Velochimp: Astrochimp on Cycling

When you need to clean up some Aqua e Sapone is all you need. The very basic soap and water combo is actually the name of an Italian drug store chain. After recently signing up red hot Stefano Garzelli the red squad have picked up the new Amateur Grand Fondo dominator Francesco Del Ponte. The man who carries an Italian license with Tom Boonen’s picture on the front and dominates amateur cycling compeitions before abandoning in the last 100 meters and going home is back on the Pro circuit.

Frank Vandenbroucke has found another squad to give him a chance to stay off the amateur circuits. Could Aqua e Sapone upgrade to the ProTour soon? There is an opening, but it is not very likely. Aqua e Sapone may get a slot to ride the northern spring Classics which is where VDB would like to return. After getting dumped from Unibet.com mid way through the year, does Aqua e Sapone think they can keep VDB competative? Or is it just an easy way to get headlines?

First there was Ron Mexico, now there is Francesco Del Ponte. Frank Vandenbroucke was spotted racing in the amateur Italian circut under the name of Francesco Del Ponte and Italian version of his name. This was after he was sacked by the Unibet.com team for acting like Frank Vendenbroucke. The odd part is that on Francesco’s license, he has a picture of Tom Boonen, and did not hide the fact.

In typical Vandenbroucke fashion he acted like a total douche:

According to the newspaper reports the Belgian’s race tactics consisted of setting a blistering pace at the front of the peloton until most of them dropped off.

After taking a healthy lead over the bunch after around 60km of racing, Vandenbroucke would peel off and head for home before the race finish.

Velonews