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Iñigo Cuesta comes from Saunier Duval

Gustov (L) chats with future teammate Ivan Basso during this year's Tour

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now up for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of ourmost recent contest. This last contest was among the best collection of submissions we’ve seen this year. As a result, we had a tougher time choosing and never could get it down to fewer than two. So for only the second time in our contest history, we’re giving two awards: Craig Forester’s shot of crowds waiting for the peloton on the Col du Galibier underscores the size and grandeur of the Tour de France. On a more personal level, Rosie Ray’s

The Mailbag 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.Where the real problem isHey VeloFolk,To be as brief as I can… I love our sport and the pure athleticismit requires. Obviously, there is a doping problem at hand. However, itseems to me that ASO and WADA and their "War on Doping" is only perpetuatinga greater problem.With

Hushovd took a stage at the Vuelta this year, too.

Heras will be at the Giro next year

He may try again

Konecny

Luis León Sánchez

VeloNews Photo Contest: New winners and a new gallery

VeloNews Photo Contest: New winners and a new gallery

Somehow, we suspect the French won't be missing every one of those new American fans

Fignon wins the '83 Tour

New York (AFP) - Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong poked fun at French critics and their accusations of doping here Saturday, playing the controversy for laughs while hosting "Saturday Night Live." The 34-year-old American cyclist retired after capturing his seventh title in July but considered a comeback after the French newspaper L'Equipe reported 1999 urine samples from Armstrong tested positive for the banned substance EPO. Armstrong, who has steadfastly denied taking any performance-enhancing drugs, said during the opening monologue that he was worried about doing

Recovered: Trebon was back in action on Sunday

8 for 8: Bessette has been unbeatable

Knapp and Simms could only race for second

Craig and Co. were nearly a minute down

McQuaid

Up we go

Dlask was one of the early animators . . .

. . . as was Ausbuher

But the Belgians went to work, and Nijs was soon up front . . .

. . . which is where he stayed

The podium

If you look at his record, you can tell that Johnson loves these conditions

Bessette is unstoppable this year

At the start

Johnson never looked back

Watson displays the Touareg's tail section . . .

. . . and the sound gear hidden within

Vestal and his goods

Campy gets BIG

Kabush's Turner prototype

Gone but not forgotten. I guess that’s as good a way as any to describe seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong, who, three months after he walked away from his racing career, is still the most-talked-about cyclist in the world. At Thursday’s 2006 Tour de France route unveiling, Armstrong went nearly unmentioned in a 10-minute highlight video recap of the '05 Tour — an omission Tour officials admitted was not accidental, given investigations into Armstrong’s alleged EPO use at the 1999 Tour. Even in his physical absence, Armstrong’s presence was felt throughout the Palais de Congres in

The Mailbag 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.Radios for the fans, tooEditor:Radios must stay, and of course helmets. The sport of cycling must evolve with the rest of the modern world if it expects to maintain any kind of media presence and network coverage. Technology is a fact of life now and you can either lead or get run over by

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. — Ecclesiastes 3:1 For the first time since 2000, Lance Armstrong wasn’t the star of the show as Tour de France organizers unveiled the 2006 route on Thursday in Paris. The seven-time Tour champ, who was stateside preparing to host this weekend’s edition of NBC’s "Saturday Night Live," played only a bit part in a short highlight video prepared for the annual ceremony in Paris — and Tour organizers said that was not a simple oversight. "Of course, I cannot pretend this is just accidental," Patrice Clerc,

Landis knows what challenges he'll be facing in next year's Tour

Is Armstrong ready for prime time?

Armstrong and Crow on 20-20

Radio Armstrong

The Zero G crank

Leblanc and heir-apparent Christian Prudhomme outline the 2006 Tour route

Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich - Who will this Tour favor?

Bruyneel: Felt targeted

The Tour will hit the Galibier next year

Some remember Armstrong this way...

... and others remember this.

VeloPress Book Selection: The 2005 Tour de France

2006 Tour route unveiled

Lausanne, Switzerland (AP) - Former UCI president Hein Verbruggen was among five candidates nominated Thursday for IOC membership. Also put forward by the IOC executive board were: International Tennis Federation chief Francesco Ricci Bitti; Beatrice Allen, vice president of Gambia's national Olympic committee; Nicole Hoevertsz, secretary general of Aruba's Olympic committee; and Prince Tunku Imran, president of the Olympic Council of Malaysia. The five will be up for election to eight-year terms at the International Olympic Committee assembly in Turin on the eve of the Winter

Just in time for the announcement of the route for the 2006 Tour de France, VeloPress's annual wrap up of the Tour is now ready for delivery. "The2005 Tour de France: Armstrong's Farewell," by John Wilcocksonand Andrew Hood, tells the fascinating story of Lance Armstrong and hisride to his history-making seventh-straight victory. But this plot encompasses21 teams and 188 other riders battling for stage victories and hoping tounseat the American champion. VeloNews reporters Wilcockson and Hood provide a detailed accountof the action in each stage, capturing the color and character of

