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LATEST NEWS: MOERENHOUT TAKES STAGE, MARTIN TAKES JERSEY AT ENECO TOUR
Road Bike Action & AFP
August 20, 2010
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(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
Rabobank’s Koos Moerenhout won stage 3 of the Eneco Tour ahead of HTC-Columbia’s Tony Martin, who pulled on the leader’s jersey.
Moerenhout attacked after a move by Sky’s Edvald Boasson Hagen had been pulled back to the select group of leaders. Martin was the only other rider who could follow Moerenhout’s move.
The duo finished 1:24 ahead of the lead group of 28, from which Allan Davis (Astana) won the sprint for third. Davis threw his arms in the air, thinking he had won the stage but was informed of his third place.
Previous leader Svein Tuft of Garmin-Transistions is now third overall, 1:26 off the lead.
 Armstrong relaxes on the TGV with son Luke.
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
Armstrong to Speak at College Commencement
Despite being the subject of a federal criminal investigation, Seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong was named Thursday as High Point University's commencement speaker in 2011.
Armstrong, who turns 39 next month, will speak next May 7 to new graduates at the 3,300-student school in the southeast.
Prior High Point commencement speakers include former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani in 2005, Queen Noor of Jordan in 2006, comedian Bill Cosby in 2007, US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas in 2008, astronaut Buzz Aldrin in 2009 and Coca-Cola Company chief executive Muhtar Kent last year.
Armstrong has faced renewed allegations of doping since former teammate Floyd Landis admitted he was a dope cheat and said he saw Armstrong take performance-enhancing drugs numerous times.
Armstrong sponsors have said they have cooperated with US agents looking into details about the cycling legend, whose comeback from testicular cancer that had spread to his lungs and brain inspired interest in him as a speaker.
"Each year, we aim to set positive examples to our graduating seniors who are just beginning to step out into the real world and begin their careers," university president Nido Qubein said.
"Lance Armstrong is a shining example of hard work and dedication and what it really means to work toward a goal. He is a champion who stays at the top of his game through his positive outlook and determination to make a difference.
"His message will surely inspire our 2011 graduates to go out and succeed."
 Gold medalist Anna Meares at the World Championships.
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
Aussies Send Seven World Champs to Delhi Games
Australia named seven reigning world champions in their 27-strong cycling team for the New Delhi Commonwealth Games in October.
The Australians are aiming to repeat their dominant performance on both road and track at the Melbourne Games in 2006 and this year's UCI World Track Cycling Championships.
Australia topped the table with 10 of the 57 medals, including six gold, at the world track championships in Copenhagen in March.
Headlining the team will be 2004 Olympic and reigning Commonwealth Games champion Anna Meares and defending Commonwealth men's road race champion Mathew Hayman.
Track world champions Meares (500m time trial and team sprint), Ashlee Ankudinoff (teams pursuit), Kaarle McCulloch (team sprint), Josephine Tomic (teams pursuit), Jack Bobridge (teams pursuit), Michael Hepburn (teams pursuit), and three-time champion at this year's world titles Cameron Meyer (teams pursuit, points race and madison) were all named in the team.
Underlining the generational change underway in Australian track cycling, only Meares and 2006 team sprint bronze medallist Shane Perkins have previously competed at a Commonwealth Games.
The road events in New Delhi will take place straight after the UCI Road World Championships in Melbourne and Australia will again field a strong line-up at the Games.
Defending Commonwealth road race champion Mathew Hayman will be joined by sprinters Allan Davis, Chris Sutton and Mark Renshaw.
The women's road team will be led by 2006 Games representative and women's World Cup winner Rochelle Gilmore.
Australian Commonwealth Games Association chief executive Perry Crosswhite said the cycling team was as strong as any that had represented Australia at the Commonwealth Games.
"The weight of seven current world champions is huge and the recent performances of the Australian track team will mean we enter the Delhi Commonwealth Games in a strong position and as a feared unit by competing nations," Crosswhite said.
At the last Commonwealth Games, held in Melbourne, the Australian track cycling team won seven gold medals, five silver and three bronze medals, while the road team collected four golds along with three silver and two bronze.
Australia - Men's Track: Daniel Ellis, Jason Niblett, Shane Perkins, Scott Sunderland, Jack Bobridge, Michael Freiberg, Michael Hepburn, Cameron Meyer, Travis Meyer, Dale Parker. Men's Road: Allan Davis, Mathew Hayman, Richie Porte, Mark Renshaw, Chris Sutton.
Women's Track: Kaarle McCulloch, Anna Meares, Emily Rosemond, Ashlee Ankudinoff, Megan Dunn, Belinda Goss, Josephine Tomic. Women's Road: Ruth Corset, Rochelle Gilmore, Chloe Hosking, Carly Light, Alexis Rhodes.
 Armstrong at the finish of the Tour de France.
(Photo: Yuzuru Sunada)
Armstrong Adds PR Master to Defense Team
In order to combat leaks regarding the investigation into whether Lance Armstrong and select members of the US Postal Service cycling team doped, Armstrong has added a PR strategist to his defense team. Mark Fabiani has been advising Armstrong and his legal team since some time in July.
Fabiani is a former White House special counsel whose previous clients have included Bill and Hillary Clinton, Al Gore and Goldman Sachs.
In an e-mail to Bloomberg he questioned the wisdom of the investigation, saying, “With salmonella causing the recall of 380 million eggs, I'm probably not the only one wondering right now why the FDA is spending its resources looking into international bicycle races that occurred years ago.”
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