Source : El Tiempo (Spanish)
Positive in Athens for doping, the Colombian rider is not to be sanctioned by the
Colombian Cycling Federation
Why is María Smiling.....
Source : El Tiempo (Spanish)
Doble Copacabana-GP Fides - Bolivia - Cat. 2.5 Stage 2 (Wednesday)
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:26:58 -0500
Stage 2 - El Alto - Titijoni - La Paz 199 Kms..
1. Victor Angel Bercerra (12) Equipo Loteria de Boyaca - Servientrega
2. Javier Zapata (22) Orbitel 05.
3. Jairo Perez (14) Equipo Loteria de Boyaca - Servientrega
There are currently no other results available.
The Stages:
09 Nov: Stage 1 El Alto - Viscachani - El Alto 170 Kms.
10 Nov: Stage 2 El Alto - Titijoni - La Paz 199 Kms.
11 Nov: Stage 3 Viacha - La Paz (TTT) 33 Kms.
12 Nov: Stage 4 La Paz - Viacha 72 Kms. Aprox.
13 Nov: Stage 5a El Alto - Achacachi - San Pablo De Tiquena 140 Kms.
13 Nov: Stage 5b San Pedro De Tiquena - Plaza Copacabana 39 Kms.
14 Nov: Stage 6a Plaza Copacabana - Yunguyo(Peru) - San Pedro De Tiquena 69 Kms.
14 Nov: Stage 6a San Pablo De Tiquena - La Paz Calacoto 121
(Source: SixDay Staff)
Munich Six Day Startlist
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:26:58 -0500
Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi) top the bill...
No. Pair
1 Bruno Risi (Swi) - Kurt Betschart (Swi)
2 Robert Slippens (Hol) - Danny Stam (Hol)
3 Franco Marvulli (Swi) - Alexander Aeschbach (Swi)
4 Lars Teutenberg (Ger) - Christian Lademann (Ger)
5 Scott McGrory (Aus) - Matthew Gilmore (Bel)
6 Marco Villa (Ita) - Thorsten Rund (Ger)
7 Andreas Kappes (Ger) - Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
8 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) - Jimmi Madsen (Den)
9 Franz Stocher (Aut) - Christian Grassmann (Ger)
10 Robert Bartko (Ger) - Guido Fulst (Ger)
11 Luke Roberts (Aus) - Iljo Keisse (Bel)
12 Ronny Lauke (Ger) - Erik Weisspfennig (Ger)
13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) - Alexei Markov (Rus)
14 Stefan Löffler (Ger)- Andreas Müller (Ger)
15 Gerd Dörich (Ger) - Frank Kowatschitsch (GER)
Source : SixDay Staff
Irish Cycling President to resign
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 13:26:58 -0500
Cycling Ireland President PJ Nolan has announced that he is to resign his position at the association's Annual General Meeting on November 20 The news comes as a surprise, given that he was halfway through his second (two year) term in the job. Source : Irish Cycling (English)
Andrei Tchmil meets Jean-Paul
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:56:58 -0500
Tchmil family received by Pope Andrei Tchmil, accompanied by his wife Elena and his children Maxim and Oxana were granted a private audience with Pope Johannes-Paulus II at the Vatican today. "It is an improbable tale with happy end", said the adopted Belgian. Source: Het Volk Site - (Flemish)
Simone Molinaroli seeks FCI Presidency
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:31:58 -0500
Papers filed for candidacy in next February's elections Simone Molinaroli, 38 years old, and the Venice regional council member of the FCI (Federciclismo Italiano - Italian Cycling Federation), has filed the required documents and put himself forward as a candidate for the position of President of the FCI in the upcoming elections to be held in February, 2005 Source : la Gazzetta dello Sport (Italian)
East London (UK) envisages Super Dome for 2012 Olympics
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 12:31:58 -0500
The 500-acre Olympic park will also feature a velodrome for cycling, an aquatic centre, an indoor sports arena, training facilities and a village for 17,800 athletes. Centrepiece of the Games, should they be awarded to London, will be a stunning 80,000-seater main stadium with a unique wrap-around roof. The 500-acre Olympic park will also feature a velodrome for cycling, an aquatic centre, an indoor sports arena, training facilities and a village for 17,800 athletes. Bid chief Seb Coe said: "The athletes deserve to be competing in the best facilities on the planet and we will put those in place." "We aim to end up with the best collection of sports facilities in Europe, maybe the world." Architects, consultants, designers and athletes spent 15 months drawing up the plans." England captain David Beckham and Prince William are to appear in an advert together for the UK's Olympic push. Prime Minister Tony Blair, actors Helen Mirren and Hugh Grant are also expected to be in the ad to be screened in cinemas. It will also be shown next Spring to the Olympics evaluation committee, which will decide on July 6 whether London, Paris, New York, Madrid or Moscow will get the Games. Source : The Sun (UK) (English)
Thor Hushvod to undergo surgery
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 11:31:58 -0500
Sinus problem to be corrected November 22 Norvegian Thor Hushvod (Crédit Agricole), Yellow jersey for a day at this years Tour de France, must interrupt his training for the 2005 season. He will undergo surgery to correct a sinus problem which has hampered his respiration in the 2004 season. He is hoping to be on the start line at the Grand Prix d'Ouverture-La Marseillaise season opener in France on February 1, 2005 although his stated goal for the 2005 season is the World Championship in Madrid, Spain. Source : L'Equipe (French)
