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Cycling photography for September - Part II

Dutch Track Championships
Tour d'Indonesia
Mengoni Grand Prix
GP Beghelli
NORBA National Championships
Paralympic Games
TQ Paper International Two Day
Giro dell'Emilia
Paris-Correze
Coppa Sabatini
Univest Grand Prix & Univest GP Criterium
GP des Nations
GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt
Giro del Lazio
Chrono Champenois
Tour of Poland
Australian Road Cycling Championships
US National Track Championships

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Dutch Track Championships

Images by www.wielerfoto.nl

• Adri Visser in the Women's Scratch
• Vera Koedooder
• Iris Slappendel
• Yvonne Hijgenaar concentrates before the start of the Women's 500 meter
• Matthe Pronk readies before his Men's pursuit race
• Levi Heijmans on his way to the Under-23 title
• Theo Bos starts his Men's Sprint run
• Theo Bos and Teun Mulder go head-to-head
• Kristy Miggels in the Women's Madison
• Wilco Zuyderwijk in the madison; he recently turned 35
• Danny Stam attacks in the Men's Madison
• Peter Schep in the Madison
• Wim Stroetinga won both the U/23 Scratch and Madison
• Danny Stam approaches light-speed
• The Men's Madison begins

Tour d'Indonesia

Stage 1 - September 26: Jakarta - Lembang, 181km

Images by Danu Kusworo/Dji Sam Soe

• And they're off on the Tour d'Indonesia. being held for the first time since 1993
• Is it a climb? Or a lunch break?
• Racing in Indonesia is hot, thirsty work
• The peloton rolls along
• Amin Surytana (Sinar Sentosa/Purwakarta) wins the first stage
• The podium - (l to r) Stig Dam (Greenfields Fresh Milk, 2nd), Amin Surytana (Sinar Sentosa/Purwakarta, 1st) and Nathan Dahlberg (GFM/Selandia Baru, 3rd)

Stage 2 - September 27: Bandung - Tasikmalaya, 145km

Images by Danu Kusworo/Dji Sam Soe

• Riders roll out at the start of stage 2
• I remember when this was all fields
• The peloton makes its way through lush Indonesian countryside
• A bird's eye view as riders string out on a climb
• Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Polygon Sweet Nice Pro) wins stage 2
• The podium - (l to r) Edmund Holland (Giant Asia Racing, 2nd), Yevgeniy Yakovlev (Polygon Sweet Nice Pro, 1st) and Llyod Lu Cien Reynante (Pagcor Casino Filipino, 3rd)

Stage 3 - September 28: Tasikmalaya - Purwokerto, 155km

Images by Danu Kusworo/Dji Sam Soe

• The peloton toils up one of the day's climbs
• I'd like to buy the peloton a Coke...
• Benardo Luzon (Pagcor Casino Pilipino) wins the third stage in Purwokerto
• Ed Hollands (Giant) wins the bunch sprint for second place

Mengoni Grand Prix

Images by Andy Shen/www.mlracingteam.com

• Edwin Morel helped start the big break.
• Steve Hylton.
• Dave Sommerville and Dante Pryor.
• The big break heads up Cat's Paw Hill.
• With GS Mengoni chasing in the field.
• Elite men's action.
• Greg Wolf was in the action from start to finish.
• Roger Aspholm and Rob Lattanzi working hard to get across to the break.
• Sonke Thiel lends the GS Mengoni riders a hand in the chase.
• Melito Heredia wins with Bill Elliston second.
• Happy Dominicans: Juana Fernandez was seventh.
• Bernie McGarry and Michael Sherry in the cat 3 break.
• The cat 3 break.
• Chris Castaldi , Anthony Canger, Brian Wolf, and Gerry Martinez in the 3s.
• Daniel Byrne wins the men's 3 race.
• Big sprint for seventh in the 3s.
• Beth Renaud and Ellen Moses lead the women's field.
• Women's action.
• Catherine Powers and Ashley Kimmet sprint it out.

Images by Marco Quezada/www.mlracingteam.com

• The Mengoni Grand Prix always starts early. Regina Hammond preps for a couple hours on a motorcycle.
• Ann Marie Miller's riding is always agressive.
• Oscar Pineda.
• 2002 winner Joe Papp (left) and Inson Wood drive the break early.
• Navigators rider/manager Ed Beamon keeps the field in the distance.
• Vrrrrrrmmmm!
• Alvaro Tardaguila gets third.
• Fred Mengoni and Melito Heredia.
• Women's podium (left to right): Catherine Powers, Ashley Kimmet, Caryl Gayle
• Olympian Marty Nothstein led in the field for 21st place.

GP Beghelli

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• "Geez, I hope Franco Ballerini doesn't see me… " Davide Rebellin not sure whether to show off or hide his Argentine jersey.
• "Yeah, stuff it, might as well," thinks Davide Rebellin.
• Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) on the attack.
• And away goes Gibo ...
• Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) up the front of the peloton.
• Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) stays composed.
• Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) checks to make sure he's won.
• Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) wins the GP Beghelli ahead of Fabio Baldato (Alessio-Bianchi) and Karsten Kroon (Rabobank).
• Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) salutes the crowd.
• The podium - (L to R) Fabio Baldato (Alessio-Bianchi), Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner, 1st) and Karsten Kroon (Rabobank, 2nd).

