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Cycling in the news: USA Cycling mulling move; Jeanson's doc exhausts appeals

Published: Dec. 2, 2007

"Cycling in the News" is a regular service of VeloNews.com. Readers,reporters and friends are encouraged to send links to current stories aboutcompetitive cyclists and cycling that appear in the mainstream media. Ifyou come across a news item that you believe may be of interest to otherVeloNews readers, we would be grateful if you choose to send it to rosters@InsideInc.com.


USA Cycling mulling move (Canada)
The Colorado Springs Gazette
USA Cycling officials have set a Dec. 15 deadline for their 48-employee organization, which is considering new Colorado Springs locations and options in Ogden, Utah, and in an unspecified third city. A five-person contingent led by USA Cycling chief executive officer Steve Johnson toured Ogden facilities last month. No other visits are planned, USA Cycling spokesman Andy Lee said, adding that Ogden and Colorado Springs "are the two that are furthest along in the process. Those would be the most likely sites.” Fullstory


No more appeals: Doping doctor must face the music (Canada)
The Montreal Gazette
An orthopedic surgeon who pleaded guilty to giving banned drugs to competitive bicyclist Geneviève Jeanson has run out of legal options. Maurice Duquette lost his bid before the Supreme Court of Canada this week to retract his guilty plea for prescribing erythropoietin. Duquette now faces penalties from the Quebec College of Physicians for prescribing the banned substance to 11 patients, including Jeanson. Among possible penalties, he could be barred from practicing medicine. Fullstory


Cyclocross: Mud, sweat and gears (United States)
The New York Times
Above the pool of filth, but still within the shadow of the ditch,my bike skidded sideways in muck. “Heads up!” yelled a fellow racer, elbowout, body a blur. Fullstory


Injured joggers get $49 million from Dana Point (United States)
Los Angeles Times
Two women left permanently disabled after being struck by a car whilejogging along Pacific Coast Highway reached a $49-million settlement todaywith the city of Dana Point. Fullstory

Grand Depart 'promoted cycling' (Great Britain)
inthenews.co.uk
The London leg of this year's Tour de France led to an 11 per centincrease in cycle use in the UK capital. Fullstory

UCI president says Russia and China in talks to create major cyclingtours in 2009 (Switzerland)
The Associated Press
China and Russia are in line to host major cycling tours as part ofthe sport's plans to set up a global racing series. International CyclingUnion president Pat McQuaid said Tuesday that he began speaking with Russianand Chinese authorities earlier this year and that both races could beready by 2009. Fullstory

Paths to a green future (Wales)
South Wales Echo
Vote now for the People’s Bridge for walkers and cyclists and helpchange people’s mental maps, says Lee Waters. Joel Evans used to walk toschool every morning. Even though it’s dark there were plenty of lightson his route to school. That’s because 12-year-old Joel walked alongsidethe dual carriageway. Fullstory
Couple still cycling at 72 and 92 (Great Britain)
BBC
A pensioner who clocks up more than 250 miles a week cycling acrossthe Brecon Beacons is proving it is never too late to take up exercise.Bert Brett, 72, from Merthyr Tydfil, has been cycling for only 10 years,but he has sometimes beaten men half his age in time trials... Fullstory

Olympic group says it can’t afford to pay for new headquarters(United States)
Colorado Springs Gazette
The US Olympic Committee wants free office space if it’s to keep itsheadquarters in Colorado Springs, according to a document the city releasedWednesday. Fullstory
Josiah and Azizul say no to Asia Cup (Malaysia)
The Star
Track cyclists Josiah Ng and Azizul Hasni Awang have had a change ofmind and will not compete in the Sultan Azlan Shah Asia Cup cycling championships,which begin tomorrow at the Kuala Lumpur Velodrome. ... Fullstory
Women's cycling reinstated (Malaysia)
The Star
Two events that were dropped from the Korat SEA Games four days ago,have been reinstated, increasing the number of gold medals at stake to475 from 473. The two events reinstated are equestrian (eventing) and women'scycling in ... Fullstory

Why Sports Scandals Don't Hurt Sports (United States)
Forbes
Welcome to modern professional sports, home of sexual harassment, dogfighting, brawling, gambling, steroid use and blood doping. Yawn. Fansprofess outrage, but wallets remain open and ... Fullstory

Bajans dominate National Cycling Championships (Antigua)
Antigua Sun
Barbados cyclists Phillip Clarke and Jason Perryman, dominated therecently held Bike Plus National Cycling championships placing first andsecond respectively here in Antigua over the weekend. Fullstory

SKorea Promotes Bicycles to Ease Traffic (Sourth Korea)
Associated Press
South Korea is turning to an old-fashioned solution for dealing withits always-clogged roads: encouraging people to ride bicycles. Fullstory