Riis: Yates is Out - Sunderland is In
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:40:58 -0500
Scott Sunderland appointed a directeur sportif at CSC As expected, CSC manager Bjarne Riis yesterday confirmed that Scott Sunderland will join the Danish team in the role of sports director. The Australian, who turns 38 in a few weeks and announced his retirement as a rider last week, originally contacted the team for a place as a rider, but was instead offered a job as sports director, writes Susanne Horsdal. "When Sean Yates decided to go to Discovery Channel I couldn't immediately see a lot of candidates to replace him with. But then Kim Andersen suggested Scott. And Scott's a good guy, he speaks a lot of languages and he's new in this role, which means that in principle we can influence him in comparison to other sports directors who've been around for years. For me it's important that our sports directors are able to pass on the team's philosophy and ideas when I'm not around," explained Riis. At first he had suggested that Sunderland should be a riding sports director for the first three months of next season thus taking part in a lot of the Belgian races before concentrating fully on the new job in the team car. "But Scott wasn't really interested in that and I respect that completely," said Riis. Source : SixDay Staff
Hoy flies out to Munich after surviving injury scare
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:40:58 -0500
No broken bones after Mountain Bike endover Chris Hoy has survived another injury scare after crashing last week and will continue his racing schedule with an appearance at the Six Days of Munich Meeting this week. The 28-year-old Olympic kilometre track champion damaged his thumb when he went over the handlebars of a mountain bike while filming a BBC documentary with fellow Scottish cyclists Graeme Obree and Craig MacLean. However, initial fears that he had broken a bone proved unfounded and he will fly out to Germany tomorrow. Hoy, who had his first taste of six-day racing in Grenoble earlier this month, will renew his rivalry with Arnaud Tournant, who was second in Athens, and Stefan Nimke, who was third in Athens. Source : Glasgow Herald - (English)
Antigua and Barbuda - Race participants declining
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:40:58 -0500
President of the Antigua & Barbuda Amateur Cycling Association Cliff Williams said there has been a decrease in the number of cyclists who participated in the just ended domestic season. The 2004 domestic season ended on 31 Oct., with the staging of the 2004 Bike Plus National Cycling Championships, which was won by Gordon Kennedy of Guyana. Randy Bobby Simon was crowned the National Champion. Williams said the decrease in the number of participants in the competitions is a major concern for his organisation. "We find our cycling core has decreased. We don"t have as many guys racing and that is affecting us (A&BACA) a whole lot right now," Williams said. The president of the national association added the cyclists are not competing because of other commitments. Source : Antigua Sun Site - (English)
Threshold Hires TV Veteran For Coverage Of US Pro Cycling Tour
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:40:58 -0500
Threshold Sports, owners of the Pro Cycling Tour (PCT), hired television executive Barry Thurston to develop a television package for its pro road series including a new "Triple Crown of Cycling" featuring events in New York, Chicago and San Francisco. The Thurston Group will initially focus on negotiating new local live broadcast and cable rights for the PCT New York and San Francisco races, which aired the last three years on local ABC affiliates. In 2004, Outdoor Life Network also aired specials on both events. Other cities, including Boston, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami and Seattle, are targeted for future PCT expansion, and a week-long "Tour of New York" is in the early planning stages. Thurston is no stranger to television. He was president of Sony's Columbia Tri-Star Television Distribution, responsible for securing billions of dollars of sales of feature films and television shows including Seinfeld, the highest grossing television series in syndication history. In 1993 he created Columbia TriStar Advertiser Sales, which grew from first year revenues of $7 million to more than $300 million today. Thurston has served on various boards of directors including the National Association of Television Executives (NATPE), Combined Broadcasting Company, the Association of Independent Television Stations (INTV) and the Television Bureau of Advertising (TVB). He was inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame in 2001, the same year he founded The Thurston Group. "We are extremely pleased to have Barry on board," said David Chauner, Threshold Sports president and chief executive officer. "His experience and contacts in the broadcast industry will be of tremendous help in taking the Pro Cycling Tour and all our events to the next level." Thurston said the Pro Cycling Tour "has huge growth potential," and that local station groups and national broadcasters are looking for partnering opportunities with emerging sports like cycling. Source : Bicycle Retailer (English)
