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...for their tyres. Continental, the German manufacturer, has developed a chemical solution to lower road rolling resistance. The company claims that riders Tyler Hamilton and Jan Ullrich will save 30 seconds on the mountain time trial at Alpe D’Huez on stage 16. But what's the goo like in the wet? The Tour de France continues to be plagued by rain...

John Kerry, the would-be president of the US, famously fell from his Serotta and was soon thereafter copied by Dubya, who skidded on a pretzel and face-planted. But will President Bush go the whole hog, and plug himself into OLN to watch his mate go for a sixth yellow jersey?

Oakley Inc expects to report on July 21st that its second quarter net sales will be approximately $152m, an increase of 5.7 percent over its second quarter net sales in 2003, but lower than expected.

A cycling MP is the hero in 'Seventy Two Virgins', written by "one of Britain's most popular politicians". Johnson just so happens to also be a bicycling MP. His book is due to be published in September.

The US company looks set to shift up to 300 000 folding bicycles in 2004. Rising gasoline prices is said to be one of the engines for the growth.