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Milan Style: EICMA show offers plenty to admire

An ugly finish with a striking backdrop: Madrid's Kio towers

Milan Style: EICMA show offers plenty to admire

That's four wins - three of them in a row

Milan Style: EICMA show offers plenty to admire

Heras and Menchov shake after a hard-fought rivalry

Milan Style: EICMA show offers plenty to admire

Milan Style: EICMA show offers plenty to admire

Rasmussen is Colnago's latest star

EICMA show opens in Milan

De Rosa 'cross: Almost too nice to get dirty

Fine lines

A big step for Pinarello

Plaza gets a big win

Menchov has a lock on second-place overall

Danielson has had a great Vuelta

USA Cycling names road team for world championshipsJulich, Armstrong, Farrar Headline RosterColorado Springs, Colo. (September 17, 2005)-USA Cycling announced todaythe riders that will represent the United States at the 2005 UCI Road WorldChampionships in Madrid, Spain September 21-25.A total of 21 riders in three categories - elite and U23 men and elitewomen - will compete for the title of world champion in road race and timetrial events.Headlining the list of elite men is 2004 Olympic time trial bronze medalistBobby Julich (Glenwood Springs, Colo.) who will be gunning for a rainbowjersey in

No. 4? Heras goes into Sunday's final stage with a huge lead

Milanese Style: Nuova Fiera Milano Entrance

The 1.3 km walk down the exhibition hall’s corridor

Colnago’s new Ferrari road bike

Now that's a heck of a hybrid

Fine art on two wheels

Just another day at the office for Heras and Liberty

Gerdemann and Garcia Quesada work the escape

Haussler leads the break

Garcia Quesada tried a solo

But it was Haussler and Elminger fighting it out at the end

Vuelta Notebook: Barry thinks Giro's tougher; Saiz touts Vuelta; González irked with Phonak; what's next

Race favorites JHK and Adam Craig at the starting line.

A real master: We hope you realize that Overend is now eligible for AARP membership.

Vanlandingham gave chase after an unfortunate flat

Egoi Martínez is a rider that not many beyond Spain’s Basque Country have ever heard of. That’s about to change as the 27-year-old is set to join Discovery Channel in 2006. Many expected Martínez to be Spain’s next big thing after winning the 2003 Tour de l’Avenir, but even by his own admission, he’s not a rider that wins come easy. In fact, that victory is the lone win on his palmares. Martínez enjoyed a fine 2004, with strong performances in the Dauphiné Libéré, the Tour de France and the now-defunct Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon. In fact, it’s his strong ride alongside Lance Armstrong’s

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.Forget about LA, there’s a race going onEditor:Why are we talking about Lance? Isn't there another grand tour going on right now, with some spectacular racing taking place? What about Heras and his gutsy racing, truly taking risks to take the lead? Not to be outdone, Menchov has

Martinez, with Paolo Bettini at the 2004 Tour (Stage 8 between Lamballe and Quimper, 11 July)

Think Haussler's happy?

Sorensen takes the two-up sprint

Vande Velde took a jump to be up front when Sastre needed him

Garcia Acosta gave it all he had only to come up short

You race past one Spanish fortress, you've raced past 'em all

Now that's what we call 'bridging'

Perdiguero and Pereiro work the break

Pereiro and Quesada

Liberty kept the bunch under control

The peloton slithers along

Only Two Days Left to Win Lance signed TdF Jersey and More!There are only two days left in Scott Coady’s online raffle to benefitthe Lance Armstrong Foundation.  For a $50 donation directly to theLAF, you will have a chance to win an amazing Tour de France memorabiliapackage including a Lance and Discovery Channel team signed jersey, Lancesigned LIVEStrong bracelet, a water bottle used by Lance at the Tour deFrance and a limited addition Lance lunchbox produced by Trek.To date, 70 tickets have been sold so your odds of winning are fantastic. The raffle ends THIS FRIDAY, SEPT 16TH AT

No worries for Heras today

The former president of the German Cycling Federation (BDR), Sylvia Schenk, has hit out at the UCI for what she claims is the organization’s willingness to “brush aside” the Lance Armstrong affair. Schenk, who has been at loggerheads with UCI president Hein Verbruggen for the past few months, said cycling's world ruling body is only interested in finding out who leaked information about the alleged positive doping tests of the seven-time Tour de France winner, and not in the case itself. The German official told reporters that Verbruggen is more intent up finding the source of leaks

He looks like a lock for a fourth Vuelta crown

World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound said Thursday that UCI president Hein Verbruggen was the source of documents linking anonymous urine samples to Lance Armstrong, revealed three weeks ago by the French newspaper L’Equipe. A UCI statement issued late Thursday confirmed that the agency had released a single document to L’Equipe reporter Damien Ressiot, adding that it had done so with the permission of Armstrong himself. Where does the finger point?In conference call with reporters on Thursday, Pound referred to an as-of-yet-unreleased letter from Verbruggen that acknowledges

