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Sep I O , 2008 PARIS - So Lance Armstrong acknowledges the suspicion - was he doped? -that lingers in some minds over his record string of seven Tour de France victories. And a desire to erase that doubt at least partly motivates his plan to come back as Mr. Clean and win another Tour to shut up the skeptics. Wrong reason, Lance. In France, at least, that cause is likely long lost. A tragedy of cycling and of Armstrong, the sport's most famous champion, is that it's simply impossible to turn back the clock and satisfactorily answer the questions that dogged his reign. The asterisk that clings to his generation of riders is as indelible as the white lines on French roads. Too many of the people that Armstrong beat - Ivan Basso, Jan Ullrich, to cite just two of the biggest names have since fallen from grace for that era not to be regarded as forever tarnished.

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But then Armstrong's logic gets tougher to follow. He says that this time, he'll submit himself to "a completely comprehensive" drug-testing program. "There will be no way to cheat." Maybe. But that won't whitewash the past. Even a millionaire can't buy trust as easily as a house in the Colorado Rockies, where Vanity Fair tells us that Armstrong will be training at high altitude to steel himself again for the Tour's ascents in the Alps and Pyrenees.
No matter how dramatic the idea of returning at the ripe age of 36, or how transparent and rigorous about dope testing he now says he will be, Armstrong has scant chance of winning back skeptics in France who believe he must have been injecting to so dominate their beloved and venerable Tour. It wasn't just unproven doping accusations that riled some French. Armstrong literally blew away less well-prepared rivals with his single-minded rigour and zeal, his hard training, attention to detail, tolerance for physical pain and now-you-see-me, now-you-don't surging rides up mountain passes. He surrounded himself with the best support riders who worked like sheepdogs in herding the pack, sapping opponents of the will and energy to attack. To critics, it seemed all so clinical, so unromantic, so brash American and perhaps too successful to be honest.

As Christian Prudhomme, the race's no-nonsense director, said on Wednesday: "Suspicion accompanies each of his victories since 1999."
Prudhomme was adamant: Armstrong will, like all riders, be subjected to stringent new antidoping standards. They have been implemented since the American's era, in the wake of doping scandals that snared other riders in the years after Armstrong retired in 2005. "There won't be any exceptions," Prudhomme said. "We are not afraid of keeping out one rider or another." That hardly ranks as a hearty and warm French "Bonjour!" That Armstrong never tested positive and insists that he always raced clean makes little difference to the doubters. They know that dope tests were flawed during Armstrong's time and that they still are, and that smart cheats got and still get through.

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StiiI no French victory!
This is the first Tour where there has not been a French stage winner after 16 stages. The previous worst performance by French riders was in 1966 when the French had to wait until Stage 15 before Raymond Poulidor won a stage. In 1993, Pascal Lino won on Stage 14,Stage 11 for Roger Pingeon in 1969, Stage 10 forJacky Durand 1994, Stage 9 for Jerome Simon 1988, and Jacques Esclassan 1976, Stage 8 for Jean Frechaut 1938 and Jacky Durand 1998, and Stage 7 for Jacques Anquetil in 1963.

Jay Sweet gets no reprieve this time
Jay Sweet was allowed back into the race after he finished outside the time limit on the way up to Sestrieres because the organisers admired his fighting spirit.

However, he was not so lucky after the first stage in the Pyrenees on Tuesday. He was eliminated from the Tour. Other riders to go close were Tom Steels and Erik Zabel who came in within a minute of elimination which'stood at 38.22 down on the leader Escartin. It was also Escartin's first Tour victory after 8 Tours.

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"Corticoid traces in tests on Lance Armstrong after Stage 1 This articie was published in the French daily, Le Monde after what they claim is an investigation they performed into urine testing during the current Tour de France. They claim their findings "prove that the American leader of the US Postal team used corticoids." The translation follows: Saint-Gaudens (Haute Garonne) from our special correspondents, July 20,1999. Lance Armstrong, the yellow jersey holder in the 86th Tour de France was tested on July 4 at 17.00 after the first stage of the Tour between Montaigu and Challans. The test was done by the Laboratoire national de lutte contre le dopage (LNLD) at ChPtenay-Malabry (Hauts-de-Seine), and they detected traces of triamcinolone acktonide, a synthetic corticoid in the urine. However, the analysis was not declared positive, the testosterone ratio for epitestosterone being too low to warrant a positive finding. It was 0.2, when the limit after which a positive test is returned is fixed at 6. The presence of the corticoid traces in the urine contradicts the statements made by Armstrong. On Monday, July 19, during the rest day in the Tour, the American affirmed at his press conference that he had not had any medical

