Magnus Backstedt

Like his fellow Swede, professional cyclist Magnus Backstedt, trumpeter Magnus Broo is quite an imposing figure.  

Like his fellow Swede, professional cyclist Magnus Backstedt, trumpeter Magnus Broo is quite an imposing figure. Backstedt, at nearly 200 pounds, often outweighs his fellow competitors by 60 or 70 pounds.  

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 ...  

Several teams have announced their line-ups for the Memorial Cimurri, Giro del Lazio and the Tour de Vendee. A round-up: Liquigas for Memorial Cimurri and Giro del Lazio The World’s week of Varese is ended and the cycling season proposes two appointments on the Italian calendar: the Memorial...  

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...  

Step by step, the Team Liquigas is giving substance to its line-up for the 2009. After the arrival of Ivan Basso, already announced in April, the team led by Roberto Amadio signed six other riders to retouch an already competitive line up.