Bruyneel Reaction to 2006 Tour De France Route Announcement While Lance Armstrong may be retired from professional cycling and focusing on his future away from the sport, his apparent influence on Johan Bruyneel remains as relevant now as it did when he was winning seven Tours de France. Following today's grand unveiling of the 2006 Tour de France route in Paris, the Discovery Channel team's sports manager left the Palais de Congres still smarting from what was widely perceived as a slap to Armstrong's legacy by Tour organizers during its route presentation. However, Bruyneel

2006 Tour route unveiled

The Mailbag 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.The story behind that photoHello,Becky Brandt's dad here. Becky is at school right now, so I am writing in on her behalf. She took that photo at the WORS Ultimax Challenge in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, on October 9th of this year. It was the citizen/beginner race in the area simply called

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Calvin Straathof, PresidentToll Free: 1-800-700-4797Victoria, B.C. October,  2005 – Team Giga-Bike is presentinga “Day in Yellow with Dave Zabriskie” on Saturday, November 19, 2005. This is a once in a lifetime opportunity to be one of thirty cyclists tojoin professional racer Dave Zabriskie on a brisk and scenic 50-km rideduring the annual Team Giga-Bike fundraising ride in Victoria, B.C. TeamGiga-Bike offers you a rare opportunity to ride shoulder-to-shoulder withthe fastest Tour de France stage winner in history while supporting yourlocal Vancouver

Will this Tour be decided in the mountains?

Cipo' won four stages in a row in '99. The last was here in Thionville

Riis will be in the CSC team car on Hautacam this time around

A final showdown? It sure made for an exiting finish last time.

A chance for Ullrich to strut his stuff?

Luis Leon Sanchez generates between 500 and 550 watts in this position

Minor tweaks have further refined Sanchez's position

What we do know: The rest is just speculation

Miguel Martinez

PRESS RELEASE: Remembering Tom Cuthbertson

PRESS RELEASE: Remembering Tom CuthbertsonSanta Cruz, California - Friends and relatives of longtime SantaCruz resident and cyclist, Tom Cuthbertson, the author of “Anybody's BikeBook” plan to honor him with a memorial bike ride and fundraiser on November13.The ride is scheduled to leave Santa Cruz’s SprocketsBike shop (1420 Mission St.) at 9:00 a.m. on Sunday, November 13,2005. Cuthbertson, who died of cancer on October 10, began work in thebike business at that shop in 1969, when it was known as the Bicycle Center.Cuthbertson had a big influence on cycling in Northern California andwas

Health Net extends sponsorship for three years.Oakland, CA – On the heels of the most successful season everby a domestic professional cycling team, Health Net and Momentum SportsGroup have reached a three-year agreement to continue sponsorship of theHealth Net Pro Cycling Team.“In its three years of existence, the team has continually built uponits successes,” said Dave Anderson, Chief Sales Officer for Woodland Hills,CA-based Health Net. “In that same time, we’ve also seen excitement forthe team growing within the Health Net family. Team Health Net has notonly created external marketing

Leblanc and Prudhomme will unveil the 2006 route on Thursday

It's an annual event that even armored car drivers now fear. VeloSwap attendeeson Saturday, October 22, drained some $175,000 cash from ATM machines at the National Western Complex in Denver because they had quickly run out of money snapping up deals from the hundreds of vendors selling an incomparable selection of bikes, parts, accessories and clothing. It's no surprise since over the course of its 17-year history, VeloSwap has developed a reputation as the place to go if you need a variety of cycling items as varied as a vintage-condition still-in-the-box Campagnolo Gran Sport

The Mailbag 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.He blames it on MarioDear Velo,I've been following JohnWilcockson's stories with great interest the last few weeks. Istarted following bike racing just before the start of the "English" invasion,so they are bringing back lots of fond memories.The other thing I've noticed is

Our latest reader-submitted Photo Gallery is now up for your viewing pleasure. Of course, a new gallery also means the naming of the winner of ourmost recent contest. Becky Brandt’s “Uh-oh this is gonna hurt” received the same initial reaction from nearly everyone we showed it to: “OUCH!!!” Even though the equipment – and probably the photo itself – are decidedly old school, the shot captures the precise moment that poor rider’s day went to the dogs. (We hope he did better than we suspect that he did.)Congratulations, Becky! Contact us and you win a copy of Graham Watson's "Landscapes

Hoy on his way to winning the last Olympic kilo gold awarded

Cunego in Japan. Healthy again?

Frigo on his way to court this summer in France

VeloSwap mania hits Denver

VeloSwap mania hits Denver

VeloSwap mania hits Denver

VeloSwap mania hits Denver

VeloSwap mania hits Denver