11.   He became the second Australian to lead the cycling race.

12.   Italian Mario Saligari captured the sixth stage of the Paris-Nice cycling race Friday while Laurent Jalabert of France retained the overall lead.

13.   Jan Ullrich of Germany virtually assured himself of winning the Tour of Spain by capturing the next-to-last stage of the cycling race on Saturday.

14.   Laurent Jalabert of France Thursday won the first mountain stage of the Tour of Spain and took the overall lead in the cycling race.

15.   On the Le Tour de Langkawi, Dr Mahathir expressed confidence that the annual cycling race will improve and attract more world-class riders.

16.   The biggest cycling race in the world opens Saturday with organizers desperately hoping that attention will be focused not on drugs, but on the sport itself.

17.   The French cycling race, which ended Sunday, was plagued by a doping scandal.

18.   The most prestigious cycling race is becoming bigger and bigger, but with that comes danger.

19.   The main catalyst for the meeting was the doping scandals that decimated the Tour de France cycling race in July.

20.   There are four stages left in the cycling race, which ends Sunday in Milan.