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Alonso ditched cycling team project amid career turmoil
Fernando Alonso shelved his plans to set up a professional cycling team during the souring of relations with Ferrari and amid the turmoil of his switch from the Maranello team to McLaren.
That is the claim of Paolo Bettini, a former cyclist who left his job as head coach of Italy's national team in order to help Alonso set up a team for cycling's top World Tour.
But during the course of last year, it became clear Alonso's plans were fading and eventually the Spaniard met with Bettini to apologise.
'We sat down in December,' Bettini told La Gazzetta dello Sport. 'It was a frank meeting, we looked each other in the eye and he apologised.'
That is because Bettini, currently without a job,...
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