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Spanish insurance company Liberty Seguros has today terminated its sponsorshop with the pro cycling team of the same name. Team boss Manolo Saiz was detained by police earlier in week following a Spanish dope investigation. Saiz was released but the detention was too much for the insurance company, still smarting after the November 2005 suspension of Liberty Seguros rider Roberto Heras.

Singletrack mag wants bike industry companies to wake up to the potential of podcasts. The Singletrack podcast is the first cycling podcast in the iTunes sports category and number 14 out of 2150 sports podcasts, bested only by football podcasts from major media players such as The Guardian and BBC Radio Five Live. PLUS: check out the fantastic three-minute trailer for the long-awaited 'Roam' MTB DVD.

To be staged during Bike Week, the Police Cycle Show will be held in the Guildhall Yard in London EC2.

The UCI World Road Championships take place 19-24th September in Salzburg. This is Austria's most cycle-friendly city. The city council and regional tourist board want cyclists planning on attending the World Championship to bring their bikes. Here's a five minute video podcast preview of the World Championships. Check out the footage of the masses of cyclists on one of Salzburg's cycle paths. No need for iTunes or podcast software, there's a direct video link for those that have yet to start getting podcasts. And there's a chance to win a 'bike swag' prize, too, if you know your Mozart...

"The Nike Sport Kit allows your Nike+ shoe to talk to your iPod nano. The sensor uses a sensitive accelerometer to measure your activity, then wirelessly transfers this data to the receiver on your iPod nano." Can a Nike/Apple HRM Bike kit be far behind?