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Camenzind has been dropped from the Swiss Olympic team and sacked by Phonak

CSC had a good Tour of Denmark, claiming the top two spots on the podium

Mario de Clercq gives it a go

But it wasn't a day at the beach, even if it was hot enough for swimming

Sven Nijs had a better time of it

But then again, winning is always nice

Kaboom: Kabush rode away with another short-track win.

One time: Craig finished third on a single-speed

14 and counting: Dunlap chalked up another short-track win.

The other blue train: Luna was unstoppable.

Close call: Rennie won by a whisker.

Leading lady: Pruitt leads the DH series with one to go.

Out of the shadows: Rockwell made a surprise showing.

Garate

The top three

Long time coming: Wells finally won his first NORBA cross-country

On target: Florit said she's ready for Athens

George Hincapie will ride for the next three seasons with Discovery Channel after penning a contract extension to stay with the American team during the recent Tour de France. Hincapie has raced in the U.S. Postal Service colors since 1997 and decided it was best to continue with the team as cable giant Discovery Channel is set to take over the sponsorship for the 2005 season. “I’ve signed for three more years. I’m staying,” Hincapie told VeloNews after finishing 56th at 5:24 back in Saturday’s Clasica San Sebastián. “I had some offers and we didn’t know if the team was going to continue,

Perdiguero claims his first World Cup win

Leipheimer had a go after shelling an early break

Rebellin crossed third to hold onto the World Cup lead

Totschnig tows the break

Ullrich chased until sidelined by a mechanical

BERKELEY, Calif., August 5, 2004 - Clif Bar Inc. announced today that George Hincapie has won fan balloting for the third annual Beyond The Podium Award, earning a $10,000 first prize from the company. Riding in his 10th career Tour de France, Hincapie came through with his most impressive effort to date, finishing 33rd overall, but more importantly playing a key domestique role in helping his U.S. Postal Service Pro Cycling Team leader win an unprecedented sixth straight yellow jersey at this year’s Tour de France. The Clif Bar Inc. award honors domestiques - the unsung heroes of cycling -

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.Stop paying attention to all this crapEditor:If you pay attention to the ratio of articles posted on your site (which has always been my favorite, by the way, and I go to it several times a day), about half of them are about drugs. Everyone keeps saying, “Show something else other than

After six months of chasing UCI points, a weeklong delay in the initial announcement, an arbitration hearing and an appeal of that decision, the battle for the lone women’s start spot on the U.S. Olympic cross-country team is finally over. On Friday afternoon in a federal courthouse in downtown Denver, Judge Phillip Figa denied a motion filed by Sue Haywood’s attorney asking the court to vacate the original arbitration decision that awarded that lone start spot to Mary McConneloug, and allow for another arbitration hearing. Haywood (Trek-Volkswagen), who was at the courthouse in Denver,

Dear Bob,Here in Massachusetts, we have several off-road trails that cross roadways in mid-block using crosswalks. The trail has a regular stop sign facing the path, only smaller, and the crosswalk has the usual street markings. The roadway doesn't have a stop or yield sign, but it does have a yellow warning sign. Some cars stop, some don't. Who really has the right-of-way, a cyclist or a motorist? Is the stop sign legitimate, or just advisory?E & C Dear E & C,This is a good question, and it's becoming a hot topic among off-road trail planners. Many motorists think that they only have an

Lelli has been charged wiith drug trafficking

Dave Fuentes tested positive for oxymetholone metabolites at the Redlands Classic on March 25, the U.S. Olympic Committee has announced. The 31-year-old from Berkeley, California, who had 12 wins in 2003, disputes the test results. The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency (USADA) is investigating. "If a sanction is imposed, USADA will make the announcement at a later date," the USOC said in a statement. Long-term, high-dose use of oxymetholone, an anabolic steroid used to treat certain types of anemia, has been linked to tumors of the liver, liver cancer and peliosis hepatis.

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.Sign petition asking OLN to air VueltaEditor:Please add to your mail that there is hope for the Vuelta a España on OLN. There’s an online petition asking OLN to reconsider its decision to air only a one-hour highlight show. It’s at http://www.petitiononline.com/vuelta3/. The more who

Merckx: Teammates with Armstrong again.

Millar at the Dauphine: One of the last times he wore the Arc en Ciel

Nazon's busted bike

The MTBchicks are at it again, bringing passion and advocacy for women’s cycling to the trail. This weekend the MTB chicks hit Snowmass Resort, near Aspen, in what will be the seventh of nine races in the 2004 NORBA National Mountain Bike Series. Following the competitive mountain bike events on Sunday, August. 8, the girls of MTBChick invite beginner and junior women to “come get dirty” in a free one-hour mountain bike skills clinic. “Women’s clinics didn’t exist when I began mountain biking,” says founder and pro mountain bike racer Tonya Laffey. “I want to give others the opportunity to

New York, NY -- Help celebrate the completion of the Tour of Hope Team’s cross-country journey across America this October, with a 25-30-mile recreational fundraising ride. You can be one of 1500 people to go the distance for cancer research in Washington, D.C. on the morning of Saturday, October 9! Following the recreational ride, join Lance Armstrong, the Tour of Hope Team, and special guests at the grand finale on the Ellipse, open to the public. The ride route is being finalized with the National Park Service and other jurisdictions; more details are coming soon. All of the funds raised

