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FROM ZERO TO GIRO: ASTANA'S BAFFLING RETURN
Confused? You soon will be, with the Giro and Vuelta organisers dumbfounding everyone with their increasingly bizarre selection criteria this week.It's bad news for the Brits, with Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins denied an end-of-season fling in the Spanish race, after a spat between team High Road and the organisers.
Team boss Bob Stapleton had made a pre-emptive strike days before the official
announcement, saying that High Road didn't want to ride even if they were asked to. Apparently the organisers "lacked commitment".
Vuelta organiser Victor Cordero was having none of it, and insisted that High Road hadn't turned him down, it was his decision that the American team were not riding. Apparently the team had "motivational problems," according to Cordero.
High Road also had problems getting into the Giro, and were initially rejected along with Astana. Now, in a complete U-turn, both teams will be on the start line for the Italian race, which begins next weekend.
We look ahead to the Giro in this week's issue of Cycling Weekly, with our tips for the race overall, stage list and the latest news, comment and analysis of the event.
We've also got a ride around North Somerset, fitness tips on how to maximise your training, a big interview with Chris Froome, Cape Argus cyclo-sportive and much, much more.
Cycling Weekly May 8 issue is on sale from Thursday at WHSmith, major supermarkets and all good newsagents priced £2.50.
Robert Garbutt
Editor
NEWS
Giro d’Italia 2008 preview, Astana now in the Giro, Cavendish to start Giro in top form, British Cycling has Westminster on side, and the usual round-up of British and International cycling stories.
THE BIG INTERVIEW
Chris Froome. Now a British subject, the 22-year-old Barloworld rider's chief goals are to ride the Tour and the Olympics.
FITNESS
Is training something some of us really enjoy, or is it just a chore that we commit ourselves to? Our Fitness team finds out.
TECH
Latest cycling product news and reviews including Mark Lovatt's Planet-X, a trio of fluid replacement tablets and hot new kit from Mavic, Assos, Specialized, CamelBak and more.
RIDES
We take you to North Somerset to check out the climbs of the 2008 Tour of Britain stage in the West Country county with team Plowman Craven-Evans.
CYCLO-SPORTIVE
Cape Argus Pick 'n' Pay Cycle Tour. There are a few iconic places in the world that you just have to ride once. Lou Lusardi has ridden the Cape Argus three times - the fact that it's part of a sportive just adds to the rewards.
