July 27, 2003 (Hamilton, ON) – The 2003 Hamilton Organizing committee is proud to welcome to our weekly chats the technical director of the Italian Cycling Federation Franco Ballerini. We'll be collecting questions until 12 pm EST on Thursday, July 31. Transcripts containing the answers to the questions will be posted the following Monday.

The following is a list of accomplishments of former cycling pro, Franco Ballerini:

1987: 1st Three Valleys Varesines
1988: 1st Grand Prix Sanson, 3rd Giro dell'Emilia
1989: 1st Grand Prix of Camaiore, 1st Circuito Fivizzano, 2nd Coppa Placci,
2nd Tour of Campanie, 10th Giro di Lombardia
1990: 1st Paris-Bruxelles, 1st Grand Prix des Ameriques, 1st Tour of
Campanie, 1st Tour of Piemont, 1st Sesto Fiorentino, 2nd Trofeo Matteoti,
3rd Ghent-Wevelgem, 5th Amstel Gold
1991: 1st Tour of Romandy, 3rd Giro di Lombardia, 3rd Coppa Sabatini, 5th
Paris-Roubaix, Giro d'Italia 1 stage, 5th Giro dell'Emilia, 8th Ronde van
Vlaanderen, 7th 3 Days of De Panne
1992: 2nd Tour of Campanie, 9th Ronde van Vlaanderen
1993: 2nd Paris-Roubaix, 2nd Fleche Brabanconne, 2nd Across Belgium, 3rd
Coppa Benocchi, 6th Ronde van Vlaanderen, 7th Milano-San Remo, 10th Amstel
Gold
1994: 2nd Gent-Wevelgem, 2nd Paris-Bruxelles, 3rd Paris-Roubaix, 4th Ronde
van Vlaanderen
1995: 1st Paris-Roubaix, 1st Omloop Het Volk, 4th Milano-Vignola
1996: 5th Paris-Roubaix