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Come on Cyclingnews... it's only the World Champs! Would love to see some articles on CN leading into the Track World Champs. What happened, no one wanted the junket to cover them in sunny Minsk? If it were the road worlds or even the CX worlds, we'd have had a myriad of articles on the site...

Meares Robbed!!! Just finished watching the racing from last night. I did watch the men's early sprint rounds on the live stream and I can tell you that at least three of the men's round-16 sprints the winner did exactly the same thing as Meares in her semi where she was relegated AND the...

GreenEDGE - First signings! Jack B and Meyer Bros. What a surprise. Good start to the team - some points come with Cam. I reckon we'll be reading about Matt Goss and Leigh Howard pretty soon.

Hey Am looking to connect with an Italian junior club or individual or federation to initiate a bi-annual junior cycling exchange program that sees junior riders travel from Melbourne, Australia to somewhere in Italy to race for a three-week period one-year and then Italian juniors head to...

Don't look to F1, look to creating a Professional Sports Assoc Sure F1 gets great TV revenue and sponsorship - that is something to try and emulate; but cycling needs more than this. It needs professional administration. I would support a 'break-away' professional league. McQuaid is inept...

UCI = bunch of stupid old men! Stand fast riders... The UCI is again displaying the sort of petulant behaviour that makes it a laughing stock amongst international sporting bodies. Talk to the riders! Don't just make (another) bad decision and stick by it without some dialogue. I hope the...

Connecting the Dots I find myself often venting in these forums, usually my frustrations with the UCI; sometimes with other key stakeholders in the sport who I consider aren't doing the right thing by the sport. I've got to say, JV's article 'Connecting the Dots' is a thoughtful and moving...

Think About It... First up, I don't know if AC is innocent or guilty - not sure anyone except AC knows that for sure - but just for a minute, think about what if he was innocent; what if it was the beef? If I were a successful professional cyclist, who was subjected to regular tests...

Corruption at the UCI... Never!?!?!?!? Interesting that McDudd says "It's impossible to be corrupt in the way we're being accused, in terms of bribery and assisting riders cover up doping positives,". Leaves it pretty open that there are plenty of other ways the UCI can be corrupt and no doubt...

Shock, horror, call interpol... think Team Leopard Trek; think Garmin; think Sky (especially Sky)!!!!! Think pretty much any team that has launched in the last 10-years. The August trade date start is such an irrelevence and for Vaughters (or anyone else) to cry 'woe is me' is two-faced drivel...

Hey CN, where's your Chrissy Carnivals coverage - you've covered it pretty well in previous years?

When will Pat 'the Rat' McQuaid learn not to put his foot in his mouth quite so often. For him to come out with the sort of comment he did in today's CN about the Contodor case demonstrates his total lack of knowledge in dealing with issues like this. Not sure if he has a 'media adviser', but...

It was with great sadness that I read Taylor Phinney say he was unlikely to ride track this year; with the pursuit ruthlessly cut from the Olympics, there is little motivation for Phinney to continue with track. The same is happening in Australia with the likes of Leigh Howard, Trav Meyer and...

I heard that it isn't Gillette, rather 3M and a "News Limited brand" with Virgin staying involved...

Pat 'the rat' McQueer is again using the media to try and put Zomegnan under pressure to include all of Pat's favourite teams. They're called ProTeams now... not ProTour Teams. I think this is the forth change to the top tier of cycling under dopey-Pats reign. You'd think he'd learn something...