Moscow, Day One results :
Men
Scratch :
1. James Carney (USA)
2. Thomas Geraint (GBR)
3. Matthew Gilmore (BEL)
Keirin :
1. Sergei Ruban (RUS)
2. Gregory Bauge (FRA)
3. Ivan Vrba (TCH)
Individual Pursuit :
1. Volodymyr Dyudya (UKR) 4:26.473
2. Robert Hayles (GBR) 4:28.204
3. Jens Mouris (PBS) 4:30.749
Kilometer :
1. Jason Queally (GBR) 1:02.552
2. Soren Lausberg (ALL) 1:02.981
3. Alois Kankovsky (TCH 1:03.318
WOMEN
Points Race :
1. Lyudmila Vypyrailo (UKR) 21 pts
2. Rebecca Bertolo (ITA) 16
3. Apollinaria Bakova (RUS) 15
Sprint :
1. Tamilla Abassova (RUS)
2. Fang Tian (CHN)
3. Christin Muche (ALL)
(Source: L'Equipe)
L'Equipe (French)
18th. Tour de Burkina Faso: Stage 9 (Friday)
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 17:16:49 -0500
Overall leader, Abdoul-Wahab Sawadogo, won the longest stage today
More placings as they become available....
05 Nov - Stage 9 - Gourcy-Ziniare - 180.0 km :
1. Abdoul-Wahab Sawadogo (BUR) les 180 km en 4 h 33'14 sec
2. Saïdou Rouamba (BUR) m.t.
3. Pierre Chevalier (FRA) m.t.
4. Jérémie Ouadraogo (BUR) m.t.
5. Fabrice Debrabant (FRA) m.t.
Overall after Stage Nine :
1. Abdoul-Wahab Sawadogo (BUR) 24 h 46'13 sec
2. Thierry David (FRA) + 1'31 sec
3. Michel Lelièvre (FRA) 1'57 sec
4. Pierre Chevalier (FRA) 2'00 sec
4. Jérémie Ouédraogo (BUR) 2'00 sec
The Stages :
27 Oct - Stage 1 - Kokologo-Boromo 136.0 km
28 Oct - Stage 2 - Boromo-Hounde (scheduled) 74.0 km
Stage 2 - Oasi - Hounde (actually raced) 52.0 km
29 Oct - Stage 3 - Orodara-Sikasso 121.0 km
30 Oct - Stage 4 - Sikasso-Orodara 96.5 km
31 Oct - Stage 5 - Bobo Dioulasso-Bobo Dioulasso 121.0 km
01 Nov - Stage 6 - Pa (Sabou)-Koudougou 156.5 km
02 Nov - Restday
03 Nov - Stage 7 - Ouagadougou-Yako 100.5 km
04 Nov - Stage 8 - Yako-Ouahigouya 74.0 km
05 Nov - Stage 9 - Gourcy-Ziniare 180.0 km
06 Nov - Stage 10 - Linoghin-Pouytenga 96.0 km
07 Nov - Stage 11 - Kombissiri-Ouagadougou 85.0 km
(Source: L'Equipe)
LEquipe Website (Multilingual)
2nd Jayco Tour of Queensland - Australia - Cat. 2.5
Fri, 5 Nov 18:12:00 2004 -0500
On stage six, the Orange Leaders's jersey changed hands. New Zealander, Jaaron Poad, who had semed to
be destined to top the final podium, let the early breaks go. And that was a fatal mistake. He eventualy
crossed the line eleven minutes down on the stage winner which allowed Thomas Liese (Ger), who finished
third on the stage, to inherit the coveted Orange Jersey.
A solid ride in the afternoon time trial consolidated Liese's leadership even though he only placed
seventh on the Mountain Time Trial which was won by Sweden's Jonas Ljungblad.
Ljungblad, winner of the recent Herald Sun Tour in Victoria, claimed his second stage win as he demonstrated
his continuing superb form on stage seven, and is now in third spot fifteen seconds down on Thomas Liese
with only a short criterium event to come tomorrow (Saturday).
With less than a minute separating the six top riders, Ljungblad could claim the overall victory, but it is
almost a certainty that the overall winner will emerge from these six.
