- After allegations that current World Champ Paolo Bettini supplied Patrick Sinkewitz, and his refusal to sign the "Commitment for a New Cycling" agreement, Germany is trying to bar him from riding in the World Championships road race on Saturday. Signing the agreement is voluntary; Bettini is said to have signed a version which stated that he was not involved in O.P. and that he would provide DNA if requested. Also, Sinkewitz's lawyer has stated that he did not refer to Bettini during procedures related to Sinkewitz's positive doping control in June.
- The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled yesterday that it could not bar Alejandro Valverde from competing Saturday, either. The Spanish Secretary for the Sport Jaime Lissavetzky was pleased with the decision, stating that it was important to safeguard the presumption of innocence. Australian Allan Davis and Czech Rene Andrle were cleared to race under the same decision.
- Veteran racer Inigo Cuesta completed his 14th consecutive Vuelta this year. This ties a record, which he hopes to beat next year, before retiring.
- CSC has wrapped up the Pro Tour team title for the year. Danilo DiLuca is on top of the individual ratings, but may not last long, given doping allegations.
- The organizers of the Giro will announce details about the route of the 2008 race in December.
- Still no definite news about the "Tour of America". I'm getting more and more doubtful.
- Missing The Point: Andrey Kashechkin is planning to protest his positive out of competition test from August on the grounds that they violated his privacy, as he was on vacation and "didn't want to be disturbed."
I just received a number of Eurobike Exhibition updates from Velonews.com These are dated throughout the exhibition. August 31 : Giant rolls out refinements to their Maestro line of suspension bikes Ridley introduces an entry-level carbon fiber cyclocross bike Only cosmetic changes for Scott's road bikes, but new mountain and cyclocross bikes A new mountain/cyclocross pedal from Look New pedals, headsets, cranks and wheels from Crank Brothers A redesign of RockShox's SID fork for it's 10th anniversary September 1 : New clinchers from Lightweight A new line of cycling shorts and bibs from Assos Super light Nano Gram Zero pedals from Speedplay A new range of suspension forks from Maverick A little more about Selle Italia's new saddles with Troy Lee as well as a new Team Edition Flite model New white bars, stems and seatposts from FSA. Also, new compact shapes in the Plasma bar/stem combo and the K-Wing carbon bar, a new crankset, a K-Force tubular wheelset and an integra...