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Laurent Jalabert has chosen the April 25-29 German stage race, the Tour of Lower Saxony, as the place to start his comeback. The 32-year-old Frenchman, world No. 1 from 1995 to 2000, is putting in three to five hours of training per day after the freak accident on February 12, when he fell off a ladder and fractured three vertebrae. Jalabert says his morale is "high" and if his Danish team CSC-Online is invited, he should be ready for his main focus of the season, the Tour de France. "I'm happy, I've got back to some semblance of normal activity," said Jalabert, talking to a few

Dunlap won the sprint, but Alexander won the war.

It wasn't the plan, but Alexander wasn't complaining.

The top three in the men's GC -- Van Dooren, Brentjens and Green.

Peat explains how he did it.

Chausson looks good here, but it wasn't good enough.

This is how you win Milan - San Remo four times.

Matveyev and company

Bartoli and Rebellin on the Poggio

Colombo on the Poggio

Lopes knocked off Bootes, last year's Sea Otter champ.

Giove was ahead here, but Chasson was ahead when it counted.

Bootes knocked off King and Carter to advance to the finals.

Gracia got knocked out in the second round, but hung around to compete in the big-air contest

Ellsworth's John Jesme didn't win, but this back flip got the biggest big-air applause

Brentjens was all smiles after the short track

Meirhaeghe gets the win

Alexander (left) and Blatter work over Dunlap (right)

Alexander focuses in the starthouse

Victory for Vassiliy

Teutenberg in TT

Mercury's Gord Fraser

Chris Wherry

Women's start at Cannery Row

Teutenberg is back

Lotsa Saturn there

Leipheimer

La Primavera kicks off World Cup season

Blatter continues to fly

Green gets ready to ride

Millward continues to shine

Postal is on top, but Mercury lurks close behind

Nick Chenoweth, the point man for EDS's sponsorship of USA Cycling, was indicted this month in Texas on federal mail fraud and wire fraud charges in connection with the alleged misappropriation of $379,000 in funds intended the company's cycling program. EDS ended its sponsorship of its team and individual riders, including Olympic champion Marty Nothstein, in 1999. The company also maintained a separate sponsorship with USA Cycling which it ended in 2000. According to the indictment, Chenoweth, 46, submitted false reimbursement claims for bikes, equipment and for services that were

Bessette won't let the Redlands crash get her down.

VeloNews Q&A: Lyne Bessette

Kona-Ford Focus has signed former Saturn road star Bart Bowen to its team. Bowen will make his debut at the Sea Otter Classic, in Monterey, California this weekend. "Bart was looking to do less racing on the road on a full-on contract, high-pressure situation," said Kona team manager Mark Peterson. "The Kona team will be a much more relaxed atmosphere." Bowen joins Geoff Kabush, Tracey Moseley, and Scott Beaumont headlining the 2001 team. Bowen will also be part of Kona’s cyclo-cross team, which includes Dale Knapp, and Ann Grande. "Cross is where we'll be getting serious," added

Blijlevens racked up some early-season miles at Redlands.

On the strength of their overall wins at the Redlands Bicycle Classic, Saturn's Trent Klasna and Rona's Genevieve Jeanson moved into the lead of the USCF's season-long NRC series. In the team rankings, Mercury-Viatel remains atop the men's standings, with Saturn leading the women. Men 1 Trent Klasna Saturn 252pts 2 Roland Green US Postal Service 175 3 Chris Horner Mercury/Viatel 155 4 Baden Cooke Mercury/Viatel 129 5 Levi Leipheimer US Postal Service 127 6 Michael Rogers Mapei-Quick Step 103 7 Eddy Gragus Jelly Belly 101 8 Gord Fraser Mercury/Viatel

Schwinn downhiller Leigh Donovan has announced she’ll retire from mountain bike racing after the 2001 season. The 29-year-old Donovan began her career in BMX, where she became a national champion. She started racing mountain bikes in 1992, and by ’93 had turned pro, signing with Team Iron Horse. In 1995, then with Mongoose, Donovan became the only person to ever win the U.S. downhill series, the U.S. slalom series and the downhill world championship. For her career Donovan has 14 NORBA dual slalom wins, nine NORBA downhill wins, and three World Cup wins. Last year she was third in both the

The Negresco Hotel in Nice

Frigo (in white) and Bartoli (r)

Jeanson decided to test her fitness by riding a 95km TT. She is apparently quite fit.

Saturn team director Jim Copeland congratulates Klasna after stage 6.

Frigo took the lead

Julich finished 14th

Klasna holds on the men's overall lead.

Another dangerous combination. With Klasna and Horner up front, this one would be hard to catch.

Safford and Gariepy

Bruckner (l) and Jeanson waited to see how far Smith was

Klasna hit the climb with a big advantage.

Wohlberg and McCormack did the lion's share of the work in the break.

On March 14, the race known as The Zinger Cycling Challenge officially changed its name to the Saturn Cycling Classic, reflecting the new title sponsorship of the epic road race through the mountains of Colorado. The 140-mile race from Boulder to Breckendridge over the Continental Divide was introduced last July, and instantly gained a reputation as the toughest single-day road race in the U.S. Saturn was the official vehicle of the race last year, and stepped up to title sponsor for 2001. “We developed this race in the spirit of the European classics and what we unveiled last year

Wadecki beats Tosatto

Van Petegem retains the white jersey

Behind the wheel. Andreu's got a new role.

Freedman and Jeanson

The women's field enjoys a perfect SoCal day

Harm Jansen hard at work

Up close and personal

The men's peloton

Cooke, Fraser and Blijlevens

Jeanson

Green (L) added to his overall lead Thursday, besting Leipheimer and Horner by more than half-a-minute.

Baden Cooke

Eddy Gragus

Zulle leads up Mont Ventoux

Jeannie Longo

Nicolas Vogondy on the attack

Horner, Green, Leipheimer

Tonkov and Julich climb Ventoux

Fabrizio Guidi leads the Mercury-Viatel chase

An unfortunate ending for Bessette

Jeanson in the leader's jersey

Roland Green passes another rider on his way to the win.

A scenic hillclimb replaced the street sprints prologue

Pam Schuster

David Zabriskie

Koerts notched another win for Mercury

The peloton sped along the Rhone