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Cycling photography for January - Part II

Tour de Langkawi
Cyclo-Cross World Championships
LPR presentation
Cofidis presentation
Chocolade Jacques-T Interim presentation
Naturino-Sapore di Mare presentation
Ag2r presentation
La Francaise des Jeux presentation
Liquigas presentation
Tour of Wellington
Six Days of Stuttgart
RAGT Semences presentation
T-Mobile presentation
Domina Vacanze presentation
Giro Presentation
Cross World Cup #10
Canberra Tour de Dirt
Fassa Bortolo team presentation
Gerolsteiner team presentation
Discovery Channel Training
Queensland Elite Track Championships
Australian Open Road Championships

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LPR presentation

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• Team LPR in its splendour
• Team LPR in its splendour
• Team LPR is presented for 2005
• The team's experienced leaders Pavel Tonkov (L) and Dmitri Konyshev (R)
• Pavel Tonkov is the team's top rider
• Pavel Tonkov with the Maserati brothers
• Dmitri Konyshev looking happy to be here
• Pavel Tonkov with the directors of LPR
• Tonkov and Konyshev with the team jersey
• Pavel Tonkov risks a smile
• Dmitri Konyshev with the Guerciotti family
• Konyshev and Tonkov with bike maker Guerciotti
• Elio Aggiano one of the more experienced riders
• Swiss riders Andrea del Biaggio and Alberto Tiberio
• Team Manager Omar Piscina is one of the youngest team managers in cycling
• Guess who the casual clothing sponsor of the team is?
• LPR director Orlando Maini
• The directors of Team LPR

Cofidis presentation

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• Everyone looks happy at the 2005 Cofidis Presentation
• The Cofidis Wilier , weapon of choice for 2005

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• Cedric Vasseur with one of the Wiliers
• It's all about the legs at the Cofidis Presentation
• All looks good in 2005 for the Cofidis team

Chocolade Jacques-T Interim presentation

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• The Chocolade Jacques-T Interim is presented in Bouchout Castle, near Brussels in Belgium
• Steven Caethoven is interviewed
• Iljo Keisse one of the revelations of the 2004/2005 track season
• Newcomers Aron Huysmans, Kurt Hovelijnck, Pieter Ghyllebert en Kenny Lisabeth
• Newcomers Nico Eeckhout, Kevin Van Impe, Maarten Wijnants en Tom Stubbe
• Trials specialist Kenny Belaey
• Belgian TV speaker Michel Wuyts interviewing team leaders Jean-Pierre Heynderickx, Roger Swert and Walter Planckaert
• Team manager Christophe Sercu

Naturino-Sapore di Mare presentation

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• Francesco Casagrande
• Casagrande with Giuseppe Petito and Antonio Salutini
• Casagrande and Valerio Agnoli with management
• SAB are supplying the bikes
• Casagrande, Agnoli and Vicini with a team bike
• It was a low-key affair
• Mamma mia!
• The president of Naturino , main team sponsor
• Women like bikes too!
• You know who stole the show...
• Casagrande and Agnoli can't believe their luck!
• All together now...
• Meet your new training partner...
• Casagrande and Agnoli
• A tight bunch
• The sponsor was well represented
• So, Frank, what do you know?
• Are you talkin' to me?
• Is that what you really want...?
• Management and a team bike
• New name, new challenges
• Lucky boys!
• Naturino for 2005
• Agnoli has a quick word
• Casagrande and Agnoli
• Youth and Experience - Casagrande and Agnoli

Ag2r presentation

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• Team Ag2r-Prevoyance for 2005
• Neo pro Christophe Riblon
• New signing Alexandre Usov

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• Stephane Goubert during the team presentation
• Christophe Oriol during the team presentation

La Francaise des Jeux presentation

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• Bradley McGee is one of La Française des Jeux's main team leaders
• La Française des Jeux in all its glory

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• La Française des Jeux for 2005
• La Française des Jeux
• Bernard Eisel presents the team's Lapierre bike (L to R): Eisel, Casar, Da Cruz, Mourey, McGee.
• Bradley McGee one of the leaders of the team
• Baden Cooke just recently back in France
• Belgian Philippe Gilbert one of the team's most promising riders
• Neo-Pro Mickael Delage
• Neo-Pro Jussi Veikkanen

