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Monday, August 1
First Edition Cycling News - 10th HEW-Cyclassics-Cup wrap-up, Gusev good in Hamburg, Fractured hand for Petacchi, Zabel separates from T-Mobile, Crocodile Trophy rider dies in MTB enduro, Armstrong vs. Times libel case set for November, Kate Nichols safely back home, Bobby and Jens do the double, Stay Scottish and British, says Hoy
Latest Cycling News - UCI & Grand Tour organisers move closer to accord, Zabel Petacchi's teammate soon?, Petacchi still to Eneco Tour, Lequatre out for a while, Beltrán run over by motorcycle, Rabobank youngsters move up, Konyshev set for another year, US Junior rider badly injured
Tuesday, August 2
First Edition Cycling News - Petacchi okay, Kroon to leave, Tour of Hungary, Zabel heads T-Mobile, Gerolsteiner & Illes Balears for Benelux, Konecny comeback, Spiuk for Portugal, Portal to Illes Balears, Lehmann retires, Stagiaires for Gerolsteiner, New look for Herald-Sun Tour, Las Vegas cyclist dies after hit & run, Tour of Peak needs marshals
Latest Cycling News - August race preview, Will Gerrans get his chance?, Quick.Step for upcoming races, Liquigas for upcoming races, Lampre & Gerolsteiner for Eneco Tour
Wednesday, August 3
First Edition Cycling News - Eneco Tour of the Benelux, EPO test called into question, Lefevere wants Simoni, Garate to Quick Step, ProTour rankings, Liquigas-Bianchi, Bert Story-Piels stops, TIAA-CREF aims to Avenir, Navigators to Britain, Tour of Gippsland, Australian club nationals
Latest Cycling News - The Legend of Lance: an Armstrong retrospective, Beltran OK for Vuelta, La Grande Route de France Feminine cancelled, Rhodes and Yaxley out of intensive care, Klostergaard stagiaire with CSC, Lampre-Caffita ready for Volta a Portugal, Fassa Bortolo for Lazio and Camaiore, Tokyo Joe's on the up
Thursday, August 4
First Edition Cycling News - Simoni leaves Lampre, Hamilton hearing on Sept. 6, Klöden still out, Gerolsteiner to Deutschland Tour, Lampre to GP Città di Camaiore, FDJ signs Joly, Mutsaars and Wielinga looking, Italian Junior rider dies, Bear Mountain race returns to New York, Illinois Championships return to Winfield, Corporate Challenge at Lehigh Valley Velodrome
MTB news & racing round-up - Rocky Mountaineers take on the Alps, European Championships, Chris Eatough’s Trek Top Fuel 110, Greg Minnaar, Wilderness 101, August preview, US world's nominations, 2005 US 'cross nationals, Crocodile Trophy rider dies, Bakker positive, Masters World's, TransRockies, Infineon Cougar Mountain, New Arrivals, Specialized
Latest Cycling News - Basso surprises, Ludewig to T-Mobile, Discovery Team update, Next on the hit-list for Ullrich, Mr. Bookmaker interested in Bortolami, USA Cycling hands down suspensions for bad conduct
Friday, August 5
First Edition Cycling News - CSC: Training instead of the Tour, Team LPR signs Dario Pieri, Barloworld heading to Portugal, Palmero to kick off 2007 Giro?, Tour of Britain's fifth stage announced, Irish weekend preview, Racing returns to Forest City velodrome
Latest Cycling News - Pre-Vuelta tester in Burgos, August in North America means criteriums galore, Velo wants to follow Tosatto, Lombardi to manage Basso, Bayley to ride Sydney Thousand, Olympia's Tour to Surhuisterveen
Saturday, August 6
First Edition Cycling News - Fignon rings alarm bells, Moreno aims for presidency role, Eneco Tour: Petacchi abandons, Hulsmans breaks rib, Di Luca out for more points, Quick.Step to Tour de l'Ain, Liberty and Saunier for Spanish races, Engoulvent to CA, Cross Country Fireworks and a Marathon Showdown
Sunday, August 7
First Edition Cycling News - Mancebo to Ag2r, Kroon to Gerolsteiner?, CSC signs Frost as new DS and more, IAAF calls for tougher bans, An interview with Ivan Stevic, The Barrys a family
Monday, August 8
