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Fassa and Telekom drove the chase

With his second-place finish at Sunday’s San Francisco Grand Prix, Mercury’s Henk Vogels moved ahead of teammate Chris Wherry to clinch the overall title for one-day road races in the VeloNews Bro Tour. Despite not winning an event, Vogels was the most consistent over the six-races: Housatonic Valley Classic, the three races of First Union Week, the Saturn Cycling Classic and the San Francisco Grand Prix. Vogels also place second at Housatonic, fourth at the USPRO Championship in Philadelphia and eighth at the First Union Invitational in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Wherry had led Vogels by two

Vogels was always there.

Will sprint for food (and a healthy salary)

Hello, I really must be going.

Lastras caught a fading Zubeldia just before the line

Di Luca

Sevilla defends his jersey

Sevilla defends his jersey

It was the wind that defined the character of the early part of the stage.

Kelme management says there is no war on the team

The team is completely behind its leader, says Belda. For now, that's Sevilla

Gonzalez after his first of two stage wins in this Vuelta

Gonzalez

CVV had a great TT

The CrossMax SL Disc for Lefty will be based on the regular CrossMax SL Disc (shown)

After two years directing the men's Saturn Cycling Team, Jim Copeland has decided to resign from the job. Copeland said he expects to shift his focus from cycling and on to other aspects of his life. "I have been involved in the cycling industry for the better part of the last 20 years, both as an athlete and manager," he said in a release issued Monday, "and I, along with my wife, Alisa, have decided that it's time to reduce the travel schedule and come home and stay for a while." While directing the Saturn Cycling Team, Copeland led the team to wins at the Redlands Cycling

Sevilla has improved as a time trialist over the past year

Millar set an early standard

Saturn’s Petra Rossner left no doubt about who was the world’s strongest woman during the 2002 World Cup finale September 15, scoring a come-from-behind victory at the Rotterdam Tour and claiming the series title. Rossner and Mirjam Melchers (Farm Frites Hartol) were separated by just 13 points going into the ninth and final round, held on a windswept, 141km course. An early break of 10 riders with four Farm Frites riders and three Saturns was reeled by Team Nurnberger, and Saturn spent the next few kilometers chasing down a flurry of attacks. At 50km, a pileup split the bunch, and Rossner

Barry - in Stage 8

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Lastras attacked on the downhill and stayed away

Eat, drink and get ready for that TT tomorrow.

no, don't Relax - The wind and the speed split the field apart.

After the split -- ONCE set out to maximize the gap.

Happy Man -- Dionne played this one to perfection

Hincapie left with 29 miles to go

The Filmore climb

Van Gilder made the final turn first

Fraser

Lotto’s Robbie McEwen won the 82nd edition of the Paris-Brussels classic on Saturday, winning a sprint finish to see off German Olaf Pollack and Dutch racer Jans Koerts after a grueling 270km ride. McEwen's patience paid off handsomely as he warmed up for the world championships at Zolder, Belgium, in a month's time. Frenchman Jacky Durand set off on an early solo attack and spent 180 kilometers out in front on his own but the peloton reined him in and McEwen seized the moment and the race after brief attacks from Italian pair Daniele Nardello and Michele Bartoli. Over the final 10

America's latest road world championships team member doesn't speak a word of English, but that's not slowing him down. Guido Trenti, 29, will be racing in his first world championships, but his selection to the US road worlds team has created a firestorm back in the States because he was picked instead of another American. Trenti's name has popped up in Euro-side results sheet for years, always listed as an American rider even though he was born and raised in Italy. His stage victory in last year's Vuelta is recorded as the only American stage-win in the Spanish

Who me? Gonzalez thought he finished second.

Now he gets to celebrate.

Sevilla and Heras

Trenti wouldn't mind repeating this pose in Zolder.

In the shadow of the Mission

VeloNews.com welcomes your letters. If you run across something in the pages of VeloNews magazine or see something on VeloNews.com that causes you to wantto write us, drop us a line.Please include your full name and home town. By submitting mail to this address, you are consenting to the publication of your letter.Short and to the pointRe: Chris Doig's letter. (see"But does he know the words?" in " Thursday's Mail bag ").You turd. How you can mention 9/11 and bicycle racing in the same sentence bewilders me.Ed BeaudetAustin, Texas Guido is not taking a roster spotChris Doig (USCF

After repeatedly hinting at it during the world championships and World Cup finals, Nicolas Vouilloz made it official Friday, announcing his retirement from professional downhilling. In a news release posted on his Web site, www.NicolasVouilloz.com, the 26-year-old Frenchman said he wanted to focus more attention on product development, rally car racing, and possibly starting a family with his longtime girlfriend Sandrine. Vouilloz also said that he plans on competing in downhill marathon events like those of the Megavalanche series, where runs typically exceed an hour in length. Vouilloz

Three's a charm - Head-to-head against Zabel, Cipo' left no doubts.

Sevilla in Gold -- Friday was a day to relax.

Sevilla

The day was marked by another early escape.

Simoni animated the stage.