Vuelta Notebook: CVV, Sorensen enjoy a good day; González re-ups; Bettini bails; what's next

The Phonak team has attracted more unwanted publicity after it refused to allow one of its Spanish riders, Santos Gonzalez, to start the 18th stage of the Vuelta a España following an internal doping control. .A Phonak team source told AFP that Gonzalez, who was eighth overall in the general classification, was refused a start "because during a control he was over the permitted limits set by the team." No further details were divulged to the press, although the team's brief statement suggests that Gonzalez's hematocrit (red blood cell count) level may have been near or above the

Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong confirmed Thursday that he had granted permission to a L’Equipe journalist to scour doping records from the 1999 Tour de France, adding that he had been misled in doing so. Armstrong held a press conference Thursday on the heels of commentsby World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound, who said that thepresident of the Union Cycliste Internationale had released key documentslinking the American cyclist’s name to at least six positive doping testsfrom the 1999 Tour de France. Armstrong acknowledged that he had granted L’Equipe reporter

Stage 18: Should be fun

Vande Velde and compatriot

Garcia Quesada takes the win

Heras followed the wheels

Liberty gives chase

Danielson at the finish. He has preserved his top-ten spot.

Vande Velde and Danielson

Devolder leads the first escape

Heras and Beloki make for a formidable pair

Quesada left Mancebo and Gonzalez soon after

Sevilla on the attack

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.How about a non-Tour comeback?Editor:What if Lance did come back, but didn’t race the Tour? How would the French like to see Lance in the Giro or the Vuelta? Television coverage in the States would shift. Advertisers would follow. Everyone loves the Tour de France, but LA fans will watch

Crank Brothers Rolls out U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross Series, Version2.0On the heels of a monumentally successful premiere edition last year,title-sponsor Crank Brothers has returned for a second helping of NorthAmerica’s most dynamic cycling series: the 2005 U.S. Gran Prix of CyclocrossSeries. The six-race series, starting October 8 in Portland, OR, will makestops in the thriving hotbeds of American cyclocross throughout the fallseason, with the overall series champions crowned November 20 in San Francisco,CA. Working in conjunction with USA Cycling, series winners will punchtheir tickets to

CYCLING COMMUNITY UNITES TO HELP IN THE WAKE OF HURRICANE KATRINASeptember 9, 2005Boulder, CO - Pro cyclists around the world join VeloNews and 3 CatsPhoto to raise funds for the American Red Cross and Hurricane Katrina.In light of the tremendous tragedy in New Orleans, Mississippi and otherGulf States, cyclists from Ivan Basso to Tim Johnson signed and donatedteam jerseys for an on-line auction on Veloswap.com. Additionally, USACycling has donated an official USA National Champion jersey that is currentlytraversing the USA garnering signatures from Davis Phinney, George Hincapie,Freddie

Digital Production ManagerSports Publisher seeks talented/detail-oriented Digital ProductionManager for VeloNews, Inside Triathlon & Ski Racing magazines. Strong project management and publication production experience required.Must have a minimum of 2+ years experience in print production (magazinepreferred). Excellent organizational, time management, multitasking, problemsolving, project management and strong verbal & written communicationskills. Must be able to proof, postscript and PDF all outgoing pages for4+ publications to various printers. Also responsible for layout of

A Canadian mountain biker has been suspended for two years after testing positive for EPO, the Canadian Cycling Association said Tuesday. Chris Sheppard, 32, showed traces of the drug at an out-of-competition urine test at his home in Kamloops, B.C., on May 29, the association said. EPO is a drug that builds endurance by boosting the amount of oxygen-rich red blood cells. It is the same substance that American star Lance Armstrong has been accused of using at the 1999 Tour de France. Armstrong has denied the allegation. Sheppard has competed for Canada internationally and rides

What knee?

The day's only major break never got more than a minute up the road

Another few meters and...

Once the break was caught, the pace mellowed considerably

Heras: Cautiously optimistic?

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.Armstrong’s jerking chains with comeback taleEditor:Lance Armstrong is not seriously entertaining the notion of riding in the 2006 Tour de France. He is justifiably furious at the French press and the Tour management and is simply jerking their chains. Johan Bruyneel's perpetuation of

MADRID, Spain (AP)- Three cyclists have denied a French newspaper report accusing them of testing positive for EPO during the 1999 Tour de France. Le Journal du Dimanche reported Sunday that Spanish rider Manuel Beltran, Denmark's Bo Hamburger and Colombia's Joaquim Castelblanco are suspected of being among those whose frozen urine samples reportedly tested positive at a French laboratory. Last month, the French sports daily L'Equipe reported that six urine samples provided by Lance Armstrong were among 12 specimens that were positive for EPO during the 1999 race. Armstrong, a

Danielson had to overcome a stomach bug to keep in the hunt

Moseley scores one for the home folks