NORBA National Championships

Race 1 - Thursday, September 23: Marathon

Images by USA Cycling

• Tinker "Mr Nice Guy" Juarez at the start of the marathon
• The riders mingle at the start
• And off they go… slowly. There is a long way to go
• The finish is that way right?

Race 2 - Friday, September 24: Cross Country

Images by USA Cycling

• Riders line up for the start of the U/23 XC race
• Alan Obye early in the race
• The course was hot, hot and dry
• Alan Obye takes out the U/23 title
• Caitlyn Tuel takes out the U/23 women's title
• Caitlyn Tuel after the race
• The start of the women's XC race
• Hard, dry and dusty would be a good description of the course
• Sue Haywood flies through the singletrack
• Alison Dunlap looked good early on
• Alison Dunlap takes out the women's XC title
• Jeremy Horgan-Kobelski takes out the men's XC title
• The women's XC podium
• The men's XC podium; and a little doping statement
• Gee, I hope I can open the bottle
• Ahhh, there it goes
• Have one drink, and pass it around…
• … errr, and pass it around…
• Jeremy, will there be any left to pass around?
• Men's and women's champions for 2004
• A matching set of jerseys

Race 3 - Saturday, September 25: Mountain Cross

Images by USA Cycling

• Jill Kintner in an early heat of the mountain-cross
• Brian Lopes in his usual position
• Passing on the loose dirt is a risky affair
• Eric Carter takes the lead
• Bikes and bodies are everywhere
• Lopes leads Mike King
• Jill Kintner leads in another heat
• John Tomac, back on the podium for the Men's Kamikaze Downhill
• Tara Llanes sprays bubbly everywhere
• Tara then has a swig to celibrate her mountain-cross title win
• Mounting the podium for the men't mountain-cross race
• This is the most sense you will get from these guys tonight
• A happy bunch of boys

Paralympic Games

Day 1

Images by AFP

• Argentina's Rodrigo Lopez in the Men's Final of the CP 3/4 kilometer
• Holland's Jan Mulder (rear) and pilot Pascal Schoots in the tandem 4 kilometer individual pursuit
• France's Michel Alcaine in the Men's Final of the CP 3/4 kilometer
• Australian Andrew Panazzolo falls in the Men's Final of the CP 3/4 kilometer
• Andrew Panazzolo in the Men's Final of the CP 3/4 kilometer
• The Czech Republic's Petr Plihal in the Men's Final of the CP 3/4 kilometer
• Holland's Jan Mulder (rear) and pilot Pascal Schoots in the tandem 4 kilometer individual pursuit
• Japan's Tatsuyuki Oshiro (rear) and his pilot Hideki Tanzawa cycle during the tandem 4km individual pursuit
• Holland's Jan Mulder (rear) and pilot Pascal Schoots in the tandem 4 kilometer individual pursuit
• Italy's Emanuele Bersini (rear) and pilot Fabrizio Di Somma in the tandem 4 kilometer individual pursuit
• Japan's Tatsuyuki Oshiro and Hideki Tanzawa in the tandem 4km individual pursuit

Day 6

Images by AFP

• Slovakia's Rastislav Turecek is kissed by his wife after winning the race of the Men's Cycling Road HC A Handcycle Road Race
• Paralympic athletes compete in the Men's Cycling Road HC A Handcycle Road Race
• On the road to Athens during the Men's Cycling Road HC A Handcycle Road Race
• Riders shoot by during the Men's Cycling Road HC A Handcycle Road Race
• French rider Michel Alcaine (R) heads for gold in the Men's Cycling Road CP 4 Bicycle General Class Individual RR&TT
• Michel Alcaine has the finish-line in sight
• Spain's Javier Otxoa competes in the Men Cycling Road CP 3 Bicycle General Class Individual RP&TT
• Javier Otxoa is still in fine form, doing what he does best
• Javier Otxoa on his way to a gold-medal
• Spain's Javier Otxoa ignores the scenery
• Javier Otxoa can smell the finish, and the gold medal that will go with it
• Javier Otxoa readies himself for the finish

TQ Paper International Two Day

Stage 1 - September 18: Cloghran road race, 64km

Images by Shane Stokes/www.irishcycling.com

• The Ireland A team before the start - (l-r) Siobhan Dervan, Louise Moriarty, Colette Swift, Julie O'Hagan, Mary Brennan, Erin Turkington and team manager Brendan Whelan
• Mary Brennan before the start. Next week she will become the first ever Irish entrant in the junior women's world championship road race.
• TQ Paper International race director Susan O'Mara (Leinster team) before the start
• German rider Yvonne Schroeder (RG Charlottenburg Berlin) leads the bunch
• Schroeder lines out the main field early in the stage
• The bunch
• Eventual stage winner Helen Gutteridge stretches her legs
• Team Luciano's Diane Moss at the front. She came down in the big crash on lap four and was forced out of the race
• Inge Klep (Movingladies) and Liane Gaffron (RG Charlottenburg Berlin) at the front
• Louise Moriarty (Team Ireland A) puts the hammer down
• One of the Surrey league riders has a go
• Mary Brennan (Team Ireland A ) at the front
• Brennan leads through a corner
• Her team-mates Colette Swift and Siobhan Dervan take over
• Movingladies rider Judith Helmink attacks
• ...and lines out the bunch
• Sharon van Essen and her Movingladies teammate Linda Ringlever try to go clear
• Together with Siobhan Dervan they get a small lead, but are soon hauled back
• Helen Gutteridge (Team Luciano) jumped away on the last lap and opened up a good lead
• She wins stage one of the race
• Louise Moriarty (Ireland A) is second
• Joukje Braam (WV Alcmaria Victrix) takes third ahead of Inge Klep (Movingladies)