First Edition Cycling News - ProTour continues..., Farcical circumstances in Stage 4 of Eneco Tour, Redant not happy, Bart Dockx reacts, Mixed fortunes for Team Cyclingnews in Hungary
Regional Cycling News - Thrills and spills in Bank of America Invitational, An interview with Karl Menzies, Riders to Due Giorni Marchigiana, USA announces complete MTB World's team, More support for Gillett-Safe Cycling Foundation, Mactier to take on the men, South African team to compete in UK
Latest Cycling News - Dekker the Younger going for top five, Rebellin and Montgomery out, Sore neck for VDB, Peña "happy to be back", Deignan happy with debut season, Moerenhout to Phonak, Ten Dam to MrBookmaker
Tuesday, August 9
First Edition Cycling News - Valverde may miss Vuelta, Pichon retires, T-mobile for Regio Tour, Newport women's World Cup, Lampre-Caffita, Discovery Channel, More Tour of Britain teams, Den Bakker to Shimano?, Surrey League five-day
Latest Cycling News - Gina Grain on the mend, Davitamon-Lotto for San Sebastian, Hayman extends for two years, Wrolich for another three years, Aggiano continues with LPR, Löwik stops (as sponsor), Teams for San Francisco Grand Prix, Ride for Life even bigger in 2005
Wednesday, August 10
First Edition Cycling News - Triathlete cleared for EPO false positive, Freire out, T-Mobile warms up, Armstrong reappointed, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Gerolsteiner, Gonzalez to Relax, DFL for Britain, LAJORS to Chicago, Lurgan crit, Australian MTB Epic
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 1 - TransRockies exciting first stages, Brian Head NORBA Wrap Up, Trebon injured, Global MTB racing roundup, Bishop wins Double Assault on Mount Mitchell, Australian & USA World's teams, Congress backs take a kid mountain biking, Transportation bill promises more trails
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 2 - Pro bikes: Cameron Chambers’ Two Niners, Keith Bontrager diary, Niki Gudex diary, Jeep KOM finale, Australian MTB Epic
Latest Cycling News - Kroon to CSC, Schmitz says he's OK, Stage 5 changed in Tour of Portugal, Popovych married, Injured Tour de Toona rider staying positive, US Elite Track National's in LA, German long team named for World's
Thursday, August 11
First Edition Cycling News - An interview with Sylvia Schenk, Divorce, Italian style, T-Mobile and Fassa Bortolo announce San Sebastian rosters, Two Spaniards for Discovery, Naibo to Ag2r, Scotland team announced for Tour of Britain
Latest Cycling News - McQuaid replies to allegations, Valverde probably to miss Vuelta, The Dekkers finish second and fourth, Brown vows to return, Schumacher waiting, Ag2r a ProTeam in 2006?, Barclays sponsor SFGP, Lampre-Caffita for Clasica San Sebastian, Davitamon-Lotto for Deutschland Tour, Mertens to Davitamon-Lotto
Friday, August 12
First Edition Cycling News - Julich into fourth on ProTour rankings, Quick.Step and Illes Balears to San Sebastian, Guerini a dad, Women's Prestige Series names teams for Bermuda GP, Irish hopes in Junior World's, Gough gets UCI scholarship, Richard Sachs/CYBC, Team Time Trial in Iowa
Regional Cycling News - Australian champ making the best of it at home, Australian juniors finish with two golds, Kate Nichols at Ride for Life, Australian AWD team for EPC European Championships
Latest Cycling News - Sparkling lineup for Clasica San Sebastian, Moment of truth in San Sebastian for Switzerland, Strong T-Mobile team for Deutschland Tour, Van Dijk extends, Muraglia renews with LPR, Track figures up
Saturday, August 13
First Edition Cycling News - 2006 World's at the end of August?, Liberty for Vuelta, French team for Madrid, AG2R to Italy, Gerolsteiner and Illes Balears in Deutschland Tour, Mr.Bookmaker and Barloworld for the Tour of Britain, Sacchi joins Petacchi, Lequatre home again, Hope on Wheels against breast cancer
