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January 2005 - News archive
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Saturday, January 1
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Nine positives in Vuelta a Guatemala, Wiggins and 
  Hoy get gongs, Marco Polo Cycling Team to be launched in China, Japan aiming 
  for Keirin glory in World Cup, Evans to ride Bay series, Three legends confirmed 
  for JCTDU dinner, Rolling into the new year, SCAT International Rider Award 
  update
Sunday, January 2
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Explanations demanded for Guatemala positives, No 
  obstacles for Astarloa, Franzoi debuts for Lampre-Caffita in Aigle, Groenendaal 
  sick, Petacchi married on the quiet, Land Rover/Touring Sport Cycling Team, 
  Hit Racing
Monday, January 3
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Coppi commemorated 45 years on, Liberty adds Würth, 
  Roberts keeps the data flowing to Denmark, Di Grande and Duma to Volksbank, 
  Voeckler honoured, Olympians Muenzer and Barry win Canadian Cyclist awards, 
  Cycling club puts in for tsunami victims, Sydney Body Art Ride to raise money 
  for cancer
Tuesday, January 4
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Dmitri Neliubin killed, Phonak parts ways with Freuler 
  and Pino, Ullrich sets New Year's resolutions, Belgian 'cross World's team takes 
  shape, Zabel and Arndt cyclists of the year in Germany, No Bay Crits for Miller, 
  Torres to Spiuk, Sentjens goes Belgian, Two Japanese continental teams, Le Tour 
  de Dirt, Last chance to win an Argon18 Krypton FC with Red Ace
Wednesday, January 5
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Cyclingnews Rider of the Year, Cycling Australia 
  names new High Performance Manager, MrBookmaker.com granted licence, Manchester 
  keirin full line-up, Dajka in Australian team, Sentjens explains, Bay Crit series 
  starts today, Mactier out of Bay Crits, Webb awarded, PoolGel supports Redlands, 
  California Road Club helps Howe, Team Cobblestone, ISCorp Cycling Team
Thursday, January 6
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Relax makes an offer to Santi Perez, Fernandez signs 
  on as Phonak DS, Venezuelans to be sanctioned in Guatemala doping affair, Post 
  to advise Rabobank, RCS Sport changes 2005 race calendar, Six Hours of Euskadi 
  cancelled, Subway team ready for 2005, Team Yeti adds Riffle and Houseman, Campbell 
  steps down, Clubs donate money to tsunami appeal
Friday, January 7
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Lance pinpoints Classics, Round 3 of Track World 
  Cup, Irish for Langkawi, CSC supports tsunami victims, Tsunami 12-12 effort 
  in Diksmuide, Fuji donates to tsunami effort, Havukainen joins Iron Horse/Mad 
  Catz, Tuscany bids for 2008 World's, Kansas hosts 2005-2007 Collegiate National 
  Championships, Colavita training camp in February, Pacesetter Steel Service 
  Cycling Team
Saturday, January 8
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - An interview with Chris Horner, MrBookmaker.com goes 
  public, Bouquet out, Gadret OK, Bouygues Telecom presentation in Paris, Franck 
  Bouyer still waiting, Peace race in danger again, Heirewegh suspended for two 
  and a half years, Irish 'cross raises money for tsunami appeal, Powerade mini 
  tour at TDU
Sunday, January 9
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Court says Museeuw doped, Armstrong wins suit, Kupfernagel 
  defends title at German cyclo-cross Nats, Pichon race comeback planned in April, 
  X-Power dig deep for underweight Downing, Catherine Marsal becomes DS of team 
  S.A.T.S., Rasmussen donates, Team Alliance Environmental for 2005, Don Smith 
  Memorial supports Braveheart fund
Monday, January 10
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Armstrong wins "a significant victory", An interview 
  with Johan Bruyneel, Ullrich: "Tour victory against Lance more valuable", Bourgain 
  wins big-money keirin, Van Moorsel says goodbye, Danish 'Cross Championships 
  cancelled, Paris-Nice teams announced, Stages clear for Tour Med, Van Beek wins 
  gold at Deaflympics, Phil Liggett to host Team TIAA-CREF launch, Wedgewood Cycling 
  Team complete for 2005
Tuesday, January 11
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Discovering Discovery, No new news on Armstrong's 
  Tour decision, Quick.Step launched in Belgium, Simoni ready for Australia, P.M.B. 
