Road and Track Bicycle Racing News

Saturday, October 2 Main Events: 

MEN: 
Stage Races: 
Stage 2, Tour du Sénégal (Senegal) Cat   2.5

Single Day races:  
Worlds Road Race - Junior

Six Day Races:  None

WOMEN: 
Stage Races:  None

Single Day races:  
Worlds Road Race - Elite

(Source: UCI)

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Today's Menu
Thu Sep 30 17:15:16 2004 (EDT in North America)

Friday, October 1 Main Events: 

MEN: 
Stage Races: 
Stage 1, Tour du Sénégal (Senegal) Cat   2.5

Single Day races:  
Worlds Road Race - Under 23

Six Day Races:  None

WOMEN: 
Stage Races:  None

Single Day races:  
Worlds Road Race - Juniors

(Source: UCI)

UCI Calendars:     Track     Road     Women     UCI Home Page (Multilingual)
Official World Championships Site (Multilingual)

Tour du Sénégal - Cat. 2.5
Fri Oct 1 18:35:16 2004 (EDT in North America)

Prologue, 30 Sept, 2004 - Dakar - 1.6 km (ITT) Results: 
1 ILLIANO     Raffaele    (Ita)  Colombia-Selle Italia  2m 4.73 sec
2 SCHNYDER    Philippe    (Swi)  Colombia-Selle Italia  2m 5.15
3 FERNANDEZ   Gerardo     (Ang)  Cimex Benfica          2m 5.21
4 BREZESKI    Jerome      (Fra)  St Chely d'Apcher      2m 5.30
5 VAN AGTMAAL Peter       (Ned)  Snell Isostar          2m 6.14

The GC is same as the Stage


(Source: Cycle Racing)

Worlds Junior Women: Gold and Bronze to Holland
Fri Oct 1 18:24:05 2004 (EDT in North America)

Verona Friday 1 Oct, 2004 - 73.75 Km. Results: 
1. Marianne Vos      (HOL)    2h11'44"
2. Marta Bastinneli  (ITA)    +    30
3. Eleonora Van Dijk (HOL)         30


(Source: AS )

Armstrong Statement on Dr. Ferrari
Fri Oct 1 16:59:35 2004 (EDT in North America)

AUSTIN (Oct. 1, 2004) - Lance Armstrong is issuing the following statement 
in response to an Italian court's acquittal of Dr. Michele Ferrari of 
distributing doping products and his conviction for sporting fraud and 
illegally acting as a pharmacist. Dr. Ferrari, who is broadly recognized as 
a pioneer and leading authority in sports medicine and high-altitude 
training, has been on trial since 2001 for allegedly providing professional 
cyclists with illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Dr. Ferrari has served as 
a conditioning consultant to the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) team since 1999 
under the direction of team coach Chris Carmichael and team physician Dr. 
Pedro Celaya.

"I was disappointed to learn of the Italian court's judgment against Dr. 
Michele Ferrari. Dr. Ferrari has been a longtime friend and trusted adviser 
to me and the USPS team, during which time he never suggested, prescribed or 
provided me with any performance-enhancing drugs. I was pleased to hear that 
Dr. Ferrari was acquitted of the charge of providing illegal drugs to 
athletes. I am not surprised by that verdict. However, I have always said 
that I have zero tolerance for anyone convicted of using or facilitating the 
use of performance-enhancing drugs. As a result of today's developments, the 
USPS team and I have suspended our professional affiliation with Dr. Ferrari 
as we await the release of the full verdict, which will contain Judge 
Maurizio Passerini's reasoning. In the meantime, I personally wish the very 
best for Dr. Ferrari and his family during this difficult time."


(Source: Lance Armstrong Press Release)

Too Late: No Worlds for Rebellin
(EDT in North America)

Italian Davide Rebellin, slated to ride Sunday's World Championship Road race for Argentina,
was too late lodging the requisite documents with the UCI.

Alejandro Borrajo, already in Verona, will take Rebellin's place on Sunday.


(Source: SixDay Staff; Speicher photo: L'Equipe)

Michele Ferrari: Slap on the wrist for Armstrong doctor
(EDT in North America)

Controversial Italian doctor Michele Ferrari has been given a 12-month suspended jail 
sentence and banned from practising.

Ferrari, who plans to appeal, said: ``I'm innocent of this whole affair.``

He was fined 900 Euros (£600) and barred from acting as a doctor for 11 months and 21 days. 


(Source: BBC)

Worlds: Men U23
Fri Oct 1 12:36:21 2004 (EDT in North America)

Verona, Friday Oct.1 - Results: 
 1 Kanstantsin Siutsou   (Bielorussia)      4.33.32
 2 Thomas Dekker         (Netherlands)      +  1.01
 3 Mads Christensen      (Denmark)             1.02
 4 Domenico Pozzovivo    (Italy)               1.09
 5 Vincenzo Nibali       (Italy)               1.30
 6 Matti Breschel        (Denmark)             1.38
 7 Giovanni Visconti     (Italy)
 8 Marc de Maar          (Netherlands)
 9 Andreas Dietziker     (Switzerland)         1.50
10 Nic Ingels            (Belgium)             1.51
11 Filipe Cardoso        (Portugal)
12 Matic Strgar          (Slovenia)

(Source: VRT)

Men Only
Fri Oct 1 11:47:48 2004 (EDT in North America)

Here's France's Jimmy Caspar.........


(Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cycle Info Site) 

Ladies Only
Fri Oct 1 11:47:31 2004 (EDT in North America)

Here's Gabriella Gonzales de Ferrat.........


(Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cycle Info Site) 

Happy Birthday - Women
Fri Oct 1 11:47:17 2004 (EDT in North America)

Ayuma Otsuka (1978) Japan - 26 today
264th UCI Ranking


(Source: Six Day staff) 

Happy Birthday - Men
Fri Oct 1 11:46:49 2004 (EDT in North America)

Jose Bernardez (1935) Spain
4th 1961 Worlds  (1. Rik Van Looy, Bel; 2. Nino Defilippis, Ita; 3. Raymond Poulidor, Fra)


(Source:SixDay Staff)