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CYCLE SPORT: MARCH 2005
SPRINTER'S SPECIAL
Strength, agility, daring and sheer determination make professional sprinters the breed they are. In this month’s Cycle Sport, we bring you the careers of some of the best sprinters the peloton has ever seen.
RAINBOW RECORDER
Off the back of his best season yet as a pro, three-time world champion Oscar Freire is fired up to win a fourth, not least because the 2005 Worlds will be on home soil for the Spaniard
MANE MAN
Mario Cipollini enters the season with a new desire to make up for two years of lackluster form. He’s on the prowl again for the wins that will cap one of cycling’s most successful and flamboyant careers
LION CLUB UNLEASHED
Confident in his own ability — after a season with more than 20 wins — Tom Boonen is looking for greater achievements in 2005, even if his current form is not quite to his liking
BIG MAN, BIG IDEAS
Once a lead-out man for Erik Zabel, Danilo Hondo is now looking to enhance his already impressive palmarès fighting it out as a team leader at Gerolsteiner
NOT JUST A PRETTY BOY
We visit Alessandro Petacchi at home, meet his parrot, and hear that the Italian star is eyeing up the Giro, Milan-San Remo, and the World Championship as his goals this year
SPEED FEVER
Tom Steels has long been a stalwart in the peloton, but affected by glandular fever in 2000, the Belgian is hanging on to the hope of a comeback in the discipline he knows best — sprinting
BASSO THE FIRST
A sprinter of the old generation, Marino Basso was ruthless. Now semi-retired from his own business, the fiery Italian isn’t lying low. He’s quick to criticize today’s generation of sprinters, not least Petacchi and Cipollini
STILL CRAZY
Winner of one of the toughest editions of the Tour of Flanders, Erik Vanderaerden saw success as a pro rider and later in his career went on to manage the Italian super team Mapei
THE BULLDOG BITES BACK
In a career cut short by crashes, Wilfried Nelissen had the speed to outrun most of the world’s best — including Cipollini — and the Belgian is still talking the talk
FLOYD LANDIS: FORWARD WITH PHONAK
A US exclusive interview with Phonak’s new leader, Floyd Landis, as he talks about the past and the 2005 season
JOHAN BRUYNEEL: QUITE CONFIDENCE
The man behind the new Discovery Channel team, speaks from an early training camp on the teams changes and goals for 2005
CHRIS HORNER: ACROSS THE POND
Chris Horner talks about his return to Division One racing as he readies for the upcoming season with his new Saunier-Duval team
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