October 2001

September 26-October 27

Vuelta a Venezuela - Venezuela 2.5

October 1

News - Vuelta: Post-stage comments, Jimenez: Points and mountains champion, What's next for Casero?, Tim Jones seriously injured, Rousseau injured, Danish World's squad, Team Coast getting crowded at the top, Riis aims at 25

October 2

News - UCI rankings post-Vuelta, Houwelingen critical of Vuelta result, Italian, Belgian, Dutch World's teams, Jalabert out of French team, No World's RR for Van Moorsel, Museeuw to Mapei?, Mercury suspended by the UCI, Farm Frites-Hartol 2002, 3rd Giro della Provincia di Lucca, Mapei to Lucca, 35th Subida al Naranco, Publi Tour Midi-Pyrénées cancelled, Butler and Taylor's End-to-End records

October 2-4

GP CTT Correios de Portugal - Portugal 2.4

October 2-5

Giro della Provincia di Lucca - Italy 2.3

October 3

News - Lefevere reacts to Museeuw news, Specialized says 'arrivaderci', Swiss & Irish World's teams, Davidenko suspended, Baden Cooke signs for FdJ, Vannoppen to Collstrop-Palmans, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago to partner with Mapei, Van Melis to Vlaanderen, Grimberg and Melchers to FFH, New Spanish pro team, Experts appointed in Conconi trial, LC-CA gets National Lottery funding

October 4

News - Zabel aims for Paris-Tours, 51st Paris-Bourges, Francaise des Jeux survives, Lotto angry at José De Cauwer, Koerts to Domo-Farm Frites, Full Dynamix says no to Martinez, Two Aussies sign contracts, Colombian and Dutch junior World's teams, Comment on the Irish World's selection, champions to ride in benefit event

October 4

Paris-Bourges - France 1.3

October 5

News - US Postal happy with Vuelta, Will Zabel race for the World Cup?, French, Australian and Polish teams for the World's, Camenzind, Dufaux out of Swiss team, Capiot wants Bankgiroloterij in Division I, Vervecken to race SuperCup opener, Australian Criterium Championships in Brisbane, 89th Goulburn to Camden Cancelled

October 6

News - Ullrich notified by Italian court, Van Houwelingen speaks, German & Austrian teams for the World's, Heulot will go to Lisbon, Casero wants to sign soon, Kupfernagel to Nürnberger, Erik Lievens to Landbouwkrediet, Saeco signs Martinelli, 2002 French championships in Briançon, Sassone puts off operation, World HPV Speed Challenge, Mapei for upcoming races

October 6

Subida al Naranco - Spain 1.4

Piccolo Giro di Lombardia - classe 6 - Italy 1.6

October 6-14

Tour International du Golan - Syria 2.6

October 7

News - Durand looking to Paris-Tours, Ballerini happy with his boys, Spanish & Australian women's team for the World's, Millward's bike stolen, French cyclists to Bolivia, Capiot ready to leave Bankgiroloterij, Virenque's future: Domo likely, Hincapie at Michelin Cycling Classic

Results - Australia - CycleWest series rnd 2, Parramatta Open, Southern Districts CC, Caesar's Illawarra CC, Murwillumbah Amateur Cycle Club, Warragul - Mt Baw Baw Race, Randwick Botany CC, Ireland - TQ Ladies International Two-Day, Italy - Calvatone Criterium, UK - Surrey League TT #7, USA - Hickory Run MAC Rd 1 Cyclo-cross, River City Cycloross Rnd 1, Nebraska Cyclo-cross, USA - Jamestown Classic

October 7

Paris - Tours - France CDM

Paris-Tours "Espoirs" - France 1.7.1

Giro del Mendrisiotto - Switzerland 1.5

GP Wieler Revue - Netherlands 1.5

Memorial Manuel Galera - Spain 1.4

Hornsby-Swansea Classic - Australia NE

October 8

News - Paris-Tours: post-race comments, Leipheimer talking to other teams, Wiggins to ride a Sigma bike, Japan Cup update, Checking In and Checking Out, Todd Wells joins Gully, Hawaii Ironman Results, USAC criteria for Cyclocross World's

October 8-13

World Masters Track Championships - Great Britain CMM

October 9

News - Virenque now a favourite, Ullrich aims high, Igor Gonzalez out, Eladio Jimenez in, Museeuw to decide on Tuesday, Tchmil to retire at the end of May, 2002, Lotto-De Post sponsorship?, World Records - track and HPV