  Fenix professional women's team, MG Xpower - Bigpond names eight, Two Spanish 
  neo-pro's
Wednesday, January 12
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Museeuw: "Do you want a second Pantani?", No more 
  GP Eddy Merckx, French cross team ready for World's, Figueras joins Lampre-Caffita, 
  Sky Sports shows Tour Down Under, Jenner out of Trust House Cycle Classic, Colavita 
  sponsorship up for bids, Cross documentary to raise money for Colorado Juniors, 
  Webcor Builders Women roster announced, Dynaflo Racing/Technocycle BRC
  Cycling 
  News Flash - Berden positive for EPO 
Thursday, January 13
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Rabobank aims high, Berden admits EPO use, Guatemalan 
  coach suspended for life, Arenberg ditched from Paris-Roubaix, Lampre-Caffita 
  for JCTDU, Euskaltel gets ready, Düsseldorf to bid for Tour start, United Texas 
  Tour postponed, Three more for U.S. 'Cross World's team, Konica Minolta 2005, 
  ABD Cycling
Friday, January 14
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Sunday Times considers appeal in Armstrong case ruling, 
  Tour of Qatar without Armstrong, Zabel not sure for Tour, Cofidis affair: French 
  newspaper offices searched, Australia young track riders take charge in Manchester, 
  Irish return Down Under, Four young riders in T-Mobile development programme, 
  Good Friday Track Meeting restored, M Street Racing for 2005 
Saturday, January 15
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Bäckstedt not happy with Roubaix route changes, Dierckxsens 
  retires, Superprestige to lose main sponsor?, Team Group Health Women’s Club 
  of the Year, France and Britain head to Head at Revolution 7, Sutter Home wines 
  sponsor Colavita/Cooking Light Women team, Mooloolaba Charity Challenge for 
  Tsunami victims
Sunday, January 16
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Landbouwkrediet-Colnago continues youth focus, CSC 
  gets ready, Omega Pharma won't appeal, An interview with Philip Deignan, Kiesanowski 
  to Nobili Rubinetterie, Gilmore breaks vertebrae, Wallers cobbles also out, 
  Spinning record, All9yards.com/Team EMU racing
Monday, January 17
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Bayley crashes hard, Savoldelli breaks collarbone, 
  Madsen, McGrory and Gilmore injured, Quick.Step lose one, Nys and Van den Brand 
  win Cross World Cup, Ullrich and Cunego for Vuelta a Murcia, UCI goes for maximum 
  suspensions in Guatemala, Aljazeera sponsors team, FIAC calls for National Championships 
  host, Champion Cycling Elite and Development team, Team Schwab Cycles-Torelli 
  Velo
  JCTDU 
  News - O'Grady motivated to win 2005 JCTDU 
Tuesday, January 18
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Barloworld-Valsir 2005, Andresen to Designa Køkken, 
  Verstraeten to Fidea, Belgian and German selections for World's, Two remaining 
  TdF tickets likely to Ag2r and Phonak, New crashing rules, Grafton winner replaces 
  Jenner, Olympians back at Dunc Gray Velodrome, Cycling Tasmania rider-of-the-season 
  update, A new Sturgess, Palazzago teams presented
  JCTDU 
  News - Team presentation vox pop
Wednesday, January 19
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Leblanc impressed with Aussie spirit, Illes Balears 
  to training camp, Cross World's: Urban out, Leontien van Moorsel presents team, 
  Berden likely to lose medal, Hofbräu-Six Days in Stuttgart, Samsung-New Zealand 
  team announced
  Cycling 
  News Flash - Top SA cyclists die in plane crash
Thursday, January 20
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Franco-Belgian doping ring, An interview with Tom 
  Danielson, More light shed in Pantani case, Saul Pasque killed, Tonkov to LPR, 
  Dierckxsens unstoppable, Liquigas-Bianchi for Qatar, Why cyclists like to get 
  high, Revenge at Revolution 7, NZ Track World Cup team, Team Snow Valley moves 
  up, Klassen to Yeti, 'Meet the teams' in Northern California
Friday, January 21
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Gerolsteiner team presentation, Armstrong entourage 
  probed, Vansummeren Lotto's joker, Quick.Step misses the bus, No Tour for Petacchi, 
  Italians waiting for Olympic bonus, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago to Tuscany, Mrbookmaker.com 
  for Langkawi, Two more for Ceramica Flaminia, Ulmer and Carter spur on Youth 
  Olympics riders, U.S. 24 hr MTB Nationals in Spokane
Saturday, January 22
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Disappointed Armstrong responds to new doping investigation, 
  Three ex-pros involved in doping ring, Lelangue positive about Phonak, UCI names 
  more Pro Continental teams, Heijdens-Ten Tusscher becomes MTB trade team, Irish 
  head start into new season, U.S. women attend track endurance camp, RAAM on 
  TV, 300 free entries for Junior Crossers at Sea Otter Classic, Tsunami criteriums 
  in Australia
Sunday, January 23
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Six years on, silver team Fassa Bortolo shines bright, 
  Ten charged in Bordeaux, Nobili Rubinetterie to Geelong Tour, DCU looking for 
  a new national track coach, McEwen on PR tour in Parramatta, Søren Lilholt to 
  Glud & Marstrand Horsens, New career chapter for Cummings, Northshore Mountain 
  bike generates Legacy Fund, Des Moines Cycle Club donates $2,200
  JCTDU News - Jean-Marie 
  gets to know the locals, With parents like these....
