DEEPLY dismayed by the cancellation of the only women's road
stage race in Oceania, riders and coaches are questioning the
sincerity of cycling bosses who promised improvements for the
perennial poor cousins of the sport.  Australian athletes and
administrators are disillusioned after the women's Tour of New
Zealand - a five-stage event that drew 15 Olympians, including
subsequent London gold and silver medallists from around the
world in February this year - was called off for 2013 while the
men's event will run as planned.  The women's race has been
pulled after a directive from cycling's world governing body,
the UCI, that drug-testing procedures for the event be radically
overhauled.  As cycling grapples with its latest doping crisis,
director of the NZ races, Jorge Sandoval, is being forced to
cover a $30,000 expense for a UCI representative to oversee just
25 drug tests - five tests per day of racing - in the 26th men's
tour next month.  The UCI is not demanding that more drug-
testing takes place, but u