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Clasica San Sebastian winner, Laurent Jalabert (CSC-Tiscali) will start in the Ronde van Nederland on August 28 in Rotterdam. Jalabert has had a good season so far after his late start, winning the mountains classification and two stages in the Tour de France.
Another big name for the Dutch national tour is Lance Armstrong, who will make the Ronde van Nederland one of the last races of his season. Both Armstrong and Jalabert will not ride in the Vuelta a España.
"The main reason is that I will be a father for the fourth time in September," said Jalabert. "I won't miss the birth for any money."
A few JaJa fans have questioned why he does not appear in the World Cup standings, after gaining 100 points on Saturday. The reason is that UCI rules specify that a minimum of six races must be ridden to qualify for final points. Clasica San Sebastian was Jalabert's first race, therefore he can only ride a maximum of five World Cups this year. For the same reason, Lance Armstrong (who finished second in Amstel Gold, but has not ridden any other World Cups) does not appear in the rankings.
1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 219 pts 2 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 144 3 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 126 4 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 121 5 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 116 6 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 116 7 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 113 8 Servais Knaven (Ned) Domo-Farm Frites 101 9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 100 10 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 90 Full rankings
By Jeff Jones
Today's version of the UCI points rankings after Clasica San Sebastian is interesting for two reasons. Firstly, there is a tie for first place between Lance Armstrong and Davide Rebellin, both on 2,154 points. Rebellin earned UCI 150 points for his second place in Spain on Saturday, while Armstrong earned none, as he didn't start. So for at least a week, there is a tie at the top.
The race for final bragging rights on the UCI table therefore appears to favour Rebellin, especially as others (Ullrich, Vinokourov, Klöden, Ekimov, Armstrong etc.) will lose points at the end of September due to the Olympics not happening.
The second point is the qualification for number of riders allowed in the World Championships in Lisbon, Portugal. This is calculated from the nations rankings at August 15 each year. Seeing as these aren't likely to change a great deal from now until the end of the Volta a Portugal (they might), an unofficial qualification list can be worked out from the rankings.
The top ten nations are allowed 12 riders each (Italy, Spain, Germany, France, Belgium, Netherlands, U.S.A., Switzerland, Russia, Kazakhstan. Note: Germany and Russia are allowed one extra rider in the road race and time trial, as they have the Olympic Champions); nations ranked 11-15 are allowed 8 riders (Denmark, Australia, Lithuania, Latvia, and Poland. Note: Latvia is allowed an extra rider because they have the defending champion); nations ranked 16-20 are allowed 4 riders (Slovenia, Colombia, Austria, Great Britain, and Portugal); and nations ranked 21-30 are allowed 2 riders (Ukraine, Czech Republic, Estonia, Sweden, Norway, Moldavia, Canada, Hungary, South Africa, New Zealand).
In addition, nations with one (or two) riders ranked in the top 400 are allowed one (or two) riders in the World's. These will be: Venezuela (U. Etxebarria), Croatia (Miholjevic), Argentina (Garrido), Mexico (Perez), Bulgaria (Gabrowski) and Kirghyzstan (Wacker). Note that these riders won't necessarily be there, but they have qualified their countries.
Finally, each country that has a continental champion is allowed to qualify an extra rider.
The above rules do not apply to the women's road race. All national federations are allowed to enter up to 12 competitors, 6 of whom can ride.
