Vids with the Schlecks,little news about Frank,2015 Championships and random links about Horrillo and CA Sorensen:

I've been incredibly busy in this period and this is the first time I can find a few minutes to write a post about what's going on in Cycledom,so here it is.
First of all: the Schleck brothers stuff.The little news about Frank is that he has confirmed to Luxembourg Wort that he proposed to Martine in Curaçao (original link: http://www.wort.lu/wort/web/sport/artikel/57486/wir-haben-uns-verlobt.php )."I actually wanted to tell this to my father",Frank said,"but a journalist couldn't keep the news for himself and so people got to know about my proposal in a very fast way,faster than I would have liked to.Anyway it's true,Martine and I are getting married". No words were said about the rumours regarding a possible "baby Schleck" coming soon.
Still talking about Frank:here' a vid that was made at the Velomania presentation in which you can see him playing with some kids: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Fptc-qXe88 .
On http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJTpqRbar-g instead you can see Andy's visit to the redaction of the Spanish magazine "Ciclismo A Fondo" and a part of his challenge against Burry Stander.
Instead if you enjoy watching the usual tribute vids that are often dedicated to Andy,that's the right vid for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rt5koJK8VdY .

Anyway,the most important newsdu jour connected with Cycledom,at least IMO,is that the city where I live wants to host the 2015 Cycling World Championships.

Of course I'm very happy for this news and really hope that my city will be chosen.Ok,I know I'm not impartial at all when I talk about this topic,but I think lots of people will agree with me when I say that a race lap around the city of Bergamo would be nice not just from the "landscape" point of view but,more important,it would be very nice also from the cyclistic point of view.In Bergamo there are some very hard climbs (just think about the Boccole one),so I think that a Worlds race in Bergamo would be very nice for the supporters and hard for the riders.

Of course,as I already said,I'm writing these lines in a very impartial way,but I'd love my city to host the Worlds also because in 2015,if everything goes well,I'll have a degree and perhaps I could even manage to find a temporary job in the Worlds period (according to my plans for the future,in 2015 I should be able to speak 6 languages,so I could work as a translater somewhere). Anyway Logic believes it's better to stop talking about this topic now,otherwise Fangirl will be too disappointed if Bergamo doesn't turn out to be the winning city.In fact,although the winner of the "Worlds city competition" will be known in about 1 year time,Fangirl's already trying to imagine what would happen if she was employed as a translater in the Luxembourgish or Danish hotel...

Other news (that will probably interest you much more than the one about Bergamo): Cancellara will receive the silver medal for the Beijing Olympic Games RR after Rebellin's positivity for CERA.The bronze medal will go to the other Saxo Banker Alexander Kolobnev. Unlucky Andy,who got 5th in the race,is now 4th,but according to Logic he will be consolated by the attribution of the 2009 Fleche Wallonne victory.

Link regarding Pedro Horrillo: http://www.gara.net/paperezkoa/20091116/166878/es/De-todo-intento-sacar-positivo-experiencia-ha-enriquecido .On this link there is a long interview with Pedro Horrillo,the Spanish rider who had a very bad crash during the Bergamo stage of the 2009 Giro.Talking about a possible comeback,Horrillo said: "Even being able to ride my bike again is a great thing to me,since cycling is my job and my passion.My team (Rabobank) has offered me the chance to renew my contract,but (...) I prefer to see if I can reach a decent level before of coming back racing again,since I don't want to come back racing if I'm not at a decent niveau.Btw I'm getting better and I believe I'll manage to reach this level.If I can reach it,it will be wonderful.Otherwise,it will be hard,but...(...) For the team,my comeback has a big emotive meaning,but I still don't know if I'll be able to come back.I don't want to become obsessed with it.I prefer to take things step by step and,if I decide to give up racing,it will be because I really can't go on and it won't be a trauma.(...) And if I continue,I know it won't be easy,especially at the beginning,but I can always decide to give up if I notice that I'm suffering too much.I'll talk with the team about this,I want to be clear".Of course me really hopes that Pedro will be able to come back racing again.Good luck!

Last news: you've probably already heard the news regarding CA's missed anti-doping warning. Chris yesterday updated his blog and wrote:"I talked about my missed anti-doping test in my book not because I want to criticize the Danish Anti-Doping service.In fact I believe that they do a good and necessary job,but I really do hope that one day there will be so much confidence in cycling that the whereabouts-rules will become less strict.As I often say,I don't have anything against the anti-doping system and I give my disponibility to make as much tests as they want.I talked about what happened in July just because I wanted to give people an insight of how the anti-doping system works.It isn't easy to update the whereabouts data very often and I hope that people have realised this.However,I am pleased with the feedback I have received,lots of people have been positive to me and this means a lot to me".
Chris missed an anti-doping test this July,two days after the end of the Tour de France.In fact the evening of the last stage of the French race he flew back to Denmark and the following day he rode a race in Kjellerup.On that evening he and some friends had a party and so the young Danish rider decided to spend the night in Kjellerup and not at his parents' house.Little problem,the Anti-Doping guys went to control Chris at his parents house the following morning and couldn't find him,so he received that warning.
Of course when Fangirl firstly read the headline of the news ("Chris Anker Sorensen receives a warning for missed doping control"),she immediately went "WTF has happened?" but,as soon as she read the article,she could understand that there was nothing to worry about.In fact I believe that Chris just wanted to talk about how strict he anti-doping rules are and not create a scandal or something similar (the evil part of me thinks that it's also a way to sell the book better,but Fangirl immediately cancelled this possible reason from my mind).
Btw,a little question remains: why do the anti-doping guys have to control a rider on his first bike-free day after 3 weeks of races? And then,why do they have to control him in the morning? I don't have anything against the anti-doping guys,but I can't find any answer to this question (sadism isn't a reason,right?).

And now that I remember,there's another question to which I can't find any answer and it is:if Chris Anker Sorensen isn't blonde and hasn't got blue eyes,how can you dear Cyclingnews boys still get confused between the 2 Sorensens (Chris and Nicki) and publish pics of Nicki instead of the ones of Chris and viceversa? I really have no clue about this.I can understand people who get confused between Frank and Andy Schleck (after all,they are very similar to one another),but getting confused between Chris and Nicki Sorensen,well,I guess it's a bit like confusing HGS and Ballan.