October 9-14

Champ. du Monde / World Championships - Portugal CM

October 10

News - Museeuw stays with Domo, Casero interested in Kelme, Track world record attempts put off, Gli Azzurri: Lunghi and Donati named as reserves, Verona awarded World's 2004, More World Championships news, Lotto-Adecco to start in Spain, Alternatives to EPO, Vanlandschoot leaves hospital, St Quentin-Oktos: 8th French pro team in 2002, USA Cycling election update, 2002 British Cycling calendar, ECV Cyclo-Cross

October 11

News - World Records fall in Bolivia, Elite Men's TT: Pre-race comments, Somarriba in hospital, Sunderland to miss road race, Simoni not going to Cantina Tollo, Lotto full for 2002, Aug to ride with De Nardi, Mottet resigns from TdF, Vuelta leader's jersey will be white, Livermore Leaves Volvo/Cannondale, Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-Cross Series

October 12

News - Bettini: No rivalry with Bartoli, Popovych Pressure in U23 World's, Buffet congratulates Longo, Mattan involved in bizarre crash, Drug tests on 34 riders, Last chance for Italians in 2001, Tournant to go for 200m, Leipheimer to Rabobank, Gilmore signs for Mapei-Quick Step, Arnell under suspicion, Verbruggen re-elected president of the UCI, GP d'Europa cancelled, USAC election: Proposition A wins, SuperCup: Johnson, McCormack brace for Vervecken

October 13

News - Nicole Cooke: Multi-talented World Champ, Stahurskaia will not defend her title, 37 more doping controls, Alpe d'Huez out of Tour de France 2002, Gané returns home, Transfer news I: Leipheimer, USPS, Simoni, Transfer News II: Casino In Casa?, Sevilla sought; Casero stalling, Hushovd signs new contract with Credit Agricole, Collstrop-Palmans go with Vansevenant, Roesems and Van Dijck, Cappellotto to Bik-Toscany, GP Erik Breukink, MTB World Cup update, Verbruggen names his board, Brian Lopes, Alison Dunlap awarded by USOC in September

Results - Argentina - 8th Gran Premio Campagnolo, Australia - Caesar's Illawarra CC, Five Dock Criterium Open, Randwick Botany CC, Australia (Track) - Cyclewest Point Score Series - rnd 3, Australia (Track) - Gold Coast track, Australia (MTB) - Mont 24 Hour Challenge, Bolivia - 1st Integracion Amazonica , Italy - 20th Trofeo Parmeggiani, Memorial Consigli - Basilicagoiano, Mexico - Clásica Jorge Chávez, New Zealand - Commercial Hotel Te Awamutu Open , Spain - Critèrium Ciutat de Terrassa, Puerto Rico - Puerto Rican Time Trial Championships, Panama - 9th Vuelta a Panama, UK - RTTC Rudy Project Series, Surrey League Staplefields & Cutmill, UK - London C-CA Dover, USA - Michelin Classic, USA - Central Coast Cyclo-cross - Race 1, Des Moines DoubleX, Woodland Park Cyclocross, River City X rnd 2, Olympia Metro X Race, Mid-Atlantic Cyclo-cross Cup #2, Nebraska Cyclo-cross Series Race #2

October 13

Melbourne - Warrnambool - Australia 1.5

October 14

News - Elite Men's road race preview, The Parcours, The Players, Jan the man throws down the gauntlet, more quotes, World Championships data, More controls, Mercury manoeuvres on UCI radar, Zijlaard-Van Moorsel in Beach Classic, Odessa files: Levi's genes

October 15

News - Elite Men's Road Race, post race comments, Elite Women's post race comments, Priska Doppmann decides to move, Interbike report: Part I of an Epic, UCI calendar 2002, O'Grady on Roy and H.G., 39th Snowy Wilson Memorial Criterium, Cyclo-cross for Hepatitis C

October 15-28

Tour du Sénégal - Senegal 2.5

October 16

News - Oscar Freire: Sadness mixed with triumph, Italy vs. Spain, Hauptman moves upwards and onwards, UCI rankings post-World's, Germany wants 2007 World's, World Masters MTB in Bromont through 2006, Interbike Part II, Interview with Danny Pate, 6 months for Simeoni, Caruso to ONCE, Mapei notch up 47 wins, Australian National Road Series rankings, Shay Elliot: Ireland's first UCI race, Mid-Atlantic Championship Cyclo-Cross, Cheltenham hosts National Trophy Opener

