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Pearce took home another Madison title.

Reinhart and Kyle moved themselves into second place.

The Prime Alliance train rolls to victory in the team pursuit.

The Carney brothers and the rest of the Prime Alliance squad don their new jerseys.

James Cullen was one of several riders to go down hard.

Longo maintains her grip

Acca Due had the wrong twin closing in on the leaders; the team's top GC rider, Rasa (left) was forced to chase her twin

Despite spending most of the summer on the road, Nothstein is still the king of the track.

Massie is one to watch in the coming years.

Mirabella (near) and Quinn were close all day.

Moreau took the jersey and a 1-second lead over Tonkov.

Kivilev scored his first professional stage win.

Rodriguez holds lead in Luxembourg

Lindenmuth takes out Reed to win the sprint.

Marty Nothstein was just about to roll down the wooden start ramp for the time trial at the First Charter Criterium. "Hang on!" yelled a Mercury-Viatel staff support person. "Won’t need these." The staff member quickly removed a pair of water bottles from the two cages on Nothstein’s team issue LeMond race bike. It was a no-brainer that refreshments could wait until after Nothstein made his less-than-two-minute trip around the 1.4km TT course, but cut the guy some slack for not shedding the unnecessary weight. He’s used to racing bikes that don’t have water bottles — or gears for that

Lately, Josiah Ng has become known as "the guy who beat Nothstein." And beat him he did — twice. Sort of. But there’s a lot more to the 21-year-old from Carlsbad, California, than that simple label conveys. In April, Ng did surprise Olympic sprint champion Marty Nothstein at the American Velodrome Challenge in San Jose, California. In a three-up, one-ride final, Ng caught his two opponents eyeing each other and charged. He got a great jump and for 400 meters held off Nothstein and Jeff Solt to take a surprising win. "There was a lot of luck involved, but that’s part of bike racing, too," Ng

With the TT win, Vaughters moved into second-place overall.

Millar took the Dauphine leader's jersey, but it's the yellow one up for grabs in July that he really wants.

Merckx gave up the leader's jersey after one day.

Rodriguez wins stage 1 at Luxembourg

Nothstein is sure he can win on the road, but that hasn't happened yet.

Arndt

Not exactly ideal riding conditions.

Axel did dad proud by taking over the leader's jersey

Longo took charge of the winning break

Dario Frigo, fired by his Fassa Bortolo team last week after drugs were found in his room during the Giro d'Italia, spoke publicly at a press conference in Biella, Italy, Friday. The 27-year-old claimed that he had not taken banned substances and also denied media reports that he had acted as a police informant. "I have never taken doping products and I never named any colleague," said Frigo who was flanked by a lawyer. "It was a weakness on my part to have these medicines, but I was conscious not to use them." Frigo admitted that he deserves to be punished after being found in

All bike races in Italy will be suspended starting June 18. This shocking news from the French news agency AFP comes in response to the drug bust and scandals surrounding the Giro d’Italia. Italy’s Olympic committee (CONI) has made the decision to suspend "all national cycling activity from athletic and amateur categories," according to the Federation. An ethics committee presided by former national team coach Alfredo Martini and co-ordinated by Sergio Fusaro, the president of the Council of Professional Cycling, has been instructed to define a code of conduct. The federal committee of the

Frigo speaks: 'I have never taken doping products'

Nothstein added another feather to his cap

In a three-sentence press release, LeMond Cycling announced that it has ended its contract with John Wordin Sports and the Mercury cycling team. Even when announcing the split, there were details that the two parties didn't agree on. The press release carried a June 12 date, but according to LeMond's manager, Warren Gibson, the termination was effective June 5. "Greg wanted the guys to get through the national championships," before the contact news was announced, Warren said. According to Wordin, the termination date is today, June 12, and said his office would distribute a

Roux took the yellow jersey in Firminy.

Danish rider Bo Hamburger, silver medalist at the 1997 road world’s, said Monday that he intends to take the UCI to court in a bid to clear his name after it was confirmed he failed a dope test. Hamburger looks set for a long suspension after his B sample Monday confirmed he had failed a dope test for EPO in Belgium on April 19. The 31-year-old had already been suspended by his Danish team CSC-Tiscalis on May 10 when it was revealed he had failed the test. But the classics and one-day specialist said he is "very surprised" at the test result. "I didn't expect the result of the B test

The banned substance found in the personal belongings of sacked Italian rider Dario Frigo is used to regulate blood, according to the Italian press Sunday. Frigo was banned from all further participation in the Tour of Italy and sacked by his Fassa Bartolo team on Friday two days before the end of the three-week race when he was in the runners-up spot behind ultimate winner Gilberto Simoni. The name of the substance is Emassist, "a synthetic haemoglobin modifier, created by a genetic genius", according to the medical explanation for the drug on Sunday by Pierluigi Fiorella, a heart

After coming close twice, Peat finally won at Maribor.

