 Brooke Miller
Daily Peloton,
5 December 2008
Interview: Brooke Miller
Interview with American Champion Brooke Miller (Team TIBCO).
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Richard England
pezcyclingnews.com,
4 December 2008
Happy Endings
When 27 year-old Tour of Georgia stage winner Richard England started the Jayco Herald Sun Tour, back in his native Australia, a few weeks ago, he thought he was signing-on for his last ever pro race – now he’s looking forward to his first pro season in Europe with Amore & Vita.
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 Trent Wilson
pezcyclingnews.com,
4 December 2008
"ice cream and fairies"
It was February when we last spoke to Aussie pro, Trent Wilson. The credit crunch hadn't been invented back then and he was looking forward to a good season with Jittery Joe's - but being a pro isn't always "ice cream and fairies."
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Lea Davison
cyclingnews.com,
4 December 2008
A breakthrough season
After six years racing as a professional mountain biker 25-year-old Lea Davison (Trek / VW) is starting to see results, winning both the short track and super D races at the Sea Otter Classic in April and a top twenty finish at the World Championships cross country race in Italy in June.
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 Lance Armstrong
cyclingweekly.co.uk,
3 December 2008
"I'm not bullshitting you"
Lance Armstrong denies that he's having a mid-life crisis, keeps us in the dark about whether he'll ride the 2009 Tour, and tells us he doesn't even know his own VO2 Max figures.
(This interview first appeared in the November 27 issue of Cycling Weekly)
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 Alberto Contador
albertocontador.com,
30 November 2008
A new season
Alberto Contador will arrive in Tenerife and begin to prepare for a new season with Team Astaná. Contador has has a smooth recovery from his deviated septum operation last Monday. The first few days of camp he will focus his activities in the gym and hopes to do a training ride on Thursday.
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 Roman Kreuziger
cyclingnews.com,
29 November 2008
A clean, crisp flavour
Winner of the Tour of Switzerland, 13th overall and runner up in the best young rider competition at his first Tour de France, Roman Kreuziger is one of the most promising prospects of the next decade.
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Lesya Kalitovska
sportclub-isd.com,
27 November 2008
"The prayer helped me to win the medal"
Sports Club ISD representative Lesya Kalitovskaya, who won the bronze medal in the women's pursuit at the Olympic Games in Beijing, gave an interview about her performance in China and the present situation in her sports career.
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 Tom Danielson
velonews.com,
27 November 2008
Back to the drawing board
Tom Danielson will be starting his second season with Garmin next year, but he’s looking at it as a fresh start. After a frustrating year that started with a broken shoulder and little fitness, the former Discovery Channel rider is eager to get cracking with off-season training this winter.
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 Christian Meier
velonews.com,
26 November 2008
"A lot of early mornings and hard work"
Bradley Wiggins may be Garmin’s highest-profile signing for 2009, but Christian Meier may be the team’s most promising young hire. But in a way, Meier was already there; the tri-lingual 23-year-old spent the last half of the 2008 season as a stagiare with Garmin.
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Barry Wicks
velocitynation.com,
25 November 2008
“Apparently, I’m a big deal in Japan.”
Barry Wicks is tall. Like 6’4” at least. That makes the Oregon cyclocross star a shrimp next to his 6’5” teammate Ryan Trebon on the Kona cyclocross team. But Wicks still towers over most of the field in the United States, where he’s been a top domestic pro.
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 Nicole Cooke
The Independent,
25 November 2008
'I wear the rainbow jersey next year. It will be fantastic'
As the debate hots up concerning the rightful destination of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award, cycling fans might reasonably wonder what Nicole Cooke has done, or more accurately hasn't done, to be a 125-1 no-hoper in the betting.
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 David Millar
velonews.com,
24 November 2008
David Millar talks TTT
With Scot time trial specialist David Millar in the mix, Garmin-Chipotle won the Giro’s opening team time trial this May. Adding Olympic and world pursuit champion Bradley Wiggins to the team along with Canadian strongman Svein Tuft, Garmin is anticipating an even stronger TTT crew for 2009.
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 Magnus Backstedt
pezcyclingnews.com,
22 November 2008
Back To Action
Magnus Backstedt is one of the most accessible and ‘real’ men of the pro peloton. He always finds time to tap us into the often closed world of professional bike racing, and we talked to him recently about the 2008 season and his year with Garmin-Chipotle.
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 Chris Froome
cyclingnews.com,
21 November 2008
"It has been a big jump for me"
Chris Froome took one gigantic step this year when he signed for Claudio Corti's Team Barloworld. The Kenya-born rider explained how he went from racing for a continental team to climbing the mountain passes of the Tour de France with the sports biggest names.
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 Jeremy Powers
pezcyclingnews.com,
20 November 2008
"it's hard not to admire Nys; he's so classy"
Winter and a cycling fan's thoughts turn to six day racing - and cyclo-cross. Jeremy Powers is the man currently leading the USA Cycling 'cross rankings. We caught up with him as he sat in an airport departure lounge, awaiting a connecting flight - it's like that if you're a pro!
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