At the end of last season I found that quote on a rider fb: "What the hell does have this Ventoso that everybody now want h
im?!" Now we know. Or maybe we don't . But you do must have 'something' to win the 'queen stage' of TDU, daring the already mythical climb of" [ = "I think I will remember Willonga climb for a long time. Not coz of his hardness, but coz of the emotion the people gave us by teir continous roar. Amazing!!!"].
Cameron Meyer thanked his team: he kept his jersey for just 8 seconds. But it could be enough. The last sprint will be a decisive one but if C.Meyer end in a decent position and some outsider goes fo the stage victory... Oh dudes, what a deliciously open final! Remark Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale: he's doing a great TDU. Bravo also Luke Roberts: he's leading the climbers classification and it seems he could go to Team Sax Bank if/when Contador will get a ban. Richie Porte is 3th in that list: not bad but honestly I expected more in his home country and in this stage specially. Stuart O'Grady is only 51, 42th in GC. Better Viganò (36th).
BDW I don't give a shit - sorry - for that new Amstrong case. I was pissed about his coming back and am glad he finally goes home. If the
n he goes to prison too... well, I will not cry. Fortunately there are tons of young good clean riders looking for a team. And that's why I am also quite pissed about Di Luca coming back, with or without a salary.
Dopers deserves another chance, of course, but that should mean they can ride again in a continental team in less important races, end their carreer rinding. I loved VDB, you know, he was and will be forever one of my heroes. He couldn't live without racing, during his ban he used to race in amateurs races with a false document, he used to attack, to show all his class... and to go away by woods and fields before the finish. You can't say men like him "You aren't allowed to race anymore", you simply kill them. But he would have accepted with joy to ride for a small team.
A very young doper is another thing, I agree. An that's why I can see R. Riccò in the next TdF without throwing up: that's his LAST chance to say something in pro-cycling.
Pic by Sirotti
STAGE
im?!" Now we know. Or maybe we don't . But you do must have 'something' to win the 'queen stage' of TDU, daring the already mythical climb of" [ = "I think I will remember Willonga climb for a long time. Not coz of his hardness, but coz of the emotion the people gave us by teir continous roar. Amazing!!!"]. Cameron Meyer thanked his team: he kept his jersey for just 8 seconds. But it could be enough. The last sprint will be a decisive one but if C.Meyer end in a decent position and some outsider goes fo the stage victory... Oh dudes, what a deliciously open final! Remark Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale: he's doing a great TDU. Bravo also Luke Roberts: he's leading the climbers classification and it seems he could go to Team Sax Bank if/when Contador will get a ban. Richie Porte is 3th in that list: not bad but honestly I expected more in his home country and in this stage specially. Stuart O'Grady is only 51, 42th in GC. Better Viganò (36th).
BDW I don't give a shit - sorry - for that new Amstrong case. I was pissed about his coming back and am glad he finally goes home. If the
n he goes to prison too... well, I will not cry. Fortunately there are tons of young good clean riders looking for a team. And that's why I am also quite pissed about Di Luca coming back, with or without a salary.Dopers deserves another chance, of course, but that should mean they can ride again in a continental team in less important races, end their carreer rinding. I loved VDB, you know, he was and will be forever one of my heroes. He couldn't live without racing, during his ban he used to race in amateurs races with a false document, he used to attack, to show all his class... and to go away by woods and fields before the finish. You can't say men like him "You aren't allowed to race anymore", you simply kill them. But he would have accepted with joy to ride for a small team.
A very young doper is another thing, I agree. An that's why I can see R. Riccò in the next TdF without throwing up: that's his LAST chance to say something in pro-cycling.
Pic by Sirotti
| 1 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 3:06:10 | |
| 2 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 3 | Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | ||
| 4 | Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 5 | Luke Roberts (Aus) UNI SA - Australia | ||
| 6 | Robbie Hunter (RSA) Team Radio Shack | ||
| 7 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 8 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 9 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radio Shack | ||
| 10 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | ||
| 11 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 12 | Allan Davis (Aus) Astana | ||
| 13 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | ||
| 14 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | ||
| 15 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 16 | Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:00:09 |
| 51 | Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek | 0:01:48 |
GC
| 1 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 16:00:40 | |
| 2 | Matthew Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 0:00:08 | |
| 3 | Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:10 | |
| 4 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:00:12 | |
| 5 | Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:00:17 | |
| 6 | Ben Swift (GBr) Sky Procycling | 0:00:18 | |
| 7 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:00:26 | |
| 8 | André Greipel (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 0:00:27 | |
| 9 | Allan Davis (Aus) Astana | 0:00:28 | |
| 10 | Luke Roberts (Aus) UNI SA - Australia | ||
| 11 | Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 12 | Gorka Izagirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi | ||
| 13 | Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 14 | Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 15 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radio Shack | ||
| 16 | Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:00:39 | |
| 17 | Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Movistar Team | ||
| 18 | Simone Ponzi (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale |
| 32 | Richie Porte (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | 0:01:40 |
| 36 | Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek | 0:02:11 |
42 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek
3 commenti:
Ilaria,
I agree with you 100% about returning dopers. Why do they seem to think they have a right to a contract with a big team to ride the big races. Get a contract with any team that will take you, ride hard, and ride clean. Earn your way back onto the big teams.
As for Armstrong, I will be glad when he finally retires for the last time. I am sick of the melodrama surrounding him.
Brenda
And that exactly what is doing Emanuele Sella. I'm translating something about him and think he's a good exaple of how a doper should come back.
I think the end of Armstrong will be good for cycling.
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