Magnus Backstedt

One of those was Euskaltel-Euskadi climber Igor Anton, who skipped the Tour de France to focus entirely on the Vuelta. The team rode well enough to keep ...  

Tour of Britain - Stage 1 Ale-Jet Petacchi takes first blood in London for his new LPR/Brakes squad. Rob Hayles and Magnus Backstedt fill out podium.  

Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes-Ballan) opened The Tour of Britain on Sunday with an exciting sprint finish in the shadow of Big Ben, holding off Rob Hayles (Great Britain) and Magnus Backstedt (Garmin-Chipotle) to take victory in London. The rain relented long enough to allow...  

... Murilo Fischer (Liquigas), Sylvain Chavanel (Cofidis), Angel Gomez (Saunier Duval), Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Bernhard Eisel (Columbia). ...  

... «Siamo arrivati in Spagna con la determinazione giusta per fare bene» commenta il DS Mario Scirea «ma soprattutto convinti delle nostre possibilità. ...  

Team Liquigas negotiated a treacherous 7.7-kilometre opening team time trial stage of the 63rd Vuelta a España, setting the fastest time early and watching it hold up to pre-race favourites like Astana and CSC. The Italian team's 8 minute 21 second time was good enough to hold Euskaltel-Euskadi...  

Italian team Liquigas won the first stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, a time trial of 7.7 kilometres in the southwestern city of Granada, that saw Filippo Pozzato take the first golden jersey of the race for the overall leader.  

63rd Vuelta a España - Team Announcements Team CSC Saxo Bank, Lampre, Caisse d'Epargne, Ag2r la Mondiale, Liquigas. A few of the teams and how they see their mission in the Vuelta.  

GRANADA, Spain : Italian team Liquigas won the first stage of the Tour of Spain on Saturday, a time trial of 7.7 kilometres in the southwestern city of Granada, that saw Filippo Pozzato take the first golden jersey of the race for the overall leader.  

... quanto nativo di Camaiore, cercherà di imporre la sua esplosività in un eventuale arrivo in volata. Alla guida dell’ammiraglia ci sarà il DS Mario Scirea.  

Team Garmin-Chipotle’s Christian Vandevelde, the fifth-place finisher overall and top American at this year’s Tour de France, and 2008 Tour of Switzerland champion Roman Kreuzinger of team Liquigas highlight the names released for the upcoming Tour of Missouri, a world-class 623-mile race through...  

JEFFERSON CITY — Team Garmin-Chipotle's Christian Vandevelde, the fifth-place finisher overall and top American at this year's Tour de France, and 2008 Tour of Switzerland champion Roman Kreuzinger of Team Liquigas highlight the names released for...  

Martin McCrossan is the man who handles the wheeling and dealing for Pez regular, Magnus Backstedt of Garmin; as well as commentating for Cycling TV. Martin was just off his bike when we caught up with him - maybe he'd have a weak moment?  

KANSAS CITY — Team Garmin-Chipotle of the United States and Team Liquigas of Italy — two top-performing entrants from the recently completed Tour de France — head a list of 13 teams that have been added for the seven-day Tour of Missouri world-class cycling event, which begins in St. Joseph on...  

All teams now announced for September race