05.11.04 - Stage 6 - Gin Gin-Mount Perry - 63.3 km :
1 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 1.29.08
2 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco
3 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines
4 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar
5 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.53
6 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM
7 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello
8 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank
9 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru
10 Jorn Reuss (Ger) Malaysia Airlines
05.11.04 - Stage 7 - Mount Perry - (ITT) - 4.1 km :
1 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 8.24
2 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.12
3 Phillip Thuaux (Aus) Mirvac 0.13
4 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 0.21
5 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 0.23
6 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Bundaberg Sugar 0.27
7 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines
8 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.31
9 Rob Sharman (GBr) Centracks 0.32
10 Jamie Burrow (GBr) Bendigo Bank
Overall after Stage 7
1 Thomas Liese (Ger) Malaysia Airlines 8.28.14
2 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Subaru 0.13
3 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Bendigo Bank 0.15
4 Corey Sweet (Aus) Lysaght 0.17
5 Russell Downing (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 0.34
6 David McKenzie (Aus) Jayco 0.55
7 Jorge Libonatti (Uru) Europcar 1.01
8 Tony Mann (Aus) Argon 18 Bikes - Caravello 1.06
9 Dominique Perras (Can) Jayco 1.19
10 Kristian House (GBr) Radio 4BU-KIX FM 1.25
The Stages
01.11.04 - Stage 1 - Maryborough Criterium - 27.0 km
02.11.04 - Stage 2 - Hervey Bay Kermesse - 72.0 km
03.11.04 - Stage 3 - Oakhurst Canefields - 70.3 km
03.11.04 - Stage 4 - Bundaberg Criterium - 33.0 km
04.11.04 - Stage 5 - Miriam Vale-Town of 1770 - 90.2 km
05.11.04 - Stage 6 - Gin Gin-Mount Perry - 63.3 km
05.11.04 - Stage 7 - Mount Perry - (ITT) 4.1 km
06.11.04 - Stage 8 - Bundaberg Criterium - 42.0 km
(Source: Cycle Racing)
Cycle Racing Site (English)
49th. Tour of Southland - New Zealand - Cat. 2.5
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:06:10 -0500
Greg Henderson, current World track Scratch Race champion won the longest stage of the 49th. whilst American,
John Lieswyn, retained the Overall leader's jersey. after a 163km stage from Winton to the Te Anau today.
Stage 8 - Winton - Te Anau, 163.6 km :
1 Greg Henderson (NZl) The Southland Times 3.54.38
2 Matt Dubberley (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 0.02
3 Heath Blackgrove (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 0.10
4 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Zookeepers Cafe 1.17
5 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times
6 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times
7 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh
8 John Lieswyn (USA) The Southland Times 1.27
9 Peter Latham (NZl) Rabobank 1.52
10 Eddy Hilger (USA) Meadow Fresh
Overall after Stage 8:
1 John Lieswyn (USA) The Southland Times 17.47.15
2 Glen Mitchell (NZl) The Southland Times 0.38
3 Scott Guyton (NZl) The Southland Times 1.30
4 Jeremy Vennell (NZl) Calder Stewart 2.46
5 Aaron Strong (NZl) Hot Cycles 2.48
6 Peter Latham (NZl) Rabobank 3.28
7 Robin Reid (NZl) Meadow Fresh 4.27
8 Eddy Hilger (USA) Meadow Fresh 5.14
9 Matt Dubberley (USA) S.I.T. Zero Fees 5.22
10 James Elverey (NZl) S.I.T. Zero Fees 8.02
Teams
1 The Southland Times 53.22.49
2 Rabobank 16.07
3 Meadow Fresh 16.40
4 S.I.T. Zero Fees 20.40
5 Sycamore Print 32.56
6 Creation Signs 43.29
7 Zookeepers Cafe 43.42
8 Hot Cycles 44.10
9 Calder Stewart 46.50
10 Winton's Middle Pub 49.04
(Source: New Zealand Herald News Agency)
New Zealand Herald - (English)
Speed rating: A False yardstick ?
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:24:38 -0500
At SixDay we were feeling a little inferior since we currently use only a 1.1 gigahertz Celeron
microprocessor with a humble Pentium 486DX ticking over at 100 megahertz for backup.
But after looking at some of the top rated Speed Demons in the world, we don't feel too bad.
Notice that some of the top rated machines utilize microprocessors with relatively slow clock
speed ratings. Just take a look at the Number 4 rated box. That is really incredible......
From The BBC:
The Top Ten :
1: Earth Simulator Center, Japan
2: Intel Itanium2 Tiger4 1.4GHz, Quadrics
3: ASCI Q - AlphaServer SC45, 1.25 GHz
4: Blue Gene/L DD1 Prototype (0.5GHz PowerPC 440 w/Custom)
5: PowerEdge 1750, P4 Xeon 3.06 GHz, Myrinet
6: eServer pSeries 690 (1.9 GHz Power4+)
7: Riken Super Combined Cluster
8: Blue Gene/L DD2 Prototype (0.7 GHz PowerPC 440)
9: Integrity rx2600 Itanium2 1.5 GHz, Quadrics
10: Dawning 4000A, Opteron 2.2 GHz, Myrinet
The US is poised to push Japan off the top of the supercomputing chart with IBM's prototype
Blue Gene/L machine.
It is being assembled for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, a US Department of
Energy lab (DOE).
DOE test results show that Blue Gene/L has managed speeds of 70.72 teraflops. The current
top machine, Japan's NEC Earth Simulator, clocks up 35.86.
Due next week, the Top 500 list officially charts the fastest computers in the world.
It is announced every six months and is worked out using an officially recognised mathematical
speed test called Linpack which measures calculations per second.
