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	Jeannie Longo revels in the rain to win gold \| Outside Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Longo was proved right as 15 of the 58 starters failed to finish, many of them crashing spectacularly on the hilly Buckhead course, which became as slippery as a skating rink.
		Longo has won 10 world titles in an unrivaled career in women's cycling, including two last year, but she claimed the lack of an Olympic gold to go with them was not an obsession before the race.
		Longo dug deep into her reserves one last time on a steep hill during the last lap and neither Chiappa, who had to settle for silver, nor bronze medalist Hughes could stay with her.
	outside.away.com /outside/events/olympics/cycling/roadfinalw.html (635 words)

	Diabolique \| Outside Online
		Because while Jeannie Longo may be the Babe Ruth of women's cycling, she is also, as an NBC commentator uncharitably asserted during the Olympic broadcast, its Ty Cobb.
		Longo's aloofness may be deeply ingrained in her character, but it may also have something to do with her long struggle to win a major world title.
		Longo has her defenders, of course, and one can make a plausible case that she is a forerunner in the fight for equal rights for women athletes ù including the right to be unsisterly and hostile.
	outside.away.com /magazine/0597/9705longo.html (3037 words)

	Daily Peloton - Pro Cycling News
		Jeannie Longo has been a sports enthusiast since her childhood, encouraged by her mother, a school and gym teacher, and her father, who also taught his three daughters to box and wrestle.
		Jeannie Longo now had eleven world titles, in road and track racing, and twenty-five Olympic and World Championship podium finishes.
		Longo pushed on and just when it looked like she would be caught on the final climb, she kicked again.
	www.dailypeloton.com /displayarticle.asp?pk=5043 (597 words)

	France Plays the Youth Card - New York Times
		"Jeannie Longo didn't make the team this year, did she?" the young woman was asked after she had completed a training ride Tuesday for the individual time trial, one of Longo's specialties and one in which she has won a clutch of medals at the world championships.
		Longo is the greatest female rider in history, but she is 47 years old.
		Longo got the message: "That means I won't be in Peking." She smiled at the verdict, l'Équipe reported.
	www.nytimes.com /iht/2005/09/22/sports/IHT-22bike.html (749 words)

	Jeannie Longo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Jeannie Longo, in red climber's jersey, leads a group uphill during the 2001 Women's Challenge
		Jeannie Longo (born October 31, 1958) is a female French cyclist, multiple (51 times) French and World Champion, who is still active in cycling as of 2006.
		Longo was born in the Haute-Savoie region of the French Alps where she began her athletic career as a downhill skier.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeannie_Longo (498 words)

	Jeannie Longo: a champion that takes your breath away... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jeannie Longo - a paragon of determination, independence and longevity.
		Jeannie Longo now has eleven world titles, in road and track racing, and twenty-five Olympic and World Championship podium finishes.
		That's Jeannie Longo: afraid neither of effort nor of victory, a " giant of the road ", assisted by her coach and husband, Patrice Ciprelli, the man in the wings, efficient and attentive.
	www.diplomatie.gouv.fr /label_france/ENGLISH/SPORT/LONGO/longo.html (662 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for Longo,
		Longo, Luigi LONGO, LUIGI [Longo, Luigi], 1900-1980, Italian political leader.
		Longo missed a chance at life by returning without a fight.
		Longo says he murdered wife after she admitted killing two kids.(Courts)
	www.encyclopedia.com /SearchResults.aspx?Q=Longo, (331 words)

	INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE - ATHLETES
		By the time of the 1996 Olympics, 37-year-old Jeannie Longo had won ten world championships: five in the road race, one in the road time trial, three in the individual pursuit and one in the points race.
		Longo was so much the dominant woman's cyclist of the previous eleven years that she had even won a world championship silver medal in mountain biking.
		Longo went with her, as did Anna Wilson of Australia and Clara Hughes of Canada.
	www.olympic.org /uk/athletes/heroes/bio_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=65413 (347 words)

	Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli was born on October 31, 1958 in Annecy, France.
		Jeannie is probably the greatest woman cyclist in the world.
		Jeannie Longo has been the queen of the road since the 1980s and is still going strong and winning.
	www2.lhric.org /pocantico/womenenc/longo-ciprelli.htm (206 words)

	Tin Mountain on the Web (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Holding on to Longo's wheel was not an option as the cagey veteran passed the young Canadian upstart with a surge that Jeansson couldn't match.
		Jeannie Longo continued on her determined, consistent pace Â passing all but the top two men on her way to the women's victory and a new female record of 58 minutes and 14 seconds.
		Longo was greeted at the line by her 70-year old mother Yvette.
	www.tinmtn.org /hillclimb/press2.cfm?pressID=1 (691 words)

