In the Giro d'Iran: B. Kristol will begin the race declaring he is "super motivated." D. Rumsfeld will be strong in the opening week, but be undone by his insistence on starting the race with only three racers on his team and not carrying any spare wheels in the team car. M. Ahmedinejad will be sanctioned by the comissaires every day for illegal equipment, but just use this to whip up his loyal tifosi. In the end, nobody will win.
In the other race in Italy, I'll go not very far out on a limb and pick Basso. The mountains look very hard; but some of the climbers like Simoni and Cunego might lose a chunk of time in the TTT. I wonder who will end up in the points jersey, since many of the big name sprinters are likely to pull out. It could be a second tier sprinter, or maybe Cunego if he wins some stages that end in a small group of leaders.
In the Giro d'Iran: D. Rumsfeld will be strong in the opening week, but be undone by his insistence on starting the race with only three racers on his team and not carrying any spare wheels in the team car.
"You start the race with the team you have."
[On rumours of aiming for a GC win without a good climber/time triallist] "Heavens to betsy no"
[on the Tifosi's expectations] "It makes it complicated. Sometimes, it makes it difficult. That's life."
JT
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