Road and Track Bicycle Racing News

Saturday, October 16, 2004

The Spanish Îles Baléares squad which recently signed Alejandro Valverde is said to be 
losing three riders at the end of the current 2004 season.

Russian Denis Menchov, Germany's Steffen Radochla and Spaniard Jose Antonio Lopez Gil are all 
rumoured to be leaving.

                We'll know more next weekend,'' said Jose Miguel Echavarri, the Îles Baléares manager 
at today's Giro di Lombardia, the final race in the current World Cup Series.

Valverde is said to be bringing two riders with him from Kelme, his current team, to support him and
nominal team leader Francisco Mancebo.

Menchov, winner of this year's Tour du Pays Basque and a stage of the Vuelta à España, is
going to the Dutch Rabobank squad.

(Source: L'Equipe)

Giro di Lombardia
Posted Sat Oct 16 16:43:39 2004 (EDT in North America)

Results: 
  1. Damiano Cunego       (Ita)    6hr 17min 55sec
  2. Michael Boogerd      (Ned)      same time
  3. Ivan Basso           (Ita)      same time
  4. Cadel Evans          (Aus)      same time
  5. Daniele Nardello     (Ita)      +  2 secs
  6. Marzio Bruseghin     (Ita)      + 17 secs
  7. Eddy Mazzoleni       (Ita)      + 17 secs
  8. Dario Frigo          (Ita)      + 17 secs
  9. Franco Pellizotti    (Ita)      + 17 secs
 10. Luca Mazzanti        (Ita)      + 17 secs

(Source: BBC)

Bettini clinches World Cup
Posted Sat Oct 16 16:36:09 2004 (EDT in North America)

Paolo Bettini won the 2004 World Cup by finishing ahead of rival 
David Rebellin in the Tour of Lombardy. 

Bettini and Rebellin both finished out of the leading placings in the Tour of Lombardy, 
the last of the 10 World Cup races.

Italian Damiano Cunego, the winner of May's Giro d'Italia, beat Michael Boogerd of the 
Netherlands and fellow Italian Ivan Basso in a sprint finish.

Olympic champion Bettini, of Italy, finished 28th, one spot behind Rebellin, to clinch the 
overall title.

The annual 10-race competition, launched in 1989, will be replaced by a new 30-race Pro Tour 
beginning in 2005.

Bettini, who rides for the Quick Step team, was the only cyclist to win the World Cup three times.

He captured the prestigious trophy this year without scoring a single victory, capitalizing on a 
number of top-three placings. 


(Source: BBC)

World Cup: Bettini
Posted Sat Oct 16 11:23:56 2004 (EDT in North America)

No real challenge from Rebellin in today's finale.............

(Source: Eurosport)

Giro di Lombardia - First news
Posted Sat Oct 16 11:08:50 2004 (EDT in North America)

Damiano Cunego, Michael Boogerd and Ivan Basso!!! 

(Source: Eurosport)

Pro Tour: Full Speed Ahead
Posted Sat Oct 16 09:15:25 2004 (EDT in North America)

Despite there having been some signs of reconciliation recently with the organizers of the three
major summer Tours, the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta à España, no agreement has been 
reached over the inclusion or otherwise of the three Flagship events in the controversial new Pro Tour 
slated to start in 2005.

Hein Verbruggen, the UCI president, however, like the captain of the Titanic, is determined that his 
Pro Tour, predicted by many to be the death of bicycle racing as it has been known in the European
bicycle racing heartland for over 100 years, will be going Full Speed Ahead, with or without the three
Grand Tours.