USA Cycling retroactively absolves Ochowicz in conflict-of-interest case
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:09:58 -0500
By Charles Pelkey VeloNews USA Cycling board president Jim Ochowicz's failure to properly disclose details of a financial relationship with a sponsor of the national governing body does not constitute a conflict of interest, USAC's board of directors has decided. While concluding that Ochowicz's paid consulting services with Zürich World Cup promoter Upsolut do not constitute a conflict, the panel has also noted that he had violated the letter of USA Cycling rules by not formally requesting the board's approval. In an August letter (posted below), John Tarbert, then board vice president, acknowledged that Ochowicz had notified USA Cycling staff - most notably former chief executive officer Lisa Voight and chief operating officer Sean Petty - that he was paid to help BMC assume title sponsorship of the UCI's World Cup event in Zürich. USA Cycling's bylaws, however, require that its full board of directors review such arrangements. Prior to the arrangement, BMC had an established sponsorship agreement with USA Cycling. Because of that contract, BMC approached USA Cycling in early 2002 about helping it secure an event sponsorship in Europe. According to USA Cycling board member Mick Hellman, Petty initially asked Ochowicz to lend BMC a hand. "This is the sort of thing Och' does for a living and he said he expected to be paid for it," Hellman said. "Lisa and Sean said, 'Fine.'" The result was a contract involving USA Cycling, BMC and Zürich World Cup promoter Upsolut. Six months after current CEO Gerard Bisceglia took over the post, he learned of the arrangement and voiced his objection. "I asked Jim about it and he was open about the details," said Bisceglia. "I said I wasn't comfortable with that sort of arrangement and let him know how I felt and that I wasn't going to approve of that in the future." A year later, Bisceglia learned that simply objecting to such arrangements wasn't adequate under USA Cycling rules. After seeking legal counsel on the matter, he referred it to the full board of directors for review. In 2003, Ochowicz also filed a brief disclosure of the arrangement in USA Cycling's annual 990 form, an IRS report required of non-profit organizations. Ochowicz also made note of an ongoing consulting arrangement he has with the Phonak professional cycling team. Hellman said rules require such notification of a potential conflict to be filed almost immediately after such an arrangement is established. "But in practice, the board has never spent a lot of time going over the exact procedure," Hellman said. "That's why only now we are retroactively approving the contract, because before no one really knew just what the procedure should be. "The assumption was that as long as the CEO of USA Cycling knew about it that it was okay. It was also assumed that the CEO would take responsibility for bringing the issue to the board in the event of a conflict ... which is also the impression I had." The letter of the law According to Hellman, chief financial officer Todd Sowl pointed out that USA Cycling bylaws define the arrangement as a conflict and that as such it needed the approval of the board of directors. "It's not enough to simply provide disclosure," Hellman said. "It actually needs prior approval." On the advice of an attorney, Bisceglia notified the board, and then the board asked attorney Dan McCloud to serve as outside counsel in the matter, a service Hellman says the attorney performed pro bono. McCloud concluded that no conflict existed and recommended that the board approve Ochowicz's arrangement with Upsolut. Nonetheless, Hellman said the case raised several questions about conflicts of interest and how the board should handle them. "We can't have people not understanding what these procedures are," Hellman said. "That's just a recipe for future problems, and that's not a risk we want to take. So we are spending time as a board getting oriented on the conflict question, so that we can avoid a situation like this again. "Having done that, we see now that there are still some areas of ambiguity in the rules, so we are putting together another group on the board to look at those ambiguities. One example is to clarify who is responsible for approving the personal expenses of the CEO and the president of the board. Obviously, you don't want a situation where they are approving each other's expenses, because there is potential for 'back-scratching.'" Hellman said that he and other board members are uncomfortable with having the organization's CEO decide which disclosures need to be reviewed by the board of directors. As an alternative, Hellman suggests that the board may put a subcommittee