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Powers got caught in the middle

Fort Lewis's Shriver won the men's collegiate championship

Mirabella took gold in the points race

Tsylinskaya won the women's sprint

Mulder took the keirin

"Cycling in the News" is a regular service of VeloNews.com. Readers,reporters and friends are encouraged to send links to current stories aboutcompetitive cyclists and cycling that appear in the mainstream media. Ifyou come across a news item that you believe may be of interest to otherVeloNews readers, we would be grateful if you choose to send it to Rosters@InsideInc.com.The Oregonian, December 10 Cyclo-cross riders return to face tougher course By Abby Haight The first time the USA Cycling National Cyclocross Championships churned into Portland, racers had to contend with mud thick as

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Predictions for ‘cross natsEditor:Regarding cyclo-cross nationals: Jonathan Page will win the men’s elite race hands down so long as his bike stays together in the mud. Todd Wells and Ryan “Treefarm” Trebon will fight it out to the end for the second and third spot. Ann Knapp and Gina

"Lausanne Recommendations" on "Sudden Cardiovascular Death in Sport"adopted10 December 2004The "Lausanne Recommendations", a consensus paper on the preventionof sudden death, has been adopted today under the umbrella of the IOC MedicalCommission at the meeting on "Sudden Cardiovascular Death in Sport" inLausanne. The meeting of the ad hoc working group on Sudden CardiovascularDeath in sport, coordinated by Professor Erik J. Meijboom of the UniversityHospital Centre in Lausanne (CHUV) brought together a group of experts.Dramatic"Sudden death" in sport is always a dramatic event and has to be

Hospitals are removing or taping over patients' LiveStrong bracelets for fear of a fatal mix-up. The yellow bands are the same color as the "do not resuscitate" bands a hospital chain puts on patients who don't want to be saved if their heart stops. No mix-ups have been reported, but BayCare Health Systems officials don't want to take any chances. The popular rubber bracelets are sold through the Lance Armstrong Foundation. It's part of the champion bicycle racer's efforts to raise money for cancer education and research. Hospitals use colored bracelets to quickly tell doctors, nurses and

Portland means mud: Just ask Ann Knapp, seen charging through the goo at the USGP opener

Metzger mud-surfs to the collegiate crown

Much crashed a ton, had plenty of fun ... and won the under-23 title

Can you say '45-degree banking?'

1st Annual North American Handmade Bicycle ShowHouston Texas will host the first ever “North American Handmade BicycleShow” the weekend of January 15th 2005.  This is a milestone eventthat brings together some of North America's Finest Custom Bicycle FrameBuilders Notorious Builders such as Richard Sachs, Darren Crisp, Don Ferrisof Anvil Bicycles and many others will be on hand to display their craftTrue Temper will also be on hand displaying and talking about their mostrecent development, the "S 3 tubeset"A Q/A session will be beneficial to Amateur Bicycle Framebuilders whoattend regarding

Answer Kashmir winter boot

Answer Kashimir boots beg for fresh powder

Jeremy Powers: International Man of Mystery

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.All dressed up and no where to go (down)Editors,Wow, what sad news that Big Bear is banning downhill bikes (see"Gravityracing (and riding) to be banned at Big Bear").While there are other places for DHers to ride, this means the nearestNORBA NCS DH race from the Bay Area is 800 miles

Downward bound

Tech Report: Maintaining perspective

Tech Report: Maintaining perspective

Tech Report: Maintaining perspective

And away goes trouble, down the drain

Dendermonde, Belgium (AP) Belgian Frank Vandenbroucke wassentenced to 200 hours of community service on Monday after police foundillegal performance-enhancing substances during a raid on his home two yearsago. Police discovered endurance-enhancing EPO, muscle-boosting Clenbuterol andmorphine during the 2002 search, and Vandenbroucke was suspended for sixmonths. Vandenbroucke admitted to police during an interview that he had used the drugs. Vandenbroucke's lawyer, Luc Deleu, had argued that the suspension waspunishment enough for the cyclist and that there was no need for

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.There’s hope for a U.S. pursuit squadEditor:I recently read a letter from one of your readers noting that the U.S. once again will not have a team pursuit team in the upcoming World Cup (see Friday’s mailbag: “In (four-man) pursuit of excellence?”). I am writing to inform you that we

Leech wraps up the men's title

Schauer has an eye on collegiate title, too

Gould got an early jump but was reeled back

Storm on the attack that led to his win on Sunday

Vandenbroucke speaks with friends during an earlier court appearance in Dendermonde

