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  • September 11- Danish World's team reduced - Danish federation believes 10 is enough
  • September 16 - Full Spanish squad and Australian men's team
  • September 19 - Angel Casero misses the Olympics, but makes the World's
  • September 21 - French men's and women's team, Danish men's team
  • September 22 - Belgium, Great Britain, Norwegian U23 teams
  • September 27 - Sandstřd withdraws from Danish team after bike doesn't arrive, full Dutch team
  • September 28 - Full final Belgian team
  • September 29 - González de Galdeano misses out due to injury, Lars Michaelsen in doubt after crash
  • October 1 - Unofficial Italian team
  • October 2 - Ullrich to lead German team, Belgian espoirs going well,
  • October 3 - Giuseppe Martinelli gives his support for Pantani
  • October 4 - Marco Pantani not selected, Dekker opts out, provisional Polish and complete Slovenian teams
  • October 5 - Full French, Dutch, Norwegian and Spanish teams, Pavel Tonkov out after crash with dog, Michael Sandstod out of favour with selectors, Hammond out after breaking arm, Sciandri injured
  • October 6 - Oscar Sevilla tests positive for caffeine, Durand left out of French team
  • October 7 - British men's team, full Czech team, Luxembourg and Irish men's, Rik Verbrugghe sole Belgian TT rider
  • October 8 - Full Italian team, Abraham Olanosole Spanish TT rider, Joane Somarriba pulls out, Alvaro González de Galdeano tests positive for Nandrolone, Polish men's team, Joaquin Andrade lone Portuguese rider
  • October 9 - Ullrich out, more Italians, full Swedish, Danish and Dutch womens' teams, Anna opts for hour over World's, Van Moorsel criticised back home, Gonzalez de Galdeano explains himself
  • October 10 - Zülle withdraws from Swiss team, full US team
  • October 11 - Preview and cyclingnews.com schedule, Klöden in doubt, Dietz to retire after World's, drug tests analysed in Germany, Ray Godkin elected Vice President of UCI, first female jury member, full Canadian team
  • October 12 - British men's team depleted, full Australian team
  • October 13 - Jalabert's misfortune, Withdrawals: Zabel pulls out Hanka goes home
  • October 14 - Bye Bye Boardman, Frankie's fate, LeMond's new project, Freire the Spanish favourite, Kate Bates' comments
  • October 15 - Can Freire do it again?, Tchmil confident, Dutch pep talk, Big Brother is watching Crashes in U23 race
  • October 16 - Vainsteins' comments and bio, more post-race comments, Goussev's bike
  • October 17 - A reversal for Vainsteins, Fusi's comments, UCI rankings post World's, Eastern Europe still strong, Demet-Barry and Kurreck finish careers