Stage 2 - September 18: Time trial, 2km

Images by Shane Stokes/www.irishcycling.com

• Susan O'Mara (Leinster)
• Roisin Kennedy (Team Ireland B)
• Nelleke Pomper (WV Alcmaria Victrix) prepares for her time trial
• Her team-mate Nancy Turkstra is next off
• Then Merel Koenen..
• Sabrina Kaatee.
• And Susan Hartog
• Judith Helmink of the Dutch Movingladies team waits for the start
• She is followed by Linda Ringlever
• Sharon Van Essen
• then Yvonne Schroeder (RG Charlottenburg Berlin)
• Her team-mate Manja Massman is next to go
• Five Wales riders follow: Rachel Ball
• Caroline Gray
• Lizzy Goodband
• Kirsten Brooks
• and Gaynor Hughes
• Ireland A junior rider Erin Turkington had a good ride to finish tenth
• National road race champion Julie O'Hagan is next off
• Irish time trial champion Siobhan Dervan was determined to do a good ride, but pulled her foot out of the pedal just after her start
• Junior rider Mary Brennan was a fine seventh
• Time trial winner Colette Swift (Ireland A) before her effort
• Kim Blythe (Team Luciano)
• Inge Klep was fourth in the morning road race stage. She was fifteenth in the time trial
• Joukje Braam (WV Alcmaria Victrix) finished second in the TT but remained third overall
• Louise Moriarty (Team Ireland A ) was third fastest against the clock and took the first yellow jersey of her career
• Stage one winner Helen Gutteridge slipped to fourth after taking ninth in the time trial

Stage 3 - September 19: Cloghran road race, 74km

Images by Shane Stokes/www.irishcycling.com

• Irish-based Dutchman Rinus De Bruin with Sharon Van Essen and Judith Helmink of the Movingladies team
• De Bruin with Colette Swift (Ireland A team) and Joukje Braam (WV Alcmaria Victrix)
• Race leader Louise Moriarty
• Today marked her first time defending yellow in a big stage race
• With Moriarty in yellow, junior leader Braam would wear the green jersey during the final stage
• Swift, Linda Ringlever (Movingladies) and Merel Koenen (WV Alcmaria Victrix) in an early attack
• Reeled back in before the big climb of Snowtown Hill near Stamullen, Swift sets the pace and forces a split in the bunch
• This group moved clear of the rest of the field on the climb
• Near the top Van Essen kicks for the prime
• She would win all three Queen of the Mountains points today, walking away with that title
• Ireland A rider Siobhan Dervan was second over the top
• Race leader Louise Moriarty started to show her strength in the second half of the stage, forcing several splits
• The quartet eked out a good lead..
• Which increased all the way to the finish
• Gutteridge, Moriarty and Klep fought it out for the stage win
• the Englishwoman triumphed, taking her second win of the race and netting second overall
• Siobhan Dervan leads the chase group in
• Swift was disappointed to lose out but, to her credit, was clearly happy for her team-mate
• Team Luciano take the prize as best riders in the season long Women's Series
• Gutteridge takes her second win of the race
• Queen of the Mountains winner Sharon Van Essen with race sponsor Terry Quinlan of TQ Paper
• He congratulates Louise Moriarty on her green jersey
• First junior rider Joukje Braam
• First veteran Ann McFarland (Cycling Ulster
• Klep finished third overall
• Second place went to double stage winner Gutteridge
• Moriarty was all smiles upon taking her biggest victory to date. Along with Swift, she will represent Ireland in the Elite women's road race in Verona

Giro dell'Emilia

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• The peloton on an ascent
• The peloton thining down on the climbs
• The peloton racing in the 87th Giro dell'Emilia
• Racing up the Colle della Guardia during the Giro dell'Emilia
• Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) riding hard during the Giro dell'Emilia
• The chase group behind Basso and Casagrande
• Casagrande leads Basso
• Ivan Basso (CSC) and Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) fight it out in the finale
• Ivan Basso (CSC) wins the 87th Giro dell'Emilia
• Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) crosses the line for 5th
• Ivan Basso (CSC) with daughter Domatilla
• Ivan Basso (CSC) waves on the podium with his flowers and daughter
• The podium (L to R): Francesco Casagrande (2nd), Ivan Basso (1st) and Rinaldo Nocentini (3rd)

Paris-Correze

Stage 1 - September 24: Contres - Saint Amand Montrond, 176.6 km

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet/velomania.net

• A happy Ag2r team with new signing Simon Gerrans from Australia
• Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) is the first leader of Paris-Corrèze
• The ffirst king of the mountain is Bas Gilling one of the Rabobank young guns but future member of T-Mobile.
• Best young rider is Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com) just alike early this year at the Jacob's Creek Tour Down Under.

