Petacchi to skip 2005 Tour de France (Eurosport)

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"I've checked out the [Madrid] course. It's very favourable to sprinters, guys like [Erik] Zabel, [Oscar] Freire and [Tom] Boonen," Petacchi said in French sports daily L'Equipe.

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