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treatments since December 13,1996,the date of his last treatment of chemotherapy. The rider had been a victim of testicular cancer which was diagnosed in August of the same year. The yellow jersey holder gave the assurance that he had never taken any corticoids. What is more, in the official report that followed the test, Lance Armstrong had written under the heading "Drugs Taken" - Nothing. Since the start of the Tour, corticoid traces have been detected in the urine of other riders. In an article with the daily newspaper L'HurnanitC on Tuesday July 20, Jacques de Ceaurriz, the director of the LNLD, estimated that, of the hundreds of samples taken since the prologue, "20 to 30 cases" would reveal the presence of corticoids. But the traces were below the threshold ratio of 6. Belgian rider Tom Steels (Mapei-Quick Step) was tested on J ~ l 5, and recorded y a ratio of 1.8. Italian Michele Coppolillo (Mercatone Uno) was tested on July 6 and recorded 1.6. His compatriot Mariano Piccoli (Lampre), the early holder of the polka dot climber's jersey, was tested on July 7 and recorded 1.3. Another Italian, Daniele Nardello (Mapei-Quick Step) was tested on July 8 with a rate of 1.7.In each of these riders the same synthetic molecule was detected triamcinolone acetonide.

This synthetic molecule is a less aggressive corticoid and is used as a diuretic for the patients suffering from kidney and cardiac diseases. According to a specialist who we questioned: "This drug does not have any use, two years after a bout of chemotherapy. It is an immuno-depressor which in the long term depresses the immune system." The same doctor continued: "On the other hand, if the urine tests detect this product, it is undoubtedly, an indication that the patient has taken it. There cannot be any confusion between the body naturally producing the substance and taken it exogenously."
Another corticoid was detected in the urine of a French rider. The presence of cortivazol was detected on July 6, in Christophe Rinero (Cofidis). The ratio was 7 and therefore higher than the postive test threshold. No sanction was however taken in this case because the use was allowed under a medical clearance. "Christophe fell during Liege-Bastogne-Liege, and hurt his patella. The traumatic injury required an arthroscopic examination in May", explained Jean-Jacques Menuet, the Cofidis team doctor. The rider "consulted a sport's medicine doctor in his local area" who prescribed him a series of injections of Altin (a substance containing cortivazol). The injections were carried out at the "end of May and Christophe stopped riding for 6 weeks", continued Jean-Jacques Minuet. "NO other alternative to the use of Altin was desirable. I would have given him the same treatment. This action was impossible to avoid and did not aim to be a performance-enhancement measure. If one cannot look after the best interests of the riders any more then I will quit", Jean-Jacques Menuet said and he reaffirmed his concern that he was not practising any illegal performance enhancement. "The majority of our riders are actually in the red in this Tour, he said, with some of them recording hematocrit levels below 36%." The detection of corticoids is a new thing in the 86th Tour de France. The laboratory of Chiitenay-Malabry, after a year's work, perfected a test 10 days before the start of this Tour. Wit to the the UCI, the method was accepted by them. The President, Hein Verbruggen, informed teams on the 2nd of July, the day befre the start of the Tour at Puy-du-Fou.

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The system requires observing the spread of carbon isotopes in cortisol, a hormone naturally secreted by the body. This isotopic spectronomy enables anomalies to be detected, anomalies which attest to the presence of exogenous corticoids. Hein Verbruggen affirmed that he was not aware. 'Ws the medical commission charged with anti-doping which, at the UCI, treats these issues. The Doctor LCon Schattenberg, head of this commission was not able to be contacted on Tuesday 20 July. "At the UCI, we are more prudent than in France" indicated Hein Verbruggen. "We respect medical secrecy. It is disappointing to note that this rule isn't followed by French doctors. 111 the end, this practice will end up going against us. We will lose the confidence of the riders who accept having these strict medical controls on the condition that we will not publish confidential information .'I For the moment, the UCI is refusing to comment on the fundamental questions. In this Tour de France, there seems to be a resurgence of the use of corticoids, as noted by Armand Megret President of the Medical commission of the French Cycling Federation, in an interview in Le Monde.

