considering your opinions* regarding the magazine's top honor, international cyclist of the year, the North American male cyclist of the year and North American female cyclist of the year awe now move on to the category of Best men's road team of the year. After a full season of covering bicycle racing, the VeloNews crew hunkers down in a secret location and takes stock of the events and standout performances of the year. The 18th annual VeloNews awards will appear in the December 5 issue. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes not, our picks often trigger a flood of reader responses.

November 12, 2005 (Minneapolis) - Women and their supporters gatheredin Las Vegas at the Interbike trade show in September for the sixth YoplaitNouriche Women’s Cycling Summit. The fall 2005 Yoplait Nouriche Summitfocused on a highly successful entry-level racing program and on how teamscan give more value to their sponsors.   The full proceedingscan be found at WomenCyclists.comCycling Made Real – a grassroots program that worksPast Yoplait Nouriche Summits have identified Cycling Made Real asthe country’s most successful program for recruiting novice women to bicycleracing. 

We’ve been getting quite a few inquiries here at velonews.com about thefuture of the USPRO road championship. Just last week USA Cycling announcedthe time and location of all of next year's events except for USPRO.And as reported earlier this year, big changes are in store for the eventas the event will no longer be open to foreign racers. Over the years, the national championship, organized by Pennsylvania-basedrace promoter Threshold Sports, has been held as an open internationalevent in Philadelphia that has grown into the most important one-day eventin North American racing. But all

See anyone you know?

You remember this guy, don't you?

The victors.

Not your typical Sunday ride, eh?

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now up for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of ourmost recent contest. We could wax academic about the superior compositional elements of Ed Subias’s “SoCalCyclo-cross 2000,” but mostly we like it because we can taste metallic lactic acid just looking at it. Congratulations Ed! Drop us a note at Rosters@InsideInc.com to work out the details and we’ll send you a copy of Graham Watson's "Landscapes of Cycling."Go ahead and take a look at our latest gallery,decide what you like and let us

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Lack cycling heroes? Look for heroes who cycleEditor:A couple of letters in Friday's mailbag lamented the lack of cycling heroes. This reader long ago gave up on the "athlete hero." They're mostly overpaid, egotistic, pampered rich people. I do admire their athletic prowess -

VeloNews Photo Contest: Last week's winner and a new gallery

Ullrich - seen here in Austria during the Tour of Germany - is trying to decide whether the Giro will help or hinder his Tour chances.

Nijs strikes a familiar pose.

Groenendaal set an early pace...

... and helped establish the winning break...

... but always had that teammate of his right on his wheel.

In 11th place on Sunday, Wellens has not had the season he'd hoped for.

The Gavia was the scene of an epic showdown in the 2000 Giro...

... a battle won by none other than Lampre's Gilberto Simoni

The sprint king may take a pass on the Giro

Sunday's EuroFile: A climbers' Giro; Reactions mixed

Millar hopes to ride the 2006 Tour

The route of the 2006 Giro d'Italia

Two-time Giro winner Gilberto Simoni points to what he hopes will be another route to victory

Campos moves into the lead

Bishop was one of many who flatted on Saturday

Jaikel had a unique mechanical problem

2006 Giro route unveiled

Thanks, Elke! Trent Lowe’s tan lines get a rubdown from team soigneur Elke Brutsaert.

After losing the USPRO crit nationals by a hair, all Dave McCook could do was ponder what could have been.

Trek/VW’s Sue Haywood and Jeremiah Bishop workin the autograph table

Brian Lopes shows Jared Graves how to take a victory slug of victory champagne.

Jill Kintner enjoyed a moment to herself before the 4X in Angle Fire, New Mexico.

Can Frischknecht compete on the Costa Ricans' turf Uh huh

Guess who! Mary McConneloug sneaks up on Sue Haywood at the Sea Otter classic.

Bishop still managed fifth despite the atomic bonk

A soggy night at the Athens Twilight Criterium

Not your average mountain-bike race

Oswaldo Olmos took school pride to the next level at collegiate road nationals.

Jared Graves shows some bling and keeps the tags on.