  2005 Giro launch - Giro d'Italia 
  looking good for 2005; Cunego-Basso battle clearly on the cards
Monday, January 24
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Better than ever: Team CSC enters ProTour with tremendous 
  focus for 2005, Proud Preatoni relaunches Domina Vacanze for 2005, Top sprinters 
  to Qatar, Gerdemann joins CSC, Cummings' heart OK, Comnet-Senges prepare for 
  season, Spanish team ready for Sankt Wendel 
Tuesday, January 25
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - All for the Tour: T-Mobile takes up its cause, RAGT 
  Semences presentation, 2005 Giro evokes positive comments, Bart Wellens going 
  for a hat-trick, Strong Australian contingent for Trust House Cycle Classic, 
  Ferrio to Spiuk, Lefebvre sanctioned, 26th Vuelta Independencia Nacional República 
  Dominicana
  JCTDU News - Leblanc 
  happy Down Under, but remains distant on Pro Tour expansion, 'Team Davis' brings 
  Queensland support down south 
  Regional 
  Cycling News - Nature Valley Grand Prix takes shape, Wendy's International 
  Cycling Classic renamed, Joseph Sunde Memorial criteriums, Joe Trevorrow dies, 
  Swedish riders to KSV Deerlijk 
Wednesday, January 26
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Liquigas-Bianchi presentation, First leaders of UCI 
  Continental rankings, Millar heard by CAS, Simoni enjoys Down Under, Phonak 
  to GP Doha and Qatar, Hofbräu-Six doing well, Haussler realistic, Sangiovanni 
  re-elected, Cyclocross Juniors fundraiser successful, SA team sponsor wanted, 
  Safeway/GA Communications
Thursday, January 27
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Armstrong's 'F-One' group plots the hour, Tour de 
  Langkawi: Tussle in the tropics, Cyclo-cross World's: Kupfernagel top favourite, 
  An interview with Katherine Bates, 16 year-old positive for EPO, Laidoun out 
  until March, Engels to Quick.Step, Skil-Moser presented, Wiggins at Revolution 
  7, FBD Milk Ras rules for county teams
  Regional 
  Cycling News - Schleck helps tsunami victims, McGuire-Langdale, Taberlay 
  to Specialized, Lynn Gaggioli to Monex, Australian Madison Championships, Randwick 
  Botany rider awarded OAM, Dundrum SC Orwell Wheelers Cycling School, Team Starbucks 
  Doubleshot 
Friday, January 28
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Nys gets a head start, FDJ presentation, Ryan Cox 
  interview, 15 teams to Challenge Illes Balears, French opening races, Pause 
  for Pollack, Colavita/Cooking Light re-signs Kimmet, Jensen to FBD Insurance 
  RÁS, Team Barbasol, , Argon 18 and CN reader poll winners
  Latest 
  Cycling News - Federation asks for four years for De Clercq, Floyd Landis 
  interview, Cofidis Presents for 2005, Naturino-Sapore di Mare, Chocolade Jacques-T 
  Interim, Sunde Memorial raises $2000, Bacardi-Nuvo Cycling Team, Eclipse Racing, 
  Argon 18 and CN reader poll winners
Saturday, January 29
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Vervecken believes he can challenge, Franzoi has 
  hopes, Denmark not at World's, Perez to be banned for two years, LPR presentation, 
  T-Mobile ready for Qatar, Marco Polo gets serious, Pozzi retires, Latest UCI 
  decisions, New structure for British Cycling, Ag2r U23 team
Sunday, January 30
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Cross World's day 1: Belgians well out of it, An 
  interview with Alessandro Petacchi, Madariaga comments spark debate, Another 
  coach suspended in Guatemala affair, Bigla: New Swiss women's team, Saey-Deschacht 
  to continue on the road, New velodrome for Mallorca, Cycling Center/Bio-Racer
Monday, January 31
  First 
  Edition Cycling News - Cross World's day 2: Belgians turn it around, An 
  interview with Mario Cipollini, Ceramica Flaminia presented, Comunidad Valenciana 
  doubtful for Tour, Cameron Evans injured, Charity Cycle









