GRENOBLE, France, June 30, 2008 (AFP) – Edwige Pitel, who was not selected
for France in their Olympic Games cycling team, has had her protest at the
decision rejected by a court here on Wednesday.

A judge said there was no serious doubt about the legality of the decision
to leave Pitel off the team and hence her bid to overturn the original
decision was rejected.

The French women’s team in the road race for the August 8 to 24 Beijing
Games, announced late last month, is Christel Ferrier-Bruneau, Jeannie Longo,
and Maryline Salvetat, and the time-trial riders are Longo and Maryline
Salvetat.