USA Today (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Two-time world cycling champion Paolo Bettini said he will retire after he defends his road race title Sunday.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Two-time world cycling champion Paolo Bettini said he will retire after he defends his road race title Sunday.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
VARESE, Italy -- Two-time world cycling champion Paolo Bettini said he will retire after he defends his road race title Sunday.
The Washington Times (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
Defending two-time world champion Paolo Bettini has announced that he will retire after Sunday's world championship road race.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
VARESE, Italy -- Defending two-time world champion Paolo Bettini has announced that he will retire after Sunday's world championship road race.
Mirror.co.uk (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
VARESE, Italy (Reuters) - Double world champion Paolo Bettini will retire from cycling after Sunday's road race at the world championships, the Italian said on Saturday.
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Beyond the conventional wisdom that the men's World Championship is Paolo Bettini's to lose, the race is a pretty massive toss-up among a few dozen guys who may or may not find the course to their liking and feel good that day. So instead of spending several hours pretending to have some insight into each individual rider, I'd like to instead use the next 45 minutes and pretend to have insight into...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
PAOLO Bettini is fit, in winning form and angry – the ideal combination for winning an unprecedented third straight world championship road race in front of his home fans.
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 09/15/2008
The selected Italian riders for the road race are: Paolo Bettini, Davide Rebellin, Alessandro Ballan, Damiano Cunego, Luca Paolini, Gabriele Bosisio, Maurizio Bruseghin, Andrea Tonti and Matteo Tosatto. Reserve riders will be Leonardo Bertagnolli and Francesco Ginanni. Manuel Quinziato and Marco Pinotti will ride the time trial. The big story is the non selection of Pozzato and Di Luca. About this,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/11/2008
Suances, Spain - Pouring rain could not prevent Athens Olympic champion Paolo Bettini from winning Thursday's 12th Vuelta stage. Bettini, who earlier in the day said that he would be leaving his Quick-Step team after they announced that they had sign...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Week 1 was all for the stars: stage wins by puncheurs like Alejandro Valverde and Paolo Bettini, while Sylvain Chavanel crept his way into Gold, separated the all-star sprint battle between Tom Boonen and Daniele Bennati. And Levi Leipheimer won the time trial. But not even Leipheimer's effort should lead our thought astray: this was top-shelf week 1 entertainment, nothing more. The notion of seeing...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Toledo, Spain - Italian Paolo Bettini of the Quick Step team won Thursday's sixth stage of cycling's Tour of Spain, while Sylvain Chavenel of France took the overall lead. The Cofidis rider takes over from Levi Leipheimer of the United States who won...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 09/02/2008
And a Few Other Rumors for Your Tuesday Entertainment Warning: Rumorage Ahead. Proceed with Caution. Paolo Bettini, current World Champion, has yet to sign a new contract for next year. Speculation abounds that he does not wish to remain with his Belgian team, QuickStep, and may look elsewhere for the coming season. The question is where. What team could afford the two-time World Champion? And, where...
Podium Cafe (Free subscription) | 09/01/2008
Looks like systems are returning to normal, and so too is the Vuelta. After a team time trial and some classics style racing, today looks more like sprinters' fare. Not assured -- last time the race went to Cordoba, Paolo Bettini won a puncheurs ' affair. But if the heat isn't too brutal (Cordoba is the hottest place in Europe, and I don't mean Ibiza-hot), perhaps the fastmen can hold it together...
Tredz Blog (Free subscription) | 08/22/2008
What do Emma Pooley, Liam Killeen, Christoph Sauser, Paolo Bettini and Stefan Schumacher have in common? If you just answered they're all pro riders, well you're right - but these riders all have a certain advantage over the competition. Specialized...
