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The women's sprint finish was a close as it can get.

Your women's winner.

Only Horner and Carney were around at the finish.

The break left early and never came back.

Hincapie was in street clothes long before the race was over.

Klasna shows off his new hardware.

Di Luca attacks.

Di Luca took Figueras at the line.

Dekker (left) lifted the World Cup, while Vainsteins finished third overall.

Former women's world road race champion Zinaida Stahurskaia of Belarus has been handed a four-month, off-season suspension by cycling's world governing body UCI Friday after failing a dope test in June. The ban from the International Cycling Union (UCI) was confirmed by officials from the Belarus cycling federation in Minsk on Friday. The 30-year-old Stahurskaia, who tested positive for a banned diuretic in the women's Tour of Italy, was banned from defending her title at the world road race championships in Lisbon, Portugal, last month in accordance with UCI

A week after filing a formal complaint with USA Cycling, NetZero riders have begun to see some of the back pay and expenses owed to them from the second half of the season, with the remainder promised to them by the beginning of next week. According to NetZero team rider Mike Tillman, "A percentage of what was owed was deposited into my account this week," and he had been told by team manager Marty Church that the balance would be paid by next week. Another rider, Michael Johnson, was also told by Church that "all of us will have our money by next week," as was Jamie Paolinetti. The

At the races, the NetZero cycling team was one of the success stories of the early season, highlighted by Jamie Paolinetti and Graeme Miller sweeping the Shelby-Athens weekend in April. Off the bike, though, things weren't quite so rosy, as several NetZero riders didn't get paid their salary or expenses since late spring. According to rider Michael Johnson, the team management stopped paying in June. Later in the year, he received a check for prize money from the USPRO criterium, and the check bounced. "I signed a contract and did what I was told," said Johnson. "They didn't

Ten months after accepting the position as chief marketing officer for USA Cycling, Mary Monroe has resigned. Contacted on Tuesday, Monroe declined to comment, other than to say she was pleased with her decision. Monroe’s departure marks the second time in less than a month that a management-level employee has left in frustration. USCF and USPRO managing director Evan Call resigned at the end of September. He has since moved to Utah and is working on projects associated with the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics.

It's an Italian combo: Last year, Colnago and Ferrari teamed up to produce a limited edition carbon road bike, the CF-1. This year, they figured it was time to go off-road, with the CF-2. No word yet on the Ferrari SUV.

While Masi, Ferraris and others made flashy appearances, the buzz of the show seemed to focus on these things. Every other company from Taiwan had something in minature.

GT's loss.... Back when GT signed a deal to produce frames for the Lotto team, the work fell to the talented hands of Dave Tiemeyer. The old GT is bankrupt, Lotto's on Litespeeds and we can buy bikes direct from Dave.

Padding: A few years ago Gipiemme released a super-light all carbon 100-gram saddle that made weight freaks happy, but did little to make a long ride anything other than torture. Now, they've added a scant 20 grams, but put it in the right places

Time had to rethink the Star-Fangled nut since its all-carbon steerer tube is reinforced with an 'X' of carbon. So, they've devised a spacer with a bit of a grip. It's elegant and they say it holds just fine.

The election results are in and tallied, but the dispute over the future direction of USA Cycling is far from over, says Les Earnest, the man who forced the governance issue on the organization’s annual election ballot. Earnest said that despite the lopsided defeat of Proposition B, his democratic reform initiative, he plans to continue a legal fight challenging the means by which USA Cycling and the supporters of the competing Proposition A presented the issues on the ballot and campaigned for their proposal. Proposition A, which was supported by San Francisco investment banker Thomas

Now that the big trade shows – Germany’s Friedrichshaffen, Italy’s Milan trade show and the Interbike in Las Vegas – are over, we’re finally taking the time to sort through our hard drives, pick through our suitcases and look through the few hundred pictures and thousand brochures we brought home. While not everything will make it into the pages of VeloNews, we thought we might just pop a few of these on to the web for your perusal. Of course, this is just a quick glance at the innumerable cool products, goofy ideas and strange characters that popped up in the aisles at the Sands Convention

Speedplay's Richard Bryne has been cutting back the weight on his 'ongoing project' bike. His 650c-wheeled Holland is now under 11 pounds... and quite rideable.

Masi is back in a big way, since the folks at Haro picked up U.S. distribution. Competing for attention with the classic Masi models, like the Volumetrica, are new aluminum/carbon models, boasting flashy graphics and even (GASP!) flat bars!

It says it's a Masi, but where did those bars come from?

Bessette has won every 'cross race she's entered.

Grande was second for the second straight day.

Vervecken leads Johnson over a pair of barriers.

Feel the love: Teamwork earned the Trek crew the win in the desert.

Men's solo winner Grewal heads out for his 17th and final lap.

Group hug: Trek-VW won by just two minutes.

What it's really all about

Longo leads the escape

What me worry? Gretchen Reeves moments before the final showdown with Alison Sydor

Rock, paper, scissors: The common method to decide who starts.

Vervecken was smooth over the barriers.

Bessette was good enough on the run-ups.

Johnson goes up and over.

Vervecken leads the early break through the sand pit.

Grande makes her way through the sand.

Gloucester provided a picturesque setting for 'cross.

Team Beaver Creek makes a transition in an early night lap.