Baden Koch, future Paris-Roubaix star

Weekend 'CrossWrap: Hall and Frischknecht tops in San Mateo

Hall is in top form

IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BLAIR COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIAALTOONA BICYCLE CLUB,  :        Plaintiff   : No.  2004 GN 1006        :       v.     : CIVIL ACTION - LAW      : :KIRK V. LEIDY and SHAWN M. LEIDY,  :husband and wife, trading and doing   : JURY TRIAL DEMANDEDbusiness as PHOTO SPECIALISTS,  :     Defendants   : COMPLAINT AND NOW, comes the Plaintiff, ALTOONA BICYCLE CLUB, by and throughits attorney, Stephen D. Wicks, and files this Complaint against the Defendants,KIRK V. LEIDY and SHAWN M. LEIDY, husband and wife, trading and doing businessas PHOTO SPECIALISTS, alleging the

What do famous cyclists do when they hang up their cleats? A few become team directors, some start touring or coaching businesses, while others take up marketing or even race promotion. In the case of Marion Clignet, who won three world pursuit and two points race championships in a career that spanned three decades, she’s moving in more than one of these directions. Clignet, 41, ended her illustrious career this summer after failing to make the French team for the Athens Olympics (she took silver medals in 1996 and 2000). All her world and Olympic medals were earned for France, but Clignet

McCormack lights it up

McCormack was working on following the wheels

Powers found himself playing McCormack's game

McConneloug was racing herself, building power for nationals

"Cycling in the News" is a regular service of VeloNews.com. Readers,reporters and friends are encouraged to send links to current stories aboutcompetitive cyclists and cycling that appear in the mainstream media. Ifyou come across a news item that you believe may be of interest to otherVeloNews readers, we would be grateful if you choose to send it to Rosters@InsideInc.com.Denver Post - December 3, 2004Hamilton supports PhonakBoulder rider says it was his idea to leave team to appease InternationalCycling UnionTyler Hamilton went on a long training ride Thursday around his Boulderhills home.

Dear Bob,A few years ago I bought a racing bike in Seattle after not having bought one in the United States for over twenty years. As a lefthander, I had in the past always asked the bike shop to “reverse the brakes,” so the left brake lever works the front brake. I was told it was against the law in Seattle to do this. I have since bought a new bike in North Carolina. The bike shop said there was no such law. Who is right?D.D.North Carolina Dear D.D.Um, well . . . .they both are! In the United States, federal laws are contained in a set of volumes called the United States Code (USC), which

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.In (four-man) pursuit of excellence?Dear Editor,I recently read that the United States is again not sending a teampursuit squad to a world track meet. I'm wondering why? The Australianand GB endurance models seem to be winning medals as well as developingtalented road riders. What are

Friday's mailbag: Why no team pursuit? Mr. Spellcheck; Predicting natz

The 2004 Verge Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Championship Series wraps up this weekend with The Fitness Concepts Capital Classic in Reston, Virginia. Absent from the 2003 edition of the Mid-Atlantic series, the event is a great addition to the 2004 series. Held in a natural bowl-like section of Lake Fairfax Park, the course includes several elevation changes and a well-balanced mix of technical areas and power sections. The six previous editions of the Reston event have all been held on diverse, challenging courses – yet all held within the same section of park. Rumor has it that EMI racing and

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The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.What about Landis?Editor:I have read previously that Floyd Landis had an "out" in his contract if Phonak did not get into the UCI ProTour. Have you any further information regarding Landis's status? Rumors of what team he might join? Chances that he will go back to the Postal/Discovery

Hamilton keeps his gold medal

The State of New Mexico and the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) have signed an agreement to cooperate in the construction of new mountain bike trails. The agreement, signed Sept. 14, is the first of its kind between IMBA and a state parks system. "This is another example of how government can work with organizations to encourage responsible use of public lands for our residents and our visitors," New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said. The governor added that more than 39 million Americans participated in mountain biking last year, and the state's unique landscape and

MONTROSE, Colorado - NBC Sports chairman Dick Ebersol and his college-age son emerged from the wreckage of a corporate jet after it crashed during takeoff and burst into flames, killing two crew members. Rescuers were still searching for Ebersol's younger son, whose seat was missing from the smoldering ruins. The 18-seat charter jet with six people on board crashed Sunday morning at Montrose Regional Airport in southwest Colorado, not far from the Telluride Ski Area. A heavy snowstorm had lightened up before the plane prepared to depart for South Bend, Ind., where Ebersol's son Charles is a

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Uuuuuurpppp....Dear VeloNews,Ugh...talk about making your stomach lurch (see "Friday's foaming rant: Gobble, gobble, gobble"). No, not O'Grady's writing...well, sort of...just the thought of eating 53 hotdogs in a year is enough to make my stomach turn, let alone 12 minutes.Then the

DENDERMONDE, Belgium (AP) - The lead prosecutor in the trial of Frank Vandenbroucke has asked for a sentence of community service in the dopingcase that originally stemmed from a police raid on the Belgian cycling star’s home two years ago. Police discovered endurance-enhancing EPO, muscle-boosting Clenbuterol and morphine during the 2002 search and Vandenbroucke was subsequently suspended for six months. Vandenbroucke's lawyer, Luc Deleu, said the cyclist had already served his ban and there was no need for further sanctions against his client. "We have already been sanctioned. We

Tilford: Experience counts.

