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Reader's Pics of 2004
Cycling photography for January - Part I
Rabobank team presentation
Discovery Channel and Quick.Step team presentations
Marco Polo Cycling Team Launch
Jayco Bay Classic
National Cyclo-cross Championships
Manchester Track World Cup
MrBookmaker.com & Bouygues Telecom presentations
Premio Asteasu de Ciclo-cross
Grand Prix du Nouvel-An
Tasmanian Carnivals
Grote Prijs Sven Nys
Int. Herforderer Radquerfeldein-Rennen
Centrumcross Surhuisterveen
Azencross Loenhout
Tour of South China Sea
Großer Weihnachtspreis
Superprestige #6 Diegem
Lance Armstrong at Scary Fast 'Cross
Budvar Cup #7
Stevens Cross Cup
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Rabobank team presentation
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Images by
DCP/Bert Geerts
Marco Polo Cycling Team Launch
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon
Discovery Channel and Quick.Step team presentations
Discovery Channel
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Images by
Tim Maloney/Cyclingnews.com
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The Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
is presented in Silver Spring, Maryland
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Lance Armstrong
with the new Discovery Channel team strip
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Armstrong
poses with his new Trek Madone in Discovery Channel livery.
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Clad in his new Discovery Channel team strip
Lance Armstrong (C) is honored with the 2004 Velo d'Or, presented by Velo Magazine's Editor Gilles Conte (L) while Discovery Channel team sports director Johan Bruyneel (R) looks on.
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Yaroslav Popovych
smiling before he takes the stage at the Discovery Channel team presentation
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2002 Giro d'Italia winner Paolo Savoldelli
watching the proceedings at the presentation of his new Discovery Channel team. Savoldelli will be Discovery's leader in the Giro this year.
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Belgian Brains Trust
Johan Bruyneel (L) and Dirk Demol (R) are all smiles during the Discovery Channel team presentation
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Johan Bruneeyl
talks about the strong additions to the team
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Lance Armstrong
looking relaxed and optimistic
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Lance Armstrong
"I better think about that one."
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Dan Osipow
hands Lance his 2005 TREK
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Lance
takes a look at the new colours
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Lance Armstrong
looking pretty happy with his new rig
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The pointy-end of Trek's TT bike,
kitted out in cycling's finest
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Smooth carbon-fiber lines
shaped to cut down as much drag as possible
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A bontrager seatpost
sits on top of the TT bike, along with a Bontrager Race X Lite
saddle
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Bontrager Race XXX Lite Aerobars
will lead Discovery to many hopeful wins
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Carbon, carbon,
everywhere
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Down the back, Shimano 10-speed Dura-Ace
does the job
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Smooth lines
for a smooth ride
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Shimano 10-speed Dura-Ace
puts the power where it is needed
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2005 Discovery Channel
team Trek
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From pedal to pavement,
only the best for Discovery
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Giro provides Discovery
with their lid of choice
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The bulge in the seat-tube
provides the perfect place for a logo
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Dura-Ace post,
and the Bontrager Race X Lite
saddle
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Even more Bontrager gear,
with some Chris King thrown in
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Looking down
on some XXX bike-porn
Quick.Step
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Images by
Luc Claessen/actiefotos.be
Images by
Quick Step Cycling Team
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From left to right:
Patrick Lefevere (Team manager), Luc Maes (owner Latexco), Frans De Cock (owner Unilin Flooring), Tom Boonen, Paolo Bettini, Michael Rogers, Nick Nuyens, Dimitri De Fauw,
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From left to right:
Paolo Bettini, Tom Boonen, Michael Rogers, Rik Verbrugghe, Nick Nuyens, Filippo Pozzato
National Cyclo-cross Championships
British Cyclo-cross Championships
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Images by
John Pierce/PhotoSport International
Images by
Steve Roe
Czech Republic Cyclo-cross Championships
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Images by
Milan Sames/www.sames.cz
Images by
Petr Resl
Danish Cyclo-cross Championships
Images by Frank Rud Jensen
Images by Arne M Christensen
Images by Jesper Johannesen
Dutch Cyclo-cross Championships
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Images by
Christine Grein/www.capture-the-peloton.com
French Cyclo-cross Championships
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Images by
Régis Garnier/www.velofotopro.fr.st
German Cyclo-cross Championships
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Images by
Mario Stiehl/www.world-of-cycling.com
Italian Cyclo-cross Championships
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Images by
Massimiliano Pizzolato/www.ciclonews.it
Spanish Cyclo-cross Championships
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Images by
Martin Hardie
Manchester Track World Cup
Day 1 - January 7: Men: Keirin, Individual Pursuit, Scratch Race, Kilometre
TT; Women: Sprint, Points Race
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Images by
Nick Rosenthal/fatnick.com
Day 2 - January 8: Men: Team Pursuit; Sprint, Points Race; Women: Individual
Pursuit, 500m TT
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Images by
Nick Rosenthal/fatnick.com
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Mickael Bourgain of France
puts Australia's Jobie Dajka out of the sprint competition.