Liquigas-Bianchi presentation

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• Mario Cipollini is motivated again to race with Liquigas

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• Liquigas' three captains Stefano Garzelli, Mario Cipollini and Danilo Di Luca
• Mario Cipollini with Liquigas president Paolo Dal Lago

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• Bello Bianchi
• Management are excited for 2005
• Liquigas boss Paolo del Lago
• Roberto Amadio
• Paolo del Lago reckons it's all good
• Bald heads and big screens
• The green ties are pretty schlick, guys
• Franco Pellizotti
• Dario David Cioni
• Eyes right for the green tie guard
• 24 Paris-Roubaix winner Magnus Backstedt
• Danilo Di Luca sits down on the job
• Danilo Di Luca
• Stefano Garzelli looks for the best parking spot
• Danilo Di Luca
• Mr Garzelli... your son's on the big screen
• Stefano Garzelli
• Garzelli and Di Luca
• Easy tiger - I mean, lion!
• Cipollini is back!
• Cipollini is a happy camper
• Super Mario
• Cipollini, Di Luca and Garzelli
• I'd like to thank...
• Big smiles!
• The team is presented
• It's Milan - need we say more...?
• Relaxed and ready to go
• Cipollini, Di Luca and Garzelli
• Cipollini, Di Luca and Garzelli
• Cipollini, Di Luca and Garzelli
• The Liquigas Squad
• These guys like hanging out together
• Nice bike, fellas!
• Cipollini and del Lago
• Stefano Garzelli
• Can I come out now...?
• From the smoke...
• No stopping till November
• Danilo Di Luca looks fit
• There's only one Cipo!
• The lion king emerges
• Hangin' out - again!
• The squad
• A pretty tight bunch
• Cipollini, Di Luca and Garzelli
• Cipollini and dal Lago wear the Dolmio grin!
• Hello boys!
• Wide angle, baby...
• A smattering of green...
• Green machine
• Lift that bike!
• Big things for 25...?

Tour of Wellington

Stage 1 - January 26: Hutt City Criterium, 45km

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Images by Mike Heydon/www.jetphotography.co.nz

• Gordon MacCauley (Team Cervelo) featured in the 4-man break for much of the race
• Hayden Godfrey (Team Subway) wearing the Tour Leader's yellow jersey after stage 1
• The MG Xpower presented by BigPond riders rode aggressively for most of the race
• Paul Sumich (Team Cervelo) sporting bandages from a training accident

Stage 2 - January 27: Featherston - Masterton, 94.4 km

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• A 17-man break formed early and stayed away
• Peter Latham wins stage 2
• Sheep may safely graze

Stage 3 - January 27: Masterton Criterium, 40 km

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• The bunch racing during the Masterton Criterium
• Peter Latham won both stages today and is overall tour leader

Stage 4 - January 28: Masterton - Pahiatua - Masterton, 158.5 km

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• Four riders launched an attack early in the stage
• Peter Latham works hard in his group
• The peloton passes through the New Zealand countryside during stage 4
• Stage 4 winner Shaun Higgerson (MG Xpower-Bigpond)

Stage 5 - January 29: Masterton Circuit, 125.3km

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• The early break contained Matthew Lloyd, Nash Kent, Peter McDonald and Troy Glennan
• The main bunch didn't catch all the breakaways
• Matthew Lloyd (Jayco-VIS) en route to victory in stage 5
• The new tour leader is Matthew Lloyd (Jayco-VIS)

Stage 6 - January 30: Scorching Bay ITT, 12 km

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• The TT was held on a coastal road around Wellington City
• Peter Latham en route to a blistering TT time
• Matthew Lloyd (Jayco) put in a respectable performance to retain yellow after the TT

Stage 7 - January 30: Petone Criterium, 40 km

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• The bunch rides during the last stage
• Matthew Lloyd (Jayco) in yellow during the final stage
• The sprint finish was won by Hayden Godfrey