Sunday, August 14
First Edition Cycling News - Julich not aiming for ProTour title, No major changes to ProTour rankings after San Sebastian, Horner to Davitamon-Lotto, Ullrich wants home race victory, Lampre for Deutschland Tour, Rujano to Quick.Step after Giro 2006, One dead at Costa Rica's Vuelta Juventud, Yaxley and Rhodes continue to make progress, Television audience for Eneco Tour tripled, More blood controls
Monday, August 15
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour starts tomorrow, Menchov feeling ready for Vuelta, Savoldelli faces surgery, Liquigas lines up in Germany and 'Triptych', Team LPR in Italy, Marchante stays with Saunier, Cyclist dies in hit-and-run accident
Latest Cycling News - Armstrong to ride with Bush, Two year deal for Julich, Vierhouten looking, Cyclist dies in Norwegian Marathon MTB Championships, Comunidad Valenciana for the Vuelta, T-Mobile set for Tour of Britain, World records fall at EPC European Championships, New climbing record, Celestino a dad, Vaude Highland Fling
Tuesday, August 16
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 1, Arvesen out, Kiwis invade Tasmania, Van de Walle to Quick Step, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, Lampre-Caffita, Selle Italia - Colombia, Giro prize money paid, Mayo Wheelers raise funds, Rider killed in PA
Latest Cycling News - Simoni doubtful for Vuelta, CSC for the Vuelta, Voigt until 2007, More contract news, Moncoutié favourite in Limousin, Jayco Tour of Tasmania, Friends rally around 'Toona rider Sarah Scott, Alan Factory Team
Wednesday, August 17
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 2 wrap, Women's World Cup for Sweden, An interview with Philip Deignan, World's team numbers, Lampre-Caffita, Cougar Mountain Classic, SoCal Cyclocross 2005, Irish track championships, Bikes for tsunami victims
Latest Cycling News - Phonak for the Vuelta, 2006 Giro prize money up again, Darshan Singh protests against UCI elections, Molteni team director passes away, RAGT riders looking out for new teams, Cyclist dies in Texas, Italians to feature in Newport Nocturne
Cycling News Flash - Guidi positive
Thursday, August 18
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 3 wrap, Tour de France antidoping controls all negative, Transfer news, Glasgow Grand Prix opens Tour of Britain, Spiuk finishes 2005 season in Spain, Ride with Jittery Joe's-Kalahari, Track cycling for all ages at Lehigh Valley Velodrome
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 1 - An interview with Ned Overend, Australian team hits Colorado, Nor-Cal High School Mountain Bike League, IMBA to present at Australian Bike Show, Armstrong to ride with Bush, Death in Norwegian Marathon Champ's, TransHimalayas, Vaude Highland Fling, Final Australian World’s team
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 2 - TransRockies Challenge wrap-up, Marathon World's preview, Falun World Cup Marathon wrap up, Jeep KOM, Global MTB racing round-up
Latest Cycling News - Lelangue not amused, Strong line-up for Plouay, Dutch World's team takes shape, Quick.Step to Tour de Rijke, Two riders for Ceramica Flaminia, Rhodes and Yaxley bound for home, Reward offered for hit-and-run death, Greenville celebrates George Hincapie Day
Friday, August 19
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 4 wrap, Liquigas for Veneto, Hammond in Tour of Britain, Bäckstedt in Surrey League 5 Day, Skil Moser to Tour de Rijke, British trackies on top at IPC European Championships, Final round of CI Classic League
Latest Cycling News - Van Huffel rates the Rettenbachferner, Cunego leads Lampre in Veneto, Fast Times at Criterium Nationals, An interview with Susanne Ljungskog, Dajka on assault charge in South Australia, Piil extends with CSC, Fantasy Vuelta is go!