The speeds will most likely make it the fastest computer system on the planet, yet the chip
technology powering the machine is the kind which can be found in familiar devices like
games consoles.
Battle of the giants
The US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham confirmed that the machine had reached the breakneck
speed, according to the Linpack benchmark.
Until the official list is published, however, Blue Gene/L's position will not be confirmed,
and there are expected to be some other new entries.
But the test results raise the bar of supercomputing enormously and signal a remarkable
achievement. Surpassing the 40 teraflop mark has been considered a landmark for some time.
The IBM Blue Gene/L is only a prototype and is one 10th the speed of the full version,
due to be completed for the Livermore labs in 2005.
Its peak performance is expected to be 360 teraflops, and will fit into 64 full racks.
It will also cut down on the amount of heat generated by the massive power, a big problem
for supercomputers.
The final machine will help scientists work out the safety, security and reliability
requirements for the US's nuclear weapons stockpile, without the need for underground
nuclear testing.
The Earth Simulator has held on to the top spot since June 2002. It is dedicated to
climate modelling and simulating seismic activity.
But in September, IBM said that another Blue Gene/L machine clocked up 36.01 teraflops,
marginally surpassing the Earth Simulator's performance.
This was achieved during internal testing at IBM's production facility in Rochester, Minnesota
though, so was not an official record.
Another giant to enter the fray is Nasa's Columbia supercomputer based at its
Ames Research Center in California. Its mission is to model flight missions, climate
research, and aerospace engineering.
The Linux-based machine was reported to have reached a top speed of 42.7 teraflops a
second in October.
Great challenges
Supercomputers are hugely important for working out very complex problems across science
and society.
Their massive simulation and processing power means they can improve the accuracy of weather
forecasts, help design better cars, and improve disease diagnosis, as well as
environmental research.
IBM's senior vice president of technology and manufacturing, Nick Donofrio, believes
that by 2006, Blue Gene will be capable of petaflop computing.
This means it would be capable of doing 1,000 trillion operations a second.
"When you get a computer as large as a petaflop, you can start to think of
simulations that might complement the physical world," Mr Donofrio recently
told the BBC News website.
Protein structures (Image: IBM)
Understanding proteins structure is crucial for drug development
"You can start to be more proactive, more interactive and more innovative."
One area where Mr Donofrio sees supercomputing, and Blue Gene machines in particular,
as crucial is health.
He sees the machines as being able to help scientists understand one of the greatest
challenges of the 21st Century, protein folding.
"Health is one of the most important problems, not just mapping the human genome,
but also protein structures."
"We are a great believer in simulation. It gives you another tool," he said.
Once the structure of proteins are understood fully, then drugs can be tailor-made to
fight diseases more effectively.
Compared to the current fastest supercomputers, Blue Gene is designed to consume
one 15th the power and 10 times more compact.
Since the first supercomputer, the Cray-1, was installed at Los Alamos National Laboratory
in 1976, computational speed has leaped 500,000 times.
The Cray-1 was capable of 80 megaflops (80 million operations a second). The Blue Gene/L
machine that will be completed next year will be five million times faster.
Started in 1993, the Top 500 list is decided by a group of computer science academics from
around the world. It is presented at the International Supercomputer Conference in Pittsburgh.
(Source: BBC)
BBC Site (English)
Men Only
Fri Nov 5 08:46:28 EST 2004 -0500
Here's Lance Armstrong (Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclisme féminin (French))
Ladies Only
Fri Nov 5 08:39:10 EST 2004 -0500
Here's Italy's Antonella Bellutti - Looking chic on her Website... (Source: Six Day staff)
Happy Birthday - Men
Fri Nov 5 08:27:23 EST 2004
Thu, 4 Nov 2004 3:17:16 -0500
Carlo Oriani (1888) Italy - Died December 3, 1917. 1st 1913 Giro d'Italia (Source: Six Day staff)
Happy Birthday - Women
Fri Nov 5 08:24:26 EST 2004
Sorry - None today (Source: Six Day staff)
Today's Menu
Fri, 5 Nov 2004 0:40:58 -0500
Friday, November 5 Main Events:
MEN:
Stage Races:
18th. Tour du Faso - Burkina Faso - Cat. 2.5 (Stage 9 - Gourcy-Ziniare 180.0 km)
2nd. Jayco Tour of Queensland - Australia - Cat. 2.5 (Stage 6 - Gin Gin-Mount Perry - 63.3 km)
2nd. Jayco Tour of Queensland - Australia - Cat. 2.5 (Stage 7 - Mount Perry - (ITT) - 4.1 km)
49th. Tour of Southland - New Zealand - Cat. 2.5 (Stage 8 - Winton-Te Anau - 163.6 km)
Single Day races: None
Six Day and Other Track Races:
Track World Cup - 1st Leg - Moscow (Russia) - Day One
WOMEN:
Stage Races: None
Single Day races: None
(Source: UCI)
UCI Calendars: Track Road Women UCI Home Page (Multilingual)