21.   Tour de France officials also said they will name the annual award for the best young rider in the cycling race after Casartelli.

22.   Under sunny skies and a cheering crowd, Belgian Franck Vandenbroucke won the Paris-Nice cycling race on Sunday.

23.   Well, almost a normal day for the cycling race.

24.   Vinokourov ousted Italian Massimiliano Gentilli of Cantina in the overall leadership of the cycling race which is being held in southeastern Spain.

25.   Wust had already won the second and third stage in Spain, the third big cycling race of the season after the Tour de France and the Italian Giro.

26.   But the first professional cycling race in Asia will not get the Tour de France stars it is dreaming of.

27.   DuPont has been upgraded to the top-rated cycling race outside Europe.

28.   It is time once again for the Tour de France -- and it is testament to its longevity that no other cycling race comes close to rivalling its status.

29.   Miguel Indurain confirmed his cycling supremacy three weeks before the start of the Tour de France, winning the Criterium du Dauphine cycling race that finished here on Sunday.

30.   The largest cycling race outside Europe has lost its major sponsor.