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roadwarrior
10-24-06, 02:38 PM
Man, pro cycling keeps getting uglier and uglier...

The only former grand tour winner that's even attending looks to be two time Giro winner, Simoni. (http://www.velonews.com/race/int/articles/11085.0.html)

And only nine teams will be represented...

Ouch...

I'd have posted this in the Tour forum, but there's not much action there these days...

linux_author
10-24-06, 02:59 PM
- yep, and btw, what's up with this?

Last year, however, Tour officials used the ceremony to chastise seven-time champion Lance Armstrong by essentially ignoring any mention of his name in the wake of doping allegations leveled at the retired Texan by the French newspaper L'Equipe.

- does L'Equipe sponsor the Tour?
platypus
10-24-06, 03:13 PM
I believe the same parent company owns both the ASO (Le Tour's organizer) and L'Equipe.

roadwarrior
10-25-06, 03:11 AM
I believe the same parent company owns both the ASO (Le Tour's organizer) and L'Equipe.


Ding...ding...we have a winner!!

ASO and LeTour are going to lose a lot of face here with virtually nobody showing up.