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Vouilloz on his way to third in the semis.

Minnaar and members of the Global Racing team celebrate his overall title.

Jonnier crosses the line for the win.

Donovan sails to another win.

Lopes would eventually lose to King, but that didn't stop him from taking the overall title.

Minnaar hoists his hardware while a stoic Vouilloz looks on.

The party begins.

A rider makes his way down towards the St. Lawrence river below.

Chausson gets some medical attention.

Chausson's busted brake.

Minnaar was fastest in qualifying.

Though still very preliminary, the 2002 mountain-bike-racing schedule is beginning to take shape. After several conversations with sources close to NORBA and the World Cup, VeloNews has drawn up a possible picture of what next year’s racing calendar will look like. The biggest wild card appears to be Durango, Colorado, which hosted a World Cup "triple" this summer. Initially organizers in the small tourist town seemed enthusiastic about a repeat visit in 2002. But since then things appear to have shifted, and now there are indications that Durango will pass on holding another World Cup

Minnaar

Minnaar's winning run at Kaprun.

His future's so bright he's...

Marsal

Deldycke out in front in the finals.

Bootes and Gracia get a little air-time.

Chausson and Llanes fight for second, while Donovan fights gravity.

Jackie Simes II, 1936 national road champion and U.S. Bicycling Hall of Famer, died August 10 at age 87 of heart failure following a series of strokes. He died in a hospital near his home in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania. A second-generation racer, Simes inspired his son, Jack Simes III, to compete in a career that spanned three Olympics and a silver medal in the pursuit at the 1968 world championships, and grandsons, Ryan Simes Oelkers and Jack Simes IV to make the Simes family span more than a century of racing. Referred to by friends as Jackie, he was born John Weston Simes II on January

Jackie Simes II, with Joe Murray at the 1999 induction in to the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame.

Tour de France prologue winner Christophe Moreau on Monday joined his old Festina teammate Florent Brard and inked a two-year contract with France's Crédit Agricole squad. Australian Stuart O'Grady and American Jonathan Vaughters had earlier extended their contracts with the team. The 30-year-old Moreau, who has rebounded from serving a six months drug suspension for his part in the 1998 Festina drugs scandal to win this year's Tour prologue. He had finished fourth overall in 2000. O'Grady, who barely missed winning the Tour de France's green jersey for points this

Freedman topped the podium

Larkin and Sharp escaped on glassy roads

Zabel pleases the home crowd.

Dekker still leads the World Cup race.

Missy Giove, U.S. downhill champion again, is not afraid.

Who? Learn the name: Todd Leduc, national champion

O'Bee, Jansen, Bouchard-Hall

The new national champion

Sweep: Redden rejoices after winning for the second time in as many days

Too much: When Green made the final attack, no one could respond.

Legends: Carter (left) took out Lopes in the final.

Perfection: Chausson was untouchable in her first NORBA dual slalom race.

Candelario, Bouchard-Hall and Clarke

Bouchard-Hall takes the win

Scrymgeour leads Teutenberg and Berger

Susanne Ljunkskog

You can't touch this: Green was in a class of his own at Mount Snow.

It's a party: A big crowd played hooky to romp around the woods of Mount Snow.

New 'do: McGrath's new haircut is fast.

Just like home: Redden was right at home in the rain and roots.

Former Tour de France winner Marco Pantani will make his competitive comeback on the Tour of Burgos in Spain, according to the Web site of his Mercatone Uno team. The 31-year-old Italian, who was not invited to this year's Tour de France -- officially due to poor form and lack of positive results -- failed to shine in the recent Tour of Castille and Leon in Spain. Pantani, who won the Tour in 1998 after winning the Tour of Italy, was left trailing on most of the serious climbs and failed to hold his own among the peloton. He subsequently pulled out of the San Sebastian Classic last

Luperini takes the win with Somaribba just behind.

