Somewhere, they are still racing.
But the 2007 professional racing season is winding down.

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi of the Milram team won the 101st Paris-Tours classic over 256km from Paris to Tours Sunday. Petacchi was led out by his German teammate, Eric Zabel, to edge out Francesco Chicchi in the final sprint. Oscar Freire of Spain was third after being impeded in the sprint. Dutchman Steven De Jongh and Australians Allan Davis and Robbie McEwen followed.

Petacchi reflected on a difficult season in which he was cleared of doping despite returning a non-negative result for the asthma drug Salbutamol. He was later cleared of doping by the Italian Cycling Federation, who put the result down to human error. However, the Italian Olympic Committee has appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.

"This season has been the most difficult of my career," said Petacchi. "It began badly with my broken knee last year. After the Giro (in June), other problems started. I went through every stage of suffering, even though I won two stages at (September's) Vuelta. "Finally, without a doubt, it's today that I've had my best day of the year."

This was the penultimate race of the Pro Tour season. Former Pro Tour winner Danilo Di Luca still leads the Tour standings over Australia's Cadel Evans and Tour de France winner Alberto Contador.

There's two more chances to watch cycling on Versus this season:
-- Paris-Tours will be repeated Thursday from 4-6 p.m. ET.
-- And Saturday from 5-7 p.m. ET, the Giro di Lombardia concludes the Pro Tour season.

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