Another closeup

A closeup

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. How many suffered for Meirhaeghe’s drug use?Editor:It is expectedly disappointing to look back at Filip Meirhaeghe's past performances through the cloudy filter of drug abuse and wonder, "What if?" (See “Meirhaeghe tests positive, admits guilt, retires”). How many clean riders have

Disgraced cyclist Jobie Dajka on Monday will appeal against being dumped from the Australian team for this month's Athens Olympics, the Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) said Monday. Earlier Monday the Court of Arbitration for Sport said that the deadline had passed for the 22-year-old Dajka to appeal against his banishment from the cycling team after admitting to lying to an official doping inquiry. But late Monday a fax from Dajka's legal team was located at the AOC's office in Sydney, the AOC said. "Please be advised a fax from Jobie Dajka's legal team has been located in the AOC

Popovych after assuming the maglia rosa in the 2004 Giro d'Italia

... an outcome that seemed unlikely earlier in the race

Meanwhile, as the women's field hesitated ...

Henderson wins in NYC . . .

. . . although the outcome seemed unlikely earlier in the race

Meanwhile, Holden cruised to a rain-soaked win

Hamburg is probably the easiest of the World Cups…but it is not easy. The race draws massive crowds and is always a welcome home race for Jan and the Telekom team after the Tour. The race starts out with a large flat loop and then several smaller loops with some tight turns and a steep climb. It is not the difficulty of the climb that splits the race up, but the fight for position going into the climb and the tight corners after the climb. As the World Cup script pretty much dictates, the race started off quick, a break got away, the peloton settled down and cruised along, and then teams

Sprint Podium

O'Grady pips 'em at HEW

Aussie team pursuiters

The break had 14 minutes at one point

Sprint Podium

And then the peloton got seriously busy

Aussie team pursuiters

O'Grady pips 'em at HEW

The break had 14 minutes at one point

And then the peloton got seriously busy

O'Grady pips 'em at HEW

The break had 14 minutes at one point

And then the peloton got seriously busy

Henderson sprints to victory ...

Geist gets the U.S. on the board with a bronze medal in the pursuit

Barth rode a smart points race

Blatchford was smokin' in the sprint

The next winner of the Tour de France: Ricky Williams, late of the Miami Dolphins

Ford (right) celebrates with keirin winner Shane Perkins

Comparisons are odious. –John Fortescue As surely as the Christmas decorations go up after Halloween, so too do the “Lance Armstrong is not the world’s greatest athlete” tirades go out after the Tour de France. The latest yahoo to dust off this apples-versus-oranges claptrap is Mike Imrem, who scribbles for a thing called The Daily Herald, a suburban-Chicago sheet whose founder, Hosea C. Paddock, proclaimed that his goal was to “fear God, tell the truth and make money.” Paddock’s successors may indeed fear God and make money, but they have fallen short of telling the truth in running

Heading to Hamburg. Ullrich will ride the HEW Cyclassics

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.Your 15 minutes are up, AdamEditors:How exciting is this? After what seems like dozens of maybe Nandrolonepositives or maybe just contaminated supplements, a good old fashionedEPO case. Headline reads: Young cyclist rockets through the ranks, findshimself second only to Chris Horner,

Dear readers,When I think of riding my bike I think of exercise, freedom, all thethings that have kept me riding for over 20 years and hopefully 20 more.What I don’t think of is danger and death. But the truth is, whether youare riding a bike, driving a car or even taking a shower, the possibility of anaccident always exists. This column is not about how to avoid mishaps,but instead how to be prepared, in advance, for the worst.Ken Rosskopf, an excellent attorney from Georgia, who has handledhis share of bicycle-related legal issues, has submitted the followingcolumn on Living Wills. This is

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Meirhaeghe at Sea Otter

Meirhaeghe arrives at a press conference in Nazareth Thursday

Meirhaeghe wins at world's last year

Former Jelly Belly rider Adam Bergman has accepted a provisional suspension from cycling pending review of a positive for EPO on April 6 of this year. Bergman, 23, accepted and began serving the provisional suspension on July 27, 2004. By accepting the provisional suspension, Bergman agreed not to compete in any competitions under the jurisdiction of UCI, USA Cycling or the United States Olympic Committee. According to the agreement, Bergman is not admitting guilt and will receive credit for the period of the time he has served the provisional suspension should a doping violation be

Simoni on the attack during stage 17 of the Tour

Bergman accepts provisional suspension for EPO positive

T-Mobile’s Jan Ullrich said he has to speak with his team manager about comments questioning his commitment. T-Mobile manager Walter Godefroot had criticized Ullrich, saying the 1997 Tour de France winner "cycled to live", while six-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong "lives for cycling" after the German failed to gain a top-two finish at the Tour for the first time in his career. "I cannot let that go," Ullrich said late on Monday on a television talk show. "You should ask the people who I work with and not someone like Walter Godefroot who I speak to on the telephone twice a year