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16 September 2005

17 September News ...

Sastre and Mancebo Race At Home

While neither Carlos Sastre (Team CSC) or Francisco Mancebo (Illes Balears) won Thursday's stage 18 of the Vuelta a España, both were applauded. The stage started and ended in Ávila, the hometown of both riders. When the two were called to the start line the tifosi when nuts with applause and kisses. Both riders deserve the accolades, even if not in their home town: Mancebo is 4th overall and Sastre is 3rd.

Mancebo has tried his hardest to move from 4th to 3rd, but has been unable to overtake his hometown friend. The Illes Balears rider will not come away empty handed from this Vuelta, he won a magnificent stage. Mancebo outsmarted Heras and Menchov in stage 10 to Andorra. While Sastre has not won a stage, he is sitting comfortably in 3rd overall. If all goes without a hitch the Team CSC man will finish on the Podium in Madrid.

60th Vuelta a España:
Startlist
Stages and Maps, Key Stages, Overall Map
Photos, Dust Devil's Daily Wrap

Past World Champions

The World Championship road race takes place in nine day. Riders from all around the world will take to the start line in a bid to win the rainbow jersey, which they are able to wear for one year. Below is a list of recent winners of the world title. Oscar Freire has made this race his own in recent times, but the Spaniard will not be lining up this year. His compatriots have dominated the race in recent times, from Olano to Astarloa. Prior to that it was Armstrong, Bugno and LeMond.

World RR Winners Since 1960:
1960 Rik Van Looy (BEL)
1961 Rik Van Looy (BEL)
1962 Jean Stablinski (FRA)
1963 Benoni Beheyt (BEL)
1964 Jan Janssens (NED)
1965 Tom Simpson (GB)
1966 Rudy Altig (GER)
1967 Eddy Merckx (BEL)
1968 Vittorio Adorni (ITA)
1969 Harm Ottenbros (NED)
1970 Jean-Pierre Monsére (BEL)
1971 Eddy Merckx (BEL)
1972 Marino Basso (ITA)
1973 Felice Gimondi (ITA)
1974 Eddy Merckx (BEL)
1975 Hennie Kuiper (NED)
1976 Freddy Maertens (BEL)
1977 Francesco Moser (ITA)
1978 Gerrie Knetemann (NED)
1979 Jan Raas (NED)
1980 Bernard Hinault (FRA)
1981 Freddy Maertens (BEL)
1982 Giuseppe Saronni (ITA)
1983 Greg LeMond (USA)
1984 Claude Criquielion (BEL)
1985 Joop Zoetemelk (NED)
1986 Moreno Argentin (ITA)
1987 Stephen Roche (IRL)
1988 Maurizio Fondriest (ITA)
1989 Greg LeMond (USA)
1990 Rudy Dhaenens (BEL)
1991 Gianni Bugno (ITA)
1992 Gianni Bugno (ITA)
1993 Lance Armstrong (USA)
1994 Luc Leblanc (FRA)
1995 Abraham Olano (SPA)
1996 Johan Museeuw (BEL)
1997 Laurent Brochard (FRA)
1998 Oscar Camenzind (SUI)
1999 Oscar Freire (SPA)
2000 Romans Vainsteins (LET)
2001 Oscar Freire (SPA)
2002 Mario Cipollini (ITA)
2003 Igor Astarloa (SPA)
2004 Oscar Freire (SPA)

Worlds Road Race Preview

The stage is the streets of Madrid. The actors are the finest cyclists the world has to offer. All that remains is to see how the drama of this year's World Championship road race plays out. The anticipation has been building for months. As of the writing of this preview, Alessandro Petacchi has won 4 stages of the Vuelta a España, and his form is absolutely scorching. At this point the only thing separating him from a gold medal is perhaps some bad teamwork and some plain old bad luck. The Australian contingent is stacked deep with talent. On its books are several fast-men: Baden Cooke, Allan Davis and Robbie McEwen. McEwen is one of the few sprinters that can go toe-to-toe with Petacchi and actually beat him. It promises to be a battle royale. (Read the full preview.)
- Paco

Tour de Pologne, Poland: 12 - 18 September

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