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September 2002 - News archive
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Sunday, September 1
News - USPS announces team
for Vuelta, Rebellin close but still searching, Kroon at Rabobank for another
two years, A Trade Team for Japan, Thomas receives life ban - USA Cycling reaction,
MTB World's XC preview, Inside Volvo-Cannondale
Monday, September 2
News - The Vuelta approaches,
Cipollini at the helm of Acqua e Sapone, Saeco-Longoni Sport with three leaders
at the Vuelta, Lanfranchi breaks two ribs, A new Belgian team for 2003?, Brandt
to Lotto-Domo, Two Australian stagiaires, Ster Elektrotoer preview, Scottish
Track Championships back on track next week
Tuesday, September 3
News - French authorities close
the US Postal investigation, Latest UCI rankings, Phonak for the Vuelta, Fassa
Bortolo for the Vuelta, Vandenbroucke will not ride Vuelta, Savoldelli definite
for Telekom, Dierckxsens signs with Landbouwkrediet for two years, Lotz stays
in Rabobank, Robert Förster to Gerolsteiner, Credit Agricole signs Jegou, keeps
Jenner, Three neo-pros for Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Jalabert to ride GP des
Nations, Den Braber retires, but stays with Axa, Scanlon begins trial, Mapei-Quick
Step for Schaal Sels-Merksem, Tour Down Under goes on the road, New Zealand
race director faces criminal charges, Masters racer Uwe Stoltze dies at World
Championships, Inaugural Tour d'Afrique
Wednesday, September 4
News - Vuelta: Telekom to ride
for Zabel, Team Coast, Domo-Farm Frites, Index Alexia selections, Greatest MTB
World's ever?, Ullrich to decide soon about staying with Telekom, Lotto-Domo
doesn't need Planckaert, Tom Steels still looking, Verstrepen may follow Dierckxsens,
Eight riders for Palmans so far, Louwers to Axa-VvZ, Vogondy extends, Van De
Vijver crashes out of the Holland Ladies Tour, Graeme Miller crippled by back
injury, FCI offices vandalised, Tour de l'Avenir selections, Australian cyclist
Vic Young dies, Burnaby velodrome official reopening day
Thursday, September 5
News - Saiz eager for Beloki
victory, More Vuelta team selections, Garzelli says no to Quick Step, Replacement
sponsor for Bonjour, A new team for Braeckevelt?, Menchov may be iBanesto's
only foreign rider, Bölts confirms with Gerolsteiner, Tacconi Sport re-signs
Paolo Bossoni, Alessio re-signs Raffaele Ferrara, Lotto riders inspect Circuit
Zolder, Leipheimer leaves hospital, Two fakta riders for GP des Nations, Postgirot
Open/Tour of Sweden loses main sponsor, New Zealand round of Women's World Cup
cancelled, USA selections for World Track Championships, VDB says thanks but
no thanks to World Track Championships, Lampre-Daikin for Coppa Placci and Giro
di Romagna, 50th Coppa Sabatini, Cycling Ireland Bike Week report
Friday, September 6
News - Fagnini will miss Vuelta,
Mapei-Quick Step for Vuelta, Vuelta blood controls all negative, Axel Merckx
calls it quits for the year, Giesberts beats Eddy Merckx record, Saronni contemplates
Cipo's chances, Tourism services for Zolder, Madiot keeps an eye on FDJ.com's
future, Ivan Parra continues with ONCE, No extension for Seko, Ratti to Lampre,
Wadecki to Quick Step, Orvalho to ride MTB, Broken leg for Fraser MacMaster,
British team for Track World Championships, 2003 USA Track Athlete Residence
Program, Jean Delatour for Tour de l'Avenir and upcoming races, Irish update:
the end of the season is nigh
Saturday, September 7
News - Casero confident for
Vuelta repeat, Saiz envisions drama on Angliru, Zabel sizes up Vuelta competition,
Lampre-Daikin for Vuelta, Garzelli signs with Tacconi Sport, Kjaergaard continues
with US Postal, Halgand stays, Brochard to leave Jean Delatour, Saeco-Longoni
