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Sydor led early, but settled for second.

Dahle ended up dropping out.

It's mine: Nico took back the stripes.

She's No. 1: Chausson was nervous but she delivered again.

Night rider: Lopes took the world title in typical form.

Eric Carter was taken out by Scott Beaumont in this round two battle

Beloki takes over the jersey

Leipheimer

Suemasa

Cory and Hill

We were hoping it would happen and SuperCup promoter Lyle Fulkerson did not disappoint… he just kept us waiting for a while. Fulkerson said Friday that he has overcome logistical problems and the lack of a title sponsor to hammer together a four-race, three-venue series, beginning in Gloucester, Massachusetts on October 13, moving on to Chicago on November 17 and wrapping up in Baltimore on the weekend of December 14-16. No, it won’t be a truly national series, but it joins other UCI-sanctioned events in the Eastern U.S. to make for a tough group of events, that will each play a role in

Botero's TT performance put him in the overall lead

Leipheimer continues to surprise 'em

The crowd at Vail shared turned their attention away from racing

American Juniors

Team Austria

Pastor Eugene Scott

Don Watson

Evans and Grigson led Australia to silver.

Redden takes the hand-off from Coates.

The Canadians decked out in their new duds.

On Thursday, it was announced that the BMC Software Tour of Houston has been cancelled following the terrorist attack against the United States that occurred on Tuesday. In a press release issued Thursday, cited uncertainty over travel as one of the main concerns of the organizers. The statement also said that the prize money from Houston would be donated to Red Cross Relief efforts in New York and Washington, D.C. The full text of the release follows: BMC Software, the City of Houston, the Houston Police Department, USA Cycling and Threshold Sports announced today that the BMC Software

Amid mass sporting event cancellations across the United States, officials at the UCI mountain bike world championships have postponed racing Friday in observance of the national day of prayer and remembrance called for by President Bush. All races scheduled for Friday have been moved to Sunday, creating an extremely full slate of racing that will start with the men’s junior cross country at 8:30 a.m., and conclude with the elite men’s cross country at 4 p.m. "Just as everyone has been extremely supportive of us continuing with the competition aspect of these championships, they have been

In a move to stamp out doping in yet another sector of the sport of cycling, the UCI announced plans on Thursday to institute a mandatory medical monitoring program in cross-country mountain bike racing. The program will be similar to the one instituted in road racing two years ago in the wake of the drug scandal at the 1998 Tour de France. As outlined by UCI vice president Daniel Baal at the mountain bike world championships in Vail, the new policy will require all trade-team affiliated riders to undergo a thorough physical examination prior to the start of the 2002 season, then submit to a

The bidding war between Huffy and Pacific Cycle over the bankrupt Schwinn and GT brands ended Wednesday when a US District Court bankruptcy judge approved a joint $151 million bid offered up by Pacific and a third firm, Direct Focus. Pacific Cycle is now slated to acquire both bicycle brands while Direct Focus will assume control of the Schwinn fitness brand. After the combined bid was accepted by Judge Sidney Brooks, Pacific CEO Chris Hornung pledged to renew Schwinn and GT’s relationship with the network of independent dealers handling the brands across the country. “This is a landmark

Millar and Botero escape

The team from Canada celebrates its victory.

In the wake of the terrorist attacks against the United States, the U.S. road racing scene will see the postponement of at least one, and possibly three, of the main events on the calendar for this weekend. According to USA Cycling, the amateur-only Univest Grand Prix in Pennsylvania will be "definitely postponed," with a possible make-up date in early October. Meanwhile, the Pro Cycling Tour’s BMC Grand Prix of Houston is still up in the air, and a decision whether or not to race it will be made in the next few days. The third event scheduled for this weekend on the national calendar was

Dutch triple Olympic gold medalist Leontien Van Moorsel-Zijlaard on Wednesday failed in her attempt to beat Jeannie Longo's world hour record in Manchester, England. The 31-year-old Dutchwoman covered 43.47591km, 1619m less than the veteran Longo managed in Mexico on December 7 last year when she covered 45.095km. Van Moorsel-Zijlaard set off at a cracking pace, covering the first 5km in a healthy 6:33.252 but she then gradually lost steam and was already losing ground by the time she hit the 10km mark. By 15km she was more than 20 seconds adrift and the gap had increased to a minute

