Cafe Roubaix,
5 November 2013
I would like to race the Giro next year.
He started cycling when he was just seven years old, with the Mainetti team. He spent a decade at this team and won no less than 100 races. Now, he’s just 21, is coming after a superb season and is ready to make his debut as a pro rider. Powerful in the sprints, with an aggresive style of racing and

Cafe Roubaix,
18 August 2013
My focus is on the one-day races
Just 24 years of age, Diego Ulissi is one of the best Italian riders this season. A 7th place in the Paris-Nice standings and the overall win in the Settimana Internazionale di Coppi e Bartali were his highlights in the first part of the year, results that were followed in July by a stage win in the

VeloNation,
27 July 2013
Italian hoping to do one more season, then take up a coaching role.
Six-time Italian national time trial champion Marco Pinotti is in the final year of his current contract with the BMC Racing Team but has indicated that he is hoping for one more season in the peloton before hanging up his wheels. The 37 year old, who recovered from shoulder injuries sustained

The Astana Times,
12 June 2013
Vincenzo Nibali Looks to More Victories with Astana Team
The May 26 Giro d’Italia victory of Astana Cycling Team Captain Vincenzo Nibali made big news in Italy, Kazakhstan and the cycling world. Following the race, Nibali, also known as Shark, visited the Kazakhstan capital, where he sat down for an interview with The Astana Times.

Velonation,
13 March 2013
Filippo Pozzato: “Milano-Sanremo for me is the same as “Holy Week” is for the Belgians.”
Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) will start Sunday’s Milano-Sanremo with the dream of taking his second victory in the biggest race of the Italian spring. The 31-year-old has the date of his 2006 victory tattooed on the outside of his right arm, “XVIII-III-MMVI” [18th March 2006 - ed]; he finished se