Sport for Coppa Placci and Giro di Romagna, Index Alexia for Coppa Placci and
Giro Di Romagna, Grand Prix Suisse Féminin preview, First Tour de l'Avenir
controls negative, McCann positive, French selections for Track World Championships,
2002 Center of Excellence Awards, 2003 European Cycle Messenger Championships,
Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team, Papa Bartoli, Leipheimer jersey benefit, US grassroots
promoter dies
Sunday, September 8
News - Vuelta España
news: Stage 1 wrap up, Post stage quotes, First Vuelta controls negative, Spanish
directors optimistic, Automatic US selections for Zolder, Cipollini begins Vuelta
test, dreams of Zolder, Acqua & Sapone for Giro di Romagna, Raimondas Rumsas
to be heard in Italy, 2002 Bear Mountain Fall Classic cancelled
Monday, September 9
News - Vuelta España:
Stage 2 wrap up, Post stage quotes, Winner's profile, Ratti "abnormal but normal",
Pieri first off the bike, Savoldelli suffers, No-one doing all three Grand Tours
this year, Women's World Cup to come down to the wire, Corey Sweet to Credit
Agricole, Ceramiche Panaria 2003, O'Loughlin back in action
Tuesday, September 10
News - Vuelta España:
Stage 3 wrap up & quotes, Cipo fined, Happy birthday Aitor Osa, Vuelta starting
cities in 2003/2004, Santiago Perez to Phonak, Etxebarria prolongs, Horrillo
and Cañada to Quick Step, Volksbank fires McCann, McCrae to try tri again?,
Strong Irish team leaves for Tour of Hokkaido, Miami Cycling Classic, Mapei
for GP Briek Schotte, Ross Dillon/Leipheimer jersey auction update
Wednesday, September 11
News - Vuelta España:
Stage 4 wrap up & comments, A minute's silence for September 11, Happy birthday
Alberto Martínez, Cost to run the Vuelta?, Groningen wants a Vuelta start, Renault
comeback, Telekom signs Savoldelli, Virenque to Quick Step, Dessel to Phonak,
Van Steen extends, Hesjedal stagiaire for Rabobank, Scanlon happy with trial
so far, Stars to race in Curação, Lampre-Daikin for upcoming races, Three day
Dutch MTB race, Joint Australian National MTB series, 2002 Vergesports Mid-Atlantic
Cyclo-Cross Series
Thursday, September 12
Vuelta News - Stage 5 wrap
up, Post stage comments, No start for Savoldelli, Cipollini out on Sunday, More
climbing tomorrow, Mariano Piccoli turns 32
News - Stefano Garzelli responds
to Patrick Lefevere, Rumsas heard in Italy, Ballerini: Cipollini will not be
sole leader in Zolder, Full US team for the World Road Championships, Panaria
minus three in San Francisco, Marco Polo Cycling Club for Hokkaido, Circuit
Franco-Belge preview, Univest GP teams announced, UCI World Masters Track Cycling
Championships
Friday, September 13
Vuelta News - Stage 6 wrap
up, Post stage quotes, Laiseka stitched up, Birthdays for Camenzind and Belda,
Luis Pérez loses bike, Vuelta 2005 to start in Granada
News - Edita Rumsas's pharmacy
unveiled, Ullrich still on CSC Tiscali's most-wanted list, Index-Alexia and
Team Coast behind in payments, Mirjam Melchers looking for World Cup honours
in Rotterdam, Van Moorsel to ride both events in Zolder, Chantal Beltman injured,
Tchmil/Braeckevelt team getting closer, Verstrepen for two years at Landbouwkrediet-Colnago,
Longo to race in Univest
Saturday, September 14
Vuelta News - Stage 7 wrap
up, Post stage comments, Sevilla admits to tactical error, Simoni wants a podium
place, Vueltita Phonak, Tomorrow not easy
News - Paris-Bruxelles preview,
San Francisco Grand Prix preview, Saeco-Longoni Sport looking for 25th, Tchmil
squares a deal with Itera, Contract news, Jean Nüttli to go for Hour Record,
2002 Nebraska Cyclo-cross Series, Women's stage race for South Africa, Last
chance for Leipheimer jersey auction
Sunday, September 15
Vuelta News - Stage 8 wrap
