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Julich, Wohlberg and Baldwin listen as Horner gives yet another animated answer

Cipollini brings a new quality to racing in Georgia

Horner in Georgia: “I’m here to win”

Last Saturday Primo Life Club entertained the latest selection of the beauty contest binds to the 2004 Road Cycling World Championships. Few votes between the three finalists: the first place has gone to Elisa Basso, 22 years old from Varese (Lombardy), the second to Eleonora Sorato and the third to Elisa Prando, both are 18 years old and from Veneto region. On Friday 30th April the Hollywood Dance Club in Bardolino will entertain the final evening. The six winners will prize the champion of the World’s, scheduled from 27th September to 3rd October in Verona and Bardolino. The five

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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.OLN's bait-and-switch?Editor,Well, I see it's beginning to happen to OLN's coverage of bike racing. They suck you in with promises, good coverage, plans to show all the stuffyou want and then cancel it all so they can show more motor sports

HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA (April 19, 2004)- Sportsbook.com, oneof the world’s largest retail-focused Internet sports bookmakers, formallyannounced today that it will become the new title sponsor for the erstwhileworlddiff.com Women’s Cycling team, one of America’s best developmentalprograms.Founded in 1997, Sportsbook.com had amassed a database of nearly 350,000customers from about 150 countries when it was purchased in 2001 by Sportingbet.com,a British company traded on the London Stock Exchange that processed morethan $900 million in bets last year. Today, Sportsbook.com is

NORRISTOWN, PA (April 19, 2004) – On Saturday, June 5, one hundredformer international cycling legends and patrons of the sport will pedal65 miles, with police escort, from the Lehigh Valley Velodrome in Trexlertownto Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway.  It’s the annual Founders’Ride and Legends Luncheon which, this year, will celebrate two decadesof pro cycling in Pennsylvania and raise money for the Allentown-basedNicole Reinhart Memorial Fund.Since 1985 Philadelphia has hosted the national professional road cyclingchampionship, now one of the world’s top ten international cycling

Stage 4

Stage 5

Stage 6

Geoff Kabush

Katerina Hanusova

Bettini's move had promise

Di Luca tried his luck on the Keutenberg

Of the two leaders, Rebellin had just a bit more at the finish

The Amstel is a big draw for Dutch fans all along the route

Landis finishes in 29th

Rabobank at the helm

Wesemann still leads the World Cup

Streb credits an 'intense off-season' for her win

Australia's Mick Hannah took second in the mountain cross and won the Downhill Domination Omnium title

Some riders weren't so lucky getting over the infamous 'moat' section of the mountain cross course

Mick Hannah

Dunlap

Filip Meirhaeghe

Meirhaeghe celebrates his win

Today, instead of “Jammin’ with Julie: Back in the dirt,” it was more like “Hurtin’ with Hudetz: Off the back in the dirt.” Have you ever had one of those days when it’s like, “What is wrong with me? Why won’t my legs go fast?” You check your bike over and over, hoping to find your brakes rubbing or a slow leak in a tire to explain why you feel like crap. But to no avail – your bike is in fine working order. On top of that your wonderful support person tells you, “Oh, by the way, I lubed your chain with White Lightning today to make sure you go extra fast!” Today, during the six-mile time

Vinokourov, shown en route to winning the last stage of Paris-Nice last month, is defending champ at Amstel Gold

Horner waited until the last minutes of the final stage to seize overall victory in the Sea Otter

Sierra Nevada and Health Net try to defend against the inevitable Horner assault

Bessette, too, played a waiting game

... and it brought her the top spot on the Sea Otter podium

After Bessette launched, Pic led the chase

Jonnier took down Miller to claim the win

Hannah outcornered Bootes

Dunlap in her usual spot: right out front

The Mud Stud appears regularly in the trade magazine Bicycle Retailer and Industry News

Bessette gambles ...

... and the gamble pays off

Jones finds himself leading Klasna out in a two-up sprint

... and Klasna finishes him off

But the guy Klasna's worried about is Horner

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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.April's greatest hitsDear VeloNews,The broken record spins again, and once more the tune is "George Hincapiedoesn't get enough support from Postal" (see "Monday'smail bag" and "Wednesday'smail bag"). It hits the Top-Ten every April. C'mon

After four weeks off, there’s still a lot to catch up on, such as, why is Krispy Kreme developing a low-sugar donut? For the health-conscious? Um, excuse me, it’s a donut. Reminds me of the vegan “donuts” you get with a vegetarian breakfast on the airplane (not that they ever serve breakfast on a plane anymore, or that I would ever admit to eating a vegetarian airline meal). If anything, in this age of downsized super-sizing, shouldn’t the donut industry strive to be the last bastion of truly fattening, bad-for-you eating? Here in Boulder, a new place has opened up with a sign out front

