Departures

Team Sky continue to shed any staff that have been involved in doping in the past. Both Bobby Jullich and Steven de Jongh have now left after admitting that they had both taken banned substances in the past.

Sean Yates also decided to retire. Any suspicions that he was involved in doping haven’t been confirmed, despite his close involvement with Armstrong in the Motorola Team, so he leaves the sport officially for his own reasons, even if people will inevitably question the timing.

Looking forward expect fireworks between sprinters in 2013 as Cavendish has already expressed his disappointment at the signing of Roberto Ferrari by Lampre.

When I thought I could put this years festival of sprint crashes behind me, I see Roberto Ferrari has signed for a WorldTour team next year.

— Mark Cavendish (@MarkCavendish) October 29, 2012

Ferrari was the rider who caused a large crash in a sprint at the Giro, which brought down Cavendish along with other big names. His response at the time didn’t make him popular as he claimed he was unconcerned about what goes on behind him in a sprint.

In other news check out this feature on how Seb Rogers got the shots for an MBUK piece where he couldn't ask the rider to just go back and do it again...

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