From the crossroads of Europe and Asia, where Rabun from Turkey reads his reports, to the lakes of Minnesota, to the golden surf of California, the Vuelta España journals of Bingen Fernandez Bustinza have caught everyone's imagination. His tales from the peloton have oft been quoted by commentators across Europe as the great race in Spain unfolds...

Bingen Fernandez and David Millar at the Vuelta. Courtesy Cofidis.

Now, courtesy of the Cofidis Vuelta riders - David Millar, Daniel Atienza Urendez, Angelo Lopeboselli, Iñigo Cuesta Lopez de Castro, Peter Farazijn, Bingen Fernandez Bustinza, Dmitry Fofonov, Luis Perez Rodriguez and Guido Trentin - you have a chance to win a Cofidis jersey signed by the Cofidis Vuelta team.

A great prize, this, and one which will not be easy to win (just like a Grand Tour, as Bingen's diaries have shown us), but which on the other hand is very easy - all you have to do is write an article on cycling. It could be about a race, a ride, a maintainence tip, a team, whatever you choose. Simply put your best words into an article on cycling and the writer of the winning article will receive the signed Cofidis Vuelta jersey.

So get your golden pens ready, and here we go!

Contest Rules:

• Contest opens 22 September 2003, and closes 1 October 2003 at midnight Pacific Daylight Time.

• You may submit one entry to input@dailypeloton.com.

• By submitting an entry, you attest that the entry is your own, original work.

• By submitting an entry, you agree to have your entry published on the Daily Peloton. You retain all rights to your work, and author credit will be given if your entry is published.

• Articles previously submitted to the Daily Peloton will not be accepted.

• Receipt of your entry will be acknowledged by return email.

• The entries will be judged by a European and US judges panel, whose decision will be final.

• The winning entry as well as selected honorable mention articles may be published on the Daily Peloton.

• Daily Peloton staff may submit entries, but are not eligible to win the jersey.

Luis Perez at the Vuelta. Courtesy Cofidis and Graham Watson.