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The World Anti-Doping Agency appears to be taking steps to settle a dispute over news leaks that flared earlier in the week with the Union Cycliste Internationale and its president Hein Verbruggen. The dispute resulted in a UCI threat to ban WADA from future cycling events. The UCI threat came after the publication of portions of WADA’s Independent Observer Report on this year’s Tour de France in Monday’s edition of L’Equipe several days prior to the scheduled release of the largely complimentary report (see "WADAgives tentative nod to Tour doping effort"). The UCI and several other affected

Cycling's world governing body the UCI on Tuesday said it wanted nothing more to do with the World Anti-Doping Agency following the leaking of its report into this summer's Tour de France. The UCI took its decision to ban WADA inspectors from future cycling events after the drug agency's verdict on the 2003 Tour appeared prematurely in the French sports daily L'Equipe on Monday. In a statement the UCI said that "its confidence in the system put in place by WADA had been seriously damaged," adding that "no observer from this organization will be recognized at upcoming cycling events. This

Heras gained time, but less than he had hoped

“El Niño” was strong, but he had a passenger glued to his wheel

Nozal: One day closer to Madrid

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

Technical Q&A with Lennard Zinn - Treasures from Milan

No, it's not breakfast-it's the two types of polymer injected into Sampson's framesets

The $2400 Sampson Z9 with the SAS system

It's been a while, but I still look pretty good in Lycra, don't you think? Huh? Hello?

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), in a report issued early because of news leaks, has given the fight against drugs in this year's Tour de France a cautious endorsement but noted testing procedures included "weaknesses." The WADA Independent Observers report from the Tour de France published Monday said that since the doping scandal featuring the Festina team rocked the 1998 Tour, "things have changed for the better," but added that "weaknesses" in the testing procedures "can help potential cheats to bypass the system or help them find ways to assist their defense." The report was made

"You're entering a world of pain." – John Goodman in "The Big Lebowski.” Big John wasn’t talking about cyclo-cross. He was talking about bowling. Specifically, he was talking about shooting a fellow bowler for allegedly crossing the foul line during league play. But he could have easily been talking about this past weekend’s Brecktobercross, where I would’ve been happy to cross any line, foul or otherwise, if someone would have been kind enough to shoot me. I hadn't raced any sort of bicycle in nearly three years, so a cyclo-cross at 9800 feet was probably not the ideal venue for my big

Tour de France runner-up Jan Ullrich said Sunday he is set to make a decision on his cycling future with three cycling teams interested in securing the services of the Olympic champion. The German rider, 29, has become disillusioned with the Bianchi team - where he is captain - and looks set to move onto pastures new with former employer Telekom and an unnamed team rivaling Bianchi for his signature. "Before I go on holiday for a few days I will clarify my sporting future," Ullrich told his official homepage www.janullrich.de. "There are a lot of offers on the table so I will examine them

Following the news that the Saturn division of General Motors would be withdrawing from pro cycling at season's end, Schroeder Iron has announced that it, too, will be leaving the sport at the end of this month. “After careful consideration, I have decided to end my association with pro cycling with the close of this 2003 season,” said team owner Frank Schroeder in a press release issued Sunday. “The stresses to my business and to my family have been too great this year, and it would not be wise for me to stay involved for 2004 and beyond.” Schroeder, who told VeloNews earlier this year

The speedy Valverde storms past the two breakaways

Heras attacked, shadowed by Cardenas, who refused to work

Heras's move put Nozal into some difficulty, but not nearly enough

Petacchi, just a touch faster than Fast Freddy

Aitor Gonzalez gives up and goes home

Lunchtime for the leader

Joachim joined the break

Telekom on patrol: Julich and his teammates worked to set up Zabel.

Getting ready to race the clock

Last year's winner calls it a day

Heras had a great time trial, but trails Nozal by more than five minutes

Leipheimer was the top American in ninth

Heras would prefer to fight this one out in the hills

Nozal does it again, taking a tighter grip on the leader's jersey

TT specialist Millar finds himself denied again

Dear Bob,Last week, a city commissioner in our town was quoted as saying that“there is no constitutional right for bicycles to use the streets of thiscity—cyclists may ride only at the pleasure of government.”Is he right, or is he just blowing smoke?P.H.KentuckyDear P.H.;Constitutional law is the playground of law professors, not humblebicycle lawyers. Understanding the typical U. S. Supreme Court decisionis about as easy as reading Latin backwards, and usually makes about asmuch sense.The most common deskbook for municipal lawyers says that while “reasonablemunicipal regulations for the

Driving the train... Posties break things up.

Petacchi's win was not the big story of the day.

Happy to help: Nozal made the cut

Acoss the open plain

The day's first escape went early

Mauri at the Vuelta.

Etxebarria and Gonzalez were caught with 500 meters to go

Landis joined what might have been a winning move

The day's only rated climb threw a wrench in the works for some.

Nozal: Still the man to beat.

The last hurrah? Chris Horner wins in San Fran'

Just days after celebrating victory in San Francisco’s T-Mobile International, riders on the Saturn Cycling team have been told that they may well be without jobs in 2004. In a conference call with riders late Wednesday afternoon, Team Sports manager Tom Schuler said that the program’s major sponsor, the Saturn division of General Motors, will end its sponsorship at the end of the year. Saturn, whose 12-year involvement in American cycling makes it the longest-running major team sponsor on the domestic scene, had been rumored to be ending its support for its elite men's and women's team

They even get their own lights!

Savior of the planet?

La Vuelta de Barry: At the beach

La Vuelta de Barry: At the beach

La Vuelta de Barry: At the beach

Taking care of business... no flash, no signals, just a win.

Did I really beat him?

Nozal: Still golden

Valverde showed his quality today

Osa on the attack

Finally finished, Horner could celebrate

Barry was racing to win

A party on the Streets of SF - Postal launches a vicious, but ultimately ineffective, attack.

Dahle rides solo to the World Cup win

World champ Meirhaeghe shows it was no fluke

The four-cross course was so deadly that Carter was forced to ride it in his undies

Jonnier took second and the overall

Rennie's third place was good enough to claim the Cup

Who'da thunk it? Nozal maintains his lead

Teammate Rodriguez wins the stage

Beltran's in striking distance, but says Heras is the man

A revitalized Gonzales on the attack

Perez leads an assault on the front-runners

Vinokourov, signing autographs for attractive, adoring fans.

95 degrees in the shade

Fraser (1) after the crash

Team Genesis-Scuba’s Candace Blickem, Sue Palmer-Komar and Iona Wynter.

Ken Ilegems, Telekom mechanic, puts the touch on team bikes. “We didn’t bring 27-tooth cogs,” Ilegems said. “The team rode the course today, and now we are looking for them.”

Coffee with the rainbow club