A doctor we interviewed has a hypothesis concerning the low levels found in the riders' samples: "If they are late corticoids, the low levels is not surprising, since their spread in the body happens more slowly and their tracability becomes harder ."

Post-To ur C rite riums
Michael Boogerd decided to do ride a very quiet Post-Tour schedule. He has signed only 5 contracts to race in the traditional criteriums in the Netherlands: Boxmeer, Wateringen, Roosendaal, Surhuisterveen and Emmen. Lance Armstrong will ride in 4 Dutch Criteriums: Boxmeer (July 26j, Chaam (July 28j, Heerlen (July 30) and Roosendaal (August 2) Lance Armstrong doesn't come cheap though: He is charging 73,000 Dutch guilders (plus 10 percent for the manager) as well as a rider to help him in the form of George Hincapie. Excluding Hincapie, Lance's share of the money will still be 60,000 guilders. Marc Lotz has 11 contracts for races after the Tour de France. Before this Tour his start money demand was 800 guilders but after his 8th place in the stage last Thursday it has gone to 1500.Last Monday it rose again (during the rest day! j to 2500 guilders. He will ride at: Boxmeer, Stiphout, Chaam, Wateringen, Heerlen, Steenwijk, Roosendaal, Surhuisterveen, Maastricht, Oostvoorne and Emmen Of the 5 races that Michael Boogerd is riding he is charging 20,000 per criterium as a result of his 2nd place in the UCI rankings and his victories in the Amstel Gold Race and Paris-Nice. The other Rabobank Tour riders will start in 5 or 6 races (Dekker, Den Bakker and Jonker in Heerlen and Patrick Jonker will start in Maastricht too).There is no interest in any of the TVM riders anymore. Sprinter Jeroen Blijlevens has only 2 contracts after the Tour in the Netherlands: Stiphout and Chaam.

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Old riders die
Adolf Christian (Austria, 66) died in Vienna after a fall. He was third in the Tour de France in 1957 behind Jacques Anquetil and Marcel Janssens. He is still the best rider from Austria in the history of the Tour de France. Piet van den Brekel (Netherlands, 66) died after a cardiac arrest on his bike. He started in the Tour de France 1956. In 1952, he was the world amateur champion but was declassified because he changed his bike.
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NYY on Lance Armstrong
In recent days, a number of American readers have written abusive emails to me because I have tried to present the diversity of views about the allegations of doping by Tour leader Lance Armstrong. I have not given my own view on the European press approach. But I do think it is part of a free society to allow all views to be expressed. Then we can (as adults) make up our own minds on the balance of information. That is what freedom is all about. For those who want to censor views because they don't agree with them think about that.
Here is a story from the New York Times from Samuel Abt which was published under the headfing "Armstrong is engulfed by a frenzy over salve", on July 22,1999.

PAU, France: Lance Armstrong continued to make news on two fronts Wednesday: he protected his commanding lead in the Tour de France with only four more race days to go and he found himself ensnarled in still more charges and countercharges about drugs, with cycling's governing body and Armstrong both stating that he has been using a skin cream, with authorization, to treat saddle sores.
The cream contains corticosteroids, which are anti-inflammatory and pain-killing drugs that are banned unless prescribed by doctors for health reasons. Armstrong's use of the cream is apparently why legal trace amounts of the substance had shown up in his urine tests early in the race. Countering accusations in a French newspaper that he has used an illegal drug, Armstrong acknowledged today that he had treated a rash with the cream but that "it has absolutely nothing to do with performance" and that "this is not a doping story." The governing< body of the sport agreed ,saying in a statement that "minimal traces" of a cortisone substance that were found in a test of the American "did not constitute doping ."

In a televised news conference after today's stage, a bitter Armstrong described himself as "persecuted" and a victim of "vulture journalism." He singled out Le Monde, which has devoted two long articles to Armstrong and drug tests he took in the race's first two days, July 3 and 4. Discussing the results, the newspaper said that they showed "traces" that "do not show quantity but do show that he used a banned medication." It identified the product as a glucocorticoid, which it described as "steroid hormones secreted naturally."

