OSE LUIS ROCA/AFP/Getty Images Team Milram is in a groove at the Vuelta. They have the big train rolling along and some of the pesky train breaking sprinters such as Oscar Friere are gone. So that just leaves new Italian Sprinting Alpha Male Daniele Bennati to contend with. His Lampre team is good, but not… Read more »
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Igor Astarloa Hopes to Bounce Back in 2007
Igor Astarloa is one man who can attest to the legendary curse of the Rainbow Jersey. The Spanish Classics expert who would rather ride on Italian teams (sounds like Oscar Friere) has been in the doldrums since his 2003 World Championship victory in Hamilton Ontario. After winning with Saeco Astarloa switched over to French outfit… Read more »
Basso Out of CSC
(pic from http://www.team-csc.com/) Ivan Basso and Bjarne Riis are no longer working together. The fallout from the Operation Puerto scandal has tarnished the relationship between Riis and rising star Basso. The close working relationship took a severe blow when allegations arose over Ivan Basso’s involvement with Dr. Fuentes who is at the picenter of the… Read more »
Ivan Basso Update
Today Ivan Basso’s follow up court date was delayed until September 29th. Basso was originally scheduled to appear in court on Sept 12th to follow up on the proceedings from August 29th. No reason was given for the delay except the usual Italian justice slowdowns. Tuttobiciweb.com writes that Basso feels exhausted at the latest delay… Read more »
Petacchi Heads North
Alessandro Petacchi will now head up north to Belgium and the Northern Classics. First up is the Dwars door Vlaanderen-Waregem next Wednesday. The race will be used to get a feeling for racing in Begium with a view to the Tour of Flanders (Hidely ho neighboreenie!) and Gent Wevelgem. Joining Petacchi will be Maarten Den… Read more »
Petacchi Takes Etruschi
Alessandro Petacchi took his first win of 2006 with the sprint victory in the GP delle Costa Etruschi. AleJet responded in the “Battle of Sprint Kings” with a convincing win on home turf. (photo from Grande Ciclismo) The win was not easy as the race was hard from the start with several attacks. Team Milram… Read more »
New Duds for Petacchi and Simoni
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… Read more »