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Rogers was having an off day

The podium

Neben made it three Americans in the top 10

Something to celebrate – two Americans on the podium

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Italian police carried out searches of houses and gymnasiums across the country on Wednesday as part of a investigation into doping in cycling, according to La Gazzetta dello Sport's website. The investigation was prompted by the Spanish investigation into blood-doping, Operación Puerto. The blood-tampering scandal involves nine riders and led to the suspensions of Jan Ullrich and Ivan Basso by their teams just before the Tour De France. The searches of 36 addressess across Italy were authorized by Bergamo prosecutor Cristina Rota and carried across in the early hours Wednesday. Among

Nice bike path in Amsterdam

Armstrong nails it.

Without missing a beat: Armstrong loses only a little time after dropping her chain.

Thorburn rides to the bronze

Cornu chows down on gold

The podium

Defending champ Ignatiev rode to second

Coppel claimed bronze for France

U.S. champ Bookwalter felt a little off form

Thurig took the silver

Kozlikova started fast, but faded

Salzburg played host to Mozart's 250th birthday celebration in January.

World champ Rogers starts this year's Tour prologue

Tuesday afternoon on the TT course.

Former Liberty Seguros team manager Manolo Saiz has been replaced by Roger Legeay, the manager of Crédit Agricole, on an UCI ProTour council. Saiz has become a pariah in the sport ever since he was implicated in an ongoing doping affair in Spain to which 58 riders are allegedly linked. The Spaniard was taken in for questioning by police in Madrid at the end of May after he was arrested with 60,000 euros and banned substances in his possession. His arrest was one of the first moves in the investigation dubbed Operation Puerto, and which led to the discovery of an alleged blood doping

Two time world pursuit champion Roy Schuiten has died at the age of 55 it was announced on Tuesday. Schuiten, who won individual pursuit titles in 1974 and 1975, died of a stomach haemmorhage in Portugal where he retired to and owned a restaurant.

Horner - seen here winning a stage at this year's Tour of Romandie - wouldn't mind striking another pose like this in Salzburg.

Horner chats with reporters at the Vuelta

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Heading to Salzburg, Vinokourov hopes to pick up where he left off in Madrid.

Cordero is content with his Vuelta

On you mark....

Horgan-Kobelski

Kylander-Johnson

This is what a No. 245 looks like.

Revelation of the 2006 season, Alison Powers stomped the women’s field and won the road race to wrap up the omnium. Powers will be riding for Colavita next year.

Vittoria's Pit Stop Corsa is the solution for punctured tubulars.

Blue Streak: TIAA-CREF had 9 riders in the race — every last one of whom lined it up for the last dozen or so laps.

When pedaling, the Equilink pulls down on the top lever to stop the suspension from bobbing.

Huff took his turns on the front in the closing laps too, working for his teammate Mike Friedman.

Time's ASX monocoque carbon cranks combine an integrated spindle with an ISIS left arm attachment.

Frischkorn leapt from his team’s train to net a pricey prime with 5 laps to go.

Zabel nabs another

But Health Net’s Karl Menzies got the best of them all, getting out of the last corner first.

Danielson and Barry enjoy a mellow day in the saddle.

Priority Health’s Tom Zirbel won the time trial and got fifth in the road race, but a ninth place finish in the criterium dropped him to fourth in final points-based classification.

The Vuelta came down to a battle of two-against-one at times.

The action heated up when the peloton reaches the closing circuit in Madrid.

The boys from Khazakstan celebrate in Madrid.

Discovery takes the team prize

Not a bad consolation prize, but a consolation prize, nonetheless.

The police who raided the Swiss home of Germany's 1997 Tour de France champion Jan Ullrich on Wednesday did not take DNA evidence from him, chief police officer Herbert Ammann said in a magazine article published Sunday. Ullrich's home was one of ten private and business addresses raided both in Germany and abroad as he and others are investigated further over connections with Spanish sports doctor Eufemiano Fuentes, the alleged head of a blood-doping ring. In an article in Sunday’s Focus magazine, Amman, however, denied earlier reports that the police had seized DNA samples in the

King of the Mountain, Egoi Martinez

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) officials decided Saturday not to ban hypoxic tents, which may allow athletes to gain endurance-boosting results of altitude without the travel. WADA president Dick Pound announced the decision not to include the tents on the banned training method list, but said scrutiny on the matter will continue. Three WADA commissions examined the tents and suggested not banning them, conforming to the vast majority of committee members in saying they should not be on the prohibited list for 2007. "The biggest item for discussion was whether we should put on the list

The last start line of the year. Parker marks the end of the 2006 NRC season.