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Armstrong did not identify the salve he used. "They say stress causes cancer," said Armstrong, who had testicular cancer two and a half years ago and underwent three months of chemotherapy. "So if you want to avoid cancer, don't come to the Tour de France and wear the yellow jersey" of the overall leader. "It's too much stress." The rider, who, after another strong performance in the Pyrenees today, seems certain to win the Tour de France when it finishes Sunday in Paris, seemed strained and weary as he spoke. Part of that was because of the long stage over four mountains that he had completed, consolidating his lead, half an hour before.

"I made a mistake in taking something I didn't consider to be a drug," he said, referring to what he called ''a topical cream" for a skin rash. "When I think of taking something, I think of pills, inhalers, injections," he said. "I didn't consider skin cream 'taking something."'
Defending him, the International Cycling Union said today that he had used the salve Cemalyt "to treat a skin allergy" and had presented a medical prescription to justify'its use. "After discussion with French authorities,'' the organization said, "we declare with the greatest firmness that this was a use authorized by the rules and does not therefore constitute doping ." At his news conference, Armstrong was pressed by a reporter from Le Monde, an authoritative and respected daily newspaper. Its reporters have been refused interviews by officials of the United States Postal Service, Armstrong's team, with the explanation that the paper's goals were not the team's. Le Monde's reporter asked why the race leader denied this week that he had presented a medical certificate to justify the use of a banned substance. "Are you calling me a liar or a doper?" Armstrong asked in his only flash of anger. He then said that he had made a mistake in making the earlier denial.

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In response to another question about the speculation that has surrounded his domination of the bicycle race after his treatment for the cancer that spread to his lungs and brain, Armstrong said that he was tired of questions about "HOW is that possible?" "You have to believe in yourself," the 27-year-old Texan said. "You have to fight. You have to hold the line.''
Speculation about his comeback, especially in the French news medias, began shortly after he won the race's short prologue on July 3 and increased after he crushed his opponents in a long time trial, or race against the clock, on July 1 I . He followed that performance with another victory on July 13, this time on the first of two stages in the Alps, and has held the yellow jersey ever since. With a lead of more than six minutes, Armstrong is virtually assured of victory, barring illness or injury, and would become the second American, after the three-time winner, Greg LeMond, to win the world's greatest bicycle race. Yet, speculation about Armstrong's stirring comeback has turned into what he describes as "innuendo." "It's bad for the sport, for the Tour and for me," he said today. "I understand why there are more journalists here this year than ever before;" he said, referring to the fact that about 950 reporters are accredited, about 200 more than the

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normal contingent. Some are particularly interested in the drug scandals that nearly destroyed the last Tour.
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"I can understand their interest," Armstrong said, noting last year's scandal that resulted in the ouster of the Festina team on charges of systematic use of illegal perfoixnance-enhancing drugs. But, he said, reporters should be "a little more respectful . I '
After his news conference, he appeared on a television program devoted to the Taur and was asked briefly about the charges and his defense. "IY sleep better tonight," he said.

New French team - Bonjour
Jean-RenC Bernaudeau (43) is the team manager of the new team "Bonjour". The sponsor is an advertising magazine which has committed itself to at least a three year involvement in the sport. The first target for the team is to start in the Tour de France 2000 ("without buying UCI-points"). The budget will be 20-25 million French francs (the same as Saeco or Lampre this year) and the team will work in collaboration with the amateur team "Vend6e U". Bonjour will have 18 riders and half of the team will be neo-professionals from VendCe U. The other new team "Delatour" has a budget of 15 million French francs

Germany, Bekra Open, Stuttgart
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Prologue, 6.5 kms:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones Jans Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne M i c h e l Kyneb Holst (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones Allan Johansen (Den) Chicky World

7.44.09 7.44.97 7.45.25 7.46.19 7.48.93

Stage 1: Altensteig

- Wart,

1 5 6 kms: 4.0.47 0.16 0.16

1. Dario Prigo ( I t a ) Saeco Cannondale 2. Holger Sievers (Ger) Hohenfelder-Concorde 3 , Fausto D o t t i ( I t a ) Liquigas GC a f t e r Stage 1:

1. Dario Frigo ( I t a ) Saeco Cannondale

Stage 2: Esslingen

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kms:
5.26.33
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1. Reni. Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 2 . Giovanni Lombardi ( I t a ) Telekom 3. Andreas Kappes (Ger) AgrO Adler Brandenburg