Individuals 1 Lance Armstrong (USA) US Postal Service 2,154.00 pts 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 2,154.00 3 Jan Ullrich (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1,900.00 4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 1,819.00 5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1,818.00 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 1,812.00 7 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Fassa Bortolo 1,642.00 8 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1,604.20 9 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Domo-Farm Frites 1,535.00 10 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1,478.00 11 Dario Frigo (Ita) 1,473.00 12 Roberto Heras Hernandez (Spa) US Postal Service 1,390.00 13 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1,338.00 14 Laurent Jalabert (Fra) CSC Tiscali 1,217.00 15 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Team Deutsche Telekom 1,166.00 16 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 1,120.00 17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 1,064.20 18 Abraham Olano Manzano (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 1,053.00 19 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin 979.00 20 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) O.N.C.E.-Eroski 975.00 Teams Division I 1 Fassa Bortolo 6,149.00 pts 2 Team Deutsche Telekom 6,006.00 3 O.N.C.E.-Eroski 5,712.00 4 Rabobank 5,213.00 5 Mapei-Quick Step 4,631.20 6 Lotto-Adecco 4,562.00 7 Lampre-Daikin 4,358.00 8 iBanesto.com 4,319.00 9 Cofidis 4,236.20 10 US Postal Service 4,192.00 11 Domo-Farm Frites 3,858.00 12 CSC Tiscali 3,697.00 13 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3,553.00 14 Liquigas-Pata 3,480.00 15 Mercury-Viatel 3,030.00 16 Saeco Macchine Per Caffe' 2,984.00 17 Festina 2,908.00 18 Kelme-Costa Blanca 2,779.00 19 Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola 2,616.00 20 Credit Agricole 2,612.00 21 Team Coast 1,637.00 22 Mercatone Uno-Stream TV 1,346.00 Division II 1 Alessio 3,273.00 pts 2 Ag2R Prevoyance 2,295.00 3 Bonjour 2,258.00 4 Jean Delatour 2,135.00 5 Cantina Tollo Acqua & Sapone 1,847.00 6 La Francaise Des Jeux 1,606.00 7 Gerolsteiner 1,335.00 8 Selle Italia-Pacific 1,061.00 9 Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1,054.00 10 Colchon Relax-Fuenlabrada 1,036.00 Division III 1 Stabil Steiermark 495.00 pts 2 05 Orbitel 403.80 3 Kia-Suisse 235.00 4 AXA-VVZ Professional Cycling Team 227.00 5 Agro-Adler Mark Brandenburg 216.00 Nations (with World's qualifications) 12 riders 1 Italy 13,076.60 pts 2 Spain 9,060.00 3 Germany (+ Jan Ullrich) 7,508.00 4 France 7,156.50 5 Belgium 7,059.00 6 Netherlands 6,002.00 7 U.S.A. 5,293.00 8 Switzerland 5,117.50 9 Russia (+ Viatcheslav Ekimov) 4,018.50 10 Kazakhstan 3,465.60 8 riders 11 Denmark 3,304.00 12 Australia 2,974.00 13 Lithuania 2,754.00 14 Latvia (+ Romans Vainsteins) 2,697.50 15 Poland 2,532.00 4 riders 16 Slovenia 2,356.50 17 Colombia 2,000.80 18 Austria 1,835.00 19 Great Britain 1,797.00 20 Portugal 1,725.00 2 riders 21 Ukraine (+ Sergey Gontchar) 1,652.50 22 Czech Republic 1,544.00 23 Estonia 1,435.00 24 Sweden 1,095.00 25 Norway 1,085.00 26 Moldavia 761.00 27 Canada 671.00 28 Hungary 669.50 29 South Africa 665.50 30 New Zealand 473.00 1 rider 31 Venezuela 466.00 32 Croatia 427.00 34 Argentina 366.00 36 Mexico 310.00 35 Bulgaria 348.00 42 Kirghyzstan 196.50 Detailed UCI rankings
The UCI has expressed an obvious interest in the Bo Hamburger case, after the Danish rider was acquitted of doping charges by the Danish Federation last Thursday on technical grounds. In an official statement, the UCI said that they learnt of the decision "via the press" and "In accordance with the regulations, the UCI therefore expects to be informed of the reason for this decision, which apparently is due to technical reasons."
The UCI may take the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, but will study it for up to a month before making a decision.
Despite still being a contender for a second successive World Cup win, German speedster Erik Zabel would prefer to finish his season early. Zabel did not contest Saturday's Clasica San Sebastian, and only has 100 points from his win in Milan San Remo in March. With Erik Dekker on 219 points, it will be tough for Zabel to overhaul him, given that only two of the remaining four races are suited to sprinters.
He will ride HEW Cyclassics this coming Sunday (a race that he has never won), as well as Paris-Brussels on September 15, but finish after that. This would mean no World Championships and no Tour of Lombardy. The World's remain one of Zabel's goals, but he said that while they are held in October, he has no desire to ride them.
On the other hand, his teammate Jan Ullrich has indicated that he does want to ride the World's, a race in which he stands an good chance of winning.
By Tomas Nilsson, cyclingnews.com correspondent
Fredrik Åkerman (Team Skåne), was chasing hard to catch the peloton in the Scandinavian Open yesterday when a full grown moose bull stood on the road, local newspaper Borås Tidning reports. Fredrik, who last saw a moose in a zoo at age ten, never had a chance to avoid the crash. He flew over the moose while the bike got stuck on the moose's horns. Fredrik landed on the asphalt. The moose ran off in to the forest, managed to get rid of the bike at the road side and then disappeared.