Bicycle bandit robs Forsyth bank (United States)
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
A bicycling bank bandit was being pursued Monday by Forsyth Countyauthorities. Sheriff Ted Paxton said the suspect robbed the Regions Bankat Ga. 9 and Post Road about 10:50 a.m. Monday and escaped on a red bicycle.Fullstory

Police make arrest in bicycle road-rage attack (Canada)
CBC News
A 34-year-old man has been charged in connection with a road-rage incidentlast week in which a cyclist allegedly stabbed a motorist with a screwdriver.Fullstory
Children of doping athletes deformed (Australia)
The Sydney Morning Herald
THEY are the 69 children of a small part of the drugged generationof sporting stars. But instead of inheriting their parent's athletic ability,the children have been shown to have serious medical issues at rates muchhigher than that of the general population. Seven have physical deformitiesand four are mentally handicapped. Fullstory

Biking, on and off (United States)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
The fringe sport of cyclocross racing, which involves hopping on andoff your bike to get over course obstacles, is becoming more popular withMinnesota cyclists. FullStory

Four-way cycling contest likely but focus on Yates (NewZealand)
New Zealand Herald
Interest will be high in how well Hawke's Bay's Jeremy Yates will performin the six-day Tour of Southland cycling race, beginning today in Invercargill,after returning from a two-year drugs ban. Fullstory

Toyota and Cycle Lab join forces (South Africa)
Supercycling.co.za
Toyota South Africa has announced its sponsorship of the Cycle LabSuper Cycling National Club and the Toyota Development Academy. The sponsorshipwill see Toyota becoming the sole sponsor of the club and includes opportunitiesof branding for cycling kits and a number of branded vehicles to be usedby the Club around the country. Fullstory

Court case involving fired Astana rider will challenge worlddoping system (Belgium)
International Herald Tribune
Former Astana team rider Andrej Kashechkin is taking cycling authoritiesto court over a failed drug test in a case which could have major implicationsfor anti-doping efforts throughout sports. Fullstory

Bikes make you live longer? (United States)
Minneapolis Star-Tribune
In "Bike for Life: How to Ride to 100" (Avalon Press, $16.95), authorsRoy Wallack and Bill Katovsky lay out a premise that says cycling -- withits combination of fun, ease, travel, social interaction, joint-gentlenessand physical challenge -- is the ideal sport for longevity.
Fullstory

Cycling a terrific marketing tool (South Africa)
Rekord.co.za
Cycling has proven itself locally and internationally as one of thebest marketing tools.
Yet few people seem to realise it.
Fullstory

Perlis open: Faris defies the odds to win his first race(Malaysia)
The New Strait Times
Faris Abdul Razak won his first race of the year, taking the PerlisOpen men’s road race yesterday, as the national team flexed their musclesshowing dominant form with a month to go to the Sea Games.
Full story

Lance and...?!? (United States)
New York Post
Lance Armstrong, 36, and....
FullStory

Bicycle Love (Scotland)
United Press International
A man who admitted having sex with a bicycle in a Scottish hotel hasbeen...
Fullstory
Cyclists chart a revolutionary path (Canada)
The Toronto Star
As a law student, Kristen Courtney has enough to do without constantpain, a continual round of chiropractic and acupuncture appointments anda steady stream of insurance forms to fill out.
Full story

Baseball's Drug Testing Lacks Element of Surprise (UnitedStates)
The New York Times
Major League Baseball, bracing for the results of an internal investigationinto steroid use, has continued to employ a drug-testing procedure thatmay allow players time to mask their use of performance-enhancing drugs.
Fullstory

Bicycle races are coming your way (Israel)
Haaretz.com
Some 50 people spent a few days in mid-September at an intensive courseon how to build biking trails, held at Kibbutz Kfar Menachem in the Judeanplains. Even though thousands of off-road cyclists engage in their hobbyevery weekend, and many of them do so during the week, too, the ridingconditions are far from satisfactory.
Fullstory

Bicycle business continues to roll (United States)
Fayetteville Observer
Mark Hawley’s parents opened their first bicycle shop on Raeford Roadon Halloween 43 years ago.
That was back in 1964, when Raeford Road was two lanes beyond WilliamH. Owen Elementary School. The former Treasure City discount store acrossthe street was two years old, but not many other businesses were in thearea.
Fullstory
"Cycling in the News" is a regular serviceof VeloNews.com. Readers, reporters and friends are encouraged to sendlinks to current stories about competitive cyclists and cycling that appearin the mainstream media. If you come across a news item that you believemay be of interest to other VeloNews readers, we would be grateful if youchoose to send it to rosters@InsideInc.com.