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In fact, it's a pedal-powered, two-person submarine. Its inventors plan to hire it to tourists as a submergible pedallo,

A historic sixth yellow jersey has propelled Lance Armstrong into the pantheon of all-time sporting greats. A Seabiscuit-type Hollywood blockbuster is waiting to be signed off. Celluloid sainthood for Lance, good publicity for cycling. Plus, following last week's Associated Press exclusive on Dubya's Trek Fuel, John Kerry has upped the ante by cycling before the most important speech of his career, a speech which featured bicycling three times...

Andy Shrimpton believes Cycle Heaven of York is the first bike shop to achieve the government-sponsored Investors In People Standard.

The Belford Hospital near Fort William, Scotland, is to be downgraded to a 'cottage hospital' leading to the closure of the Accident & Emergency Unit. 6021 people have signed an online petition to keep the A&E unit open, many of the signatories are DH riders.

Earlier today, MTB world champion Filip Meirhaeghe of the Specialized MTB team, admitted use of EPO and "retired". Last night he phoned Specialized president Mike Sinyard, admitting his guilt. Sinyard stressed Specialized has a 'zero tolerance' policy on drug use.