Final

GC:

1. Dario Frigo ( I t a Saeco) Cannondale
2. Holger Sievers (Ger) Hohenfelder-Concorde 3 . Fausto Dotti ( I t a ) Liquigas 4. Peter Wrolich ( A u t ) Team Gerolsteiner 5. Michel Kyneb Holst (Den) Team Hone-Jack & Jones 6 . Andreas Kappes (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg

9.35.34 0.04 0.07 0.36 0.51 0.57

7 . C h r i s t i a n Henn (Ger) Telekom 8. Andreas Kloden (Ger) Telekomekorn
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Two Irish riders outed for drugs
Anton h'loran from Ireland has sent me a report about two Irish riders who were found to be positive with what the Federation describes as light stimulants. Michael Fitzgerald was positive in the Prutour and Simon Coughlan, Irish hour Record holder, was positive in the Tour of Ulster. Both riders were outed for 3 months. Fitzgerald, from Clonmel but not attached to any club, was tested after stage four of the Prutour in Britain in late May and his urine sample contained ephedrine above the permitted level. He said he had taken the herbal product for a number of years and all previous tests had been negative. Fitzgerald won the junior tour i n 1992 and was. senior road race champion in 1995. He won two stages of the Tour of the North at Easter and his only other success this year was in the Stamullen Grand Prix on April 18th. Coughlan, from the Navan club, won the junior tour the year after Fitzgerald. He was tested after the fourth and Qnal stage of the Tour of Ulster on May 3rd and was found to have used pseudoephedrine above the allowed level. Coughlan said he took cough mixture for a cold, which he bought in a chemist's shop. The riders were disqualified from the events they were in when tested and suspended for three months from last Friday, June 18th. The ICF have carried out 38 tests this season, many more than any other Irish sporting body.

Sweden, Stjernelobet (Swedish Cup), Kristianstad, $61 kms,July I 8
1. Orjan Gustavsson ( S w e ) Skoghalls CK- Hammar6 2. Allan Bo Andersen (Den) Team Fakta 3 . Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team W i r s b o 4 . Fredrik Johansson (Swe) Vasterbs CK 5. Anders Eklund (Swe) Orebrocyklisterna 6 . Xlas Johansson (swe) Team Crescent 7. Tobias Lestrell (Swe) CK Bure 8 . Johan Flodin (Swe) Team Crescent 9 . Jonas Rydberg ( S w e ) Team Crescent 10. Lasse Jonassen (Den) Team Fakta
3.34.13

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Swedish Cup GC a f t e r 3 races:
1. 2. 3. 4, 5.

Orjan Gustavsson (Skoghalls CK- Hammaro) Stefan Adamsson (Team Wirsbo) Martin Johansson (Team Crescent) Niklas Ronnerling (Team Crescent) John NiLsson (Team W i r s h o ) 6 . K r i s t o f f e r Ingeby (Team Wirsbo) I . Marcus Ljungqvist (Team Wirsbo)

2 05 145

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125 125 125

Sweden, XC MTB National Championships
Tomas Nilsson who reports for cyclingnews.com from Sweden writes that Swedish road champion Henrik Sparr, Team Wirsbo, took second place 1.48

behind winner Philip Tavell, Team Cycle Pro (47th, 8 .I 1 behind Sparr on the .road) in the Swedish cross country MTB-championships last weekend.
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The race was held on a 6.4 kms circuit and riders had to do 7 laps.
1. P h i l i p T a v e l l (Team CyclePro) 2 . Henrik S p a r r (Team Wirsbo) 3 . Anders Wickholm (Sandvikens CK)

2.25.20 1.48 4.12 5.12 6.10 10.14 11.06 11.58 13.28 15.07

4 . S t e f a n N i l s s o n (Harnosands CK) 5. Roger P e r s s o n (MTB-91 Falkenberg) 6. Tony Andersson (Borlanye CK) 7. S t e f a n C a r l s s o n ( F a l u CK) 8. Rickard X a r l s s o n (Kviinums IT")
9. U l f Jacobsson ( B o r & CA) 10. S t e f a n Hoflund (IK Hakarpspojkarna)

Netherlands, Alkmaar, 5utch Track Championships
Wornen's S p r i n t : Sed-Finals :
V a n Welis

Laan

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Final: Van Melis 3rd Place: Miggels

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Laan 2-0

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Mansveld 2-0

WOnEn'S 500 m ITT:
1. 2. 3. 4.

