BRADLEY WIGGINS SET TO JOIN GARMIN-CHIPOTLE

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Cycling Weekly understands that Bradley Wiggins is on the verge of confirming a two-year contract with American squad Garmin-Chipotle.

Cycling's equivalent of the transfer window opened yesterday, meaning riders can now sign their contracts for 2009.

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Sports journalist Lionel Birnie has written professionally for Sunday Times, Procycling and of course Cycling Weekly. He is also an author, publisher, and co-founder of The Cycling Podcast. His first experience covering the Tour de France came in 1999, and he has presented The Cycling Podcast with Richard Moore and Daniel Friebe since 2013. He founded Peloton Publishing in 2010 and has ghostwritten and published the autobiography of Sean Kelly, as well as a number of other sports icons.