Chris Froome fought hard for his Critrium du Dauphin win and we have the race reports, results, rider quotes and video. It’s not all Dauphin, we also have all the news form the Tour de Suisse, Rund um Kln and the GP du Canton dArgovie Gippingen. Ale-Jet retires and the Tour team have started to announce their long list, Veelers out and Spaniards stay at Katusha. We need a big coffee for EuroTrash Monday.TOP STORY: Good-Bye Ale-Jet (again)!Alessandro Petacchi has hung up his race wheels, the 2015 Giro d’Italia was his last competitive outing on a bike. At 41 years-old he had intended to ride the Vuelta a Venezuela for the Southeast team, but as his health is still not good, he has decided to call it a day.In an interview with tuttobici.com he confirmed that his health problem: Im still not well. I havent managed to shake off the virus that put me out of the Giro dItalia on the Colle delle Finestre so it wasnt right to take on a trip like that if I wasnt going to be able to put in an honorable performance. Im still Alessandro Petacchi after all. I havent been on a bike since June 9 and if you want to know everything, Ive already hung it in the garage with the wheels off. I wont go out on the bike for a while, because I feel tired and without motivation. For the first time in my life, I feel sick of it,...
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