Mansveld 38.64 Van Melis 38.87 Laan 39.03 Miggels 39.64 5 . Van Alebeek 40.05

F i n a l r a n k i n g Speed-Omnium:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Van Melis Mansveld Laan MYggels Van Alebeek

12 p o i n t s 31 40

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Belgian MTB Championships:
Women :
1. Laroy (Bel) 2. Van Wersch (Ned) 3. V a n d e Brand ( N e d )

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US Postal investigation official
French justice authorities have announced that there will be a legal investigation into the US Postal team, following allegations of doping. The team is charged with "infraction of the law on the prevention of the use of doping products, inciting the use of doping products and breaking of legislation regarding toxic substances." The investigation will take place in Paris, headed by judge Sophie-Helene Chateau. The decision to launch a full investigation comes after a preliminary enquiry was made in October. At this time, an anonymous note was sent to a Parisian Public Prosecutor regarding 'suspicious' footage filmed by France 3 TV during the 2000 Tour de France. The footage showed France 3 reporters following a garbage disposal unit, allegedly originating from the US Postal enclave. After the garbage had been dumped, the journalists took the bags back with them for further analysis. On November 8, French weekly La Carnard Enchain reported that one of the products in the bags was Actovegin, a Norwegian substance containing extracts of calf serum, intended for improving blood circulation. However, this is not a banned substance (yet) on the UCI list although experts say that it has several EPO-like properties. It is not sold in France. In addition, several members of the US Postal team have denied any knowledge of the drug. Analysis of the other products was not made public, however public prosecutor Jean-Pierre Dintilhac and the Drug authorities of the Parisian Criminal Investigation Department have decided that there was sufficient evidence to continue the investigation at a higher level.

a Co-team manager of US Postal, Dirk Demol, told Belgian teletext that he had no idea of what w s going on. "You are the first to tell me," he said. "I'm very close to Johan Bruyneel, but he hasn't contacted me yet."
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Demol added that nobody of US Postal has been questioned yet by the French.
Heras and Rubiera to USA

Meanwhile, back at the ranch, US Postal new recruits, Roberto Heras and Jose Luis Rubiera, will travel to Austin, Texas for a team training camp on December 1. There they will meet the entire team, headed by Lance Armstrong, and it will be the first time that all will be gathered together. Team goals and training programs will be discussed for 2001, as well as the obligatory team photos. Heras will officially terminate his contract with Kelme on December 31, and is still trying to come to an amicable departure with the team.

Van Petegem's problem
Peter van Petegem's future with the new LeMond team (which will be sponsored by Viatel, according to several sources) is not yet assured, despite him being confirmed as a team member for 2001 The problem IS that he has one more year with Farm Frites, and they don't want to let him go. He needs to come up with BEF 14 million ($US 300,000) to buy out his contract, according to Belgian daily, Net Laatste Nieuws.
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His lawyer is seeking a way out of the contract via the Netherlands Arbitration Commission, and this will have to be resolved before he is confirmed with the US team. If not, then the team may stick to its original pian of launching in 2002. In addition, Van Petegem wants to sue Farm Frites for BEF 40 million ($US 900,000) in damages, claiming that they caused hini to lose a potential contract with Mapei next year.

Memory Card no longer
MemoryCard, Denmark's largest cycling team, will no longer exist under that name next season, but it is still unclear which sponsor will join with IT Company CSC to complete the team. It IS also undecided whether Bjarne Riis will buy John Trolle's (director of MemoryCard) shares in Professionel Cycling Denmark (PCD the company behind the Team). The only thing that is sure is that Trolle's influence on the team is already considerably diminished. . Last Tuesday the Italian industry leader Olivetti pulled out as possible naming sponsors, but the managing

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director Preben Hingeberg would not rule out Olivetti's interest in a minor sponsorship. One party left is ISP World Online who met with Bjarne Riis and CSC regarding sharing the naming rights to the team. "We had a good meeting with World Online and will continue to talk this week. As it stands today, a solution is not found but I am confident a realistic solution can be found by the first of December," said the managing Director of CSC, Asger Jensby to Berlingske Tidende.
Bjarne Riis, who is a director in PCD, still hopes for a faster solution, but does not expect to have it announced before the weekend. "I hope to present the solution within a week and truely hope to reLeal the new co-sponsor soon," said Riis.