October 16

Nationale Sluitingprijs - Putte-Kapellen - Belgium 1.4

October 17

News - Dekker virtual World Cup champion, Zabel is the rider with the mostest, USPS investigation could run into 2002; team builds up, Casero: no Kelme yet, Leukemans to Collstrop, 86th Milano-Torino, Successor to Nissan Classic, Telekom for Lombardia, Mapei for upcoming races, Lotto to Japan-Cup, Wiggins donates award, Top five Aussie cyclists in Noosa

October 17

Milano-Torino - Italy 1.1

October 17-20

Perlis Open - Malaysia 2.5

October 18

News - Dirt riders rock the road, Liese to go for the hour, Krivstov sets French regional hour record, Jimenez finishes his season, Changes to UCI teams next year, Vuelta España back to Jaén in 2002, Boogerd to fire starting gun in Scheveningen, NetZero: riders will get paid, Tatonka Urban Polaris

October 18

Giro del Piemonte - Italy 1.1

October 18-28

Herald Sun Tour - Australia 2.4

October 19

News - Freire: Forgetful Wildcat or Speedy Space-Case?, FCI may launch team tactics investigation, Castellano excludes the peloton, Ekimov interview, Glenn Magnusson quits, De los Angeles and Lunghi stay, Caruso to meet future teammates, Priem has to wait longer, Klasna, Hincapie in Pro Cycling Tour grand finale, Robin Morton to step down, Interbike Part III: Hitting the dirt, Save Herne Hill

October 20

News - UCI respond to Buffet, Mapei to Lombardia, Domo hopes to sign Virenque next Thursday, Stahurskaia suspended for 4 months, 20th Chrono des Herbiers, Superprestige season kicks off in Belgium, Gorka Beloki signs with ONCE, Merckx-Fortis riders free to go, Jean Delatour to partner with amateur club, 2001 Nebraska Cyclo-cross continues

October 20

Giro di Lombardia - Italy CDM

October 20-November 1

Vuelta a Guatemala - Guatemala 2.6

October 21

News - Giro di Lombardia: Post Race comments, Conclusion of the World Cup 2001, Dekker bio, World Cup winners, Liese fails in Hour Record, Freire to ride Escalada a Montjuic, iBanesto.com to reduce, Riding to support Red Cross, Wicklow 200 to go pro?, Max Sciandri's re-launched web-site

Results - Australia - Snowy Wilson Memorial Criterium, Murwillumbah Amateur Cycle Club, Gold Coast CATS CC Criterium, Australia - Gold Coast Goldstars track, Australia - Australian MTB Round 4, Bolivia - 4th Doble Achacachi, Cuba - Copa de la Solidaridad, Denmark - Post Cup Cyclo Cross #1, Italy - 32nd Trofeo Sportivi di Magnago, 55th Milano-Bologna, Luxembourg - GP Bausparkasse Wüstenrot, GP Assurances Baloise, Mexico - 21st Carrera Ciclista Internacional del la Amistad, UK - Surrey League, USA - Surf City Cyclocross Series #2, Seattle Cyclocross round 5, Crash Corrigan X Classic, Kansas City Cyclocross, Nebraska Cyclo-cross #3, River City X Crusade, Gear Works Cyclocross Race,

October 21

Chrono des Herbiers - France 1.3/1.9.2

Escalada a Montjuich - Spain 1.S

October 22

News - Tour de France 2002 selection, Casero to Italy?, Peeters finishes his career with a win, Laurent Dufaux retires, Tour de Langkawi not in Langkawi, More Lombardia photos

October 22-31

Jelajah Malaysia - Malaysia 2.6

October 23

News - UCI Rankings after Giro di Lombardia, Fassa Bortolo gets Gontchar, Montgomery and Faresin, Gilberto Simoni joins Saeco, Rasmussen signs for CSC Tiscali, Dekker donates his World Cup jersey, Liquigas stops, Pantani to appeal tomorrow, US Pro Cycling Tour - final rankings, Amherst Cyclo-cross