Stage 2 - September 25: St Amand Montrond - Châtel-Guyon, 184.5 km

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet/velomania.net

• Olympic points race champion Mikhail Ignatiev discovers just how hard it is to race on the road.
• Stage winner Florent Brard (Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf) on the podium.
• New race leader Philippe Gilbert (FdJeux.com) talks tactics with his mentor Marc Madiot.

Stage 3 - September 26: Objat - Objat, 174.3 km

Images by Jean-Francois Quenet/velomania.net

• Eric Berthou (R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover), takes the last stage of Paris-Corrèze after launching an attack from kilometre 0.
• Today was Eric Berthou's first pro win.
• A champion in the making - Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com).
• Former Tour de France winner Laurent Fignon was delighted to welcome on the final podium three young talents: Simon Gerrans, Philippe Gilbert and Koen de Kort.
• The final podium - (L to R) Simon Gerrans (Ag2R Prevoyance, 2nd), Philippe Gilbert (FDJeux.com, 1st) and Koen De Kort (Rabobank TT III).

Coppa Sabatini

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• Der Kaiser signing on for the day.
• Aren't one of you guys supposed to be retired?
• Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) looking happy and worried. Not an easy look to pull off.
• Ruggero Borghi (De Nardi) also 'doing a Casagrande'.
• Through the looking glass.
• The peloton uninterested in the three man break up ahead.
• The peloton make their way up a climb.
• The peloton make their way through the start/finish, with eventual winner Jan Ullrich (bottom right) moving towards the front of the pack.
• Francesco Casagrande (Vini Caldirola) putting down the power in the closing kilometres, eventually finishing eighth.
• Ivan Basso (Team CSC) finished in the second group, 14 seconds behind Ullrich.
• Everyone loves a winner. Except the losers.
• Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) wins the 52nd Coppa Sabatini ahead of Franco Pellizotti (Alessio) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank)
• Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) celebrates his win
• The podium (L to R): Franco Pellizotti (2nd), Jan Ullrich (1st) and Michael Boogerd (3rd)
• Jan Ullrich (T-Mobile) with his winner's trophy

Univest Grand Prix and Univest Criterium

Univest Grand Prix

Images by Jonathan S. McElvery/www.jsmcelvery.com

• It pays to be at the front...
• These spectators could be mistaken for Ewoks from Star Wars.
• Action from downtown Souderton, Pa.
• Faster than a speeding camera shutter.
• Eeventual winner Stephane Bonsergent.
• Stephane Bonsergent leads the winning break.
• Michael Lange finished sixth.
• Belgium's Pascal Lievens briged up to Bonsergent with 24km to go.
• Lievens's countryman Kevin Maene finished third.
• The men's podium.

Univest GP Criterium

Images by Jonathan S. McElvery/www.jsmcelvery.com

• The women's race was run in equally dreary conditions.
• Eventual winner Kori Kelly (Genesis Scuba) negotiates a slick corner.
• Laura Van Guilder (Genesis Scuba) finished second.
• The women's podium.

GP des Nations

Images by Régis Garnier /www.velofotopro.fr.st

• French TT Champion Eddy Seigneur
• Christophe Moreau prepares to start
• Moreau gets the count to his start
• Jens Voigt is ready to roll out
• Michael Rich is the last rider to start in the Grand Prix des Nations.
• Guillaume Auger on the cobbles
• Yuriy Krivstov in the Elbeuf's streets.
• Michael Rogers finally gets to wear his rainbow jersey
• Bradley Mc Gee heads for home
• Jens Voigt powers on
• Uwe Peschel (Gerolsteiner) and Nicolas Portal (Ag2r)
• Eddy Seigneur exits the roundabout
• The podium: Uwe Peschel, Michael Rich and José Ivan Gutierrez
• Dominique Cornu, U23 winner, and Michael Rich, the Elite winner.

GP Industria & Commercio di Prato

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Davitamon) wins a 12 man sprint to take the 59th GP Industria & Commercio di Prato
• A smiling Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Davitamon) on the podium of the GP Prato
• The podium (L to R): Francesco Bellotti (2nd), Nick Nuyens (1st) and Mirko Celestino (3rd)