Saturday, August 20
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 5 wrap, Voigt attacks...Barredo, Boonen's last test, Valverde to ride Clásica de los Puertos, Back to racing for the women in Wales, Nobili Rubinetterie on two fronts, Downhill and 4-Cross World Cup this weekend, Blaudzun for two more
Sunday, August 21
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 6 wrap, GP of Wales World Cup wrap, Hamilton racing again, Erik Dekker breaks collarbone, Vaitkus in training crash, More Vuelta teams, An interview with Ina-Yoko Teutenberg, Transfer news, MrBookmaker.com becomes Unibet
Monday, August 22
First Edition Cycling News - Evans reigns on top of the Feldberg, Ullrich dreams of yellow, Boonen OK, Farrar finalises Cofidis deal, Van Goolen to Discovery, Goulburn to Sydney on television
Latest Cycling News - Valverde back, but out of the Vuelta, Simoni/Lampre for the Vuelta, Hushovd leads Crédit Agricole in Vuelta, Armstrong asks Bush for cancer funding, Baguet down for the count, Klöden recovering, Pevenage can't ride along, Yaxley and Rhodes home, Quinziato to Liquigas, Quick.Step for upcoming races, World hour record for 65+ beaten, Australian National's entry date extended
Tuesday, August 23
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 8 wrap, Petacchi & Zabel to new team?, Aldag and Steinhauser move sideways, Six more years for Dahle, WADA allows Bouyer to race, Discovery & Saunier Duval Prodir for Vuelta, Skil-Moser, Another UK velodrome?
Cycling News Flash - French resume pursuit of Armstrong
Latest Cycling News - Tour champion under the microscope again, Anything but plain in Spain, Mancebo leads Illes Balears in Vuelta, Fran Pérez to Illes Balears, Rebellin for two more years, LPR: De Paoli renews, Ermeti signs, Velo confirms with Domina Vacanze, British riders finish on top at EPC Paralympic Championships
Wednesday, August 24
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 1 - Snowshoe Mountain NORBA, Marathon World Championships, World Cup DH, Aussie juniors tops at Snowshoe
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 2 - Endurance MTB socialising, Singlespeed Worlds: Many prologues, one stage, Geoff Kabush: Bring on the final, New Zealand Team for Worlds, 2006 Kiwi World Championships promoters head to Livigno, Cougar Mountain Classic
First Edition Cycling News - Deutschland Tour stage 9 wrap, Accusations against Armstrong rock cycling, O'Grady out of Vuelta, Graham vows to ride again, GP Tell cancelled, Lampre - Caffita, Kirchen to T-Mobile, Univest Grand Prix, Fantasy Vuelta game
Latest Cycling News - EPO test under scrutiny, Team transfer news roundup, An interview with Tyler Farrar, Courageous Yaxley stays positive, Fantasy Vuelta game tactics
Thursday, August 25
First Edition Cycling News - Leblanc in favour of retrospective testing, UCI Ethics Commission meets, T-Mobile builds around Zabel for Vuelta, Åberg cleared, Contrini renews with LPR, De Goede continues, Wild signs for Van Bemmelen-AA Drink
Cycling News Special - Armstrong calls Leblanc remarks "preposterous", L'Equipe doping story opens can of worms, "No syringes" during Vaughters time at Postal, Riding under the radar
Latest Cycling News - Vuelta circus comes to town, Gerolsteiner for Vuelta, Australian team named for Road World Championships, Healion on DFL Team for Tour of Britain, TEAm Lipton Brewing Big for 2006, Hincapie and Basso headline Barclays Global Investors Grand Prix, Grafton to Inverell attracts home-grown talent
Friday, August 26
Vuelta Cycling News - Bruyneel plays down talk of third Grand Tour win, Heras optimistic, Laguna out of Vuelta, Bäckstedt leads Liquigas-Bianchi in Vuelta, Fantasy Vuelta game strategies
First Edition Cycling News - CPA supports athletes' rights, Ullrich leads T-Mobile at GP Ouest-France, Buitenpoort-Flexpoint for Holland Ladies Tour, Transfer news, Tafi Paris-Roubaix Jersey Helps Cancer Research, Dine with Roll, Kiefel, and Carpenter, Ride like the Pros in San Francisco
MTB news & racing round-up - Single Speed World's, Your Ad Here: Monique Sawicki interview, Keith Bontrager diary, Polish Worlds Team, Bush Rides IMBA-Built Singletrack in Idaho
Latest Cycling News - Armstrong replies to doping allegations, Landis OK after training crash, Paco Antequera prepares his team for the World's, LPR signs Dietziker, Baguet out of Plouay, Quick.Step and Lampre to Plouay
Saturday, August 27
First Edition Cycling News - Vuelta starters get ready, Olano's prediction for the Vuelta, 40 positives in 1998 Tour, No action by USA Cycling against Armstrong, Fassa and Landbouwkrediet line-up for Plouay, Ullrich to GP Citta' Di Misano, Vierhouten looking for team, UCI doping news, Only hours left before Fantasy Vuelta game begins!
