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Monday 22nd April at Univesity of Texas - Panel discussion with Bill Bock (USADA legal counsel), Greg and Kathy Lemond, Betsy Andreu, Reed Albergotti (Wall St Journal).

Half hour interview with DM on canal + espana (mostly in English). JV, Christian VDV, and his sister Fran also appear. Worth the time spent, as he recounts his story (along the lines of the stuff in his book) and more.

sale in the Isle Of Man next week. (Title link to the IOM post office site). More here. Looking for a gift idea for a Cav superfan you may know then the first day cover or presentation pack could be it. Apparently they can all be dispatched worldwide (it is a post office after all!) And it's cheaper than buying the Cav mug

WADA have now written to NADA Germany to clarify that only cases from 2011 onwards should be prosecuted (when there was a change in the wording of the Code). Kittel (2008) and others seems may have the worst behind them Couple of other reports

As per a Cav tweet today - this evening on Sky Sports News there is a half hour documentary titled "Special Report - King of Sprint" about Cav. (Streaming usually available - currently on stream 3) The blurb on the Sky TV planner describes it as follows: "Unprecedented access to Olympic cyclist Mark Cavendish. He talks about London 2012, Team Sky's hopes for the new year and why he thinks cycling is the cleanest sport around". Starts 7.30 UK, 8.30 CET, 2.30 US Eastern, 6.30 am Melbourne

Known as "The Race That Stops a Nation" - Australia's premier horse race of the year took place a few hours ago. 2m - Grade 1 (Handicap) - 23 runners - £2,467,320 to the winner Title gives link to race video. Race card Full result Race report (all from racing post uk) Also up on you tube is a review of the day's racing from racing victoria showing after race reaction of jockey and trainer of the winner and the clips of the finishes of the other feature races of the day

(Due to the wonders of the internet am now pretty convinced the title link should now be to a non geo-restricted site) The link is to a documentary recently shown in the UK - one of the Inside Nature's Giants series (which last year won a BAFTA - our version of an Emmy). The full majesty and fragility of the thoroughbred racehorse is frankly addressed. Ever wondered why and how horses can run so fast? This programme that will go a long way towards explaining that. Highly Recommended viewing. (NB The programme was shown in the UK with a parental advisory notice as not really suitable for young children. Includes scenes in the mating shed (Coolmore's no less) and of a post mortem)

Sunday saw the 121st running of the biggest race of the year in the Czech republic (title link to race description at wiki cs). A cross country steeplechase over 4m 2.5f and 31 fences (including the formidable Taxis fence - the fourth fence jumped) with £150K+ of prize money up for grabs - it is the feature race of a cracking days racing at the track. Czech coverage (in HD) up at youtube Racing UK channel also covers the race - coverage gives a quick run through of the runners and riders and has english commentary (if you sync the two can get high quality video and english commentary). Full Result via Racing Post

UK ES are showing a short 15 minute film (as part of their build up to the Olympics apparently) with David Harmon and Rob Hayles riding and previewing the Olympic road race course. First showing is scheduled at quarter past the hour (just before the Beijing coverage starts) Title gives a link to streaming

this year coming from the same university that has the Cologne lab. How to improve the fight against doping by Wilhelm Schänzer Professor, Head of Institute, Institute for Sport Biochemistry, University of Cologne Germany (the lab boss) - (@ 42.30 min in) Much much more discussed, most of which available on demand (sometimes with slide shows - in presentations if available)

Every cyclist started somewhere. Chapeau Dot, and the many hundreds/thousands like her.

Every Christmas Day UK ES has a cycling special. The last three years it has been Cavendish centred. First shown last Xmas Day UK ES are repeating the last one (with the above named title) several times between now and the start of the Giro. The show is a review of last year with a Cav interview in between the race clips (and with Renshaw, Stapleton, Eisel, Aldag and Pieper joining in). Covers early year loss of form, that crash at Suisse, the Tour (losing, crying, headbutts and all) the Vuelta and the Worlds. The section on the Vuelta and Worlds (half way through to end) is particularly good. Cav typically himself most of the way through. He makes you disagree with him, agree with him, and several times makes you laugh out loud. Any fan will love it, for non fans still worth a watch - his perspective is always interesting. Being repeated Thursday UK ES1 18.30 BST/19.30CEST/13.30Eastern Friday UK ES2 17.00 BST/18.00 CEST/12.00 Eastern UK ES1 20.30 BST/21.30 CEST/15.30 Eastern EDIT Saturday UK ES1 12.25 BST/13.25CEST/07.25 Eastern Cancelled for tennis Coverage of Giro Stage 1 put back to 14.45 accordingly) Streams available quite readily - see fanshot title and elsewhere

Many many congratulations to Jack Bobridge - new world record holder. He has bettered Chris Boardman's 4000m Pursuit world record by over half a second in the qualifying rounds of his national track championships today. (Boardman's record had been 15 years on the record books and was set using the now banned "superman" position) The final between JB and Rohan Dennis promises to be fast. Edit - it was fast, just not as fast... Bobridge is the new National Champion. Hopefully some video will come along later in the day Edit - sadly have found no video so far. SBS do have a brief report of the final and an interview with the new WR holder. If anyone finds anything please post it - hopefully this was recorded by someone somewhere.

For one night only - Thursday 21st October - the film will be screened in 40+ cinemas nationwide in the UK and in three locations in Ireland At the O2 London venue Cav, Jason Berry and Phil Liggett are doing a Q & A that will be linked to the other venues. List of venues taking part Velocity interview with Jason Berry

Is the name of the report that the New Cycling Pathways conference in Geelong was organised around. (The very same conference that shot to prominence when it invited Landis to speak.) The title links to the home page of the conference. The news blog tab has the best links. The above named report from Deakin's business and law faculty. Well worth a skim/read, full of food for thought and if nothing else pgs 89/90 gives a definitive description of the Passport adjudication process.

45 minute highlight show just starting on rai sport. Title takes you to the streaming. Just been interviewing riders before the start, and race coverage just started. Start List. Results and race reports widely available.

As Vlaanderen90 pointed out the other day, which got me to looking, 2M not far away. There was a prize for the 1,000,00th. Just saying..... Slow day at work tomorrow - could do with a comp to liven it up a little