Internationale Rheinland-Pfalz Rundfahrt

Stage 3 - September 17: Koblenz - Bad Marienberg, 204,8 km

Images by Mani Wollner/www.foto-grafik-satz.de

• Leon Van Bon (Lotto-Domo) in a playful mood.
• Aussie Benjamin Johnson just signed a contract with Team Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit
• Steffen Wesemann (T-mobile Team) likes the joke he just heard.
• The Choccy Jacques Crew Enjoying the fine weather in Koblenz.
• Overnight leader Luke Roberts (Team Comnet-Senges) prepares to defend his yellow jersey.
• Danilo Hondo (Team Gerolsteiner) wears the sprinter's jersey, with not a hair out of place.
• The lead group at the second GPM in Landkern.
• Steffen Wesemann (T-mobile Team) drives the lead group.
• The peloton, on the other hand, was definitely not in a hurry.
• Rolf Aldag (T-mobile Team) does his turn at the front at the third GPM in Willingen.
• Rolf Aldag (T-mobile Team) comes into the finishing circuits alone...
• ... and finishes alone for a great stage win.
• Steffen Wesemann (T-mobile Team) takes sixth, just ahead of Jurgen Van De Walle (Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf).
• A lazy peloton comes in, seen here with one lap to go.
• Mauricio Ardila (Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf) tried to attack the yellow jersey on the last lap...
• ... but Comet-Senges and Lamonta controlled the race perfectly, with Roberts finishing third in the bunch sprint.
• Exhausted domestiques cross the finish line.
• Stage winner Rolf Aldag (T-mobile Team).
• Stefan Schumacher (Team Lamonta) took the mountains jersey.
• Danilo Hondo (Team Gerolsteiner) defended his sprint jersey.
• Don't pack your bags yet! Luke Roberts (Team Comnet-Senges) still in the leader's jersey, but with two stages to go.

Giro del Lazio

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

• Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) wins the 70th Giro del Lazio
• Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) after finishing second in the Giro del Lazio
• A happy Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) with his trophy
• Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) salutes from the podium
• The podium (L to R): Gilberto Simoni (2nd), Juan Antonio Flecha (1st) and Jan Ullrich (3rd)

Chrono Champenois

Images by Hervé Dancerelle

• Karin Thurig (Swiss National Team) sets off for her winning ride.
• Italian TT champ Giovanna Troldi (Bee on bike) gets set to leave, eventually finishing third on the day.
• Eventual men's U23 winner Andrei Kunitski (Palazzago Vellutex) waits for the hand to drop.
• French espoirs TT champion Florian Morizot (ECC Chalindrey) gets ready for take-off.
• Florian Morizot (ECC Chalindrey) crosses the line, having giving it his all.
• Race organiser Jacky Broveli with winner Karin Thurig.
• The women's podium.
• The espoirs podium.

Tour of Poland

Stage 6 - September 11: Piechowice - Karpacz, 166,5 km

Images by Christine Krueger/www.cyclingimages.com

• Andris Nauduzs (Domina Vacanze) in good mood despite of today's mountain stage.
• Granziano Recinella (Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave') makes some last-minute adjustments
• Gerhard Trampusch (Acqua e Sapone) looking forward for the mountain stage to Karpacz
• Andris Naudusz and an Action ATI rider reading today's newspaper.
• Andrea Noé ready for the start.
• Florent Brard, Bart Voskamp and Bert Hiemstra taking it easy after signing in.
• Pasquale Muto (Miche) and Sergio Marinangeli (Domina Vacanze) are confident for the day.
• Franco Pellizotti (Alessio) - does this man ever stop smiling?
• Steffen Radochla (Illes Balears-Banesto) studying the news of the day.
• The Finnish champion Kjell Carlström (Amore e Vita)
• Spanish connection: Xavier Zandio, José Antonio López and Javier Ramirez
• Steffen Radochla (Illes Balears-Banesto) smiles from behind his coffee cip
• Ivan Gutierrez and Przemyslaw Niemiec on the front of the lead group.
• Marek Rutkiewicz (Action ATI) powers into the finish for a handsome stage win
• The peloton - or is it the bus?
• Sergio Marinangeli (Domina Vacanze) reaches Karapcz with the peloton.
• A hard finish
• Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears-Banesto)
• Christophe Rinero flies the R.A.G.T. Semences-MG Rover flag in mid-pack
• A rider from the polish team Legia Bazyliskek Sopro.
• Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears-Banesto) makes an effort on the final climb
• Franco Pellizotti (Alessio) - no big sprint finish today
• Martin Derganc (Domina Vacanze)
• Xabier Zandio (Illes Balears-Banesto) tries to escape the menacing balloons
• Tomasz Lisowicz (Knauf-Mikomax) finished outside today's time limit
• Xabier Zandio
• The effort shows
• Corrado Serina (Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave')
• More riders roll home
• Stage winner Marek Rutkiewicz on the podium
• Marek Rutkiewicz
• Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) leads the points contest
• Allan Davis waves from the podium
• Marek Rutkiewicz (Action ATI) is also best Polish rider
• Marek Rutkiewicz exits, fending off a stuffed caterpillar.
• Przemyslaw Niemiec (Miche) on the podium for the mountains jersey
• Przemyslaw Niemiec
• Marek Rutkiewicz (Action ATI) on the podium
• Marek Rutkiewicz gets the traditional podium congratulations

