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CYCLE SPORT: JANUARY 2004 BETTINI REVIVES MILAN-SAN REMO'S BEAUTYPaolo Bettini broke the sprinters' stranglehold on Milan-San Remo with an aggressive win in the Italin Classic, setting himself up as the cyclist of the year. CIPO LOSES HIS COOL 2003 was one of world champion Mario Cipollini's worst ever seasons. Things started to go awry at Ghent-Wevelgem. VAN PETEGEM LANDS THE DOUBLE Belgian Peter Van Petegem was the toast of his country's cycling fans when he achieved the rare double of winning the Tour of Flanders and Paris Roubaix. NO MORE SECOND PLACES Igor Astarloa achieved a string of high profile second places but hadn't made his name as a winner until his first major victory in Fleche Wallonne. ONCE SELF-DESTRUCT ONCE, in their last major tour, dominated the Vuelta a Espana from the start. But their master plan unravelled spectacularly in the last three days of the race, causing irascible boss Manolo Saiz to go wild and get thrown off the race. TYLER'S AMERICAN DREAM Tyler Hamilton showed himself to be one of the strongest riders in the peloton by winning Liege-Bastone-Liege. VINOKOUROV'S INSIPRED SEASON Alexandre Vinokourov's fantastic season was fired by the memory of his friend Anderi Kivilev, who died during Paris-Nice. Vino went on to win that event, and caused lance Armstrong a scare in the Tour de France. SIMONI SAVES HIS BLUSHES Gilberto Simoni may have easily won the Giro d'Italia, but he found the Tour de France to be a tougher proposition. He salvaged a disastrous race by winning a spectacular Pyrenean stage. MAYO DROPS ARMSTRONG The first hint that Lance Armstrong wasn't having the season of his life came at the Dauphine Libere race, where he had trouble containing new Spanish star Iban Mayo on the Galibier. ULLRICH REDISCOVERES HIS TALENT Short of race fitness and beset by sponsorship problems, Jan Ullrich rode one of the finest time trials ever at the Tour AND DON'T FORGET... Four more moments which helped shape the year. Cadel Evans runs into a spot of bother, Tour de France organizers plan a close finish in 2004, Richard Vinreque finally grows up, and Joseba Beloki liberates his attacking spirit. PRIVATE LIFE, PUBLIC PROPERTY Lance Armstrong has become a bona fide A-list celebrity in the United States. So what does the American public think of him, as a cyclist and as a man? Former teammate Jonathan Vaughters investigates. CANADIAN MAILMAN A Cycle Sport America exclusive on Postal rider Michael Barry. LIVE RETRO Cycle Sport watches Richard Virenque racing alongside Francesco Moser, Raymond Poulidor, Lucien Aimar, Roger Walkowiak, and many other legends at the annual Journee des Retrouvailles in France. NEWS All the news fit to print about cycling. CALENDAR The UCI race calendar for 2004, with an explaination of the ranking points system and a stage-by-stage breakdown of the 2004 Tour de France and Giro d'Italia GRAHAM WATSON Cycle Sport's photographer Graham Watson works through his vast archive of photos and reflects on the thoughts those pictures bring him. LETTERS From cycling fans around the planet. RESULTS International race results from 2003 CHRIS CARMICHAEL Chris Carmichael advises how to save your race season before it even starts. DUG OUT Laurent Fignon in fine form on the climb to La Plagne in 1984, followed by Bernard Hinault, Eric Caritoux, Greg LeMond, Sean Kelly and Claude Criquielion. BÖLTS FROM THE BLUE In his last column for Cycle Sport America, Udo Bolts outlines his reasons for believing Lance Armstrong will not win next year's Tour de France. |
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