Chausson made 2-for-2 on the weekend.

Decked out in pink, Simoni takes the Giro.

Rodriguez

Rodriguez was all alone at the finish

Hincapie, Rodriguez, Klasna

Chausson gets another World Cup win.

Flyin' Brian gets it done again.

Friday's firing of Italian rider Dario Frigo by his Fassa Bortolo team after he admitted ownership of illegal drugs found in his possession during police raids Wednesday night is just the latest doping-related scandal to rock Italian sport this year. On Saturday it was reported that five riders of the Italian Liquigas team are under judicial investigation for doping-related matters after the police blitz on hotel rooms used by riders at the Giro d'Italia. Another Italian cyclist Ivan Gotti, twice a Giro winner, is also reportedly being probed. It is only recently that the Italian

Simoni on his winning solo effort.

The tifosi happy see the Giro on the move.

Savoldelli on the attack.

The main contenders have two races under their belts at First Union Week and now turn their attention to the main event, the USPRO Championship in Philadelphia on Sunday. The two U.S. Division I teams, U.S. Postal Service and Mercury-Viatel, have each taken one win so far this week, and will again be two of the major players in Philadelphia. Of the two opening races, the First Union Invitational in Lancaster is the better indicator of who’s on form, and there were no big surprises. Leon Van Bon and Baden Cooke (Mercury-Viatel), George Hincapie (U.S. Postal Service), Trent Klasna (Saturn) and

Cipo does it again.

Despite an assist from Ullrich, Hondo finished third.

Olano remained in third in the overall.

Giro: Frigo out

There isn't much to promote or sell here today.

UCI president Hein Verbruggen confers in San Remo.

Dean gets a congratulatory hug.

Hincapie and Rodriguez.

Piziks, Dean and Koerts.

Van Bon on the move.

George and his dad.

Mario Cipollini and Hein Verbruggen discuss the future of the 2001 Giro.

All dressed up and no race to marshal.

Nobody will be at today's stage-winner press conference

Well, we're here. Let's party anyway.

People went to a lot of trouble all over Vinadio to welcome the Giro.

Bike race? What bike race?

Colombian cyclist Gustavo Wilches was found to have swallowed 40 capsules of heroin when stopped by customs officials at Bogota's Eldorado airport on Wednesday. The 39-year-old 1990 Tour of Colombia champion cracked under questioning and told police he had swallowed the drugs before attempting to board a flight to Mexico, he was then rushed to hospital for a stomach-pump. Wilches was a top Colombian Tour de France rider in the 1980s. Copyright AFP 2001

Caucchioli on his way to the win.

Simoni retains the pink jersey.

Up they go.

Ullrich ended up third.

Former Giro winner and mountains specialist Marco Pantani on Tuesday blamed flu for his lack of progress in the mountains stages of the Giro d'Italia where he has unceremoniously dropped out podium contention. Pantani also opened his heart on his team's exclusion from this year's Tour de France, saying he would love to return to the showpiece event of international cycling next year, but he first explained why this year he failed to come into his own in the Italian mountains where he dropped to 17th place overall. "I had flu," the 1998 Giro d'Italia and Tour de France winner

Pantani

Hincapie, Van Bon and Klasna

Moninger took off early.

Hincapie figured Mercury was setting up Cooke.

The most prestigious week of road cycling in the United States kicks off Tuesday afternoon with the First Union Invitational in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia. The 91-mile race takes place on a demanding 7-mile circuit through the streets of Lancaster and through Rockford Park along the Conestoga River. The challenging and technical circuit features rolling hills and several short, sharp climbs, giving it the reputation as a tough-man’s course, ideally suited for last year’s winner and 2001’s hottest rider, Trent Klasna of Saturn. Klasna and Saturn will have their hands full

French veteran rider Pascal Herve has been pulled out of the Giro d'Italia by his team after he tested positive for a controlled substance on Tuesday, Alexia team officials announced. "Herve has been pulled out while we wait for a second analysis to show that he knows nothing about this whole affair," his team announced. The 37-year-old Herve, a former Festina rider, is no stranger to doping. He was suspended at the start of this year after he finally admitted during last October's Festina court trial that he had systematically taken EPO while a member of Festina. Herve was thought

The NetZero squad work together for Miller's win at Twilight.

Hanisch is likely to have a smaller number next time you see him.

Some fair goers took the opportunity to ride the trails without leaving the tent, while others remembered golden rides in the pl