Stage 7 - September 12: Jelenia Góra - Karpacz, 61 km

Images by Christine Krueger/www.cyclingimages.com

• Ready and eager - which is probably more than you can say for the riders on a very damp day
• Javier Ramirez, Jesus Hernandez and Xabier Zandio shelter from teh weather
• New fashion by an Amore e Vita rider
• Poland Tour line - do not cross
• Riders are ready to start
• Pasquale Muto and Sergio Marinangeli let off steam at the start
• Franco Pellizotti (Alessio)
• Ondrej Sosenka (Acqua & Sapone) shows the strain
• Ondrej Sosenka
• Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) powers in to the finish
• Marek Rutkiewicz (Action ATI) looks back
• Rui Sousa and David Bernabeu
• Winner Hugo Sabido - wet but happy
• Hugo Sabido
• Piotr Przydzial (Hoop CCC)
• Zbigniew Piatek (Chocolade Jacques)
• A group of riders just before the finish
• An RAGT rider plods home
• Gerhard Trampusch (Domina)
• Rafael Nuritdinov (De Nardi) solos home
• Rafael Nuritdinov
• Przemyslaw Niemiec and Piotr Mazur
• Allan Davis takes a moment
• Allan Davis looks relieved
• Hugo Sabido (Milaneza Maia) - winner of a very damp stage

Stage 8 - September 12: Jelenia Góra - Karpacz ITT, 19 km

Images by Christine Krueger/www.cyclingimages.com

• The UCI is still having problems with the order of people's names...
• Sergio Marinangeli (left) with Domina Vacanze stagiaire Silveria De Fino
• The start of the time trial
• Mikael Skelde looks worried
• Granziano Ricinella having problems with the wet.
• Andrea Rossi remembers he's left the gas on
• Xabier Zandio looks thoughtful before the off
• Pasquale Muro has a last-minute chat
• Jesus Hernandez in the start house
• Bostjan Mervar gets everything into place
• Bostjan Mervar composes himself
• Short, but far from easy
• Antonio Tauler is off!
• Silverio De Fino waits for the signal
• Sergio Marinangeli is ready
• Steffen Radochla zips up
• Angel Edo is taking no chances in the slippery conditions, with a conventional bike
• Piotr Chmielewski powers away from the start
• Krzysztof Ciesielski (DHL-Author) has an express delivery to make
• Rui Sousa tackles the cobbled start
• Ondrej Sosenka on the way to a stage victory that give him theoverall win
• Allan Davis would retain the points classification
• Cezary Zamana ready to go
• Marek Rutkiewicz sets off on the way to seventh
• Hugo Sabido waits to start the time trial
• Hugo Sabido gets underway - the overnight leader would lose the jersey to Ondrej Sosenka

Australian Road Cycling Championships

Day 1 - September 3: Time trials: Women U15 & U17, Men U15 & U17, 7/10/15km

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• Brodie Stewart with her coach Tony Melcer getting ready for the first ride of the day.
• Brodie Stewart from the Broncos club get the action under way on Day 1.
• Sarah Jane Edwards loosens up on the rollers after her trip down from Rockhampton.
• Brittany Foster from Geelong CC sheltering from the Queensland sun under Dad's umbrella.
• David Lyons from the Launceston CC in Tasmania goes for the big gear.
• Alex Benson, one of the 16 person-strong Tasmanian team.
• Tara Bryan from the Wagga CC climbs to the finish.
• Claire McFeeter from Queensland's Balmoral CC at the start of her U15 time trial.
• Loren Rownet from the Gold Coast CATS CC on the home stretch.
• An U17 rider warms up on the rollers.
• Alfred Cook from the Canberra CC on a downhill stretch.
• Kane Anderson from the Gold Coast CATS club.
• Byron David from the Kangaroo Point CC in Brisbane sprints to the line.
• Jeremy Hogg from Rockhampton CC nears the finish line.
• William Ford from Ararat in Victoria pushes hard over the first 200 metres.
• An U17 male rider starts his second lap.
• An U17 male rider from Tassie showing good form.
• An U17 male rider at start gate.
• An U17 male rider powers towards the finish.
• The U15 female winners, complete with all-natural headwear.
• The U15 male winners.
• The U17 female winners.
• The U17 male winners.

Day 4 - September 6: Pair TTs: Women U15 & U17, Men U15 & U20 TTs: Women 55+, 45-54, 35-44, Men 65+, 55-64, Men 45-54, Men 35-44, 10/15/20km

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• Under 15 female pair Jessy Byrnes and Courtney Dutton from the Broncos club finished third.
• Lucy Moseley from the Balmoral CC added another gold medal to her collection with clubmate Zoe Appel in the Under 15 female pairs time trial.
• Matthew Meisel-Dennis and Tom Palmer from the Canberra CC teamed up to gold medal success in the U15 male pairs time trial.
• Tom Patton and Luke Davison from Randwick Botany Bay CC showed good technique to take the silver in the U15 male pairs time trial.
• Competitors in the under 15 female pairs time trial on the Sunshine Coast.
• The under 15 men's pairs winners.
• Not the best way to start a pairs event with a chain popping off in the first 100 metres.
• Rebecca MacPherson and Josephine Tomic from the Midland CC come away with the silver medal in the U17 female pairs time trial.
• Scott Sunderland and Jarrad Tremayne from South West CC take second in the under 17 male pairs.
• The under 17 men's pairs winners.
• All the pairs winners.
• Diane Monk from the Goldstars CC on her way to victory in the women's masters time trial.
• Helen Griffiths from the Gold Coast Goldstars pushes hard for the finish line.
• A rider in the male 35-44 age group begins his time trial at Beerwah.
• Urs Wenger on lap two of his time trial.
• Brian Collier finishes in the 45-54 age group time trial.
• Putting down the power in the 45-54 age group men's masters time trial.
• Giving it some gas.
• You lookin' at me, punk?