Having not been to the Sea Otter since 2000, I was quickly reminded why this event is such a success: It’s fun! Cyclists in general are crazy. Whether we ride mountain bikes, road bikes or go flying down the dual slalom course, we all have one thing in common – we love to ride our bikes and just can’t get enough of it! This is why Sea Otter, which claims to be “the most celebrated bicycle festival in North America,” is the perfect gathering for us wacky two-wheel addicts. It has something for everyone. When I was here last, I was racing on the road with Team Saturn. That year we worked hard

pe-des|trian (pi des´tre an) adj. lacking interest or imagination; prosaic; ordinary and dull … n. one who goes on foot.Webster’s New World College Dictionary Happy Day After Income Tax Day. I hope that, unlike me, you aren’t cowering in a corner of a suddenly empty living room with your shredded undies puddled around your ankles, wondering if you’ll ever be able to sit on a saddle again without sliding all the way down to the top tube. Hold on a second – don’t start composing that nasty letter to the editor yet. I’m not going to rail against The Leader’s much-ballyhooed tax cuts and their

Jammin' with Julie: Back in the dirt at Sea Otter

Bisaro en route to the first major win of her pro mountain-biking career

McGrath was having some fun out there, including jumping waterbars

Dunlap's front derailleur tripped her up short of the finish, but she held onto the overall lead

Frischknecht is enjoying his first-ever stint in the Otter's leader's jersey

Swiss Power: Frischknecht takes the win

Dunlap kept Redden in check

Roland Green managed to build a 30-second lead after attacking at the halfway mark

Godfrey's pursuit work helped

Armstrong went all out

The women's super XC peloton.

“Whoever said life was fair? Life is not fair.”Lt. Colonel S.G. Rogers, USMC ret.Oft-used saying, 1975 to 1990 Growing up, one of my father’s favorite mottos — right up there with “We hate waste,” and “Because I said so” — was to remind my sister and me that life is, indeed, not fair. Somewhere early on I must have seemed exceptionally unclear on the concept, because the Lt. Colonel, known as “Major Dad” to my apprehensive high school buddies, made it a point to remind me of this any time I felt I had been the victim of a grave injustice. “Whoever said life was fair?” the Marine of the

Mr. Rogers' neighborhood: Fair? Not even close.

Zabriskie and Reich

Vicenza, April 14 2004 – Campagnolo’s complete wheels are renownedfor their lightness, smoothness, sturdiness and reliability. A reputationachieved thanks to the quality and performance of the Nucleon low-profilewheels introduced in 1999. Research conducted on a fully integrated projectencompassing rims, spokes and hubs, resulted in the creation of ideal bicyclewheels that are reactive during short sprints yet nevertheless comfortableeven on long rides. Basing itself on these already solid foundations, Campagnolo soon expanded its wheel collection, presenting two new low-profile models

Spain's world road race champion Igor Astarloa could be set to leave Cofidis after he was told Wednesday he can leave the embattled French outfit, who have suspended all racing amid a doping investigation, if he wants. "If he wants to join another team we'll let him go," said the manager of France's top cycling team, Alain Bondue. Bondue added that 28-year-old Astarloa, who was recruited from the Italian Saeco team at the end of last season before winning the world title in Canada in October, had not requested a move. It has been reported however that other teams have made the Spaniard

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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@7Dogs.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Monday, Monday....To Editor and the Monday Bunch:I refer to the "Monday Bunch" as the group so quick to complain aboutGeorge Hincapie’s lack of support in exchange for Tour success.I'm pretty sure that had George won or placed and one of those

Scheldeprijs organizers presented Museeuw with a diamond encrusted award on Wednesday.

Credit firm Cofidis, sponsor France's top cycling team, lost its claim for damages on Tuesday when a court dismissed the firm’s lawsuit against the sports daily L'Equipe, which last week published extracts of judicial statements into alleged doping. The newspaper's lawyer said the court ruled the daily had not drawn any definitive conclusion about doping and was not bound by the laws of confidentiality. The team, which includes world champions David Millar of Britain and Igor Astarloa of Spain, has pulled out of all competition while its sponsor reviews the situation. Sacked former Cofidis

Belda: Generalized doping does not exist in cycling.

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Laser alignment? Who are all those Cardsharps?

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Laser alignment? Who are all those Cardsharps?

Bouyer

The Rookie

Cooke took the points jersey at 2003

The Mail Bag is a regular feature on VeloNews.com, appearing each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 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@7Dogs.com. Please include your full name and home town. Letters may be edited for length and clarity.Almost there… yet againDear VN.com,Poor George Hincapie. If only U.S. Postal would give the classics teamequal priority as its Tour de France team. It seems that every year Georgerides great at Paris-Roubaix, only to find himself all alone at

Hammond had a good Sunday