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Cincy Cross Festival adds Bishop, Van Gilder
The highly anticipated three-day UCI Cincinnati International Cyclocross Festival begins this afternoon with the Darkhorse Cyclo-Stampede in Burlington Kentucky, just west of the Cincinnati airport. In a last minute development, Trek/VW’s mountain bike superstar Jeremiah Bishop has entered all three events, joining over 80 Elite Men and Women competing for the UCI points and hundreds more in the amateur categories.
Sand Creek Fall Classic mountain bike race will be held October 18th in Colorado Springs
The Sand Creek Fall Classic mountain bicycle race will be held Saturday, October 18th at Cheyenne Mountain State Park in Colorado Springs, CO.
This is the final race in the Colorado mountain bike race season and is organized by Sand Creek Sports, Inc. As with the June Sand Creek Series, this event is sponsored by Ascent Cycling, Carmichael Training Systems, Front Range Orthopaedics, Rocky Mountain Lasers and new for this race, About The Shot Photography. Links to all sponsors can be found on the www.sandcreeksports.com
Team Type 1 re-signs Chris Jones, adds Ken Hanson
Chris Jones will return to ride for Team Type 1 for the 2009 season while the second-year professional squad is also adding the stars-and-stripes jersey of U.S. Elite Criterium Champion Ken Hanson to its roster. Jones, 29, scored his second straight top 10 finish at the Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship after winning the Patterson Pass Road Race earlier in August. The Redding, Calif., native also played a key role at the Vuelta Mexico and the Tour of Arkansas, both of which were won by Team Type 1’s Glen Chadwick.
UCI Press Release re: Lance Armstrong and the Tour Down Under
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE PRESS RELEASE Date: 8 octobre / 8 October 2008 Lance Armstrong to start the 2009 Tour Down Under The International Cycling Union (UCI) has decided to approve Lance Armstrong’s participation in the forthcoming Tour Down Under in Australia, to be held 20-25 January, the first event of the 2009 UCI ProTour. This decision has been made after a careful assessment of the situation, taking into account both the applicable regulations and the imperatives of the fight against doping which is the UCI's number one priority.
Why so long for Schumy?
Dear VeloNews,
Can someone explain this? Sure, I'm happy that Stefan Schumacher and Leonardo Piepoli have been caught using EPO, but can anyone explain why it took three months for these results to show up?
It only took a few days to nail Riccardo Riccò for the same infraction. Why did it take so long this time around?
Did it really take the lab three months to test those samples?
Robert Wilson
Redwood City, California
Hello Robert,
UCI Press Release re: recent doping news
COMMUNIQUE DE PRESSE PRESS RELEASE Date: 7 octobre / 7 October 2008 Analysis of Tour de France samples by the AFLD: three abnormal results The French Anti-Doping Agency (Agence Française de Lutte contre le Dopage – AFLD) has informed the International Cycling Union (UCI) of the results of first analyses of repeat tests conducted on samples taken during this year's Tour de France to detect any use of EPO (CERA in particular).