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Germany's Matthias John
exits the sprint series as rapid Spaniard Jose Villanueva powers past him.
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Teun Mulder of the Netherlands
tries his best, but France's Gregory Bauge uses his strength to come round the outside.
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Magdalena Sara of Poland
is a sprinter to watch for the future.
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Kwiatkowski and Villanueva
slug it out in the sprints
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Villaneuva and Bauge
playing sprinter's games...
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Men's sprint podium:
Mickael Bourgain of France, flanked by Lukasz Kwiatkowski and Jose Villanueva
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The Dutch team pursuit squad
riding to fourth place.
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The German quartet
looked smooth on its way to the bronze medal
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The British team pursuit squad
on its way to the gold medal
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No pain, no gain!
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Vicky Pendleton
gives it some welly on her second lap
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Elisa Frisone of Italy
powers towards a bronze medal
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Switzerland's Karin Thürig
is an oasis of calm and precision as she rides towards the bronze medal
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Katherine Bates of Australia
makes it look easy. Winner of the women's points race the previous day, Bates has sizzling form a the Manchester World Cup
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Britain's Emma Davies
joins the "I gave it 100%" club .... but gets a silver medal as consolation prize.
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Katherine Bates
flanked by Emma Davies and Karn Thürig
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Head down, full power, afterburners ignited:
Tamilla Abassova of Russia, wearing the series leader's jersey, powers to gold in the 500m time trial
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The men's points race
gets underway
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Russia's Nikita Eskov
rode an excellent race to finish second
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America's Colby Pearce
was rarely far from the action
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Britain's Olympic pursuit champion
Bradley Wiggins has announced he'll be concentrating on the road for the next two years, but aims to be back on the track in 2007 in time for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
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Wiggins, Pearce and Eskov
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In the last lap of the race
Colby Pearce tries to get past Nikita Eskov to take second place... but can't quite find the speed to pass the younger Russian
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Points winner Vasil Kiryienka
with silver medallist Nikita Eskov and bronze medallist Colby Pearce
Day 3 - January 9: Men: Japanese Keirin, Madison, Team Sprint; Women: Scratch
Race, Keirin
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Images by
John Pierce/Photo Sport International
Images by
Nick Rosenthal/fatnick.com
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Mickael Bourgain (France)
in the heats of the Japanese Keirin, with Chris Hoy, Shane Kelly and Jose Escubedo
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Marty Nothstein, Keirin man.
During the UCI world cup track meeting in Manchester, Nothstein announced that 2005 will be his last year as a pro cyclist
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Germany's Jan van Eijden
in the Keirin. Half a lap later, Jan got all tangled up and fell, with Craig MacLean joining him on the wood
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Josiah Ng and Jose Antonio Villanueva
amongst the thick of the action during day 3
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Take four big men...
shake, and prepare for explosive action!
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They look ever so well behaved
don't they? Uchida Kei, Yamamada Yuji, Matthias John and Ivan Vrba take up station behind the derny
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Tatsina Sharakova of Belarus
rode aggressively, gaining a lap on the field in the heats
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A rhapsody in blue
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Katherine Bates in a league of her own.
To quote from that wonderful children's book, The Gruffalo: "You go ahead, and I'll follow after"
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Germany's Lotte Becker and Russia's Apollinaria Bakova
were there to race, not just to ride their bikes
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Lada Kozlikova, Wan Yiu Wong and Nikki Harris
riding in the scratch race heats at the Manchester round of the UCI World Cup Track series
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Russell and Dean Downing
do a madison change. Dean throws Russell in
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Kenny de Ketele (Bel) slings Wouter van Mechelen (Bel)
into the race. This pair gained a lap on the field in the final, with the French duo, and took second place in the madison event
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Wim Stroetinga chucks Niki Terpstra
into the race
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Alex Aeschbach and Ralph Zimmermann
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Slovakia's Martin Liska
an experienced six-day rider, took a tumble in the Madison heats but returned to the track
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King Wei Cheung and Kam-Po Wong (Hong Kong)
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Jerome Neuville and Andy Flickinger (France)
won the men's madison
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Miguel Alzamora and Asier Maeztu (Spain).
The Spanish riders were involved in a crash in the final, and were issued a formal warning by the commissaires
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Britain's Steve Cummings
managed to crash right in front of the camera!
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Cummings made it up again
after his crash
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Colby Pearce throws big Marty Nothstein
into the race. Nothstein rode the Keirin heats, then the Madison heats, then the Keirin repechage. And that was just the morning!
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Leaders of the Madison event
in the world cup track series, Czech riders Petr Lazar (bottom) and Martin Blaha (top) - seen here in their leader's jerseys
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Mikhail Ignatiev and Nikolay Trousov (Rus).
