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Thanks to an attempted injunction to force fair play in Friday's election of a new UCI president, sixteen members of the UCI's seventeen-strong management committee had refused to take part in the opening ceremony of the UCI world road championships taking place in Madrid. The court action has now failed and Friday's election will take place as planned in Madrid.

The Fat Cyclist said: "Heras now has the second-fastest time trial average in a grand tour, ever. Heras? Was it a time trial off a freakin' cliff? Seriously. Heras? 38.9 km in 41'31"? Heras?" Oval Concepts believes it knows why Heras improved so much and went so fast: his A911 JetStream aero bar. This was meant to be team issue only but it cost so much Oval Concepts is to offer it for sale. Price? Don't ask.

The Outdoor Industries Association is staging its last GO Outdoors show this weekend. There's been a Harrogate trade show in the autumn since the 1960s but "to meet the changing buying patterns of brands and retailers" next year the show becomes outdoorpreview and will be held in July.

London mayor Ken Livingstone told the US newspaper cycling is "the fastest, cheapest, most healthy and environmentally friendly way to get around London, and more and more people are taking it up. The number of cyclists has doubled over the last five years." USA Today interviews 'bomb dodging' new bike commuters, Adam Coffman of the CTC, London bike shop staffers and the editor of BikeBiz.com.

Ticalium combines aluminum with titanium and carbon to produce a super-hard extrusion that is designed to increase the strength, hardness and wear resistance of aluminum. It would be perfect for bicycle frames, said the Adal Group.