This weekend was busy for professional cycling. The Dauphiné Libéré was won by Alejandro Valverde. I sure hope that the Italian cycling authorities (CONI) allow him to participate in the Tour de France this year. Italian, you say, well yes. Seems that for his alleged involvement in Operation Puerto the Italians have banned him from any races on Italian soil for two years. The TDF takes a brief 80km (about 50 miles) run into Italy on stage 16. In all these type of cases it is usually a matter of he said/she said and this is no different. It is just a shame that one of the best cyclists in the world today will not be able to participate.
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Georgia Gould, the 2007 USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Cross Country Calendar Champion, has posted on her blog that she has a petition asking the UCI to mandate equal prize money for the top 5 places in both men’s and women’s races. If you agree the petition can be signed electronically.
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