Six Days of Stuttgart

Day 5

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• Robert Bartko (Ger)
• Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
• Andreas Beikirch and Bruno Risi
• Kurt Betschart (Ger)
• Juan Curuchet (Spa)
• Gerd Dörich and Scott McGrory (Aus)
• Guido Fulst
• Christian Lademann (Ger)
• Leif Lampater (Ger)
• Franz Stocher
• Juan Llaneras (Spa) and Thorsten Rund (Ger)
• Walter Perez (Arg), Risi and Beikirch
• Thorsten Rund and Franco Marvulli
• Lars Teutenberg
• Teutenberg and Gerd Dörich
• Marco Villa (Ita)

Day 4

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• Robert Bartko and Jimmi Madsen
• Juan Llaneras and Juan Curuchet
• Kurt Beschart and Franco Marvulli
• Franco Marvulli
• Kurt Beschart and Bruno Risi
• Gerd Dörich (Ger)
• Juan Llaneras (Spa) looks composed
• Christian Lademann (Ger) works hard
• Scott Mcgrory (Aus) gases it in Stuttgart

RAGT Semences presentation

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• The RAGT Semences team for 2005
• RAGT looking forward to the season
• Eddy Seigneur is the team's elder statesman
• RAGT director Alain Fabre at the team's presentation

Images by Daniel Schamps

• Kaisen, Herinne, Ista and Lernould
• Pascal Duez (Directeur Sportif) with Lernould, Ista, Herinne et Kaisen
• The RAGT Semences team for 2005
• RAGT are on MBK for 2005

T-Mobile presentation

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• Andreas Klöden came of age in 2004
• Jan Ullrich seems bemused by the proceedings
• Klöden and Ullrich in deep discussion

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• A view of the video wall: team manager Olaf Ludwig
• Two sprinters joking around on the big screen: Erik Zabel and Olaf Pollack
• Tour of Flanders winner Steffen Wesemann talks of his plan for 2005
• Full team roster with the Giant bike
• T-Mobile guys playing around with mobile phones
• Hopefully, this will be the "trio infernale" for the Tour de France
• Bram Schmitz, Christian Werner, Oscar Sevilla, and Giuseppe Guerini (left to right)Tobias Steinhauser
• Sergej Yakovlev, Rolf Aldag and Bas Giling (left to right)
• Interview marathon for "Klödi"
• Speaking of Green jerseys and Tour stages
• Ete Zabel was lightly injured when he crashed into a dog in Mallorca
• The one and only Jan Ullrich.
• Jan Ullrich looking a lot leaner than suspected
• German champ Andreas Klöden talking to journalists
• Sooo nice now but he can be a tough fighter in the mountains
• The exhibit: Road bikes from 1927 and 1967
• The T-Mobile Giant bike.
• The T-Mobile bike signed by the 1997 Tour winner
• The bike that Riis tossed into a field - but on which Ullrich won the Tour

Domina Vacanze presentation

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• The Domina Vacanze Colnago bike for 2005
• The Domina Vacanze team will feel very tropical this year with the relaxing colours and palm trees
• The official table at the Domina Vacanze presentation
• Team Manager Gianluigi Stanga talks
• Wladimir Belli, Ivan Quaranta, Mirko Celestino and Serhiy Gontchar with the owner of Domina Vancanze Travel company, Ernesto Preatoni.
• Wladimir Belli, Ivan Quaranta, Mirko Celestino and Serguei Gonchar looking pretty happy
• Gianluigi Stanga, Ivan Quaranta and Gianni Bugno,
• Ernesto Colnago and Pozzetto show off the bike
• Serguei Gonchar with the time trial bike
• The new clothing looking very bright
• Serguei Gonchar and and Ernesto Preatoni in discussion at photo time
• A round of applause
• Ernesto Preatoni cracks a joke
• The men in black
• Neo pro Giovanni Visconti what's happening 15
• The Domina quick man Ivan Quaranta
• Wladimir Belli coming from Lampre
• Serguei Gonchar moves over from De Nardi
• Mirko Celestino comes across from Saeco
• Gianni Bugno
• Ivan Quaranta
• Ernesto Preatoni
• Jörg Ludewig comes across from Saeco
• Mirko Celestino
• Mirko Celestino and Ivan Quaranta
• The full squad with Ernesto Preatoni
• The team with Preatoni and Pozzetto
• Former Giro winners Gianni Bugno and Gianni Motta with Pozzetto
• Pozzetto and Quaranta
• Giovanni Visconti larger than life
• Jörg Ludewig in front of the team billboard
• Ivan Quaranta with Gianni Motta
• The two Ernesto's Colnago and Preatoni
• Ivan Quaranta and Ernesto Preatoni