Vandenbroucke (R) and manager Paul De Geyter (L) leave the correctional court of Dendermonde on Monday.

One man, one gear, four wins

For the first time in the 14-year history of the VeloNews awards a pair of Canadians, cross-country racer Roland Green and road pro Lyne Bessette, have walked away with North American Cyclist of the Year honors. In Green's case it was the first time a non-American or a mountain biker has ever won the award. Bessette was just the second Canadian women to be tabbed, following Linda Jackson, who won it twice (1997, '98). Green earned the honor by putting together a brilliant season that included three overall series titles (NORBA cross country and short track, plus the World Cup

Green on his way to winning at world's.

Bessette was a multiple winner on the road and in 'cross.

Nys is on a roll

Will Wellens make the rest of the series a contest?

Belgians ruled the sandy circuit

Nys tried to escape in the sand, but it wasn't working

(K)nowing Nicely-Nicely Jones, I am prepared to wager all the money I can possibly raise that he can outeat anything that walks on two legs. In fact, I will take a chance on Nicely-Nicely against anything on four legs, except maybe an elephant, and at that he may give the elephant a photo finish.–Damon Runyon in his short story A Piece of Pie,describing an eating contest on Broadway Bicycle racing? Fuhgeddaboudit. It’s so last century. I have seen the future of sport, and it is professional competitive eating. While sprawled in the living room rocker, recovering from my annual

WADA reaccredits Seoul lab for steroid analysisThe World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) announced today in Montreal that it has granted full reaccreditation to the anti-doping laboratory in Seoul, South Korea. In April 2004, the laboratory was suspended from carrying out steroid analysis for a period of six months, following unsatisfactory performances and non-compliance with WADA’s International Standards for Laboratories. Since then, the laboratory, in cooperation with the South Korean government, has taken corrective actions. New material has been purchased and additional staff has been

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Doing the math, part 2Editor:I'd like to respond to Steve Rempel's letter (see Wednesday’s mailbag: "Doing the Math"). I think he's got a good point about Tyler's Olympic doping test possibly falling into the margin of error. But is there a statistician out there who can factor in

On September 24, the United States Antidoping Agency announced the two-year suspension of 27-year-old Joey D'Antoni. The track racer from Raleigh, North Carolina, tested positive for recombinant human Erythropoietin (rHuEPO), a synthetic hormone that increases the body's ability to produce red blood cells. D'Antoni is the third U.S. cyclist to test positive for the banned hormone. Former U.S. national time trial champion Adham Sbeih tested positive in August of 2003. More recently, up-and-coming rider Adam Bergman joined the blacklist. Sbeih argued he never took EPO. "I've never even seen

Dear Bob,If an Ironman triathlete used her story to inspire and collect donationsfor a charity, and paid the charity 75 percent and kept 25 percent fortraining and racing expenses, would she be a non-profit organization herself,a business, or would it be just plain illegal. In this example, the athletewould advertise, speak on behalf of the charity, etc.M.H.MontanaDear MH,Let's assume Tracy Trigal, as an independent agent, and without anyother formalities, sets herself up along the lines you suggest, givingthe money to the Rhinitis Foundation, a legitimate charity dedicated tocuring the

D'Antoni in 2002

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com. If you have a comment, an opinion or observation regarding anything you have seen in cycling, in VeloNews magazine or on VeloNews.com, write to WebLetters@InsideInc.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Glad you spoke out!There you go Tyler!Defend yourself (see “Hamiltonissues statement in his defense”)!I find it hard to accept that someone with your level of sportsmanshipwould try to cheat.  I was hoping that you would issue a statement. If just for the fans that are supporting you

With Thanksgiving upon us, it’s time to take a moment and reflect upon all that we have to be thankful for. Or so “they” tell us. I think it’s good practice to try not and take anything for granted all throughout the year, but if “they” want to designate a four-day weekend to spend counting our blessings, I’m more than happy to add the vacation to the list. First of all, I’m thankful to have finished VeloNews issue 20 last night, our 17th annual awards issue. I think it’s one of our more fun issues of the year, both to work on and to peruse, through the eyes of our readers. There are

Bartoli at Paris-Nice

Katrina Grove

Katrina Grove

Sayers, the mountain biker, racing for Maxxis at the NORBA Nationals in Mammoth, California.

Lance's 'Tour de France' chopper

Lance and Sheryl on 'Overhaulin''