Bettini hints about possible role in Alonso team management

Paolo Bettini has officially refused to confirm he will join Fernando Alonso's team after resigning as the Italian national coach but has hinted he will be involved in a major new project in 2014, saying he will "stay in cycling as part of a "very important, ambitious high profile project, that has an initial duration, with me, of five years and that includes a major investment."

Born in Ireland to a cycling family and later moved to the Isle of Man, so there was no surprise when I got into the sport. Studied sports journalism at university before going on to do a Masters in sports broadcast. After university I spent three months interning at Eurosport, where I covered the Tour de France. In 2012 I started at Procycling Magazine, before becoming the deputy editor of Procycling Week. I then joined Cyclingnews, in December 2013.