Giro Presentation

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• The Giro d'Italia makes a dramatic entrance
• Women in pink present the Giro
• A Giant group set surrounds the giro presentation
• The Gendarmerie ready to roll
• A huge crowd turned out to see what the Giro has in store for the riders this year
• Rider name 6 what's happening 6
• A media frenzy at the 2005 Giro presentation
• 2004 winnner Damiano Cunego delighted that the course is a climbers course
• Andrea Tafi with his wife happy that the time trial will pass through his home town of Lamporecchio
• Carmine Castellano and Angelo Zomegnan in serious discussion
• Hard to see from the back seats
• Ivan Basso and Damiano Cunego
• Current World Champion Igor Astarloa looking pretty chirpy
• Damiano Cunego gets all the attention
• Damiano Cunego and Saeco's head sports manager Giuseppe Martinelli mingle after the presentation
• Alessandro Petacchi looking swish in his suit
• The crowd looking intrigued
• Damiano Cunego
• Can Alessandro Petacchi win another nine stages this year
• (L-R) Stafano Garzelli, Alessandro Petacchi, Ivan Basso and Damiano Cunego
• (L-R) Stafano Garzelli, Alessandro Petacchi, Ivan Basso and Damiano Cunego what's happening 21
• Damiano Cunego took four stages last year as well as the overall
• Crazy in Pink
• Pink the colour of the day
• The director of Gazzetta della Sport Maffei Petrucci addresses the crowd
• Now for the hoopla
• Director of the Giro d'Italia Angelo Zomegnan
• Carmine Castellano makes an address
• The course is revealed starting in Reggio Calabria on the boots tip and finishing up in Milan
• Damiano Cunego with tour mascot.Is it Fatso the Fat-arsed-Wombat?

Cross World Cup #10

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• World Champion Bart Wellens (Fidea Cyclocrossteam) had a good start today
• Christian Heule (Stevens International Cyclocross Team) finished in 9th place
• Dariusz Gil (Pol)
• David Derepas (Jartazi) rounded out the top ten
• David Rusch
• Davy Commeyne (Palmans-Sapim) couldn’t quite hold onto Nys' wheel and finished in second
• American Eric Tonkin (Kona/Clarks/LesGets) took 40th place
• Gerben De Knegt (Bejan/AA)
• Jeremy Powers (Jelly Belly)
• John Gadret (Jelly Belly)
• Jonathan Page (Cervelo-HotTubes-Adidas-Mavic) ended up 39th
• Lars Boom (Rabobank) made the front group
• Petr Dlask (Author Praha)
• Rider name 14 what's happening 14
• Ben Turner (TIAA Cref) concentrates hard
• A bit of running invloved
• Radomir Simunek Jr (Author Praha)
• 1996 winner Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) came 7th today
• Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank) closely followed by Wellens
• Sven Nys (Rabobank) on his way to his 20th win for the season
• Tim Van Nuffel (Saey-Deschacht) on his way to 19th place
• Tom Vannoppen (Palmans-Sapim) unlucky to pull his pedal in the sprint and ended up fourth
• Tsujira Keiichi (Japan) took 50th place
• Yamamoto Kohei (Japan)
• Zdenek Mynár (AC Sparta Praha)

