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In the 2006 Giro that is rumored to be rich with climbs, Damiano Cunego will return to win
So says Giuseppe Martinelli who coached Cunego to a 2004 Giro win. 2005 has not been a good year for Cunego due to a bout with Epstein-Barr syndrome.
The Tour is on Damiano’s program for 2005 after [...]

Wladmir Belli joined the 16 man roster of Columbia Selle Italia. CSI’s main goal for 2006 is the Giro D’Italia where they will help Jose Rujano to go for the win. Rujano will join Quick-Step after the Giro where he may get a shot at riding the Tour de France where he will help terrorize [...]

Have you ever wanted to search just a few websites to get the information you want? Rollyo is a new search feature provided by Yahoo that allows you to set searches that look at specific sites. The Rollyo feature on the right is set to search cycling news sites. So if you ever wanted to [...]

Alehandro/Alessandro Valverde got a taste of victory this year in the Tour de France on the way to Courchevel. Unfortunately, he had to drop out shortly after that win due to knee problems. Valverde now wants to win the Tour overall.
I want to win the Tour. If not next year, then in 2007. I do [...]

Ivan Basso and CSC team boss Bjarne Riis kept talking about Basso not riding the Giro in 2006. They even went so far as to try and sign Gilberto Simoni to be the main GC contender for the Giro.

There was even a press release from CSC last week stating who would be the leader for [...]

Cyclingnews has an interview with the newest sprinting sensation Muril Fischer.

For those unfamiliar with the Fischer, he placed 5th in the World Championships Road Race and
was the first Brazilian to win the Giro de Piemonte. That win was amoung several late season wins.
www.cyclingnews.com news and analysis

Cyclingnews has a few paragraphs about Floyd Landis. They caught up with Floyd at the Tour de France presentation where they got a run down of Floyd’s globe-trekking schedule. One very interesting note is that Floyd mentions he received an offer to join the Discovery Channel team. Floyd, Lance and Johan are on good [...]

Armstrong hits back at LeBlanc for reading only L’Equipe. LeBlanc is just PO’d because there aren’t many French contenders for the 2006 Tour even though it is the most wide open in years.
Armstrong hits back at latest LeBlanc remarks - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports

Floyd Landis adds his name to the growing list of riders to ride the Giro in 2006.
Tutto Bici: Anche Floyd Landis al via del Giro d’Italia 2006
Friday’s EuroFile: Landis to use Giro as Tour prep

Stuart O’Grady has signed for CSC.
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