Neither bike nor its rider was seriously wounded. The moose will probably be worse off when the annual moose hunting season begins in a couple of months. But by then Fredrik probably will have hung up his wheels for the season.
Swiss rider Sven Montgomery (Francaise des Jeux) has left the hospital in Bern, where he was transferred to after his accident in stage 16 of the Tour de France. Besides breaking his collarbone, Sven suffered several other minor fractures. However, his team director Marc Madiot expects him to start riding again by the end of September, perhaps with a couple of races in October.
The manager of the Euskaltel-Euskadi team, Miguel Madariaga, expressed his annoyance at the news that Iñigo Chaurreau had signed for Ag2r-Prevoyance for two years. He initially found out via the press, before confirming with the Chaurreau himself.
Chaurreau and his cousin Mikel Astarloza (who is not professional yet) will both join the French squad, and this was another source of annoyance for Madariaga. "Why do you find out via the mass media what team someone goes to? We had already told Iñigo Chaurreau that we couldn't accept his request."
"Pero Astarloza is a rider who is in Olarra-Ercoreca, a team that we recruit from and look after. Nobody said to us that he is turning professional. Astarloza was one of the first riders who, when the renovations are finished and we don't have 22 riders, could be in this team."
"I believe that it is not good, but you must accept it because that's the way of the world - but with a lot of displeasure."
Michele Bartoli is close to signing a contract with Giancarlo Ferretti's Fassa Bortolo team, according to Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad. Denis Zanette, who finished third in the Ronde van Vlaanderen this year, will also join.
Kazakh Andrei Kivilev has renewed his contract with the Cofidis team for the next two seasons, despite a number of offers from other teams. 27 year old Kivilev won the Route du Sud, and finished fourth in the Tour de France, and was be one of the team's key riders in future.
Cofidis are also reported to be negotiating with Festina's Florent Brard, who (along with all his teammates) will be free at the end of the year. Brard also has an offer from Credit Agricole, but hasn't finalised a deal yet.
Major Races and Events
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a España (GT) - Preview, stage list
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July 6-28, 2002: Tour
de France (GT) - Full preview & official route details
December 8: Superprestige
Rd 5 (Cat. 1) - Erwin Vervecken
November 29-December 4: Six
Days of Noumea (6D) - Sassone/Neuville victorious
November 26-December 1: Six
Days of Zurich (6D) - Day
6 - McGrory/Gilmore/Schnider win
December 1: Melbourne
Cup on Wheels (IM) - Scott Moller, Keirin,
Sprint, Support
races
December 2: Cyclo-cross
World Cup #2 (CDM) - Sven Nijs again
November 24-December 3: Juegos
Deportivos Centroamericanos (JR) - Final results
December 8-9: Frankfurter
Rad-Cross (Cat. 2) - Alex Mudroch, UK
National Trophy Series #4 (Cat. 3) - Roger Hammond, Grote
Prijs Industrie Bosduin - Kalmthout (Cat. 1) - Bart Wellens, Int.
Radquer Obergösgen (Cat. 2) - Björn Rondelez, Trofeo
Mamma e Papa Guerciotti (Cat. 3) - Enrico Franzoi, Premio
Egondo (Cat 3) - David Seco, Irish
cyclo-cross championships - Robin Seymour
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Australia - CycleWest
Promotions Omnium Series #2, Eastern
Suburbs Summer Criterium Series, Carnegie
Caulfield Tuesday criterium, Southern
Cross Junior Track Open & Madison Cup, Manly
Warringah CC, George
Town Track Carnival, Carnegie
Caulfield CC, Randwick
Botany CC, Gold
Coast CATS CC, Caesar's
Illawarra CC, Caesar's
Illawarra (track)
Denmark - Danish
cyclo-cross Post Cup #3
Italy - Gran
Premio Città di Bassano
Luxembourg - GP
De Kopstal
New Zealand - Cyco
Criterium series
Spain - Elorrio
cyclo-cross
USA - Georgia
Cross Series Championship, Chimborazo
Grand Prix cyclo-cross, Boulder
Cross Rd 6, New
Mexico State Cyclo-x Champs, Sorrento
Cyclo-x & California State Champ's, Boulder
Cross Rd 5, Verge
New England series, Northampton
CC Cyclo-cross Championships, Chris
Cross International CycloCross
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