1.   But Walsham, from Chesterfield, took the flag by two lengths in the uphill sprint from Mark McKay, the GB amateur team rider from Northampton.

2.   His teammates and officials consider him a strong team rider and a generous worker.

3.   The US Postal Serivce team rider finished third in the race and moved within two seconds of the overall lead.

4.   This season, at the request of its team riders, Burton came out with a line called Analog for men and OSI for women.

5.   Belgian judge Eric Van de Sijpe has coded medical records and computer files proving that the drug was supplied to team riders, Le Parisien said.

6.   Belgian judge Eric Van de Sijpe has medical records and computer files proving that the drug was supplied to team riders, Le Parisien said.

7.   Belgian judge Eric Van de Sijpe has medical records and computer files proving that EPO was supplied to team riders, Le Parisien said.

8.   By Friday afternoon, all Festina team riders had been released from a Lyon jail along with joint sporting directors Miguel Moreno and Michael Gros.

9.   Domo team riders had worked hard throughout the race to get their strong sprinters, including Konecny, into position coming into the home stretch.

10.   Festina officials and several team riders conceded that banned drugs were used.