Team Sky, ladies and gentlemen!
Official site now works.
- Portraits of all riders
- Videos of the riders
Love them or hate them?..
Guess who?
(c)EPA/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
Vinokourov, 35, returned to racing after serving a two-year doping ban which followed a positive test on the 2007 Tour de France, and has indicated that he would like to rejoin his former team, Astana.
We'll see new Astana very sune, I'm sure. Contador, Armstrong and other "big" riders gone (or not gone, but thinking about it), now the team mostly consists of post-USSR riders. They are good, but are they so good to continue team domination in cycling and on TDF? I think no. But maybe they found a new star? We'll see...
P.S. Love Andy's pic on Twitter. I have that one bigger and it's so nice - his eyes are so sparkly:) !
TDF, Stage 13.
Breaking news:
"Oscar Freire and Julian Dean have been hit during Tdf Stage 13 by an air gun.
Juan Manual Garate heard 3 shots, and suddenly Freire was screaming in pain. He had been hit right above the knee. Julian Dean has been hit in his hand.
The incident happened at 165km after the start of the 13th stage. Rabo team doctor Dion Van Bommel had to remove a metal ball in Freire's upper leg after the stage. Apart from that, he is fine."
OMG, it's something scary! I hope it will not happen again...
Tour de France, stage 8
Oscar Pereiro Sio quiet Tour due to the "accumulated fatigue.” Sad:( And the most sad thing is that we don't know if he ever win some big race. He said himself that he is scary after his crash on the Tour last year. He tries to be very careful on the downhills. And, actually, nobody knows what's next...
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I'm glad LL Sanchez won today. Our commentators cherred up for Efimkin, but his win would be unfair. He didn't work at all! I hate when the victory goes to somebody who doesn't deserve it:(
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And also our commentators during all the stage (well, almost) was talking about Astana. I'm not a Lance-hater, I respect him, and I like Yaroslav Popovych, because he is Ukrainian and a very nice person. But Astana has already annoyed me! Too bad I'm not Dutch:) Dutch commentators probably most of the time talk about Saxo Bank:)
It's nice to see Andy, Frank, and Kurt on front. I hope they have a good plan. According to Arvesen's Twitter: "Long transfer after a hard day! One day more, then a useful restday. Everyone happy in the Saxo-bus." Wel, then I'm happy too:)