Campfire tales: Subaru-Gary Fisher brought the big rig.

Into the night: That's when things get interesting.

Dualies: Two lights are better than one.

Fans

Pate was a threat

Professional cyclists will be guaranteed an annual minimum wage for the first time after an accord was signed in Lisbon, Portugal Friday between the professional cyclists association (CPA) and the AIGCP, which represents professional cycling teams. The accord was signed at the world road race championships between CPA chief Francesco Moser and Manolo Saiz, who runs the Spanish ONCE team and who is also head of the AIGCP. "We've managed to come to an agreement which allows for identical rules for each country," former professional Moser said after the meeting. "Riders now have much

Familiar territory for Cooke

It all came down to Wloszczowska, Cooke and Möhlmann

Cooke makes her move

Les Earnest may have triumphed in the courts, but he lost big at the ballot box as the reform initiative he championed was defeated by a margin of nearly 14-1 during the 2001 USA Cycling member elections. Proposition A, which was supported by San Francisco investment banker Thomas Weisel, Lance Armstrong, the USA Cycling Development Foundation and others, garnered 6007 "yes" votes, easily defeating Earnest's Proposition B, which drew only 432 positive votes. Indeed, Proposition B didn't even fare as well as a couple other major reform and legislative measures on the ballot, including

Leipheimer

Millar

Frenchman Arnaud Tournant shattered his own world record for the kilometer on Wednesday morning, becoming the first cyclist to go under the one-minute mark for the distance. Tournant was one of three French riders making record attempts on Wednesday at the velodrome in La Paz, Bolivia, at an altitude of over 11,000 feet. Tournant turned in a time of 58.875 seconds, an average speed of 61.146kph (37.9mph). "Right now, I can’t believe it," said Tournant, originally from Roubaix in northern France. "I simply wanted to go under a minute. A time of 59.99 would have sufficed." Tournant beat his

Van den Broeck

On Tuesday the UCI made official what was rumored for much of the 2001 mountain biking season: dual is done. In it’s place for 2002 will be the 4-up format, which was seen at this year’s Sea Otter Classic and the NORBA finals in Vermont, and will now be a World Cup and world championship discipline. The UCI announcement was accompanied by the 2002 World Cup schedule, which sees the series shrink from eight to six races. Also of note is the absence of a stop in the United States. It will be the first time in 12-year history of the series that the World Cup won’t be coming to America. However,

Hammer's 19:24.27 was good enough for 12th

Pate wins world U23 TT title

The results are in… sort of. Following USA Cycling’s annual membership meeting in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday officials were able to announce that voter participation reached a record high. Impressive as that sounds, it really means that for the first time since USA Cycling was incorporated in 1995 at least 10 percent of licensees cast their votes on ballots that included candidates and an array of issues regarding the future governance of the organization. Election results, however, will not be issued until Wednesday, October 10. According to a press release from USA Cycling, the

Hands up: Virenque bagged his biggest win since he was banned for doping.

Long way to go: Durand and Virenque made their move just 12km into the race.

USA Cycling has released selection criteria for riders hoping to qualify for the 2002 World Cyclo-cross Championships in Zolder, Belgium on February 2-3, 2002. The detailed document was released after receiving approval from USA Cycling's selection committee on Friday. Team selection procedures rely heavily on the accumulation of UCI points, which are awarded at cyclo-cross holding a UCI sanction. There are several UCI Category 2 and 3 races in the U.S. this season, though most are concentrated in the Eastern portion of the U.S., though promoters have recently added at least one UCI

Telekom’s Jan Ullrich is facing questioning by Florence magistrate Luigi Bocciolini in his inquiry into the raid by anti-doping police on June 6 at San Remo during the Giro d'Italia, European wire services reported Friday. In all 20 non-Italian riders will be questioned but former Tour de France winner Ullrich is by far the biggest name among them. It is expected that he will be quizzed by Bocciolini some time after the World Cycling championships in Lisbon - the road race is on October 14. Ullrich, who participated in the Tour of Lucca that ended on Friday, was visited on Wednesday

The Univest Grand Prix, the premier amateur-only event in the United States, was officially canceled a week after the September 11 terrorist attacks in the U.S. The event organizers had originally announced that the Pennsylvania race had been postponed until October, but the event was finally called off on September 19. "The Univest Grand Prix is above all an international event. We feel it unwise to expose our athletes to risk in these uncertain times," said John Eustice of Sparta Cycling, the race organizer. "After a period of reflection, we will resume our work and build the 2002 Univest

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New Sticker: Litespeed marketing director Herbert Krabel applies a new decal to a Blade, the TT bike to be used by the team next season.

Gary Fisher has not lost his fondness for expensive and distinctive clothes. Fisher can be easily prodded to talk about his own pet project, namely bikes with 700C wheels.

Two Italian road greats hit the dirt. Colnago and Ferrari teamed up to make the off-road successor to last year's road model.

It's all in the presentation: Crank Bros. showed off the new EggBeaters.

The Speedplay Zero has less float than standard Speedplay, and it is adjustable.

Aussie is contributing 100 percent of the proceeds from sales of this jersey to the American Red Cross for relief of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks.

Well, if Cippo' isn't wearing these next year it will be because of contractual obligations. These are stylin'