Apparently Mario will be in the Tour of Georgia.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2004/apr04/apr15news2
Bravo Mario! The Lion King will grace the shores of America, to show
Americans what a true champion is made of. Unllike most American
racers, Mario has surely never dreamt of taking performance drugs,
eaten Krispy Kreme donuts, nor cheated on his wife. Nor does he aspire
to join the company of movie or music starlets, he is merely content
to perfect and dominate his craft, that of being the best sprinter in
the world.
If only our corrupt, drug infested, narcissistic, philandering, Krispy
Kreme eating cycling scene on this side of the Atlantic were as
modest, winning and dedicated as Mario Cipollini, cycling would be a
sport on the eternal rise in America rather than what it is, one in
perpetual decline.
Bravo Mario! Bravo!