Riccò confirms collaboration with Sassi for 2011

Riccardo Riccò (Vacansoleil) has announced that he will be coached by Aldo Sassi and avail of the testing facilities at the Mapei training centre in Castellanza. Sassi, who recently claimed that he could guarantee that the riders he coaches are not doped, had made no secret of his desire to work with the controversial Riccò.

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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation, published by Gill Books.