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Sonarrat
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leif_ericson wrote:
>>Originally posted by Remove The Poli Could the Giro be made earlier so
>>it didn't conflict so much with the Tour?
>>
>>If so, how much earlier would it have to be?
>
> Well, April is the 'classics' season, and March would be too early.
At any rate, I fail to see how making the Giro-Tour double relatively
easy would help the sport. Shouldn't it be, like, HARD?
Simoni, Garzelli and Noè' visited the Giro and Tour. Francisco Mancebo,
Roberto Heras, Roberto Laiseka, Richard Virenque, Isidro Nozal, Carlos
Sastre and a few others went to the Tour and Vuelta, by far the most
popular combination. Michele Scarponi, Dario Frigo and Wladimir Belli
visited the Giro and Vuelta. Aitor Gonzalez was at the start of all
three, for reasons that are hard to fathom.
But then you have a group which contested the Tour only. It starts with
Lance and Jan at the top, but also includes - watch this - Alexandre
Vinokourov, Tyler Hamilton, Haimar Zubeldia, Iban Mayo, Ivan Basso, and
Christophe Moreau.
HMMMMMM. Gee, that list looks awfully familiar.
But as Pantani showed us, even in this kind of Tour-centric climate, it
can still be done...
-Sonarrat.
>>Originally posted by Remove The Poli Could the Giro be made earlier so
>>it didn't conflict so much with the Tour?
>>
>>If so, how much earlier would it have to be?
>
> Well, April is the 'classics' season, and March would be too early.
At any rate, I fail to see how making the Giro-Tour double relatively
easy would help the sport. Shouldn't it be, like, HARD?
Simoni, Garzelli and Noè' visited the Giro and Tour. Francisco Mancebo,
Roberto Heras, Roberto Laiseka, Richard Virenque, Isidro Nozal, Carlos
Sastre and a few others went to the Tour and Vuelta, by far the most
popular combination. Michele Scarponi, Dario Frigo and Wladimir Belli
visited the Giro and Vuelta. Aitor Gonzalez was at the start of all
three, for reasons that are hard to fathom.
But then you have a group which contested the Tour only. It starts with
Lance and Jan at the top, but also includes - watch this - Alexandre
Vinokourov, Tyler Hamilton, Haimar Zubeldia, Iban Mayo, Ivan Basso, and
Christophe Moreau.
HMMMMMM. Gee, that list looks awfully familiar.
But as Pantani showed us, even in this kind of Tour-centric climate, it
can still be done...
-Sonarrat.
