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The UCI
have rejected a request from the organizers of the 2006 Salzburg World
Championship road race to shorten the event distance from 265 to 220km. The organizers felt the reduction would
make for a more exciting race. In a
letter to the race management, the UCI said that the World Championships are
"one of the biggest events on the international calendar. Like Milano-San Remo,
the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, Liége-Bastogne-Liége, Paris-Tours and the
Giro di Lombardia, the World's live on the myth which is created by a distance
of 250 to "[The
Madrid World's] were exciting from the very beginning until the end, raced fast
with average speeds of Following
his win in the recent Paris-Nice stage race, Floyd Landis has been labeled, by
his team mate Axel Merckx, as a possible future winner of the Tour de
France. "Floyd
can win the Tour," he told Belgian newspaper HLN. "He's surprising everyone. Never
thought that he already would be this good this early," "Floyd is
really blooming now he's reached thirty. He's got all the qualities [to win the
Tour}: he's a strong time-triallist, a decent climber and he's not afraid. You
can build your house on him. But let him start with Paris-Nice," Merckx added.
Following
his extended trip to Pevenage
reflected that, "the snow chaos is Readers…why
not discuss the Ullrich news in our reader
forums? According
to the Associated Press, Lance
Armstrong’s Lawyer, Enrico Nan, has asked an Italian court to drop the
litigation case brought about by Filippo Simeoni following comments made by the
American in the Le Monde
newspaper. Armstrong called Simeoni
a liar following his testimony in the investigation surrounding Italian sports
doctor, Michele Ferrari, in 2003. On March
7th, Nan argued the case should be dropped "because a foreigner
should not be held responsible in
New
“Manolo
is incredible. He takes care of
everything in this team: the rider's programme, the choice of handlebar tape and
organizing each rider's traveling. He doesn't delegate anything."
Vinokourov
went on to explain that he and his fellow Kazakh riders, which he took to the
team with him, he integrated well with the other riders. "I think the Kazakh clan has been
accepted; it is now part of the team. It's normal, we were the new ones. We
responded to them in our own way: with vodka and caviar which we brought from
Finally
this week, if you’ve ever dreamt of riding through the Italian hills with one of
the leading riders in the world, you have your chance this summer. Australian, Oenone Wood, the number one
ranked rider in women’s professional cycling, will be the guest of honor during
a 10 day fall cycling tour to Until
next week Ian 
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