Day 5 - September 7: Road races: Women 55+, 45-54, 35-44, Men 65+, 55-64, Men 45-54, Men 35-44, 20-80km

Images by David Magahy/www.goldcoastphotography.com

• A testing climb near the end of the masters men road race.
• The riders in the masters road race didn't have time to take in the stunning views from the Maleny road race
• 70 kilometres in hot spring conditions is not everybody's idea of fun.
• A two-up sprint finish in the masters women 35-45 race.
• A bunch sprint decided the masters men 45-54 road race.
• Riders cross the line after a gruelling 70km road race.
• The sprint for second in the masters men 35-45 group.
• The 45+ ladies battle it out for victory at Maleny.
• The masters men 35-45 winners.
• The masters women 35-45 winners.
• The masters women 45+ winners.
• The masters men 45-54 winners.
• The masters men 55-64 winners.
• The masters men 65+ winners.

US National Track Championships

Day 1

Images by Mike Gladu/www.velodrome.com

• Stephen Alfred shakes off the effects of a spill during pre-keirin warm-up session.
• Erin Mirabella receives her 2004 Olympic Points Race Bronze Medal from Frisco's Mayor Mike Simpson.
• Erin Mirabella glows for the crowd, showing off her Olympic Bronze Medal from the Points Race.
• Marty Nothstein drives the pace in the qualifying heats of the Keirin, with Christian Stahl on his wheel and Robert Lindstrom searching for room below.
• Natalie Klemko on her way to 4th in the Women's Individual Pursuit.
• Larssyn Staley claimed the Bronze Medal over Klemko in the Pursuit Finals.
• Annette Hanson brings home her first Elite Championship in the Pursuit after numerous National and World Masters titles.
• Nancy Lux came out of the gate fast but could not hold off Hanson in the Gold Medal Pursuit Final
• Jame Carney fights to hold onto a top-three placing in the Keirin Semi-Final, to transfer with Kevin Belz (top L) and Robert Lindstrom (bottom R), eliminating one of the favorites - Stephen Alfred (Top R).
• Joel Kelly gets some medical attention after a spill took him out of his Keirin Semi-Final heat.
• Colby Pearce batlled with Gunn for fourth in the Men's Individual Pursuit.
• Curtis Gunn had to fight off a late surge by Colby Pearce to take the Bronze Medal Pursuit Final
• Curtis Gunn celebrates his win the Bronze Medal Pursuit Final vs Colby Pearce.
• Kenny Williams could not by Bobby Lea in the Gold Medal Pursuit Final.
• Bobby Lea skipped defending his National Kilometer title in return for a Gold Medal Performance in the Individual Pursuit.
• Jame Carney in the Keirin Final.
• Marty Nothstein sits fourth wheel behind the pacer in the Keirin Final.
• Robert Lindstrom came back from an extremely exfoliating spill in the pre-race warm-ups to make the Keirin Final.
• Andy Lakatosh holds onto lead position in the last lap in the Keirin Final.
• Marty Nothstein powers over the top to claim the Gold Medal over Lakatosh (R), Lindstrom (hidden, back), and Kevin Belz (R) in the Keirin Final.
• Nothstein celebrates his Keirin victory.
• Nothstein is all smiles after taking the Gold Medal in the Keirin.
• Annette Hanson atop the Women's Pursuit podium with Klemko (4th), Lux (2nd), Staley (2) and Shannon Koch (5th).
• Bobby Lea atop the Men's Pursuit Finals, with Colby Pearce (far L), Kenny Williams (L), Lea (center), Curtis Gunn (Near R) and Mike Friedman (far R).
• Espoir Medalists from the Pursuit Finals - Zac Ford (4th), Friedman (3rd) Lea (1st), Kerkhof (3rd).
• Keirin Podium (L to R) Kevin Belz, Andy Lakatosh, Marty Nothstein, Robert Lindstrom, Christian Stahl.

