Gradually,the Tour starts to appear on the cycling horizon.Tension is increasing and the riders begin to feel it.On the 4th of July,also the Schleck brothers and Kim Kirchen will be in Monaco, ready to take part in the Grande Boucle.
Until now,the 3 riders have had almost the same schedule.Just like an year ago,the road that takes to the Tour goes through the Tour of Luxembourg and the Tour de Suisse.Before of the Tour there will be also the Luxembourgian Championship and the Schleck brothers and Kim Kirchen will race one against the other on that day.
But before of that,there' the Tour de Suisse.The parcours seems a bit easier than last year and the race lasts 9 days.It starts today with a TT and the first important climbs will be faced by the riders during the 3rd stage.Other hard stages are the 4th,the 5th and also the last 3 ones.The last stage is a TT of 39 kms inside the city of Bern (...).
During the next day the roads of Switzerland will choose the rider who will follow Roman Kreuziger in the list of the race's winners.Kreuziger is one of the favourite also this year,but also the 3 riders from Luxembourg could get a good result.
The Schleck brothers start the TDS with the same ambitions: "I feel good right now and the victory of Tour of Luxemborg has shown me where I am with the preparation for the Tour.That victory has also given me a lot of confidence.I'm following the plans for being in a perfect form at the start of the Tour and it is going pretty well.I've been in the Alps with the team and I've climbed a lot.The problem is that I mustn't reach my level of form too early.I need a few kilometers of race before of reaching my definitive form for the Tour,so I'll take it easy in the TDS",said Frank Schleck.In fact,the past has demonstrated that the riders who have won the TDS have ridden well in the Tour just in few cases.
"I'm going to concentrate myself on one stage and I'll try to win it",said Andy Schleck who turned 24 last Monday."I start the TDS without any pressure and I'll be surprised if,at the end of the race,I'll be up in front in the GC.At the TDL I've actually felt better than I expected. Anyway I won't try to reach a good place in the GC.You have to deal with your strength",he continued.(...)
Also Vladimir Karpets,Andreas Kloden,Sylvain Chavanel,Thomas Dekker and Damiano Cunego will take part in the race.
The main swiss riders will be Cancellara,Albasini and Elmiger.
ALLEZ SPARTACUS!!!
RispondiEliminaOh yes! He made a great TT yesterday.He's in form for Le Tour,finally!! Go Fabian!! :) :)
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