'For the past two decades, when cycling's greatest racers have needed that last bit of speed to turn themselves into legends, they've called for Michele Ferrari... The trouble started with orange juice. Within cycling circles, Ferrari had been well-known and respected as a trainer since the mid '80s. He became notorious in the spring of 1994, after three team Gewiss riders he was working with swept the Belgian Classic Flèche Wallonne. After the race, journalists peppered him with the usual questions asked of any outstanding cycling performance nowadays. "How can you explain it?" he imitates them now, mockingly: "Blah, blah, blah!"...' More