USA Cycling announced Wednesdayits team for the 2001 World Track Cycling Championships. Ten athletes willrepresent the United States at the competition, which takes place Sept.26-30 in Antwerp, Belgium. Marty Nothstein (Trexlertown, Pa.), Jeff LaBauve (Frisco, Texas), GarthBlackburn (Houston), Jame Carney (Durango, Colo.), Colby Pearce (Boulder,Colo.) and Mike Tillman (Santa Monica, Calif.) comprise the men’s roster,while Tanya Lindenmuth (Trexlertown, Pa.), Tammy Thomas (Pembroke Pines,Fla.), Jennie Reed (Kirkland, Wash.) and Erin Mirabella (Chula Vista,Calif.) make up the women’s

A day after the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history, officials at the mountain bike world championships have said the event will go on — but not without interruption. Racing at the Vail, Colorado venue was slated to begin Wednesday with the cross-country team relay, but that event was pushed back to Thursday morning at 8:30 a.m. local time. The rest of the week’s program will remain intact for now. "There have been no plans for a massive rescheduling," said John Dakin, chief of press for the 2001 world’s. "Initially there was talk of canceling the event — and that still may be a

Evan Call, the managing director of the USCF and USPRO, announced Wednesday that he is leaving his position at the end of the month. In a brief e-mail to media and others in the cycling community, Call said he had, “with great reservation, submitted my resignation to USA Cycling effective October 1, 2001.” “I appreciate the honor and opportunity to serve the sport of cycling. The ride has been unforgettable. I have enjoyed working with you and hope to do so again soon.” Efforts to reach Call by telephone were unsuccessful Wednesday afternoon. USA Cycling chief operating officer Steve

Leipheimer and McRae observe a moment of silence

Sevilla isn't just the best young rider at the Vuelta

Crédit Agricole’s Bobby Julich has signed a two-year contract with the Deutsche Telekom squad, a spokesman for the team said Tuesday. Julich, 29, joins fellow American Kevin Livingston on the team of 1997 Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich. As a member of the French Cofidis team, Julich finished third in the 1998 Tour and then went on to join Crédit Agricole in 1999. Julich’s contract two-year deal with Crédit Agricole was not renewed at the end of this season. Deutsche Telekom’s leader Ullrich has finished second three times since -- to Italian Marco Pantani in 1998 and American Lance

One more time -- Zabel wins again

This could be the first of many

Another Golden day for Millar

McRae's New Colors -- the former Mercury man is riding for Postal in Spain

Hincapie and mayor Willie Brown

Barry, Hincapie and Klasna

The leaders climb Filmore St.

Klasna and Hincapie

Millar Time!

This could make up for the Tour prologue.

A strong performance by Leipheimer

Richard G. Bannister — better known to mountain-bike historians as Neil Murdoch, a member of the Mountain Bike Hall of Fame — was arrested by a U.S. marshal in New Mexico on Sept. 5 after 28 years on the run from drug-smuggling charges. According to The Denver Post, Bannister was charged in 1973 with sneaking 26 pounds of cocaine into New Mexico. He was freed on $20,000 bond and subsequently vanished. A year later, the man calling himself Murdoch had become renowned for adding knobby tires and low gears to old coaster-brake bikes in Crested Butte, Colorado; in 1976, he would open the first

Vuelta a España: Heras on the line

Bannister as Murdoch -- or was that Murdoch as Bannister?

Armstrong

CSC-Tiscali’s Bo Hamburger has been barred from representing his country in athletic competition for life by the Danish Cycling Union because of allegations of drug use, DCU president Peder Pedersen confirmed Thursday. Pedersen said that 31-year-old Hamburger had been struck off the DCU register despite being cleared of doping by an arbitrary tribunal of the Danish Sports Federation (DIF) here last month. Hamburger, the 1997 world road race championship silver medallist, was declared positive with the French-pioneered urine test for EPO in Belgium on April 19 and was suspended by his

Armstrong headlines S.F. Grand Prix

World U23 champion Evgeni Petrov will ride for Mapei

The Vuelta a España will be Richard Virenque's first major tour since he finished up a 10-month doping ban last month and the Domo-Farm Frites rider knows he has a struggle on his hands. "You won't see the Richard Virenque who rode so well in the Tour de France in recent years, the next three weeks are going to present me with some real highs and lows," he told French sports daily L'Equipe. Virenque won the polka-dot climber's jersey at the Tour de France five times (1994-97 and again in 1999) but picked up a ten-month ban after admitting during a criminal trial last

