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Sarah Hammer visualizes the win . . .

Creed grits his teeth and digs in

. . . and then goes out and gets it

Morkov and Rassmussen, Madison winners

Scot Chris Hoy turns in the fastest 200m time

Hammer leads the entire field on the last laps

Gideon Massie in the 200

Francois Pervis of France in the team-sprint reride after his crash

Robbie the Rocket wins ahead of an angry Renshaw.

Americans Liz Carlson and Jennie Reed in the women's team sprint final

The US team sprint led by Gideon Massie

Elmiger celebrates a solidly tactical victory.

Mike Creed shows off the new Slipstream kit as he chases in the points race

Quinn, Hammer, and Visser on the podium after the scratch race

Elmiger stayed close...

Roberto Chiappa and Hoy in the prelims of the sprint

Bobby Lea chases down the break

and overcame some serious opposition to win the sprint, locking up the overall title in the process.

Chiappa's legs show the veins of multiple sprints

Menzies' teammates fought to control the pace as they day's first bonus sprint approached.

The Danes started strong in the team pursuit . . .

Hammer cranking it up

How'd I do, coach?

Hampton in the scratch race . . .

. . . and on the podium

Hoy in the keirin

Australian cyclist Mark French has been sent home after breaching the national team's code of conduct on Wednesday during a Qantas flight to Los Angeles, where he was to have raced in this weekend's round of the UCI track World Cup series. French, who would not say what happened on the flight, is trying to resurrect his track-racing career, stalled for 18 months following drug allegations that led to a two-year ban in 2004. The Court of Arbitration for Sport overturned the ban on July 2005. While he successfully fought to prove his innocence then, the former world junior champion is

Another view

Hammer nails the points race

Meares in the sprint

Ghyllebert grabs a win, but third-placed Elmiger was a big winner, too.

Meares

Elmiger moves into the lead, but it's still close.

Quinn in the points race

The weather is still rougher than usual this year.

Hammer en route to cracking her own U.S. pursuit record

Brouchard was in the hunt for sprint points

It's Hammer time again

The escapees stayed out for most of the day...

... until the chase began in earnest.

The Nav's lend a hand

Elmiger had hoped to gain time on the climb.

Menzies was not happy with the outcome

A big group formed up, but no one posed a threat to Menzies's lead.

The Chocolade Jacques squad lent a hand monitoring the break

The pace started out high as escapees tried to sort out a potentially successful combination.

Vansevenant (Predictor-Lotto) tried his hand, but was caught.

Asthmatic child, or future Tour winner and notorious dope fiend?

Border guard: Your papers, please!Hippie: Sorry, man, all I got is a pipe.—A Child’s Garden of Grass I’ve heard it said that the French love Jerry Lewis movies. But anti-doping chief Pierre Bordry must be a Cheech and Chong fan, because he seems to be modeling his pursuit of cycling cheats on the work of Sgt. Stedenko. If salbutamol could put a wanker on a Tour podium, I’d have won eight or nine of the damn’ things by now because I’ve been an asthmatic since childhood. Alas, my various inhalers failed to land me a berth on the U.S. Olympic swimming team back in the Seventies, and a pro

The Mailbag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you havea comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen incycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write toWebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name andhome town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity. Writersare encouraged to limit their submissions to one letter per month.The letters published here contain the opinions of the submittingauthors and do not necessarily reflect the opinions, policies or positionsof VeloNews.com, VeloNews magazine or our parent company, InsideCommunications,

SAN FRANCISCO – For the first time in San Francisco, residents can use their pedal power to support the fight against cancer during PedalFest 2007. PedalFest – an Amgen Tour of California professional road cycling race pre-event – is a unique, stationary cycling fundraiser in which miles pedaled will earn matched dollars. U.S. individual time trial champion David Zabriskie of Team CSC, the No. 1 cycling team in the world and winners of the 2006 Amgen Tour of California, will join local residents as they "pedal their way" to raise money and awareness aboard stationary bikes. The event will

Mayo swaps orange of Euskaltel for yellow of Saunier Duval, but will be it enough for the maillot jaune of the Tour?

Gilberto Simoni makes a watery arrival at the team presentation. Can the aging general still muster the forces to win the Giro? Gibo says it's so.

Saunier Duval-Prodir's team presentation at the Crowne Plaza hotel was a posh affaire. The team training camp continues through the weekend before the racing season begins in earnest.

Cooke wins it under rainy skies.

O'Grady earned the title of most aggressive rider on Thursday's stage

Summertime racing in Oz.

The winning break... with four men from Chocolade Jacques in the mix.

Another day in ochre for Menzies

Clarke and Gonzalo worked hard to join up with O'Grady

For a short time, this appeared to be a winning combination.

Pereiro in the 2006 Tour, after taking the yellow jersey from Landis on Stage 13

Hushovd ended his 2006 Tour the way he began it - with a win

Cooke dons the green at the finale of the 2003 Tour

Dear Bob,I am getting ready for the new season of racing and am planning out my training schedule in preparation for the spring races. My teammateand I want to work on our leg speed and plan to motor-pace behind my car.Can I get a ticket for pacing him like this?Peter S.Eugene, OregonDear Peter,I do not recommend that you motor-pace your friend. But if youinsist, I offer the possible legal ramifications as well as some basicpacing advice. This is the classic "do as I say, not as I do" lecture.In fact, when I was racing and training, I wasn't even smart enough tolimit my motor-pacing to

Spaniard Oscar Pereiro (Caisse d’Epargne), who finished second to Floyd Landis in the 2006 Tour de France, twice tested positive for the banned substance salbutamol during the race, French newspaper Le Monde alleged Thursday on its website. Salbutamol, a substance often prescribed for asthmatics, was discovered in Pereiro's urine samples after the 14th and 16th stages, the newspaper alleged. Landis also tested positive, for a skewed testosterone-epitestosterone level, following Stage 17. Pereiro defended himself in an interview with Radio Cadena Ser in Spain, saying he used Ventolin— an

Teamwork! Caethoven grabs the win, with a little help from his friends.

American Cycling Association PresentsA NIGHT OF CYCLING GREATS - PAST TO PRESENTA fundraiser for American Cycling Association - Tom DanielsonJunior Cup SeriesDATE: January 17, 2007 6:30PM  Join Tom for an event to raise money and awareness for the new "TomDanielson ACA Junior Cup Series" in Boulder, Colorado. This is a new programwhich includes a series of races throughout the state. There are over tenraces in the series and each junior participant can accumulate points tocompete for the title of Junior Cup Champion at the end of the season.There are five age groups of both girls

A fund-raiser for the Tom Danielson Junior Cup Series is scheduled tonight at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colorado. Among the cycling luminaries scheduled to appear during "A Night of Cycling Greats, Past to Present" are Tom Danielson, Ned Overend, Andy Hampsten, Ron Kiefel, Alexi Grewal, Connie Carpenter, Michael Aisner and Dave Towle. The event, which starts at 6:30 p.m., will include a silent auction featuring race memorabilia, clothing and equipment. Aisner will provide rare footage from the Coors Classic and talk with the retired pros about their experiences racing in America and

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With the big squads represented in the break, the main field settled in for an easy ride.

... but it was this combination that worked.

McCauley and crew made an early dig...

O'Grady was hoping for another TDU win, but at 26 minutes back, this year's race is now just for training.

Menzies relishes his win.

The attacks shattered the lead group with less than 10km to go.

Bettini will take Tuesday off and make a decision on Wednesday

Trebon is back Stateside training after suffering a nagging illness