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Laurent Jalabert has confirmed his participation in the GP Eddy Merckx paired time trial on Sunday, September 9. The Tour de France King of the Mountains said he will be there "unless my wife decides otherwise." Jalabert's fourth child is due on September 23.
He will ride with Danish TT specialist, Michael Sandstod. "Then Paris-Brussels and Fourmies are on my program. Via the three Italian one day classics I will go to Paris-Tours and the World Championships. I could have ridden another program, but I have in the meantime learned that Denmark and the Netherlands are not for me."
Wilco Zuijderwijk will be out of action for a few weeks after he fell in a criterium in Naaldwijk on Wednesday and broke his collarbone. Zuijderwijk, who is part of the national track team, will probably have an operation this week. It is now only a slight possibility that he can start in Antwerp on September 24 for the World Track Championships.
Fabien De Waele suffered a similar misfortune, after falling in stage 2 of the Ronde van Nederland. The unlucky Lotto rider who crashed out of the Tour de France in the prologue will have to take three weeks off.
He says he feared that he had done worse damage, but examination at the hospital revealed that he had 'only' broken his collarbone. He hopes to come back before the end of the season in order to ride the Japan Cup on October 28 in Utsunomiya, which he won three years ago.
The news is promising for the two injured members of Team Rona, Amy Jarvis and Geneviève Jeanson. Amy Jarvis was seriously injured in the Canadian Time-Trial Championships on July 25. She was riding at full speed when she hit a truck that was crossing the marked cycling lane. She was thrown at a speed of over 40 km/h, suffering deep lacerations to the muscles in her right thigh and partially severing the tendon of her quadriceps. The 27-year-old cyclist's leg was in a cast for three weeks, and in a splint for another three weeks.
Amy is now walking with crutches and has started a daily rehabilitation and physiotherapy program near her home in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga. She plans to go back to her job as a technical support representative for a major Information Technology company. She is determined to be ready for competition at the beginning of next season.
Geneviève Jeanson had to drop out of the Women's International Grand Prix when she couldn't start in the fourth stage, a time-trial held in Bedford, Quebec on August 25. She was feeling intense pain behind her right knee during her warm-up exercises. An examination indicated that she had tendinitis in her right semitendinous tendon, the muscle that flexes the leg toward the thigh - a rather useful movement in cycling.
Rest and physical treatment should put things right in short order so that Geneviève can get right back into intensive training. In the meantime, the athlete, who turned 20 yesterday, is continuing her training using exercises that don't involve the muscle affected by the inflammation.
Bart Voskamp will ride next year for Bankgiroloterij-Batavus, after the 33 year old came to an agreement with team manager Arend Scheppink, who said that he had to decide before the end of the Ronde van Nederland. BankGiroLoterij also announced that they are keeping Bert Hiemstra, Pieter Vries and Rik Reinerink, along with Corey Sweet, Jan van Velzen and Rudi Kemna.
Another rider that Scheppink is looking at is Rabobank's Gerben Löwik, who does not have a contract for next season.
Mapei domestique and lead out man Bart Leysen has not yet signed a new contract for next season, although he has a verbal assurance that he can stay. Team leader Eric Vanderaerden said that "He is a bit annoyed that Steels signed a contract for two years with the option for a third year, while he just got a work assurance for a season. The manager is keen for Bart to stay."
Vanderaerden added that stagiaires Stijn Devolder and/or Frederik Willems also effectively have pro contracts with Mapei.
Australian TV channel SBS has announced its audience figures for the 2001 Tour de France, which was broadcast for 30 minutes each night in addition to more extensive coverage of two stages which were screened live. This year's figures for audiences in the major capital cities (Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth) totalled more than 2.5 million viewers over the three weeks of the event (source: Oztam 2001).
This is SBS's biggest audience ever for a cycling event, confirming that cycling is now a mainstream event for Australian TV audiences, and that SBS is the recognised network for cycling.
SBS' Head of Sport, Les Murray commented that "SBS has persisted with the Tour de France for a decade and the cultivation of a new audience is now paying off. It is most encouraging as we look ahead to the Centenary Tour in 2003."
This year, the Tour had just two Australians participating: Brad McGee and Stuart O'Grady. However the success of each rider undoubtedly helped get more Australians interested in the race.
A highlights program devoted to this year's Tour De France will be screened on Sunday, October 21 at 1.30pm.
The fifth Dutch edition of the 'Ride for the Roses', the charity event thought up by Lance Armstrong, will take place on August 25, 2002 in Landgraaf. This town will be hosting the final stage of the Ronde van Nederland on Saturday, and is getting a higher profile as a cycling city.
The money raised from the 115/50/25 km charity ride will go towards the Dutch Cancer Institute/Koningin Wilhelmina Fonds. This past Sunday, the Dutch Ride for the Roses was held in Naaldwijk; with a total of 6000 starters it was considered a big success. In total NLG625,000 (US$260,000) were raised from the event. Included amongst the starters in the 115 km ride were former cycling stars Jan Janssen, Stephen Roche, Erik Breukink, Steven Rooks, Peter Post and speedskater Henk Angenent.
Next year's European track championships will be held in Büttgen (near Düsseldorf) in Germany, according to organisers Sportforums Kaarst-Büttgen. Büttgen was given the nod over Moscow and Valencia by the European Cycling Union (UCE). The dates have yet to be determined, but it is probable that the championships will be held mid-July.
By Tim Maloney, cyclingnews.com correspondent
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The new technical sponsor for the Italian Cycling Federation is...COLNAGO! Indeed, on all of the national teams jerseys for 2002 and 2003, the famous black club symbol of the casa di Cambiago will be featured as lead technical sponsor.
No treachery this; like everyone in the Italian bike industry, Colnago received the solicitation for technical sponsor that the FCI sends out annually and Ernesto decided that it would a good idea to put his name and logo on the "maglia azzurro" of the national team.
Sure, the riders can still use their own bikes, but Colnago, as official sponsor (to the estimated tune of $250,000) has the primo position on the front and side panels of the jersey.
Needless to say, Uncle Ernesto's competitors in the Italian bike industry are not too psyched about the turn of events, while Colnago may have just scored the publicity coup of the year.
Cyclingnews' coverage of Eurobike starts here, with the first highlights of the show. For those interested in what goes into a winning bike, check out our latest technical bulletin featuring US Criterium Champion Kirk O'Bee's Litespeed, with a Fi'zi:k saddle thrown in for good measure.
Tyler Hamilton recently signed a new deal with CSC-Tiscali, moving on from US Postal after spending his entire professional career to date with the US squad. In this exclusive interview, he looks back at seven years of good days, bad days and bus-surfing.
Major Races and Events
September 7-29, 2002: Vuelta
a España (GT) - Preview, stage list
May 11-June 2, 2002: Giro
d'Italia (GT) - Preview, stage list, photos
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
Results: local racing
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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