Eroica (and vids about Frank):

Tomorrow there is Eroica Monte Paschi Siena. This race has a very short story but is very nice.The first edition (2007) was won by Alexander Kolobnev in front of Marcus Ljungqvist (I'm afraid this is not the correct spelling...),while last year edition was won by Fab Fab in front of Ballan.It is 190 kms long and a big part of it is run on gravel roads around Siena.The race arrives in the famous Piazza del Campo (the one in which also the Palio di Siena is raced) and is pretty hard.In the final two kilometres there is a section of nine percent gradient, which kicks up a percent in the last 900 metres through Porta di Fontebranda.
Here's a partial list of the riders who will take part in the race:
Saxo Bank: Kurt-Asle Arvesen,Matti Breschel,Frank Høj,Dominic Klemme,Kasper Klostergaard,Marcus Ljungqvist,Stuart O'Grady,Andy Schleck (yip de do da day!!).Fab Fab still has problems with his shoulder (he hurt it during a training ride) and won't take part in the race.Sadness...
Acqua e Sapone:Masciarelli (there are 3 different riders with the same surname,I remember one of these riders had some victories in Italy last year but I can't remember which one).
AG2R La Mondiale:Alexander Efimkin.
Barloworld:Longo Borghini,Caccia.
Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni:Khalilov (I like that rider),Rossi.
Cervélo:Klier,Lancaster,Rollin.
Diquigiovanni:Ginanni (pretty strong rider).
Garmin:Hesjedal,Tuft,Farrar,Frischkorn,Maaskant (good rider).
ISD:Visconti,Cioni,Gatto (who got his first victoriues between pro-riders a few days ago).
Lampre:Ballan,Righi,Bindi,Mori.
Liquigas:Bello Bennati,Carlstrom,Guarnieri,Oss,Quinziato,Vanotti.
LPR:Ermeti,Ongarato.
Columbia:Boasson Hagen,Cavendish,Eisel,Grabsch,Lovkvist (joyful screams from my sister), Hincapie,Rogers (what a team!).
Katusha:Pozzato,Brutt (good rider), Ignatiev,Ivanov,Mazzanti,Pfannenberger (other good rider).
Milram:Ciolek,Gerdemann,Wegmann.

The photo I've published is taken from "Borgo something appartamenti (flats)'s website".They have a special offer for who stays in their flats for three days during the race.Unfortunately I think it's already too late to book a flat :(

Now I'm off to study philosophy... :( But before to go,here are some vids about Frank (hope they're new...At least for me they are).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfSCeB92MMY :short vid with Frank (German) about his winning on Alpe d'Huez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2J-D6AFd2k :vid with Frank and Uncle Bjarne about Frank's victory on Alpe d'Huez.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPzNwpAFDUE :if someone's interested,this is a long vid about last year Paris-Nice (Mont Ventoux stage).Frank did pretty well in that stage,as well as Herr Voigt (the stupid nickname that my sister and I use for him was created on this occasion).Btw,if you don't like Cadel Evans,you shouldn't watch it because he finally won the stage in front of Robert Gesink (who got the yellow jersey).