Canberra Tour de Dirt

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• Shinobu Noguchi (Jpn) putting in a big effort
• Paul Rowney looks strong at Kowen
• Shane Paton (Kona-Mt Buller Factory Team)
• Craig Gordon in the Elite Men's XC race
• Scott Wines works hard
• James Maebus commands the course
• James Williamson (Mongoose/PowerBar/NiteRider)
• Matthew Fleming doing it tough
• Nick Both looks pretty comfortable
• Chris Winn was another rider that looked strong over this part of the course
• Alistair Farley and Daniel McConnell , who took out the Elite Men's XC event
• Dylan Cooper took second in the Elite Men's XC
• Paul Rowney was all class over the course
• Scott Wines
• Shinobu Noguchi was one of the quality Japanese contingent in Canberra
• Nick Both
• Chris Winn gets the power down
• Garran Hutchison-Menzer
• Jarad Dwyer (Sram) with the golden locks flowing
• Daniel McConnell looks good on his way to XC victory
• Dylan Cooper gives it plenty going down
• Paul Rowney shows us how to look good going round and down
• Shane Paton sets his line round the corner
• Aiden Lefmann (Cannondale/Maxxisoakley.sram)
• Craig Gordon looks relaxed
• The Kowen Forest course offered plenty of good racing
• Made it! Daniel McConnell wins the Elite Men's XC
• Dylan Cooper looks knackerd coming in for second place
• The Elite Women head out for the XC event
• Tory Thomas looked pretty good
• Jenni King was all class on her way to victory
• Lisa Mathison was a big drawcard for the event
• Cara Smith
• Maria Papadopoulos looks composed
• Jenni King was strong all day
• Kimberley Fleming gives it some gas
• Cara Smith looks relaxed
• Tory Thomas (Scott/Sram/MBC) took out third in Elite Women's XC
• Emma Colson took out fourth

Fassa Bortolo team presentation

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• The Fassa Bortolo squad for 2005
• Kanstantsin Sitsou with Alessandro Petacchi (C) and Vincenzo Nibali
• Alessandro Petacchi with his Pinarello

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• The Fassa Bortolo squad for 2005
• Fassa super-sprinter Ale-Jet Petacchi tells presenter Fabrizio Frizzi he wants a rainbow jersey next September in Madrid.
• Fassa newcomer big Andrus Aug explains why he's looking forward to riding in the Ale-Jet leadout train this season as old hand Fabio Baldato looks on. (L-R: Frizzi, Aug, Baldato, Bossoni, Bruseghin and Cancellara)
• Fassa team manager Giancarlo Ferretti's favourite Volodomir Gustov enjoys a joke with presenter Fabrizio Frizzi. (L-R: Davide Cassani, Frizzi, Gustov, Roberto Petito, Matteo Tosatto and Miss Veneto)
• Fassa neo-pro, 2004 U23 World champ Kanstantin Sitsou explains to RAI-TV's Davide Cassani that his cast-clad broken right wrist is due to a training crash and that he's riding the rollers for a few more weeks until he can hit the road.

Gerolsteiner team presentation

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• Team Gerolsteiner 2005
• Team manager Hans-Michael Holczer with German sports TV anchorman Hans-Dieter Poschmann
• Davide Rebellin is the team's classics captain
• René Haselbacher quite focused, with (L to R) Robert Förster, Sven Montgomery and "Paco" Wrolich
• Frank Høj talking about the secrets...
• ...of his hairstyling
• Høj's teammates didn't know that story either
• Ronny Scholz with Fabian Wegmann
• Georg Totschnig and Levi Leipheimer discussing GT tactics?
• The hard life of a professional cyclist
• Maybe simply too many...
• ...cobblestones?
• Sports director and cycling legend Udo Bölts
• Talking sports
• Danilo Hondo and his new bike
• Gerolsteiner's new Specialized

Images by Hedwig Kröner/Cyclingnews.com

• The full 2005 Gerolsteiner team with manager Hans-Michael Holczer (left)
• The GC contenders interwiewed by German TV presentator Wolf-Dieter Poschmann
• Plotting some plans for the Tour?
• Danilo Hondo (right) speaks about his goal, the World's
• Giro mountains jersey winner Fabian Wegmann, 25 years old
• Michael Rich in front, at the back neo-pro Heinrich Haussler from Australia (left) and Matthias Russ
• Levi Leipheimer amidst his new teammates
• Levi Leipheimer talking to journalists
• 20 year-old Heinrich Haussler left Australia at the age of 14 to become a pro
• The tall Dane Frank Høj ...or am I too small?
• The Specialized Gerolsteiner bike
• The sloping frame is pretty beautifully designed
• Full carbon power for Gerolsteiner