	ATB Bicycling Events
		Frenchwoman Jeannie Longo finally had things go her way in Mexico City today after over a month of trying, when she beat her own hour record of 44.767 km set on November 5.
		Longo also holds the world one-hour record of 48.159 km for a high-tech machine which she set on the same Mexico City track in 1996.
		Longo, a multi-women's Tour de France winner, world champion and Olympic medallist, said she would stay in Mexico another week to try to improve the mark.
	www.bicyclesusa.com /record.html (2203 words)

	www.cyclingnews.presents road racing from around the world
		Jeannie Longo has been winning races at the top level of women's cycling for over 20 years, and today confirmed her status as one of the greats of the sport in a perfectly judged time trial to win the 2001 World Championship.
		Five riders behind her, Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli was the best of the rest, losing 8 seconds to the Swiss rider on the first time check, but pulling it back to 4 seconds at 13 kilometres.
		Longo had the momentum and the timing to finish her run well, coming across the line in 29:08.55 (39.53 km/h).
	www.cyclingnews.com /results/2001/worlds01/results/tewresult.shtml (483 words)

	Stunden-Weltrekord: Jeannie Longo verbessert eigene Bestmarke
		Nun stellte Jeannie Longo zum bereits sechsten Mal in ihrer Karriere einen neuen Weltrekord auf.
		Der vermeintliche Herbst ihrer Karriere wurde für Longo zum zweiten Frühling.
		05.11.00 44,767 km in Mexiko - Jeannie Longo fährt neuen Stundenweltrekord
	www.radsport-news.com /news/longostundenweltrekord.shtml (609 words)

	Adaptive Adventures - Rocky Mountain Omnium
		The legendary Longo – seemingly reviving her career – claimed the day’s Omnium points for the women with a time of 21:01 to best former world champion Mari Holden of T-Mobile by 48 seconds.
		Jeannie Longo (Vitall / Andros) was the women's overall winner of the three-day eventThe weather continued to play a role in all of the day’s races, but none more than the women’s event.
		Longo knew the situation and was seen carefully studying the overall points in the Tuff Shed / registration HQ before the race.
	cycling.adaptiveadventures.org /rmo05.html (1339 words)

	Roadcycling.com - Cycling News - Ljungskog Takes Second Consecutive Road Title in Worlds
		Even after Longo made her move, there seemed to be a general reluctance to reel her back in.
		Melchers said she began to be concerned as Longo continued to maintain leads as much as 25 seconds well into the last lap.
		Longo’s escape seemed at first to be a temporary gambit, but it began to look like a winning move as she kept a steady rhythm going into the 10th lap.
	www.roadcycling.com /cgi-bin/artman/exec/view.cgi/3/417/printer (515 words)

	CNN/SI - Cycling - Frenchwoman looking to regain world title - Thursday October 14, 1999 08:15 PM
		Now Jeannie chases her ninth gold medal from road championships, her 13th world title on track and road, to add to a tally that includes Olympic gold and silver, more than 30 French titles, and 29 world records.
		Last year's championships was her first without a world medal since 1991, but her quest to retake the title is in question in the presence of defending champion van Moorsel and Olympic time trial champion Zoulfia Zabirova.
		It is not just the lure of gold that has kept Jeannie going since her first world appearance in 1979.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /cycling/news/1999/10/03/longo_worlds (419 words)

	Zijlaard-Van Moorsel sets new hour record
		The 33-year-old Dutchwoman, who is fresh from defending her individual pursuit title at the world track championships in Stuttgart in August, made the attempt on the 333.33-meter track at Mexico's Olympic Center at altitude and cool temperatures.
		Zijlaard-Van Moorsel had tried to beat Longo's record in September of last year at the reputedly-fast track in Manchester, England but failed in her attempt with a distance of 43.475km.
		Longo, who established the previous record when she was 42, boasts 13 world titles and 30 medals from world championships and the Olympic Games.
	www.velonews.com /news/fea/5054.0.html (442 words)

	HP Women's Challenge - Press Room - Women's cycling brings the finest race site in women's racing to life!
		Two factors that contributed to Longo's record setting win today were her strength as a climber and the 40 plus miles of tailwind up the canyon.
		Only Lyne Bessette was able to stay with her but Longo zigzagged across the road to change her tempo in an effort to rid herself of her trailing competitor.
		Jeannie Longo holds the course record for Stage 2, completing the stage in two hours, 25 minutes and three second finish in the 2000 event.
	www.womenschallenge.com /press_releases.asp?NewsID=25 (376 words)

	BBC SPORT \| OTHER SPORTS \| Longo sets hour world record
		French cycling veteran Jeannie Longo has set a new one-hour world record after riding 44.767km.
		The 42-year-old Longo cycled 135 laps, each 333.33-metres, at the Mexican Olympic velodrome to beat the previous record of 43.5km set by Australian Anna Wilson on 18 October in Melbourne.
		Longo is one of the greats of women's cycling having won all of the sport's major prizes during an illustrious career.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport2/low/other_sports/1008673.stm (143 words)