Once again USA Cycling’s annual election is upon us. Included on this year’s ballot is a legislative issue that will have significant effects on the national governing body of cycling in the U.S. (Proposition A vs. Proposition B). Voting information is included in the August/September issue of USA Cycling’s membership magazine USA Cycling. The election is set for Saturday, October 6, 2001, in the USA Cycling Conference Room, at the United States Olympic Training Center, Colorado Springs, Colorado. If you want to attend in person, RSVP the USA Cycling office at 719/578-4581 or send a letter

Three-time Tour de France winner Greg LeMond apologized to fellow triple Tour winner Lance Armstrong on Tuesday, saying his remarks regarding Armstrong's association with controversial Italian doctor Michele Ferrari were taken out of context, according to an Associated Press report. "I sincerely regret that some of my remarks ... seemed to question the veracity of Lance's performances," said LeMond in a written statement. "I want to be clear that I believe Lance to be a great champion and I do not believe, in any way, that he has ever used any performance enhancing substances. I

French champion Didier Rous won the oldest criterium in France Wednesday, but it was the comeback of Richard Virenque that grabbed all the headlines in Quillan. The 31-year-old Virenque, who in October at the Festina drugs trial admitted to systematic doping, then was suspended for nine months, finished fourth behind Rous, Florent Brard and third-placed Stephane Goubert. Although failing to win the 63-year-old event, which he won in 1997 and 1999, Virenque said he had paid his dues and was excited at the prospect of competing again. "I've paid my price and done my bit for cycling, now

Armstrong has defended his relationship with Ferrari.

Somarriba won the ever-important time trial.

French cyclist Richard Virenque will return to professional competition on Wednesday after completing his ban for drug offences connected with the Festina scandal. The five-time Tour de France King of the Mountains winner will take part in an international criterium at Quillan in the first event since his ban ended. He had initially been banned until October but had that slashed by two months on appeal earlier this year, allowing him to return early. "I feel good," said Virenque, who now rides for Domo-Farm Frites. "But for me the big test will be in Burgos," he said referring to his

Remember me? Frischknecht broke out for his yearly World Cup win.

When Fullana shows up, she rarely loses

Jonnier scored her first career dual win.

Vaughters was one of a score of riders who switched bikes at the top of Guanella Pass

Wherry , Vaughters and Horner.

The Vaughters enjoying the day's first prize - a new Saturn SUV.

Minnaar is the first man from the continent of Africa to win a World Cup

Like fellow Cannondale rider Mario Cipollini, Chausson was all muscle on the podium.

Jalabert makes his move

Vaughters and Horner crested the final climb on Hoosier Pass together, but after 140 miles Vaughters was the one who had a little bit left.

The management of the Mercury cycling team issued a brief press release late Wednesday evening announcing the dismissal of Alain Gallopin, the team’s assistant director in Europe. The release gave no reason for the dismissal except to say that he had somehow “violated long-standing team policy and procedures.” Gallopin’s duties have been assumed by Eddie Borysewicz, who had held a similar position with the team’s U.S.-based program. The team is currently experiencing financial difficulties following the bankruptcy of its one-time co-sponsor Viatel, a communications infrastructure company.

Green topped a tough Canadian field to take his third national title.

Sydor completed the Trek-Volkswagen sweep.

Marco Pantani was so devastated by missing this year's Tour de France that he couldn't bear to watch as Lance Armstrong cycled to his history-making triumph, he told an Italian newspaper. "I didn't see any of the stages of the Tour," Pantani, who won the Tour de France in 1998 when the race was devastated by allegations of drug taking, said. "Being excluded from the Tour was the worst thing to happen. We found out just before the start of the Giro and it was a terrible feeling," said the Italian rider, known as the Pirate, who is currently riding in the Tour of Castille in

Tinker came off his bike only for transitions and short breaks.

Cristina Begy, national champion

Tinker came off the bike only for transitions and short breaks.

Four riders broke away, then lapped the field in the espoir criterium.

Zak Grabowski took the 15-16 race.

Hammer won the sprint in the 17-18s.

Chris Stockburger (right) took the 13-14s sprint by the width of a tire.

Leboucher dropped Fullana in the closing meters for the win.

Martinez is on track to score another World Cup globe.

Staley sprints to victory.

Repo scored her first World Cup win.

Lopes rebounded from a loss in Japan last week to take the dual.

Juarez blazes through the transition tent after completing two laps in 1:14:40.

Jankowiak celebrates his win.

McLarty is a triathlete by trade.

Peters wins the 15-16 race.