Jensby did not avoid the fact that John Trolle and Memory Card Technology (MCT) are on the way out of the team even though Trolle still has shares in PCD and MCT may continue in a minor sponsors role - if Trotle can afford it.

"He doesn't have the money to continue as a primary sponsor, so we have offerred him a place on the jersey but we need to be sure that MCT can afford it and it is not the most credit worthy compaiiy at this time. If we cannot be assured of MCT's sponsorship, they will be removed - you have to pay for those things you want," said Asger Jensby.
On Tuesday John Trolle wasn't too keen to discuss the actions of the team. "I do not want to talk about the sale of my shares to Riis, but I don't think that MCT will be a primary sponsor next year. An agreement has been reached except for a few small details which I hope will fall into place over the next few ifays," said Trolle. "One of the things that remains to be sorted out is the $US $300,000 shortfall from #is year that must be paid. CSC do not wish their sponsorship dollars used to cover old expenses. It is clear that it is PCD's job to balance the books but it is dependant on a collective solution where both the missing money from this year and the new sponsors are invloved. I cannot discuss the arrangements now, we have decided to pick up the pieces," said Riis.

Spar-OK1 in trouble
The Belgian second division team, Spar-OK1 is facing financial difficulties, and may not continue into next season. The team have lost their head sponsor meaning that manager, Gaspard van Peteghem, is unable to pay the required bank guarantee to the UCI by December 2.
New Dutch coach

Herman Snoeijnk is the new Dutch national women's coach after Jean-Paul van Poppel stopped after the Olympics in Sydney. Snoeijink is currently the national cyclocross coach. I-Ie was responsible for the espoirs and the juniors on the road, but the KNWU will look for another coach for these two groups. Snoeijnk signed for two years. In other Dutch news, former national amateur champion, Erwin Kistemaker and Wilfred Haan, have received their international jury member diplomas in Vienna,
Wielinga signs

Rabobank amateur Remmert Wielinga has signed with the Italian team, De Nardi Pasta-Monte Grappe for 2001. Wielinga (22) didn't get a pro-contract and was looking for another team. He is the Dutch U23 time trial champion, and also finished second in the national championships road race in this category. He will emigrate to Italy in January.
AIOCC meet in Paris

The AIOCC, the International society of race organisers, will have a meeting on Friday in Paris. High on the agenda is the changing of cycling's image, with less races being an important issue. On the other hand, organisers have to pay more money, whi~ch,for the big races is not too difficult. This means a 10-20 percent increase in outlay, due to higher costs and prize money. In Belgium the AIOCC hope to organize the category 4 kermesse races throughout 2001, but this will be the last year. The "Conseil du Cyclisme Professionnel" started a year ago and they represent the professional sector in the UCI, with members from the sporting groups, riders and organisers. The last group is represented by Jean-Marie Leblanc (Tour de France) and Carmine Castellano (Giro), neither of whom have problems with the increasing prizes.

Perez reelected as president of RFEC
The Spanish Cycling Federation (RFEC) will re-elect their current president, Manuel Perez Rubio, for another four year term. Perez has been endorsed by 99 of the 136 eligible voters on the federation, and will face no

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other opposition. He has been president since 1997, following a controversial election where there were several "irregularities" in the election process. Jose Grande was chosen for the position, but he only lasted 6 months when P6rez successfully carried out a censure motion against him.
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The official election and confirmation will take place on Saturday, November 25.

Pezzo awarded
Dual Olympic Mountainbike champion, Paola Pezzo, will be presented this Sunday with an award by the Cicloturisti club of Conselve, in Padova. Pezzo, along with Katia Longhin and neo-pro Alexander Brendolin will receive awards for their activities within the sporting group over many years.

Damesronde van Drenthe 2001
The Dutch women`s race, Damesronde van Drenthe have found a new sponsor for 2001. The race, scheduled for April 7, will be sponsored by Novilon aRer a contract was signed on Wednesday in Wet Kasteel te Coevorde, witnessed by mayor (and former rider) Be Jansema. In addition, there are special sponsorships by Playland and ESSENT for the race.

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