Do you like Ignatiev's Olympic rings on his helmet? You too can have one... all you have to do is win the points race at the next Olympics
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Guo of China lies on the ground
after falling heavily in the women's keirin. She recovered and rode in the repechage
Images by
John Pierce/Photo Sport International
MrBookmaker.com & Bouygues Telecom presentations
MrBookmaker.com
Images by Daniel Schamps
Bouygues Telecom
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Images by
Daniel Schamps
Images by
velofotopro.fr.st
Premio Asteasu de Ciclo-cross
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Images by
Oskar Matxin
Grand Prix du Nouvel-An
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Images by
Hervé Dancerellevelostory.net
Grote Prijs Sven Nys
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Images by
cyclocrossprosport.be
Int. Herforderer Radquerfeldein-Rennen
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Images by
Mani Wollner/foto-grafik-satz.de
Centrumcross Surhuisterveen
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Images by
DCP/Bert Geerts
Azencross Loenhout
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Images by
Luc Claessen/cyclingnews.com/actiefotos.be
Images by
cyclocrossprosport.be
Tour of South China Sea
Stage 1 - December 26: Hong Kong road race, 105.4 km
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
- The
Marco Polo Cycling Team for the Tour of South China Sea 2004. L to R:
Team manager Allan Wolhuter (South-Africa), Marco Polo Cycling Hong Kong manager
Louis Lui, Chi Yin Leung (Hong Kong), Rhys Pollock (Australia), Masahiko Mifune
(Japan), Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mongolia), mechanic Yu Kau Wai (Hong Kong)
and kneeling Remko Kramer (Netherlands) and John Tonks (Hong Kong national
Champion).
- A
little girl posing for a photo in front of the peloton before the start
of the first stage of the Tour of South China Sea 2004 in Hong Kong.
Stage 2 - December 27: Shenzhen circuit race, 90 km
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
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Stage 3 - December 28: Guangzhou, 110 km
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
Stage 4 - December 29: Zhongshan, 88 km
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
Stage 5 - December 30: Zhuhai circuit race, 108 km
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
Stage 6 - December 31: Macau, 90 km
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
Stage 7 - January 1: Macau (Jockey Club Square) criterium, 66 km
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Images by
Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera
Großer Weihnachtspreis
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Images by
Elmar Krings/www.rexite.de
Superprestige #6 Diegem
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Images by
cyclocross-belgium.be
Images by
cyclocrossprosport.be
Lance Armstrong at Scary Fast 'Cross
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Images by
Dorothy Wong
Images by
Matt Gunnell
Budvar Cup #7
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Images by
Milan Sames/www.sames.cz
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Martin Bína (Author Praha),
junior World Cup star, leads the field up the hill.
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Martin Zlamalik (Budvar Tabor),
last year's U23 European Champion, finished fourth today.
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Easy does it
- Ondrej Lukes (Tatramleko) guides him and his machine around a tricky bend, eventually finishing fifth.
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Zdenek Mlynar (Sparta Praha),
the best-placed Czech rider on the World Cup, didn't ride at full power today and finished sixth.
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Martin Bína (Author Praha)
displaying his strength.
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Frantisek Kloucek (Author Praha),
one of a new generation of Czech cyclocrossers.
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Petr Dlask (Author Praha)
checks his advantage onn last lap, eventually winning the race by 24 seconds from team-mate Martin Bina.
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Radomir Simunek (Author Praha)
rounded out the podium positions.
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Author Praha 1-2-3 on the podium
- the Author Praha team showed its dominance today, with Martin Bína (2nd, L), Petr Dlask (1st, M), and Radomir Simunek (3rd) taking a clean sweep of the podium.
Stevens Cross Cup
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Images by
Mario Stiehl/www.world-of-cycling.com
For more photos, e.g.
Vlaamse
Druivenveldrit (Overijse), GP
Rouwmoer Essen, Kleicross
Lebbeke, US CX Nationals,
Japanese Cyclocross championships,
Queensland GP 2 - Surfers
Paradise, Los Angeles Track
World Cup, Capital Cross
Classic, Revolution
6, Red Bull Giants of
Rio, CCCP - Cyclo Cross
at Coyote Point, South
Bank Grand Prix Cycling, Bianchi
Cross, W.E. Stedman
Grand Prix/Verge NECCS 7, Oceania
Track Championships, Vlaamse
Witloofveldrit Vossem, Nebraska
State Cyclocross Championships, Boulder
Cycloross Series 5, Sonoma
Valley Cyclocross, Gent
Six, Challenge de la France
Cycliste 2, Superprestige
5 - Gieten, Gearworks
Bay State Cross, Cyclo-Cross
World Cup 4, Clarence
St Cyclery Cup, Shimano
2004 Australian Cyclists of the Year Awards, Carnegie
Caulfield CC - Nov. 23, Eastern
Suburbs CC - Nov. 23 and Hobart
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