in charge of reviewing disclosures, again to avoid the potential for conflict of interest. "My guess is that people are willing to take the transparency thing up to a point," Hellman said. "That would mean making the disclosure forms available to the public. One question still out there is whether people should be required to disclose the dollar amounts associated with a potential conflict. "Some argue that the question should only revolve around the relationship and whether a conflict exists at all. The other point of view is that knowing the dollar figure can help in clarifying which conflicts are significant and which are not. I mean, people probably don't care if there is a conflict involving six dollars. They probably care a lot if there is a conflict involving $600,000. Some argue that the dollar figure should be attached to the disclosures. Others argue that it should not in that it's really not anyone's business. That hasn't resolved and hasn't yet been decided." What about Phonak? However the Upsolut case is resolved, it also raised questions about Ochowicz's ongoing role as a consultant to the Phonak cycling team. Critics have suggested that Ochowicz's six-figure consulting relationship with the Swiss-based pro team also holds potential for conflict. "It didn't come up in this case," Hellman said. "The point is that the promotions agreement is subject to greater scrutiny than his arrangement with Phonak because the BMC deal involved a USA Cycling sponsor. BMC had a contract with USA Cycling. That's where the conflict lay. He was paid to facilitate that arrangement and that's why it needed to be reviewed by the board. Phonak, meanwhile, is not a USA Cycling sponsor and the overlap isn't there. "The question one asks in that case - if you think about it from a governance standpoint - is where his role as director or even as president of USA Cycling would be compromised in return for something good happening to his own pocketbook for the Phonak relationship. To me, that relationship is indicative of the problem we have as a board in general. It's not just Och'. Virtually everyone on this board has some sort of financial stake in the sport." Indeed, Hellman doubts that anyone without an interest in the sport would want to become involved in USA Cycling and its board. "It'd be wonderful in an ideal world to have a board of volunteer directors, who out of the goodness of their hearts were doing this and could spend all sorts of time on it," he said. "In reality, we're never going to have that. No NGB is going to have that." (Source: Velo News)
US 6th Fleet staff officer struck by car in Ukraine
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:09:58 -0500
By Jason Chudy, Stars and Stripes European edition, Wednesday, November 10, 2004 A Navy lieutenant commander assigned to the 6th Fleet staff was struck by a car and seriously injured Sunday during a port visit to Sevastopol, Ukraine. The officer, whose name has not been released, was cycling with a group of other off-duty sailors from the staff and its flagship, USS La Salle, when he was hit by the passing car late Sunday morning. One of the sailors in the group, a Navy corpsman, provided medical assistance to the officer, who was later transported by ambulance to a local hospital. Cmdr. Cate Mueller, 6th Fleet public affairs officer, said that the officer was seriously injured and will be flown to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany once stabilized. Navy and Ukrainian officials are investigating the incident. The Gaeta, Italy-based 6th Fleet staff and USS La Salle departed Nov. 1 for a monthlong deployment to the Black Sea. They are scheduled to take part in military exercises with forces from Ukraine, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey while deployed. The ship and staff also are expected to make a port visit in Bulgaria during the deployment. (Source: Stars and Stripes)
Men Only
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:09:58 -0500
Here's Raimondas Rumsas (Source: Six Day staff; Photo Courtesy: Cyclisme féminin (French))
Ladies Only
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 08:09:58 -0500
Here's Denmark's Birgitte Rud Jensen Here she is in the Indledningsløb med Holstebro CycloCross, 2004 :(Source: Six Day staff)
Happy Birthday - Men
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:53:58 -0500
Wont Wagtmans (1929) - Died August 15, 1994. 3rd 1953 Pascale (1st Germain Derycke. Belgium; 2nd Donato Piazza, Italy.) Nicola Minali (1969) Italy. 1st 1995 Paris-Tours 1st 1996 Paris-Tours (Source: Six Day staff)
Happy Birthday - Women
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:53:58 -0500
Monika Kiraly (1983) Hungary 205th UCI Ranking Erika Csomor (1983) Hungary 264th UCI Ranking (Source: Six Day staff)
Today's Menu
Wed, 10 Nov 2004 06:53:58 -0500
Wednesday, November 10, 2004 Main Events:
MEN:
Stage Races :
Doble Copacabana-GP Fides - Bolivia - Cat. 2.5 Stage 2
Single Day races : None
Six Day and Other Track Races : None
WOMEN :
Stage Races : None
Single Day races : None
(Source: UCI)
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