Queensland Elite Track Championships

Day 1

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• Lindsay McMaster (Rockhampton) warming up
• Joel Davis (Kangaroo Point) warming up
• Miles Olman looking pretty for the camera
• Daniel Rynne (Kangaroo Point) and Anuska Edwards (Rockhampton) having a chat
• Rockhampton junior teams pursuit team in action qualifying.
• Then there was three, Teichman, Hogg and Rassie bring it home
• Jeremy Hogg looking comfortable
• Anna Meares warming up while watching Mark Chadwick in the pursuits
• Rockhampton seniors, Cameron Jennings, Grant Irwin, Miles Olman & Mark Chadwick
• Cameron looking focused while Grant sits his wheel
• The Kangaroo Point team, Matt Wood, Steven Rynne, Paul Battersby.
• Cameron Jennings warming down
• Chloe Mcpherson (Mackay) on the line for the U/19 500m Time trial
• World and Olympic Champion/recordholder Anna Meares gearing up for the 500m
• Hayley Wright (Balmoral) on the line - U/19 500m
• Hayley in full flight
• Katie Smith (Rockhampton) looking worried about the competition
• Ex Weightlifter Deborah Lovely ready for the 500m
• Podium - U19 women 500m, Lizzi Clements, Hayley Wright & Chloe McPherson
• Podium Elite Women 500m, Deborah Lovely, Anna Meares & Alex Bright
• Cameron & Grant looking dissapointed after missing he record in the pursuit, but they did lap the other team
• Podium, Elite Men 1 Lap, Daniel Rynne, Adam Simonelli & Damien Harris
• Podium U19 Men 1 Lap, William Draffen, Ben Simonelli & Joel Davis
• Podium Mens Teams Pursuit, Rocky Juniors, Rocky Seniors, Kangaroo Point

Day 2

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• Earl Teichmann and Ron Hickson discussing results.
• Todd Dawson warms up.
• Sonya Keay rolling a few laps before the pursuit.
• Miles Olman hitting out in the warm up.
• The quad spoke Corima, the disc and the Cannondale - what more could you ask for?
• Deborah Lovely looking very serious.
• Chris Wilson looking confident.
• Peter Cuckson taking time out between races from guarding the gate.
• Chris Simonelli getting the air in during the elite men individual pursuits.
• Chris Simonelli in flight.
• Brendan O'Connell in the men's pursuit on his way to a gold medal
• Brendan powering on.
• Miles Olman showing form to qualify fastest only to withdraw through illness later.
• Neil Teichmann grimacing in pain.
• Terry Edwards, Secretary & Event coordinator - Rockhampton Cycling Club, chats with Geoff Rynne (President of Cycling QLD).
• Luke Seiler lines up for the Pursuit.
• Total concentration on lap 1 for Luke Seiler.
• Hayden Josefski settles in.
• On the line ready to go - Josefski is a medal hope.
• Hayden's pumped and rolling in the U19 pursuit.
• Todd Dawson being read his rights by the chief.
• And Todd is off and running.
• Sonya Keay in the women's pursuit.
• Anuska Edwards looking very comfortable in the pursuit.
• Lizzi Clements showing the pain.
• Tyler Wright warms up on the rollers before the Kilo.
• Jack Rassie looks a little nervous before the Kilo in the under 19's.
• Todd Dawson Back on the track this time for the Kilo.
• Scott Cuckson gets the old rub on the back from coach Ken Tucker.
• Lap 1 and Scott is looking comfortable, maybe a a little too comfortable?
• Jeremy Hogg lines up.
• Focus is part of the game and Hogg definitely has it, that's why he took out the gold.
• Total concentration by Hogg.
• Now that's fast, Hogg finishes strongly.
• Tyler Wright on the line.
• One to go and hurting big time.
• Neil Teichman back for more pain in the kilo this time.
• Visualisation helps as Hayden Josefski thinks about those medals.
• Hayden blows off the mark.
• Joel Davis gives it his all.
• Chris Simonelli on the start line for the Kilo.
• Chris is off and racing.
• Steven George focusing on the three laps of pain ahead.
• And there he goes.
• Chris Chatto lines up looking very serious.
• Stuart McBean in flight.
• Jay Callaghan gets a talking to from coach Ken Tucker.
• Grant Irwin on the line psyching up for his gold medal ride.
• Up close and personal with Irwin.
• And it's a nice smooth start, but an even better finish.
• Daniel Rynne ready to go in the Kilo.
• On the finish for the Kilo.
• Brad Payne on the line.
• Brad gets a nice start.
• Daniel Rynne a little disappointed with his time but it was enough for second place.
• Podium, U19 Men Kilo - Hayden Josefski, Jeremy Hogg, Todd Dawson.
• Podium, Women's Individual Pursuit - Anuska Edwards, Anna Jones-Perrin, Sonya Keay.
• Podium, Elite Men Kilo - Daniel Rynne, Grant Irwin, Brad Payne.
• Deborah Lovely straps the feet in as she lines up in the first round of the women's sprint championship.
• Anuska Edwards and Deborah Lovely on the line.
• Alex Bright Gets ready for the women's sprint.
• Making sure the straps are nice and tight.
• Topp on top with Bright keeping a close eye on her.
• Ken Tucker has a quick word with Talent Identification squad rider Samantha Shultz.
• Chloe McPherson and Shultz line up for their sprint round.
• Hayley Wright gives TIS rider Laura Edwards the evil eye before their round.
• Anuska Edwards keeping an eye on Wright.
• Podium, U19 Men Individual Pursuit - Todd Dawson, Kyle Bateson, Hayden Josefski.
• Podium, Elite Men Pursuit - Matt Wood, Brendan O'Connell, Nigel Kee.
• Podium, Elite Women Sprint Championship - The Rocky girls take out the trifecta, Deborah Lovely, Alex Bright, Anuska Edwards.
• Podium, U19 Women Sprint - Chloe McPherson, Hayley Wright, Samantha Shultz.