Mercatone Uno has announced that team manager Giuseppe Martinelli will be sidelined for the Vuelta a España following a dispute with the squad’s troubled superstar Marco Pantani. A statement released by the team on Tuesday announced that assistant director Alessandro Giannelli would fill Martinelli’s role at the Vuelta. "Taking into account the publicly shown incompatibility between team manager Giuseppe Martinelli and Marco Pantani, the board of G.S. Mercatone Uno-Stream TV, with the agreement of the respective parties and in full respect of the professionalism of both parties, has

AutoTrader.com director Mike Neel announced Tuesday that he will be leaving his post with the country’s number two women’s racing team this Thursday and close out the year working with Italy’s Saeco men’s squad and “finishing up the details on a new project for 2002.” Neel told VeloNews that he will take up a new role with Saeco, acting as an assistant director for the team while it competes in the upcoming San Francisco Grand Prix and the 2001 BMC Tour of Houston. Saeco is sending an eight-man team to the U.S. including sprinting ace Mario Cipollini and American Justin Spinelli. Neel, the

Tilford took the men's 40-44 cross-country event in Bromont

Dawn Bourque took gold in the women's 35-39 downhill.

Piemme not ready for golf yet.

Gontchar

The September 3 issue of VeloNews included an editorial supporting one of several propositions that appear on the annual election ballots mailed to voting members of USA Cycling. While the editors of the magazine have expressed support for Proposition A, we welcome comment from those who might hold a different opinion. Les Earnest, the primary author of Proposition B took advantage of our offer to present his views. VeloNews editorial on Propositions A and BBy Les Earnest, co-author of Proposition BThe 9/3/01 issue of VeloNews contains an editorial recommending the adoption of Proposition A

Davide Rebellin, the number-2 ranked rider in the world, has quit the cash-strapped Italian Liquigas team Wednesday and joined Gerolsteiner, the German squad's sports director Rolf Golz said. The 30-year-old has signed a one-year deal and will be joined by three of his Liquigas teammates Gianni Faresin, Daniele Contrini and Ellis Rastelli. "The signing is all organized and we have his (Rebellin) agreement," Golz said. The management of ambitious Gerolsteiner squad hopes the signings will lift it into cycling’s top ranks for the 2002 season. There will be 30 Division I teams in 2002,

Crank up those VCRs. The Saturn Cycling Classic will be hitting the airwaves on Thursday, August 30. If you missed seeing it live, or just want to re-live the suffering caused by a 140-mile-long course that covers 14,000 feet of climbing and twice crests climbs at altitudes over 11,000 feet, ESPN2 will be broadcasting a 30-minute recap of the race at 3:30 p.m. Eastern time. Crédit Agricole’s Jonathan Vaughters – riding for the HandleBar and Grill squad – battled down to the wire with Mercury’s Chris Horner for the first prize, a brand-new, yet-to-be-released Saturn VUE Sport Utility

Spicoli or Kovarik?

In addition to his Sports Illustrated cover, Armstrong has gotten plenty of press since his third win in Paris. This 'Five Years From Now' spoof appeared in ESPN: The Magazine.

Listening to Lance Armstrong, you get the sense that in a not-so-distant past, when Texas Rangers rode horses, he would have been a gunslinger. Not a raw, do-it-for-kicks Billy the Kid, but a character like Paladin, portrayed by Richard Boone, the black-dressed hero of the mythical TV Western, "Have Gun, Will Travel." Like Paladin, the man called Lance is very intelligent, has a veneer of sophistication -- and shoots from the hip. Only Lance uses words, not bullets. At the ripe young age of 29, Armstrong commands the attention of a worldwide audience largely because the Tour de France has

Chann McRae found deliverance in the form of the U.S. Postal Service team from what's been a frustrating few months with Mercury. McRae, who hasn't been paid since June, signed a one-off deal to race with the Posties in the upcoming Vuelta a España, Sept. 8-29. "I finally got a good break after some hard times," McRae said from his home in the mountains outside of Madrid. "I always seem to have good form late in the season, so it works out well for everyone." McRae's surprise addition to the Postal Service team bolsters efforts to defend the Vuelta title for Roberto Heras.

Redden celebrates her first World Cup win.

Alexander settled for second.

Bettini wins

Ullrich, Bettini and Casagrande (r-l)

Hincapie in the lead group

Dekker

Green won the battle and the war on Sunday.

Hesjedal and Green: Two names to remember come worlds.