up, Post stage quotes, Siesta time for Cipollini, Jazztel to get new sponsor?,
Stage 9: Córdoba - Córdoba
News - Syringes seized from Edita
Rumsas may contain EPO, GP Fourmies preview, San Francisco Mayor Pins Olympic
Hopes on Grand Prix, Aerts calls it a season, Nicolas Vouilloz retires, Turpijn
can ride again, Javier Otxoa recovery update, Quick Step-Davitamon to ride Time,
Ray Appleby struck by a motorist
Monday, September 16
Vuelta News - Stage 9 wrap
up, Post stage quotes, Freire and Mancebo quit, Hruska and Barry don't start,
Mauri retires, Stage 10 preview
News - More good performances by
Scanlon, Aitor Gonzalez to leave Kelme, but to where?, Baffi wins farewell race,
Preliminary teams for Amsterdam Six, Peccioli World's candidate, Peter Winnen
rides again, Hesjedal correction
Tuesday, September 17
Vuelta News - Stage 10
wrap up, Post stage comments, Winners and losers today, Blood checks this morning,
Rest day tomorrow
News - Women's World Cup to end
in Rotterdam again in 2003, Belgian pre-selections for the World's, Dutch selections
for the World Championships, Phonak for Rheinland-Pfalz-Rundfahrt, Dermot Nally
to begin pro trial, Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under info night in Melbourne, Van
Dessel to sponsor Team Bolla
Wednesday, September 18
News - Full Belgian preselection
for the World's, USAC NRC rankings, Hunter in Amsterdam Six, Ullrich negotiates
with Telekom, Rasmussen renews with CSC, Boonen thinking of Quick Step, Gilmore
to Vlaanderen-T Interim, Moerenhout confirms, Bessy to Cofidis, Zberg to Gerolsteiner,
Demeulenaere to talk with Tchmil, Copeland steps down from Saturn, Mulder picked
for Athens, Danilo Di Luca "Killer" T-shirts
Vuelta news - Rest
Day wrap up: What has passed, what lies ahead
Thursday, September 19
Vuelta News - Stage 11
wrap up, Post stage comments, Vinokourov pulls out, More blood tests, all OK,
Big crowds expected for the Angliru stage, Stage 12: Segovia - Burgos
News - Armstrong hits Capitol Hill,
French to keep Edita in prison, Coast contract disputes, No dream team in GP
Tell, Swiss pre-selection, Hungarian selections for World's, Colombians for
World Track, Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series, St Kilda Cycling
Club End of Year Ball
Friday, September 20
Vuelta news - Stage 12
wrap up, Post stage comments, Azevedo turns 29, 41 riders out so far, Di Luca
donates to Multiple Sclerosis, Stage 13 preview: Burgos - Santander
News - Botero doubtful for World's,
Team Coast interested in Ullrich, Petersen skips GP des Nations, Rising star:
Philip Deignan, 68th Giro del Lazio, Saeco for Giro del Lazio and GP Industria
e Commercio in Prato, Lampre-Daikin for Giro Del Lazio and GP Des Nations, Mapei-Quick
Step for Giro Del Lazio and GP Des Nations, Argentinean team for the World's,
Heppner to Wiesenhof, Van Agtmaal to Axa-VvZ
Saturday, September 21
Vuelta news - Stage 13
wrap up, Post stage comments, Gonzalez not looking for a battle with Sevilla,
Four less as Blijlevens and Mercado pull out, Index-Alexia down to three, Stage
14: Santander - Gijón preview
News - Midi Libre cancelled, Rumsas
allowed to race (UCI), Spanish team after Vuelta, Australian Team for Track
World's, British team for Road World's, Ireland gets a World's bonus, Nothstein's
jersey auctioned for Nicole Reinhart Foundation, Boonen & Freire to decide
soon, Quick Step-Davitamon adds Knaven, Robin prolongs with FDJ, Verheyen won't
go to Lotto, World Masters silver medalist's home raided in drug sweep
Sunday, September 22
Vuelta news - Stage 14
wrap up, Post stage comments, The crash, Stage 15 preview: Gijon - El Angliru,
Miss and Mr Vuelta 2002
News - UCI changes selection rules
