Random news: Cipo not racing this Vuelta which I guess means that Domina Vacanze isn't welcome.
Iban Mayo and Haimar Zubeldia will not be riding for Euskaltel-Euskadi. Seems like this will hurt them a lot more than those in the now are saying it will.
Zuelle and Phonak will be there. It'll be interesting to see how Zuelle performs as he claims it may determine if he retires or not.
Too bad about Cipo, I really was hoping he'd be there. Last year was his first Vuelta! ANd too bad Ullrich isn't doing it. I thought that Pantani's team was supposed to be there, maybe they'll stick them in for Domina. Pantani was great in the giro until that crash.
As for Zuelle, he was thinking of retiring this year anyways, I remember reading this a few months back. But I guess he wants to do the Vuelta one last time, since he didn't get to do the tour for three years in a row! What a shame about that, I was always a fan of his. He had a pretty good season last year, winning the Tour de Suisse, and he's always done great in Spain. But he's 34 now, so retirement isn't an impossibility. I do hope he does well in the vuelta, though. He's won twice! It'd be great if he won one of the TT.
You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. That's great...if you want to attract vermin.
Cipollini started the 2000 Vuelta de Espana but was tossed out of the race after he assaulted another rider who made insinuations about Cipollini's parentage after Cipollini berated him for his riding skills.
Cipollini was subsequently suspended for a period of time, but since it was late in the season, it went largely unnoticed.
I'm wondering who to pick for my fantasy team on http://www.fantasylavuelta.com . I don't know who to pick among sprinters, especially.
Is Zuelle 'Alex Zuelle'? Or is that someone else? I'm confused because I thought his name was Zulle. (finished on the podium in the 99 TDF)
Pantani has just been suspended by his team because "they don't know where he is"... Whatever that means:confused: I thought he was done with his rehab/psych treatment.
Originally posted by Alex33 Pantani has just been suspended by his team because "they don't know where he is"... Whatever that means:confused: I thought he was done with his rehab/psych treatment.
I thought that was kind of funny when I read that. "For one thing, we dont know where he is."
I think he was released from treatment a month or two ago.
He has a court hearing in a week also, I think.
There is a 1st cat. climb that ends 18km before the finish of stage 2. I'm guessing there won't be a bunch sprint that stage, will there?
Who do you guys think will win the first stage? ONCE? USPS?
Nozal is on fire. Wins the ITT by 1.20 and maintains 1st.
It's also great to see Beltran having a good tour.
ONCE's having a great tour. One wonders if they'll burn themselves out too soon. The other day they were pulling the peloton along at 50 km/h in an attempt to reel in 3 riders who don't really matter.
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