Interview: The second rest day at the Tour de France is well known to be the day a lot of deals are struck for the next season. The riders, team managers and the rider's agents are in negotiations as we speak in Switzerland. Ed Hood caught up with new rider agent and ex-rider Caleb Fairly to get his thoughts on the World of contracts.

Does 12th place in your first pro race - which just happens to be the hotly contested UCI 1.1 184 kilometre Memorial Pantani - indicate a bit of talent? We thought so – and so did HTC Columbia who have just signed 23 year-old American, Caleb Fairly on a two year deal. And by the way, he was third in his second pro race the next day – the UCI 1.1 196 kilometre Giro di Toscana.