Regional Cycling News - Nothstein at N.Y.C. Mengoni GP, 2005 Nestor's Keirin Cup, Rockford Criterium on August 27, Leinster road championships this weekend, 2005 Tour of the Murray river
Vuelta Cycling News - McGee targets prologue, says Grand Tour wins are beyond him, Aitor Gonzalez, Heras and Pereiro ready to go, Getting the big gear rolling again, Chasing the maillot oro once again
Sunday, August 28
First Edition Cycling News - Vuelta stage 1 wrap, An interview with the winner, Ex-USPS soigneur speaks, Saunier signs Koldo Gil, CSC extends Roberts, Peron and Johansen contracts, Gerolsteiner for Plouay, Last-minute changes to Plouay line-up, Still time to join Fantasy Vuelta game
Monday, August 29
First Edition Cycling News - Vuelta stage 2 wrap-up, GP Plouay wrap-up, Liberty leads Vuelta teams classification, CSC satisfied as favourites finish together, Figueras abandons, Botero & Landis reflect on prologue, Verbrugghe to Cofidis, Two more for Mori, Three days left to join Fantasy Vuelta game
Latest Cycling News - L'Equipe puts more pressure on, UCI breaks off negotiations with Grand Tours, Team Transfer News, Dekker still looking to World's, German teams' youngsters in Spain, Quick.Step to Britain, Landbouwkrediet for l'Avenir, More Tour prizes for LA Foundation, Bridge 2 Bridge Women's Classic
Tuesday, August 30
First Edition Cycling News - Vuelta stage 3, Liberty Seguros watches & waits, Tour of Britain, UCI responds to L'Equipe, Wesemann leads T-Mobile, Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, "Giro" makes up San Fran double, San Fran kids ride, Bernucci to T-Mobile, Liquigas-Bianchi, T-Mobile for Hessen Rundfahrt, Win a Giant in Fantasy Vuelta Game!, WADA appointment, Fixies against histiocytosis
Latest Cycling News - "History will show cycling at two speeds" says Madiot, McGee completes the collection, Stage 4 Vuelta preview, Breakaways in La Vuelta: Four or more, Tour of Britain stage-by-stage, Phonak's big three searching, World Champ Wolff to ride in Sydney
Wednesday, August 31
First Edition Cycling News - Vuelta Stage 4 wrap, Gutierrez battles on, Nuyens hopes for world's berth, Verbruggen nominated for UCI president, Backstedt to attempt motor-paced Hour Record, Vuelta Fantasy game prize list
Cycling News Extra - L'Equipe denies witch hunt, New programme for Navigators, Southam building form, Discovery confirms 2006 signings, Fassa Bortolo & Naturino-Sapore di Mare for Trofeo Melinda, Junior races kick off Australian nationals, Auction for Vietnam Village of Friendship, Cancer survivor rides for Texas center
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 1 - NORBA champions crowned: Mount Snow Wrap Up, Global MTB racing, Two months of conquering the world, Geoff Kabush: on to Worlds, Fun times at base camp
MTB news & racing round-up, pt 2 - Alison Dunlap Interview: Ending an era, Tech update: More on Bontrager carbon wheels, In the Pits at NORBA, 'Pro' screening for NorCal High School MTB League, Wildside open, Rockwheelers to build trails, A 24-hour race on one battery?
Latest Cycling News - An interview with Tom Danielson, Euskaltel playing the Aitor Gonzalez card, Diary watch: young guns at the Vuelta, Ballerini fears Boonen, Koerts to leave Cofidis
Tour of Britain Cycling News - Hammond to target stage wins, Rogers happy with stage one, Hunt disappointed, Cox nearing end of season, McCann rues missed chance, Power happy with contract