Tomorrow there will be the first of the Ardenne's classics,the Amstel Gold Race.Frank has said: "I feel very well,this doesn't mean that I'll win,but that I'll do everything in order to achieve a victory".
Of course it won't be easy,but Frank has already won AGR in 2006 and I hope he can win again this year (last year he arrived 2nd,in 2007 he had a bad fall but managed to finish 10th).
SB Team will be formed by Frank,Andy,the Sorensens (Nicki and Chris-Anker),Van Goolen,Kolobnev,Kroon and Larsson.A good team,in my opinion.
Regarding the other teams,here's a little start list:
Lampre:Cunego (if somebody's interested,there's an interview with him on CN),Gasparotto.
AG2R La Mondiale: A.Efimkin,Elmiger,Nocentini,Roche.
Astana:Bazayev,Horner,Iglinsky,Morabito.
BBox Bouygues Telecom: L.Lefevre.
Caisse d'Epargne:Pereiro,Rodriguez (also known as mr.Montelupone),Uran,Valverde-very strong team.
Cofidis:H.Duclos-Lassalle,Duque.
Euskadi Euskaltel:Egoi Martinez,Samuel Sanchez (watch out),Landaluze.
Francais des Jeux:Casar,Cherel,Sulzberger.
Fuji-Servetto:Capecchi,Cobo,De La Fuente.
Garmin:Hesjedal,Maaskant,Lowe,Van der Velde (who is someone different from Vandevelde).
Liquigas:Kreuziger,Kuschynski,Nibali,Willems.
Silence Lotto:Aerts,Dekker,Gilbert,Matthew Lloyd,Van Summeren,Vandenbroek (all together or separated?),Evans.
Columbia:Martin,Monfort,Pinotti (!),Rogers (on CN there's the name of Kirchen but not the one of Lovkvist:I think they've done a mistake,since Kirhen won't be riding tomorrow whereas Lovkvist probably will).
Katusha:Ivanov,Mazzanti,Petrov,Pfannenberger.
Milram:Ciolek,Frohlinger,Gerdemann,Knees,Terpstra,M. and P.Velits,Wegmann.
Cervélo:Gerrans,Klier,Daniel Lloyd,Rollin.
Colnago:Bert De Waele.
Diquigiovanni:Bertolini,Bertogliati,Ginanni,Rebellin,Scarponi,Serpa.
Skil-Shimano:Rooijakkers.
Topsport Vlaanderen:
Vacansoleil:Carrara,Leukemans,Lhotellerie.
Here's a little article about the race: http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/16689/mehrere-truempfe-in-der-hand.php .It's in German,so here's my not-so-great translation (I've translated just the part about the Schleck brothers):
With Sunday's Amstel Gold Race,the Ardenne's week finally starts.Both the Schleck brothers,Andy and Frank,will take part in the race,whereas KK won't.
Three years ago Frank Schleck won the AGR wearing the National Champion jersey.This year he'll be wearing again that jersey during the 3 Ardenne's classics (AGR,Fleche Wallonne,Liege).
The form should be ok,considering the 2nd place in Paris-Nice,the 13th in Criterium International and the 11th in Klasika Primavera. "Until now,everything has gone really well in this season.I hope that my form will be good and that the weather will be sunny.My team will try to win the race,even if winning is not so easy:you need a very good day to win that race.Anyway I'm in good form,just like Andy",says Frank Schleck in an optimistic way.
In Saxo Bank team there will be also Karsten Kroon and Alexander Kolobnev.The leader will be the one whose form will be the best on Sunday."We've got 4 very strong riders in the team,and we could do a 'poker'.I don't want to say that we'll win the race,but that we'll try everything to make this happen",says F.Schleck,that tomorrow will be wearing the number 175.
Between the most dangerous adversaires there are Cunego,Valverde,Samuel Sanchez,Rebellin,Evans and Kreuziger.
Allez Frank! (and Andy of course!)
(Photo Bettini).

I really hope they will win. I hope one of the Schlecks will win but someone else from saxobank is also good.
RispondiEliminaKroon and Andy did well today, but the race was completely spoiled by Frank's fall for me.I was so worried! Fortunately he's fine.
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