American Floyd Landis, who tested positive for testosterone after winning the Tour de France, said Sunday he is confident of proving his innocence. Landis was making an appearance at the final stage of the Vuelta a España and was mobbed by journalists as he watched Kazakh Alexandre Vinokourov secure the race's gold jersey on the final day. The American is facing being stripped of his yellow jersey crown after tests showed abnormal amounts of testosterone in his body after his stunning victory on stage 17 which allowed him to re-launch his bid for the overall victory. But following

Newly crowned national criterium champ Brad Huff was one of a few riders to hit the deck in the criterium.

Vinokourov's golden moment.

Stevic went clear alone, but an ill-timed bee sting on his forehead took him out of the race.

New brakes, new crank, new bottom bracket... Campagnolo is making changes

Sarah Uhl, out in Colorado for three weeks in preparation for the national track championships, showed good form in winning the crit.

SpeedyReedy to Host Power Meter Clinic for Cyclists and TriathletesBoulder, CO, September 15, 2006 — Seattle's top triathlon retailerwill host a workshop with one of the world's leading power meter coaches.Hunter Allen will lead a workshop on the benefits and methodology of trainingand racing with a power meter on Friday, September 22 beginning at 7:00p.m. After the presentation, Allen will answer questions and autographcopies of Training and Racing with a Power Meter. The event is free ofcharge and is open to interested triathletes and cyclists.SpeedyReedy is located at 1100 N.

Vinokourov stayed calm, pounded through the TT and keeps the lead going into Madrid on Sunday.

Danielson maintained his spot on GC

Bodrogi sets the early standard

Zzzzooooom. Vinokourov powers through the tough part.

Astana controlled the bunch

Vino' holds the gold

CSC tried the old attack-into-the-crosswind gag

Andalucia

Vino' on the job

Services slated for Dechau

IRVINE, Calif. 9/13/06 -- Long-time sales and management executive David Pfeiffer has been named the new president for Shimano American Corporation, the Irvine, Calif.-based bicycle component and fishing tackle manufacturer, announces Kozo Shimano, current Shimano American president. Pfeiffer’s new role is effective December 1, at which time Kozo Shimano will move into a senior executive position for corporate advocacy and public relations, enabling him to pursue both his personal and company interests in growing the bicycle and fishing tackle markets. “David has extensive experience in all

The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling team will investigate former team lieutenant Frankie Andreu's admission that he used EPO in preparing for the 1999 Tour de France, team officials announced Friday. In a statement released by the team, officials said lawsuits were possible as a result of Andreu's admission of doping to the New York Times and asked for probes by the International Cycling Union and US Anti-Doping Agency. "Team management will be investigating this issue and considering all legal options and trust that the relevant authorities (USA Cycling, USADA and the UCI) will be

Every cyclist's worst fear was realized for Jon Dechau on the evening ofSeptember 13. Dechau, 33, was killed after being struck from behind bya motorist. The accident occurred in Lima, New York, about 20 miles southof Rochester.The Livingston County sheriff’s office said that Dechau was riding westbound on the shoulder of route 20 approximately two feet to the right of the white line. A sheriff’s spokesman said a westbound vehicle driven by Sharon Cameron, 61, crossed the white line and struck Dechau from behind at approximately 45-50 mph, and Dechau died at the scene. Cameron could not

Arrieta wins

German authorities secured samples of former Tour de France winner Jan Ullrich's DNA when they raided his Swiss residence Wednesday, according to a report released Thursday. Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung said in an advance release of its Friday edition that authorities plan to compare the German rider's DNA with frozen blood seized at a Madrid clinic as part of a doping investigation that forced Ullrich and eight other riders to withdraw from this year's Tour. Authorities could not immediately be reached to comment on the report. On Thursday, Germany's Federal Crime

Two former members of the U.S. junior national cycling team are settlingfederal lawsuits after contending their coaches injected them with steroidswithout their knowledge.Gregory Strock and Erich Kaiter were completing a settlement agreementwith USA Cycling and former coach Rene Wenzel, a lawyer for the riderssaid in a court filing late Wednesday. U.S. District Judge John Kane onThursday gave both sides until Sept. 27 to file papers dismissing the case.Attorney William Senter, who represents the defendants, confirmed thesettlement but said terms were confidential. John Pineau, an attorney

The one-two Astana punch

Vinokourov added to his advantage over Valverde...

... and was joined by compatriot and teammate Kashechkin

They proved to be a formidable pair...

...putting another 32 seconds into Valverde.

Danielson says if the climb had been longer, he might have made it back up to Vinokourov.