21. Motorola, the only U.S. team in the Tour de France, says it will stop sponsoring an international cycling team at the end of the year. 22. Motorola is in its last year of sponsoring a cycling team. 23. Speedskater Chris Witty will have to beat a challenger to keep her spot on the Olympic cycling team for the Sydney Games, her agent said Friday. 24. The court ruled that the weekly, Der Spiegel, must publish a rebuttal by the head of the cycling team, Walter Godefroot, in an upcoming issue. 25. The Postal Service decided to sponsor a cycling team because it saw a unique advertising opportunity. 26. The U.S. Postal Service international cycling team was one of six wild-card entries selected Tuesday to compete in the Tour de France. 27. The U.S. Postal Service team was the only American-based cycling team to compete in the Tour de France this year. 28. The sponsor of the cycling team Festina said Saturday it would continue to support its team while taking the lead in initiatives to fight doping in the sport. 29. This time last year, all four Spanish cycling teams angrily withdrew midway through the race to protest the way police were handling the doping scandal. 30. Two top officials of the Dutch cycling team TVM were placed under formal investigation by French authorities Tuesday for the use of the performance-enhancing drug EPO. |