tuttobiciweb.com reports that Gilberto Simoni is trying out another type of bike. After a successful stint as a mountain biker where he grabbed a win and a few high placings, Gibo is focusing on the track. He is getting fitted for a track bike in England and will take to the board in Manchester with [...]
No surprise here, but Gilberto Simoni retracted all of the statements he made about Ivan Basso offering him money for the stage win to Aprica. Simoni, who does not react well to other riders beating him sunk to a new low by suggesting Ivan Basso offered a stage win in exchange for cash. Simoni even [...]
Italians love a good polemica between riders. A duel between riders is not quite enough, there has to be some sort of hatred or antagonism to add to the rivalry. If it was the battle between Coppi and Bartali in the 50s or Moser vs Saronni in the 80s, Chiaucci vs Bugno vs Pantani in [...]
(pic from eurosport.com) The Giro started this weekend and may have ended this weekend too. Ivan Basso put down a Lance Armstrong/Miguel Indurain type of performance on the first real mountin top finish of the Giro. As Carlos Sastre set a tempo reminiscent of Discovery Channel/Postal leadout of the past seven years, Basso simply clicked [...]
Gilberto Simoni is a happier man this year. He is on his own team with former team manager Pietro Algeri who guided his Lampre team when he won the Giro in 2001. Life is better than 2004 when Simoni felt up ended by the young upstart Damiano Cunego. Simoni was one of the few Italians [...]
The Giro del Trentino started today with a tough climb that brought out the climbing sprinters. Damiano Cunego looks to have good form going into the Grio D’Italia as he was just beaten by winner Luca Mazzanti in the final sprint. The day was marked by a crash involving Franco “Porno hair” Pellizzotti and Gilberto [...]
AleJet Petacchi and Gibo Simoni are now free to model their new team kits for 2006. The Team Milram look of Petacchi has a retro feel that almost brings to mind the? Motoroloa jerseys of the early to mid 90s. They keep the ratio of blue jerseys in the Pro Peloton very high. The Saunier-Duval [...]
Gilberto Simoni will be racing in California next February. This trip will also include a stop to the Scott USA headquarters and a visit to a wind tunnel to test out Simoni’s aerodynamic positioning. BiciRace.com :: News :: November 2005
Gilberto Simoni started his scouting mission for the 2006 early. Today Gibo scouted out one of the few climbs of the 2006 Giro that he is not familiar the Plan des Corones. The climb is unpaved at the top, bringing to mind the Col della Finestre climb of 2005. The day turned out full of [...]
In the 2006 Giro that is rumored to be rich with climbs, Damiano Cunego will return to win So says Giuseppe Martinelli who coached Cunego to a 2004 Giro win. 2005 has not been a good year for Cunego due to a bout with Epstein-Barr syndrome. The Tour is on Damiano’s program for 2005 after [...]