The first time we rang Magnus on the Monday after the Vuelta finished, his manager, Martin McCrossan answered - the Big Guy was still asleep. I guess he's due a long-ly after all those kilometres around Espana. He was bright, breezy and on the ball next time we rang though.

Almost everyone it seems has had something to say on the recent doping mess, but one group conspicuously under-represented in the chatter is the riders themselves. Our voice from the peloton, Maggy Backstedt is back from the wars in Denmark, and steps up to voice his thoughts on the war on doping.