MAN pulls out as CSC sponsor

Team CSC lost a sponsor this week, but stayed cool in light of statements out of France that its team manager Bjarne Riis might not be welcome at the Tour de France.

"Riis has done a lot for cycling in the last few years. If he isn't allowed to be there, then you have to ask, why is Bernard Hinault, who avoided a doping test, allowed to conduct the winner's ceremonies?," said Directeur Sportif Jorgen Pedersen, who is accompanying his team in the Giro d'Italia, to the dpa. "What about Laurent Fignon, who tested positive twice?"