 Alessandro Petacchi
cyclingnews.com,
19 December 2006
Ale-Jet keeps a positive outlook
Italy’s Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) had a bad 2006 season. He had 'only' 13 wins - ten of them stage wins, including all five stages of Oddset Rundfahrt and the overall GC. For most riders, this would be the ride of a lifetime, but for a sprinter who took stage wins in all three Grand Tours in
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 Sabrina Emmasi
cyclingfx.nl,
19 December 2006
"I'm very lucky!"
Born in Zofingen, Switzerland, with Italian parents, Sabrina will be riding for the Safi-Pasta Zara team in 2007, alongside such riders as Ziliute, Bronzini and Carrara. She still hopes "to have the opportunity, the condition and the luck to win one race"
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 Michael Barry
cyclingfx.nl,
19 December 2006
"Heading in the right direction"
In 2007 Michael Barry moves to T-Mobile from Discovery Channel. In this interview with Cyclingfx.nl he talks about his move, his program for next season and why he thinks that "The path T-Mobile is taking is a step in the right direction"
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Michael Barry
procyclenews.com,
16 December 2006
"I don't think it was a good move for them to sign Basso"
ProCycleNews recently caught up with Canadian rider Michael Barry who is joining T-Mobile after racing with the Discovery Channel squad.
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 Erik Zabel
cyclingnews.com,
16 December 2006
Cycling's iron man
Erik Zabel is going into his 15th year as a professional cyclist, has nearly 200 career victories, with palmares better than most teams could offer, rides from the first race of the season to the last and fills in the off-season by riding (and of course winning) six-day races.
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 Matthew White
pezcyclingnews.com,
16 December 2006
"It all worked out Ok"
Matt White chats about the past couple of years and what’s coming up in 2007 for the likable Aussie.
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 Paolo Bettini
cyclingnews.com,
15 December 2006
Searching for more
Paolo Bettini is starting his 2007 season close to home, on the roads of southern Italy, near Livorno. His team, Quick-Step has come together for one week in Marina di Bibbona to train and use their new bikes from Specialized.
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 Jens Voigt
csc.com,
14 December 2006
Still Loving the Game
The irrepressible Jens Voigt is coming off the best season of his 12-year professional career and he couldn’t be happier. A stage victory at the Tour de France and a dominant overall title at the Tour of Germany saw the popular German rider at his best.
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 Gerald Ciolek
cyclingnews.com,
14 December 2006
The Young Guns - Gerald Ciolek
He was unable to successfully defend his German national road championship in 2006, but this rider made up for that by winning a stage in the Tour of Germany, placing second in the Henninger Turm race and fifth in the Hamburg Cyclassics - not to forget winning the U23 world road title.
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 Chris Hoy
cyclingnews.com,
13 December 2006
Into thin air
The one kilometer time trial may have been controversially scrapped from the 2008 Beijing Olympics, but Scotsman Chris Hoy is determined to leave his mark on the event with an attempt at breaking Arnaud Tournant's famous sub-one minute world record in Bolivia next year.
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 Bernhard Eisel
t-mobile-team.com,
13 December 2006
"The changes are all positive"
After four years with French team Française des Jeux, Bernhard Eisel felt it was time for a change. A new challenge came in the shape of the T-Mobile Team - his competitive debut for ‘Die Mannschaft’ is in Qatar at the end of January.
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Marion Clignet
pezcyclingnews.com,
13 December 2006
Part two - "I don’t ‘suffer’ from epilepsy"
As a rider, Marion Clignet held nothing back - a spirit that helped her win more titles than any other female racer. In Part 2, she talks about the TDF06 debacle, living with epilepsy, riding her bike and making cycling better.
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Matthew White
cyclingnews.com,
12 December 2006
Flashing his pearly Whites
Teamwork is nothing new to Matthew White. A rider whose reputation is built on selfless, gutsy riding is reminiscent of a class rider before him, Neil Stephens, one of the first to be labelled a 'super-domestique'.
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 Chechu Rubiera
La Nueva España ,
10 December 2006
Fans are getting fed up with the bad image of cycling
Chechu Rubiera is preparing for his thirteenth season as a professional. During his winter active rest, the rider from Gijón has many commitments, like now where he is taking part in the march campaign against cancer in Fuerteventura.
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 Oleg Tinkov
cyclingnews.com,
10 December 2006
"It is very vague."
One of the biggest news items this fall was the emergence of Tinkoff Credit Systems. The formation stepped up from continental to professional continental and along the way signed some big name riders like Tyler Hamilton, Salvatore Commesso and Danilo Hondo.
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 Floyd Landis
Daily Mail,
9 December 2006
"as good as it gets"
In his first major interview, Floyd Landis speaks about his positive drug test, the death of his father-in-law and the fight to clear his name .....
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