	Longo gearing up for Olympic ride \| www.azstarnet.com ®
		Jeannie Longo has competed in every summer Olympics since the inaugural road race in 1984.
		At 45, Longo's go-it-alone-spirit and tenacity keep her competitive among the top women in the world.
		This is great," said Longo, who stayed in Tucson for several months on previous visits.
	www.azstarnet.com /sn/printDS/12597 (610 words)

	Jeannie Longo - Wikipedia
		Jeannie Longo (Annecy 31 ottobre 1958) è stata una ciclista francese.
		Potente scalatrice, competitiva sia sulle gare su strada che in quelle su posta, Jeannie Longo dopo un passato da sciatrice è passata professionista nel 1984, dopo aver vinto tutto a livello juniores.
		In ogni caso, per il gran numero di successi e la straordinaria longevitàn atletica, Jeannie Longo può essere considerata uno dei personaggi simbolo del ciclismo femminile.
	it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jeannie_Longo (270 words)

	CNN.com - Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli - Jun 3, 2004
		CNN.com - Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli - Jun 3, 2004
		(CNN) -- Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli would be remembered as the greatest female cyclist of her generation even if she had never been an Olympic champion.
		For much of her career, the Olympic gold was the one honor to elude the French rider.
	edition.cnn.com /2004/SPORT/06/03/olympics.longociprelli/index.html (460 words)

	Idaho's Women's Challenge
		IDAHO CITY, Idaho - France's Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli proved she is still one of the most dangerous riders in the world by blowing away the field to win the second stage of the 1999 HP LaserJet Womenés Challenge.
		Earlier in the day Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli set a new course record by 10 seconds in the 3.2 mile Stage 4 HP Scanner Head to Head Time Trial, finishing in 6 minutes, 54 seconds.
		Their time of 59 minutes and one second was enough for a one minute and 20 second cushion over second place HP Toner.
	www.cyclingutah.com /july/july99/hpwc.html (889 words)

	Jeannie Longo se proclama campeona de Francia a los 47 años - Marca.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jeannie Longo se proclama campeona de Francia a los 47 años
		La veterana ciclista francesa Jeannie Longo ha conseguido, a sus 47 años, el doblete en los campeonatos franceses al ganar la prueba de fondo en carretera, que supone su 51 título nacional.
		Longo, que el pasado jueves se alzó con el triunfo en la contrarreloj, rubricó su participación con la victoria en la prueba de línea, de 112,8 kilómetros de recorrido.
	www.marca.es.cob-web.org:8888 /edicion/marca/ciclismo/es/desarrollo/664202.html (117 words)

	Jeannie Longo's bike... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Not only is she still riding, but in Hamilton WC last fall she attacked on the second to last lap and surprised the poop out of everyone.
		Is Lance Armstrong the Jeannie Longo of cycling?
		Is Lance Armstrong the Jeannie Longo of cycling?Maybe we'll find out in 13 years.
	www.bikeforums.net /archive/index.php/t-62600 (523 words)

	Tin Mountain Conservation Center- Jeannie Longo Enters Hillclimb (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With 11 world titles in both road and track racing, as well as 25 podium appearances in Olympic and World Championship competition, Jeannie Longo is possibly the most accomplished cyclist on the face of the earth man or woman.
		Longo's record gives only a glimpse at her marvelous career:
		Riders from all over the world have come to tackle it everyone from average recreational cyclists to Tour de France veterans and now the legendary Jeannie Longo.
	www.tinmtn.org /hillclimb/stories/jeannie.htm (216 words)

	Zulfia press release
		Zoulfia Zabirova overcame cold and windy conditions for a surprise victory in the women's elite time trial at the world road race championships in Belgium.
		The Russian's time of 30 minutes 02.62 seconds proved too much for her closest rivals, among them pre-race favourites Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli and Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel.
		Jeannie Longo, tenante du titre, et la Néerlandaise Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, championne olympique à Sydney, ont été plus nettement distancées.
	www.zabirova.ch /press_h.htm (1862 words)

	Falcon ACCEL Longo (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Jeannie is a 3-time winner of the Tour Cycliste Feminin and she is an 18-Time French National Road Champion.
		Jeannie holds the World Hour Record, set in Mexico City in October of 1996.
		Jeannie Longo-Ciprelli Proves She's The World's Greatest Cyclist By Decisively Winning The Richest And Longest Stage Race In North America, The HP LaserJet Women's Challenge
	www.falconsports.com.cob-web.org:8888 /velo/longo.html (784 words)

	Women's hour record -- TimeTrial.org Message Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Van Moorsel just broke Jeannie Longo's hour record, with an average speed of 28.3 mph.
		Jeannie just averaged nearly 27 mph at Fiesta Island TT at sea level, damp air, on a very rough course, at age 44.
		Could Jeannie could break the new record on the course Van Moorsel used?
	www.voy.com /144309/143.html (177 words)

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