Working man -- Vande Velde has been there when it counts

Heras timed his move perfectly

VeloNews.com welcomes your letters. If you run across something in thepages of VeloNews magazine or see something on VeloNews.com that causesyou to want to write us, drop us a line.Please include your full name and home town. By submitting mail to thisaddress, you are consenting to the publication of your letter.Trenti not unusualEditor:People are complaining about the Guido Trenti situation, but let usnot forget this is hardly an unprecedented situation. Max Sciandri is adual citizen of England and Italy. I remember him saying he took out aBritish license because he knew he would not get

Small amounts of human growth hormone and testosterone were among the bannedproducts seized by French customs officials from the car of Edita Rumsas,wife of Lithuania's Tour de France third-placed finisher Raimondas, theFrench newspaper L'Equipe reported Thursday. Edita Rumsas has been held in prison since being picked-up on July28 - the day of the final stage of the Tour de France - while her husbandhas refused to return to France to answer questions over the affair inwhich he claimed the products were for his mother-in-law. However L'Equipe now reports that Rumsas' wife

Jonathan Boyer, the first American to participate in the Tour de France, appeared in a Salinas, California, courtroom Thursday and entered guilty pleas to 10 felony counts of child molestation. During a scheduled arraignment, the 46-year-old Boyer pleaded guilty to seven counts of lewd acts with a child and three counts of penetration by foreign object in a case involving a single unnamed girl. Seaside police arrested Boyer on May 16 after the now-16-year-old girl told them Boyer had sexually molested her beginning when she was 11. At the time, Boyer posted $300,000 cash bail and was

Heras timed his move to perfection.

Heras was alone for the last 3km.

Sevilla didn't win this battle, but so far, he's winning the war

VeloNews.com welcomes your letters. If you run across something in thepages of VeloNews magazine or see something on VeloNews.com that causesyou to want to write us, drop usa line.Please include your full name and home town. By submitting mail to thisaddress, you are consenting to the publication of your letter.Why Guido?Hello:Just read that U.S. Cycling has appointed an Italian to the U.S. squadfor the world's just because he happens to have a U.S. license. (see"U.S. names world'sroad squad"). No wonder U.S. Cycling is in such ill repute. Theycan't even find U.S. citizens to put

Trentin wins.

Trentin wins.

Sevilla.

The Postal team and the rest of the peloton took a moment to remember the events of a year ago.

Zarrabeitia keeps the jersey in ONCE's hands.

Cipo' is making his mark on the third major tour now, too.

Don't stop thinking about tomorrow. Beloki faces the hills in Stage 5.

A hot day in the saddle. Temperatures moved into the mid-90s on Tuesday.

Bruyneel sprints - Postal director helps Matt White regain his momentum.

USA Cycling on Tuesday released the U.S. team full roster for the upcoming2002 World Road Cycling Championships, Oct. 8-13, in Zolder, Belgium.Thirteen discretionary nominations were added to an earlier list ofautomatic slots released last week. The 25 athletes nominated earned theirberths on the World Championships team based on winning national road competitiontitles earlier this season and for consistent, outstanding results in internationalcompetition.The elite men's road race team, with the largest delegation of athletes(7 men), will be led by Domo-Farm Frites’ Fred Rodriquez. Among

Sea Otter Classic co-founders Rick Sutton and Frank Yohannan on Tuesday announced the formation of a new board of advisors, a step the two promoters say will movethe race to a higher level.“For the better part of 12 years, we’ve dedicated our efforts to the creationof a family-style festival, celebrating the unabashed joys of the sport ofbicycling,” said Sutton. “Today, we take a significant step toward our futuregrowth. The Classic is proud to announce a distinguished Board of Advisors.Our intent is to maximize the background and expertise that each of theseleaders brings to our

Here's an opportunity to own a collectors’ item and help out a good causeat the same time.The Ross Dillon Hope Fund is auctioning off one of Levi Leipheimer’sTour de France jerseys on E-Bay.The jersey is complete with Leipheimer’s official Tour numbers on theback. Signatures are located on the front and include all the members ofthe Rabobank tour team including Leipheimer, former Tour stage winner ErikDekker, and this year's Tour stage winners Michael Boogard and KarstenKroon. Leipheimer finished this – his first Tour de France – in eighthplace in the overall standings.All money from

Cipollini scores his first Vuelta stage win.

Beloki still in the lead.

Beating the best, Di Luca edges Zabel

ONCE

Beloki

The Postal team delivers

The wife of Lampre’s Raimondas Rumsas lost another round in her ongoing legal battle to be released from prison as a court in Grenoble, France, rejected a request to end her detention that began when she was arrested for possession of drugs in July. Edita Rumsas, wife of the third-place finisher in this year’s Tour de France, has been held in custody at Bonneville women's prison for more than six weeks on suspicion of provoking, inciting and offering drugs for consumption. The 28-year-old mother-of-three was picked up in the French Alps on July 29 - the day the Tour finished - with

USA Cycling named the winners of the first-annual Center of Excellence Awards on Friday. The new program is designed to recognize outstanding cycling clubs around the country with cash awards to assist in their structural development. Nine clubs across the country were selected for this honor, and each will receive a cash award of up to $2000.The Center of Excellence winners met certain criteria with respect toorganization, business management and athlete development programs forjuniors and under-23 athletes. The clubs provided evidence of long-termbusiness plans and solid structures for

Simoni and Casagrande want to finish this one. (file photo)