Thursday, August 11, 2005

Pro news:

• Bobby Julich wins another tour! Not the Tour de France (duh) but the Tour of Benelux. This is the innaugural year for the the TdBenelux as it is a merging of two tours that are no longer held individually, the Tour of Belgium and the Tour of the Netherlands. For the full story, link to VeloNews by clicking on this post's title.



• The Discovery Channel team was also at the TdBenelux and managed a 3rd place finish in the overall with the Belgian (is that the correct way to say that Lambert?) rider, Leif Hoste...not too shabby.

• The Disco team had been making some rider aquisitions as have many of the Pro Tour teams. Egoi Martínez and Angel Gómez Marchante, two Spanish climbers, are expected to finalize the deal within the coming week. Does this mean that Johan is bulking on the climbing power in order to support Popo in the mountains in the 2K6 tour?

• Just out of curiosity, who does everyone think will be standing on the top step of the podium in Paris next year? Just comment on this post and tell us who your ON Evote is.

In Closing
...I'll leave you with the thought of the day:

You're like a slinky-
you are completely worthless...
but it's always amusing when
you're pushed down the stairs.

4 comments:

5count said...

The ONE guy I think will win the Tour next year is...
Basso.

Anonymous said...

1. Basso
2. Evans
3. Leipheimer

2 and 3 are long shots.

5count said...

If not Basso, then I'll say Ullrich. I know that's what Danny was going to say.

Anonymous said...

1 mayo
2 hamilton
3 cunego

just kidding, though i would like to see mayo return to riding with passion.

safe 1. basso 2. ullrich 3. vino
more open 1. basso 2. levi 3. valverde