October 24

News - Michele Ferrari interview: Lance calls me from his bike, Pantani wins appeal against sports fraud, Tour de France 2002: more details, Hyundai leaving CSC, Eriksen neo-pro with CSC, Skibby boys in third, Damon Phinney passes away, 8 months for driver who killed child in TdF 2000, Mid-Atlantic Championship 'cross round 5, Anthony Rappo Memorial

October 25

News - Today is Tour Day, Pantani talks about the future, Desperate French Riders, Minimum Salary For The Pros, New Pro team in Switzerland, Tour of Sweden Upgraded, 2nd Annual Mission to Mission "Wheels for Meals", Napa Valley Marathon Set For Year No. 24

October 26

News -Tour de France full preview, Tour de France 2002 reactions, Virenque stays with Domo, Wacker a 'disgrace', 99 per cent Fakta for Rolf Sørensen, BankGiroLoterij will stay as small team, Giro investigations continue, Ng gets a grant, Japan Cup 2001, Alison Dunlap to sign posters at VeloSwap

October 27

News - No drugs so far in USPS investigation, Ferrari interview continues, Leipheimer signs for Rabobank, Rumsas to Lampre, Bianchi to sponsor Team Coast, Tour 2002: Gerolsteiner wants a piece of the pie, Three more for Cofidis, Francaise des Jeux gets six, Barthe renews for USPS, Trampusch signs for Mapei, NetZero riders paid, Kirsty Robb to Farm Frites-Hartol, Final NRC standings, Australian Criterium Championships

October 27

Firenze - Pistoa - Italy NE

October 28

News - Evans team leader in Japan, Tour of Bright Australia, Records broken in Bordeaux, Strong anti-drugs stand made in Turkey, Just where will Casero go?, And then there was one...., Freire gets the keys to the city, Arnaud Tournant and Céline Nivert win 10th Grand Prix de L'Humanité

Results - Saeco Press Trophy, Argentina - 63rd Rosario-Santa Fe, Australia - Carnegie Caulfield Twilight Criterium Eastern Suburbs CC Handicap, Gold Coast CATS, Randwick Botany CC, Caesar's Illawarra Cycle Club, Murwillumbah Amateur Cycle Club, Waratah Veterans Southern Hemisphere RR + Criterium, Australia (MTB) - Canberra Off Road Cyclists Winter XC Series, Mitta Mitta to Mount Beauty MTBA, Cuba - Panamerican Masters Championships, Italy - Coppa d'Inverno-26th GP Pollo Brianzolo, Uruguay - Uruguayan Championship, round #3, UK - Kinesis/Mosquito Bikes LC-CA Round 6, Lee Valley Cyclo-cross, Hempton Cyclo-cross, USA - Belly Cyclocross 2001, River City Cross Crusade, oss Cross, Nebraska Cyclo-cross Series, USA - Ride With the Devil MTB

October 28

Japan Cup - Japan 1.3

Brazilian women's national championships - Brazil CN

Criterium de la ACP - Spain NE

October 29

News - Wins in 2001, Italian police raid FCI offices, Merckx paid for Virenque, Wicklow 200 stays with Irish Vets, Marco Polo CC in Burkina Faso, Trade show report: Bicycling Australia Show

October 30

News - Giro announcement on November 17, Valkenburg may host Tour stage in 2004, Ernesto meets the lads from Vellutex, New investigation into doping in French amateurs, Lotto-Adecco for 2002, Domo may get sponsorship from Qatar, Vlaanderen-T-Interim for 2002, Teutenberg signs for Phonak, Journalist's race at Gaggio Montano

October 31

News - UCI Cyclo-cross rankings, Grand Tours to be shortened to two weeks?, Jamie Burrow to Amore e Vita, Meijs may return to amateur ranks, Matt Stephens signs two contracts, La Transocéane 2002, Marco Polo make it to Burkina Faso..., Noosa International Criterium, Chris Thater Memorial awarded

Results - Australia (Track) - CycleWest Promotions October Point Score Series

October 31-November 11

Tour du Faso - Burkina Faso 2.5

UCI Abbreviations: 

Cat 1.* = One Day Event

Cat 2.* = Multi-stage Event

Cat. *.9.* = Women's Event

Cat *.7.* = Espoir (U23) Event

HC = Hors Categorie (above category

CM = World Championships

GT = Grand Tour 

CDM = World Cup Event

CC = Continental Championships 

JR = Regional Games

NE = National Event (no UCI points) - usually a Belgian Kermesse Race

TR = Track Event