Road Bike Racing - Yurj Metlushenko...

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don d.
11-19-04, 08:34 AM
...has left Landbouwkrediet to ride for the new Gruppo Santoni team under former Domina Vacanza DS Vincenzo Santoni. This guy is a big bruiser of a sprinter:


lotek
11-19-04, 08:59 AM
Geeez, he looks like he could go toe to toe with
Magnus. . . .

Marty

gcasillo
11-19-04, 10:32 AM
Caption: I just saved a bunch of money on my insurance by switching to Geico!


MacMan
11-19-04, 10:52 AM
Caption: I just saved a bunch of money by switching my insurance to Geico!

I just got done wiping off the coffee I spewed over the monitor! Thanks for that :D

gcasillo
11-19-04, 11:26 AM
You're welcome.

That dude is a brute though, isn't he? don d. knows who's who in cycling. I don't. Is this a 2nd division rider?

don d.
11-19-04, 12:34 PM
I'm guessing Santoni's new squad will be Div2, but that hasn't been announced yet that I know of. Landbouwkrediet was Div1.

For all his size and intimidating looks, Metal-shenko is at best a 2nd tier sprinter, who will lose most of the time to the likes of Freire, McEwen, Zabel, and even an aging Tom Steels, who he was a teammate with last year. But he sure is powerful looking. He may have more success on a Div2 team, in the smaller races.