Day 2

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• Frisco Cycling Club rode to fifth overall in the Team Pursuit (Steen Rose, Jimmy Tart, Ryan Crissey, Tim Goodwin).
• Jame Carney calls splits to the Cody Racing squad in the Team Pursuit Qualifying.
• Team Veloworx rode into the Gold Medal Finals led by Kenny Williams, Curtis Gunn, Doug Beck, and Julian Cushing.
• Best time in qualifying went to the well organized machine of Team NERAC.COM (Guy Nelessen, Colby Pearce, Mike Friedman, Josh Kerkhof).
• Becky Conzelman was in total control of the match sprint heats.
• Team Cody Racing has Team MSU in their sights just before catching them in the Bronze Medal Team Pursuit Final.
• Team Veloworx could not hold back the Cody Racing squad, and came away with second place in the Finals.
• With two fresh riders, Team NERAC.COM (Nelessen, Carney, Friedman, Lea) overwhelmed the competition in the Team Pursuit Finals.
• Top three squads in the Team Pursuit (Veloworks, NERAC.COM, Cody Racing).
• Team NERAC.COM mugs for the camera (Friedman, Lea, Kerkhof, Carney, Nelessen, Pearce).
• Jimmy Tart rode in the third of 25 Kilometer TT heats, and held onto the top spot until the Antony Galvan in the ninth heat.
• Antony Galvan bumped Tart off the top of the leader board.
• Mike Friedman moved everyone down a notch.
• Jonas Carney gets a last minuite bike check from his brother Jame before his Kilometer TT.
• Kenny Williams only to get off one good start in the automatic gates before before World Masters, and came away with Bronze in the Kilometer.
• Anton Quist settles in before his Kilometer TT.
• Quist lays the hammer down on lap two of his Kilometer TT.
• Quist fights to keep the 96 inch gear turning with 200 meters to go.
• Top seed Jonas Carney awaits his start.
• Jonas Carney in full flight.
• Anton Quist and Kenny Williams wait for Carney's results.
• Quist taking a victory lap.
• Jamie Pettinato holds off Martha Dunne in ride one of the Bronze Medal Final.
• Becky Conzelman holds off Suzie Goodwin in ride one for the Gold.
• Anton Quist flies in for the Kilometer TT awards.
• Quist brings the 'airplane' in for a landing,
• Quist's airplane...
• Kilo Podium (Friedman, Jonas Carney, Anton Quist, Kenny Williams, Timo Budarz)
• Kilo Espoirs (David Van Akkeren, Dominic Van Neilen, Friedman, Paul Sollenberger).
• Martha Dunne wins andextends the Bronze Medal chase to three rides against Jamie Pettinato.
• Becky Conzelman on her Match Sprint victory lap.
• Becky Conzelman and Coach Jame Carney after her Match Sprint victory.
• Pettinato claims Bronze with 2 out of 3 wins.
• Womens Match Sprint Podium (Martha Dunne, Suzie Goodwin [w/Chris], Becky Conzelman, Jamie Pettinato, Christie Chenowth).

Day 3

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• '"Father of the Superdrome" Nick Chenowth in his return to elite competition at 51, and representing doinhardtime.com, qualifies for the Match Sprint 13th with a 11.957
• California Highway Patrolman Mark Garrett came prepared to ride the sprint tournament qualifying 5th at 11.215, and entering the Team Sprint with Marcelo Arrue and Johnnie Bairos, but a fall took a bit of the wind out of his sails.
• Junior National Keirin Champion Ryan Nelman was seeded 6th with a 11.304
• Junior World Sprint Silver Medalist Michael Blatchford rides to top seed with a 10.719 200m qualifying TT for the match sprint.
• Andy Lakatosh placed 7th at 11.347
• Golden Boy Robert Lindstrom in 4th with a 11.164
• Giddeon Massie rode last but ended up 2nd seed with 11.019
• Joel Kelly scratched from sprints for obvious reasons.
• Nick Chenowth met Ryan Nelman in the first round.
• In the repechage, Chenowth goes full-flight early in an attempt to surprise Garrett.
• Garrett chases Chenowth for 300m before advancing to ride the top seed.
• A freshly bandaged Garrett watches as well-rested top seed Blatchford sets up to pass underneath.
• Garrett cools down after Blatchford leaves him behind -already thinking about what he'll have to do the ride two of the best of three series.
• Giddeon Massie proves it's great to lead out match sprints on the Superdrome as Robert Lindstrom tries his best to pass.
• Becky Conzelman and Tela Crane warm up for the 500m TT while the men sprint.
• Johnnie Bairos and Mark Garrett work out strategy after taking a beating from the track surface AND top seed Michael Blatchford.
• Kelly Benjamin topped the 500m TT start list and eventually claimed 5th place.
• Bronze for third went to Rubicon's Miranda Moon
• Annette Hanson takes home Silver in the 500m TT.
• Martha Dunne pushed her backup bike to 4th place, but would really like her recently stolen FELT back.
• Becky Conzelman earns her first Elite National Championship in the 500m TT.
• Blatchford at full speed was unbeatable, this time against a scuffed-up Garrett.
• Lindstrom leads Massie in ride #2 - sending the pair to a third and deciding ride.
• Womens 500m Podium - Kelly Benjamin, Annette Hanson, Becky Conzelman, Miranda Moon, Martha Dunne
• Lakatosh eliminates Chenowth - 32 years his elder - in the final repechage round.
• Massie advances over Lindstrom by taking the third sprint in the best of three Semi-Finals
• Massie and Lindstrom shake hands after their battle.
• Jonas Carney traded sprint wins with his brother in his last National Points Race.
• Jame Carney and Colby Pearce leapt ahead in the points tally by taking a lap early.
• Jame Carney focuses his attention up track in the final laps of the Mens Points Race.
• Kenny Williams takes the final sprint, but the race win goes to Jame Carney.
• Jame Carney accepts the applause of the crowd on a victory lap.
• Mens Points Race Podium - Kenny Williams, Colby Pearce, Jame Carney, Jonas Carney, Bobby Lea
• Bobby Lea and Photographer Casey Gibson marvel at the latest in digital photo technology in the hands of Colby Pearce.
• Pearce shows off his awards photos to Jame Carney.
• Espoir Mens Points Race Podium - Guy Nelessen, Mike Friedman, Bobby Lea, Josh Kerkhof, Kevin Suhr

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