March has just begun and between a few days the season will really take off,with Tirreno-Adriatico,Paris-Nice and,above all,Milano-Sanremo. Then, even before that we'll be able to realise it,there will be the Belgian classics and the Ardenne's classics.And then the Giro,the Tour de Suisse, Dauphine Libere (is this the correct name?) and then the Tour will come and pass in 3 weeks of passion and,hopefully,joy.Btw,there are some people on Cyclingnews that are already thinking about what could happen this year in July.In fact,on this link http://www.cyclingnews.com/features.php?id=features/2009/tour_de_france_ladder_mar09 you can find who,in CN's opinion,could win this year's Tour.The candidates are 1.Levi Leipheimer (I think-hope-the numbers in which the riders appear on the link is totally random,because otherwise I would have something to say about the choice of putting Leipheimer at n.1) 2.Contador 3.Michael Rogers 4.Sir Lancelot 5.Frank Schleck 6.Menchov 7.Cunego 8.Evans 9.Vandevelde 10.Sastre 11.Andy Schleck 12.Valverde. There you can also find a photo of Andy while he writes his name (me doesn't know what the correct English verb for that action is) at the starting of a stage in ToC.
Then: Yesterday I found this short article in Luxembourgian about the schedule of the Schleck "Gebridder":
Wat de Programm vun de Gebridder Schleck ugeet firt de Frank, deen an enger gudder Form ass, Paris-Nice.De Andy fir säin Déel ass an Italien am Asaz. Lass geet et de 7. Mäerz mam Pendant vum franseischen Paris-Roubaix, nämlech dëm Grand Prix Herroica an der Toscane. Duernooass hien dann bei der Etappen-Course Tirreno-Addriatico virgesinn.
Google Translater completely ignores the existence of the Luxembourgian language,so I've tried to guess the meaning of this short article basing myself on my not-so-great-knowledge of German.Here's what I understood: Frank will go to Paris-Nice because he's already in good form,while Andy will race Eroica in Tuscany (yip de do da day!) and then Tirreno-Adriatico.As you can see,in the article is also named the Paris-Roubaix (as well as the Tirreno-Addriatico and the Herroica),but I think it's a mistake.I think the sentence should be "Instead of racing Paris-NICE,Andy will be at the start of Eroica and Tirreno-Adriatico".Btw,I don't know Luxembourgian,so if someone has a better interpretation of the article,please let me know.

I tried to use Luxdico.com. it translates Luxembourgian into French, which is better for me than german or something.
RispondiEliminaFränk is in good form, so he will race Paris-Nice. Andy will start his race in Italy. (next sentence i don't really get, osmething about being defeated in paris-Roubaix,) and then he starts in Eroica. After that, he will appear at tirreno Adriatico
Thank you for the translation Marit! And let's hope the two brothers will do well in their next races! :)
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