Jersey tales

With just under 20km of the 2003 Tour of Lombardy remaining, Michele Bartoli attacked, riding away from a leading group of 20 riders. Bartoli had signed for the Fassa Bortolo team in late 2001 after his contract with Mapei was rescinded. Bartoli and Mapei had been at odds over his non-selection for a number of races and relations had deteriorated to the point of no return.

His move to Fassa Bortolo reunited him with sports director Giancarlo Ferretti, a man he had ridden for at MG Maglificio in the 1990s and under whose direction he had won the Tour of Flanders