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Tomas Konecny (Domo, stage winner)
"I won this because I was fastest, but also because I got through the most dangerous part, the descent from Gallo."
Oscar Sevilla (Kelme, race leader)
The stage today was very dangerous. I won here as an amateur and when you know the country you know what to expect. Others tried too hard and that helped me. It's dangerous here even without the rain. Now I'm just thinking about recovering."
"It is necessary for me to conserve myself from day to day, and with the team I have it is safe to do that because they are doing great work."
"It was a fast and nervous day, but the important thing for me is that I had no problems and will be wearing the maillot de oro when we reach my home region of Albacete tomorrow."
José Luis Rubiera (US Postal, final break attempt)
"It was necessary to have a go. US Postal hasn't had a victory yet and we are still looking for one. It could have been today, but it was not to be. If you try there is no shame if you don't succeed. The important thing is to keep fighting, and that's what I'll do. A thousand metres is a long way and the peloton takes you when it wants to."
Angel Casero (Festina, 2nd GC)
"The obvious aim was to survive the day and to get over the climb without taking risks on the descent. If it had rained there would have been falls. I knew the pass and it is dangerous; it was necessary to be cautious. Oscar Sevilla did the same as me; held back without risking losing position."
"I spoke to Sevilla on the climb. We both want to win the Vuelta on the road and not by the other's misfortune. I have not held back at any moment, but to get into the drops made no sense. The climb was not going to decide anything, but the descent could have taken some of us out of the Vuelta."
At the end of a meeting Tuesday morning at the Mapei - Quick Stepteam HQ in Castellanza, Italy, Dmitriy Muravyev and Team Manager Alvaro Crespi, formalised Muravyev's passage into the pro ranks. The The 21 years old rider from Kazhakistan has signed to ride for Mapei for the next two seasons.
Muravyev, who has already collected 10 victories and some prestigious placings as an Under 23, said that he is very happy with the opportunity to start in a team which has a program in place to develop its young talents.
Muravyev, an all-rounder who is capable of showing well on all types of course, will close his experience among Under 23 by taking part in the World Championships in Lisbon, riding for his country in the road race and the time trial.
According to reports in the Netherlands, Australian Bradley McGee will not be joining Rabobank next year as announced a few weeks ago. Team manager Jan Raas is very disappointed: "We had an agreement with him, not on paper but we had his word. He let us know on Tuesday he shall stay with this team La Française des Jeux. But the future of FdJ isn't certain. Okay, it's over for us."
Roy Sentjes (Rabobank) has broken his collarbone and will not start in the France-Belge race. HIs replacement will be Vincent van der Kooij, a stagaire who has not been offered a pro contract with Rabobank.
After a counter-analysis test Marco Velo (Mercatone Uno) has been found to have been positive for lidocaine in the Italian national time trial championships in July. Velo faces a suspension of up to four years after previously falling foul of the anti-doping rules.
Protesting his innocence, Velo claimed not to have been officially notified of the positive test. He said he had ridden the time trial championships with an arm bandaged after a fall in the previous day's road race, and in the absence of his own doctor he had accepted a pain-killing injection from the race doctor.
Michele Bartoli's and Mapei's lawyers met Tuesday afternoon to plan a cancellation by mutual consent of their agreement, according to a release from Bartoli's camp. The release (quoted here unedited) goes on to say:
"Michele lawyer's position was very clear: Bartoli is completely disposed to cancel the agreement already since today, and to renounce his earnings for the next months."
"Michele asked only a condition in order to sort out peacefully the controversy: Mapei should sign a permission, and send it immediately to the competent sporting organs in order to give him the chance of changing team as soon as possible and partaking in the next races. Michele has also invited Mapei to allocate the great sum of money he would lose because of the cancellation of his agreement to one of the assistance fund of the family of the victims in the U.S.A attacks. Mapei's answer to this proposal is expected to come in next hours and would show us if the intentions they talked about yesterday in the press conference, are followed by facts."
The American Road Team was today announced for 2001 UCI World Road Cycling Championships. The championships will take place in Lisbon, Portugal from October 9 - 14.
The Men's team is headed by four-time worlds team member and 2001 USPRO champion Fred Rodriguez (Emeryville, Calif.). Rodriguez recently finished second in the Grand Prix de Fourmies in France 2001. Tour de France competitor Jonathan Vaughters (Denver, Colo.) also scored a spot on the men's team.
The Women's team includes Mari Holden (Colorado Springs, Colo.), as she attempts to defend her 2000 world title in the women's individual time trial. Joining Holden is Kimberly Bruckner (Boulder, Colo.), who won national titles in the time trial and road race in 2001 USCF Elite National Road Cycling Championships. Bruckner, who's in her third year of professional racing, scored wins at Australia's Tour de Snowy and the Tour de Suisse Feminine this year.