for grand tours, Leblanc doesn't agree with Midi Libre's reason to stop, Moreau
sole French TT World's candidate?, Tchmil and family guests at World's, Freire
to Cofidis or CSC?, Hunt to Cofidis, Vansevenant to Lotto-Domo, Schweda extends
Monday, September 23
Vuelta news - Stage 15
wrap up, Post stage comments, More riders abandon after yesterday's crash, Spectators
behave on l'Angliru, Blood controls before stage 15, Perez gets his bike back,
Second rest day tomorrow
News - 2002 Track World Championships,
4th Giro di Lucca preview, Upgrade for the Sun Tour, Young Spaniard killed
Tuesday, September 24
Vuelta news - Rest Day
2 wrap up, The last five days, Bruyneel comments on Heras' win, Gonzalez recognises
his error, Millar definitely out of Vuelta, says sorry to team for protest,
Stage 16: Avilés - León
News - Freire and CSC: No preliminary
contract, No Cofidis for Garcia Casas, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago contracts, Coppa
Sabatini preview, Team rosters for upcoming Italian races, USOC Announces doping
positive, Swedish World's selection, New UK cyclo-cross team
Wednesday, September 25
Vuelta news - Stage 16
wrap up, Post stage comments, TV figures show L'Angliru's popularity, 48 tested
on rest day, Stage 17: Benavente - Salamanca, 145.6 km
News - Gianni Bugno has faith in
Cipollini, Broken cheek bone for Tafi, Boonen to wait longer, Brochard facing
unemployment, Capelle and Verbrugghe certain for the Worlds, Mapei-Quick Step,
CSC-Tiscali, Team Phonak, Panaria Fiordo for upcoming races, U.S. Pro Cycling
Tour wraps up in Miami, Redlands Classic for 2003, Team Bolla takes shape
Thursday, September 26
Vuelta news - Stage 17
wrap up, Post stage comments, Italians dominate bunch sprints, Pro motorcyclists
visit Vuelta, Free tickets for the Bernabeu stadium available, Stage 18: Salamanca
- Estación de la Covatilla
News - Ullrich and Telekom part
ways, No World's TT for Dekker, Irish team for the World's, Canadian World Road
Championships team, Pineda suspended for two years, Turpijn's EPO test negative
Friday, September 27
Vuelta news - Stage 18
wrap up, Post stage comments, Polartec to sponsor a team, Kelme and Look together
again, Stage 19: Béjar - Avila
News - Ullrich for hire, Edita
Rumsas freedom request rejected again, 11 Spanish riders for the World's, German
team built around Zabel, Estonian Team for the World Championship, McQuaids
continue Irish tradition, Giro di Lombardia starts in Cantù, No sponsor for
Olympia's Tour, Bäckstedt stays with fakta, Farenhout to Axa-VvZ, TQ 2
Day preview, Eyes on the Tour de France
Saturday, September 28
Vuelta news - Stage 19
wrap up, Post stage comments, Victories may help extend iBanesto sponsorship,
Who was Perdiguero working for?, Stage 20: Avila - Warner Bros Park
News - Tour 2003 prologue in Paris,
Zolder preparations continue, Paternina to replace Jazztel in 2003, Yates signs
with Quick Step, Clerc injured in crash, Blood checks at Track Worlds, Ultra
Cyclist of the Year Award
Sunday, September 29
Vuelta news - Stage 20
wrap up, Post stage comments, Oscar Sevilla turns 26 tomorrow, Zabel and Osa
claim points and mountains classifications, Stage 21: Warner Bros Park - Stadion
Santiago Bernabeu ITT
News - ASO annoyed about Tour route
leak, Lefevere hoping for a Gonzalez win, Fassa Bortolo adds Cioni, Pozzato,
Cancellara, Steegmans to Lotto-Domo?, Previous world champions at Zolder, Gimondi
turns 60, Bad crash for Van Hyfte, Foot operation for Vermaut
Monday, September 30
Vuelta news - Stage 21
wrap up, Post stage comments, Winner's profile, How the Vuelta was won
News - Spanish World's team confirmed,
Phonak signs Miguel Martinez, Australia finishes on top of World Track Championships,
World Championships news
