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CYCLE SPORT: NOVEMBER 2004
EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW INDURAIN AT 40
As one of Spain’s most talented athletes of all time, we look back at his successful career and find out what Miguel Indurain is up to now
HOW INDURAIN REACHED THE TOP
Miguel Indurain’s success wasn’t instant and many thought he wasn’t ambitious enough to be anything more than a good domestique — how wrong they were
PEDRO THE PIONEER
Now in his 10th year as a commentator, Pedro Delgado explains how he paved the way for team-mate Miguel Indurain in the Tour de France
THE CURSE CONTINUES
World champion Igor Astarloa refuses to accept that there is a ‘curse of the rainbow jersey’, but his troubled year and lack of results seem to prove again that whoever wears it is jinxed
A CLASSIC CATALAN CONTRADICTION
He may have been born in Argentina, but Juan Antonio Flecha is the up-and-coming Spanish star of today and totally in love with the Classics
HOW THE SPANISH TAUGHT ME TO RACE
When Jonathan Vaughters arrived in Spain at the age of 20, he hoped to become a pro cyclist — but he discovered he had a lot to learn first
OCANA, SPAIN’S PEASANT PRINCE
The son of a poor farm worker in Spain, Luis Ocana became the only rider to threaten one of the greatest cyclists the world has ever known, Eddy Merckx, in the Tour de France
NOTRE DAME DES CYCLISTES
In south-western France you will find a lonely-looking chapel among vineyards and maize fields, but this is no ordinary church — it’s a unique shrine to cycling
REBELLIN'S REBELLION
Italian Classics specialist Davide Rebellin was left out of the Italian national team for the World Championships, so to get a ride he has become an Argentinian citizen
VIRENQUE HANGS UP HIS WHEELS
Richard Virenque, for many years the French housewives’ favourite, has decided to call it a day at 34. But he will still be around in his new role as a PR man for the Omega Pharma-Lotto team
ETERNAL SECOND ERIK
German sprinter Erik Zabel has had a year of coming second. Has T-Mobile’s top sprinter lost his edge?
EASY RIDER LANCE ARRIVES IN STYLE
Lance Armstrong’s celebrity circus goes into overdrive as he turns up for a TV interview on a big yellow chopper
LAST CALL FOR THE PROTOUR
Despite the Grand Tours’ objections to it, the teams are all set for the new elite league
T-MOBILE INTERNATIONAL
The streets of San Francisco make this year’s race one of the most thrilling one-day competitions in pro cycling
LETTERS
GRAHAM WATSON
Graham takes a provacative look at this year’s World Championships, the ProTour and Hamilton
RESULTS
SHOP WINDOW SPECIAL
Interbike 2004
CHRIS CARMICHAEL
Drop the weight,without losing the power
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