2001 U.S. World Road Cycling Championship Team
Elite Men Antonio Cruz, Long Beach, Calif. (road race) Damon Kluck, Scotts Valley, Calif. (road race) Levi Leipheimer, Santa Rosa, Calif. (time trial and road race) Chann McRae, Austin, Texas (road race) Fred Rodriguez, Emeryville, Calif. (road race) Jonathan Vaughters, Denver (time trial and road race) Elite Women Katrina Berger, Canyon Country, Calif. (road race) Kimberly Bruckner, Boulder, Colo. (time trial and road race) Mari Holden, Colorado Springs, Colo. (time trial and road race) Amber Neben, Irvine, Calif. (road race) Kim Smith, Colorado Springs, Colo. (road race) Lara Ruthven, Austin, Texas (road race) Under 23 Men Michael Creed, Colorado Springs, Colo. (time trial and road race) Walker Ferguson, Norwood, Colo. (road race) Patrick McCarty, Allen, Texas (road race) Danny Pate, Colorado Springs, Colo. (time trial and road race) Junior Men Nieko Biskner, Santa Barbara, Calif. (road race) Blake Caldwell, Boulder, Colo. (time trial and road race) Tyler Farrar, Wenatchee, Wash. (time trial and road race) Dane Jankowiak, Huntington Beach, Calif. (road race) Saul Raisin, Dalton, Ga. (road race) Junior Women Lauren Franges, Barto, Pa. (road race) Sarah Hammer, Temecula, Calif. (time trial and road race) Magen Long, Oklahoma City (time trial and road race)
Hungary has announced its team for the world championships in Lisbon next month. They are:
Men's Road Race:
Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei-Quick Step) Csaba Szekeres (Selle Italia-Pacific) Men's Time Trial Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei-Quick Step) Peter Legradi (Cornix-Invest Pecs) Under 23 RR David Arato (GS Fausto Coppi Gazzera) Gergely Zsombok (Mapei-Kanizsa KK) Tamas Lengyel (FTC-Colombina) Zoltan Madaras (FTC-Colombina) Benedek Voros (Mapei-Kanizsa KK) Under 23 TT Zoltan Csomor (Cornix-Invest Pecs) Zoltan Madaras (FTC-Colombina) Junior Men RR & TT Marton Szollar (Tamasi-Koppany) Laszlo Bodrogi (Mapei-Quick Step) Csaba Szekeres (Selle Italia-Pacific)
With the World Track championships beginning on Wednesday in Antwerp, the French team hope the success of cycling coach Daniel Morelon rubs off on the team. Morelon was world champion seven times in the 1960s and in the last decade has developed a whole generation of champion sprinters such as Florien Rousseau, Laurent Gane and Arnaud Tournant. The three riders won the Olympic sprint title in Sydney as well as the world title in Manchester last year. Rousseau has been world sprint champion three times, while Tournant has been world kilometre champion since 1998.
2001 hasn't been a great year for Rousseau who has been troubled by the erosion of his knee cartilage.
France have been the top nation on the track since the 1996,Atlanta Olympics, however they will be hotly contested in the championships by Germany. Big things are expected from German sprinters Jens Fielder and Eyk Pokorny while the German pursuit riders Jens Lehmann and Roberto Bartko will seek to repeat their successes of 2000 when they won the individual and team pursuit titles in Sydney.
Men's Sprint Laurent Gané Florian Rousseau Arnaud Tournant Men's Pursuit Team Laurent Gané Florian Rousseau Arnaud Tournant Men's Keirin Laurent Gané Florian Rousseau Men's Kilomètre Arnaud Dublé Hervé Gané Hervé Thuet Arnaud Tournant Men's Individual Pursuit Jérôme Neuville Men's Team Pursuit Cyril Bos Jérôme Neuville Franck Perque Damien Pommereau (reserve Fabien Merciris) Men's Points Race Robert Sassone Men's Madision Jérôme Neuville Robert Sassone
Women's Sprints
Magali Humbert Céline Nivert
Women's 500 m
Magali Humbert
Women's Points race
Juliette Vandekerckove
The Verge New England Championship Cyclo-Cross Series kicks off in Auburn, Maine on Sunday, September 30, 2001. The series of events has more than $20,000 in prize money, seven rounds in four states and three internationally sanctioned events.
Riders anticipated to compete in the series include defending U.S. national champion Tim Johnson, German champion Tobias Nestle and Canadian champion Peter Wedge. Theyíll be challenged by last yearís series winner, Mark McCormack, his brother Frank McCormack, and top West Coast cross rider Marc Gullickson.
On the womenís side, Carmen Richardson will be face a tough battle to reclaim her title with likely challenges from U.S. masters national champion Emily Thorne, Canadian national champion Shauna Giles-Smith, former junior champion Alicia Genest, Katrina Davis and Kathryn Kothe.
For further information about the Verge cyclo-cross series see www.necyclocross.com
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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