Discovery Channel Training

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• The Discovery Channel presents the 2005 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team in Solvang, CA.
• It's LANCE!
• Lance Armstrong and Tom Danielson have a chat during one of the training rides.
• The Discovery team hits the road for the long season ahead.

Images by Jon Devich/Cyclingnews.com/epicimages.us

• Another angle of the team in their new kit complete with the 2005 team Treks.
• The Discovery team heads out on one of its first training camp rides of the season in Solvang, CA.
• George Hincapie and Michael Barry keep pace in the group.
• The low 40-degree temperatures offered the team a refreshing first couple of hours in the saddle each morning.
• Heavy rains in southern California made for a vibrant green backdrop against the team's new colors of gray and blue.
• Manuel Beltran and Jose Luis Rubiera work on their descending skills.
• The group powers up one of the many climbs in Southern Cali hill country.
• Similar to a scene from the Tour, the team rides through one of the area vineyards.
• Ex-mountain bike star Ryder Hesjedal tucks in behind Great Britain's strongman, Roger Hammond, as the group stretches out.
• Belgian rider Leif Hoste leads the group on Thursday's ride.
• The team rides through the enchanted forest.

Images by Steve Dascomb

• Your Treks are ready, gentlemen
• Van Heeswijk's the name...
• The steed of champions
• Johan Bruyneel was pretty relaxed in Solvang
• Antonio Cruz heads out
• The cockpit for 2005
• The sticker says it all
• Ready to rock'n'roll, boys. Manuel Beltran gets into gear.
• Tom Danielson happy to be in Solvang with the Discovery boys
• Antonio Cruz
• Lance Armstrong and the phone that never sleeps
• Guess who the sponsor is?
• All lined up and waiting...
• Sean Yates talking team, no doubt very busily
• Mike Creed's bike gets some last minute adjustments
• A hive of bikes and bodies as the Discovery boys prepare to ride
• Dogs like bikes too!
• A moment's pause before the work begins
• A quick inspection to check the new rig
• Armstrong doesn't look too pleased that the hard work's about to begin
• The man on everybody's lips
• All smiles for Lance Armstrong
• Lance looks pretty happy despite the cold
• Mike Creed contemplates what could be a great 2005
• Let's move 'em out!

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