Friday notes

• » UPDATE: VeloNews now has a preview. It mentions that sprinter Tony Cruz (Discovery) is a possible late entry. It also quotes Ivan Dominguez (Toyota-United) on the final corner: "You either crash and injure yourself or you win the race." Dominguez says he wishes the finish line were elsewhere on the course, but I'm not sure where it could be positioned to allow for a bigger run-up. Between Turns 2 and 3? Closer to Turn 1?

• » We all loved seeing Chris Horner (Predictor-Lotto) at the Tour of Elk Grove last week. Cyclingnews' Mark Zalewski wrote a profile that looks at Horner's hopes for next year and expands on Horner's disappointment with Lance Armstrong: "Because Lance wants to get out of the sport he is going to unemploy half of his team. Personal opinion again, but that has to be the biggest bullshit story I have ever read!"

• » Kurt Jambretz of Action Images has hundreds of great pictures from Elk Grove, both amateur and pro.

• » Ed White (XXX Racing-AthletiCo) took some nice pictures at the track last night, where Adam Bergman (Colavita), Emile Abraham (Priority Health) and Todd Yezefski (Nerac) put on quite a show. (The former USPRO champ I was promised was a no-show.)

• » Fliers for the Fall Fling are out. Looks like another great series. Men's 3's will race with the 1/2's but will have separate payouts.

• » For those who need a program to tell the players apart, here's Sunday's start list for Downers Grove. Also, the race bible has a breakdown of the men's USPRO sprint contest. Points will be awarded with 45, 40 and 35 to go: 7,5,3,2 and 1 for 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th. Winner gets a grand. Also, Cyclingnews has a preview, citing a "possible leg problem" with last year's elite champ, Kayle Leogrande (Rock Racing).

• » Eddie Van Guyse and the other announcers do a great job at Downers Grove, but when referring to the national championship jersey, they tend to call it the "stars and bars," which is very different from the "stars and stripes." So I propose a little game. Every time they do this, let's all call back in unison, "I think you mean 'stars and stripes!'"
  

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