(Source: SixDay Staff)

Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour - Australia - Cat. 2.3
Posted Sat Oct 16 02:18:27 2004 (EDT in North America)

Friday, Oct 15, Stage 3 - Werribee-You Yangs - 77.7 km 
  1 Baden Cooke         (Aus) Subaru                  1h52.02 (41.61 km/h) 
  2 Luke Roberts        (Aus) Latrobe City                                
  3 Jonas Ljungbald     (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco                        
  4 Simon Gerrans       (Aus) Jayco                                      
  5 Artur Krzeszowiec   (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco      +   0.02
  6 Timo Scholz         (Ger) Malaysia Airlines                            
  7 Corey Sweet         (Aus) Latrobe City                                 
  8 Jamie Burrow        (GBr) Europcar - Pelaco                           
  9 Ben Brooks          (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport                
 10 Hans De Clercq      (Bel) Bicycle Superstore                       
 11 Eric Wohlberg       (Can) Active For Life                           
 12 Glen Mitchell       (NZl) Active For Life        +   0.04
 13 Ruber Marin         (Col) Subaru                                      
 14 Chrisophe Le Mevel  (Fra) Provincial Victoria                  
 15 Mateusz Mroz        (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco                          
 16 David Tanner        (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport             
 17 Craig McCartney     (Aus) Provincial Victoria                     
 18 Kieran Page         (GBr) Bendigo                                     
 19 David McKenzie      (Aus) Bicycle Superstore                       
 20 Ben Johnson         (Aus) Malaysia Airlines                           

Overall after Stage 3 
  1 Karl Menzies        (Aus) Bicycle Superstore              3h23.22
  2 Dean Downing        (GBr) Bendigo                         +  0.07
  3 David McKenzie      (Aus) Bicycle Superstore              +  0.27
  4 Baden Cooke         (Aus) Subaru                          +  1.01
  5 Jonas Ljungbald     (Swe) Europcar - Pelaco               +  1.21
  6 Simon Gerrans       (Aus) Jayco                           +  1.22
  7 Ben Brooks          (Aus) McGee - NSW Institute Of Sport  +  1.23
  8 Luke Roberts        (Aus) Latrobe City                    +  1.33
  9 Jonathan Cantwell   (Aus) Half Mile Creek                 +  1.36
 10 Richard England     (Aus) Mitchell Building Supplies      +  1.37
 11 Glen Mitchell       (NZl) Active For Life                 +  1.37          
 12 Robert McLachlan    (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello      +  1.41
 13 Felix Odebrecht     (Ger) Malaysia Airlines               +  1.43
 14 Artur Krzeszowiec   (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco               +  1.44
 15 Eric Wohlberg       (Can) Active For Life                 +  1.44          
 16 Corey Sweet         (Aus) Latrobe City                    +  1.45
 17 Timo Scholz         (Ger) Malaysia Airlines               +  1.46
 18 Mark Roland         (Aus) Victorian State Home Loans      +  1.47
 19 Hans De Clercq      (Bel) Bicycle Superstore              +  1.47           
 20 Mateusz Mroz        (Pol) Europcar - Pelaco               +  1.49

(Source: Cycle Racing)

Men Only
Posted Sat Oct 16 02:11:23 2004 (EDT in North America)

Here's Crédit Agricole's Thor Hushovd
(Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French)) 

Ladies Only
Posted Sat Oct 16 02:11:08 2004 (EDT in North America)

Here's Australia's Anna Millward Wilson
(Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclinfo Site (French)) 

Happy Birthday - Women
Posted Sat Oct 16 02:10:50 2004 (EDT in North America)

Sorry. None Today


(Source: Six Day staff) 

Happy Birthday - Men
Posted Sat Oct 16 02:10:36 2004 (EDT in North America)

Emile Masson (1888) Belgium - Died October 25, 1973
3rd 1922 Paris-Roubaix Classic (1st Albert Dejonghe; 2nd Jean Rossius, both Belgian)

Apo Lazarides (1925) France - Died October 30, 1998.
2nd 1948 World Championship Road Race (1st Alberic         Brik'' Schotte, Belgium)

(Source: Six Day staff) 

Today's Menu
Posted Sat Oct 16 02:10:20 2004 (EDT in North America)

Saturday, October 16 Main Events: 

MEN: 
  Stage Races:
     Stage 4 -Malaysia Airlines Herald Sun Tour - Australia - Cat. 2.3

  Single Day races: 
     Giro di Lombardia - Italy - Cat. 1.1 (Final of World Cup)
    
  Six Day Races:    None

WOMEN: 
  Stage Races:      None

  Single Day races: None


(Source: UCI)

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