14 H 43 - Simoni Almost Quit...
Gilberto Simoni was dropped early in today's stage. The Saeco team leader
has stated that he hasn't got good form at this year's Tour. And today he
almost quit the race. He unclicked from his pedals, dismounted his bike and
climbed into the team car at the 22km mark. After a brief discussion with
his director, however, he got back out of the car (which was idle) and got
back on the bike.
It took the two-time Giro d'Italia champion 27km to rejoin the peloton but,
at this point in time, he's still part of the 2004 Tour.
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Marty Wallace said:
14 H 43 - Simoni Almost Quit...
Interesting that Stuey was joking about "Soft Italians" after Cipo and
Petacchi pulled the pin.Why would you bother with something this hard when Lance has got it all
wrapped up already? Takes the fun out of it a bit . . . there's plenty
of other sunny races to catch up on UCI points with.I read an interview with Jalabert who thinks that the number of days
raced by some pros these days is pathetic. anything under 90 a year was
for wusses, he said, or in slightly different words.Having a nice light bike, nice fast leadout men, lots of cash, and
smooth roads might be making the showponies a little underdone. What
happened to the "grimpeur", I hear you ask, of the likes of Hinault and
Moser, tough riders from tough, rugged terrain, who rode through sleet,
snow, pain and injury? Does the sheer effort to hang on at 45 kph av.,
day after day take it's toll? M "😕" H--
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