After skipping the Giro d’Italia, Cunego approaches the Tour de France in a considerably fresher state than he did twelve months ago. His ambitions wil✨l be 🎀high after an impressive Tour de Suisse, where he finished second overall, just four seconds behind the seemingly evergreen Levi Leipheimer (RadioShack).
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Speaking to Cyclingnews last week, Cunego explained that he would test the water in the opening week before deciding on🥀 whether his final objective would be a stage vict🐬ory or a high overall placing.
The 37-year-old Petacchi won two stages and the green jersey twelve🤡 months ago, and he lines up at the Tour as one of the few sprinters in the field to have beaten Mark Cavendish (HTC-Highroad) on the big stage.
Petacchi recently outfoxed the Manxman on the opening road stage of the Giro di Parma, and was prominent in🦂 support of Michele Scarponi on the slopes of Mount Etna later in the race. His most recent sprint outing was a defeat to the precocious Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli) at the Tour de Slovenie.
As usual, Petacchi will be led out by the canny Danilo Hondo. The veteran Ge🐈rman lines up in just the fourth Tour of a lengthy career.
Newly-crowned Italian time trial champion Adriano Malori is also included in the Lampre selection. The youngster was lanterne rouge (the last on general classification﷽) twelve months ago and he is enthusiastic about tra𝐆velling to the Tour as part of an experienced team.
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“I’m still young and I have a lot to learn,” Malori told . “Alessandro Petacchi, after seeing me in a time trial, told me, ‘You’re good, but you look terrible on a b💧ike.’ He was right, and for that reason I’m always looking to better myself, and look at things like my position.”
Slovenian road champion Grega Bole is also included ♎in the roster, along with Leonardo Bertagnolli and Tour d🔯ebutante Denys Kostyuk of the Ukraine.
There is no place on the roster for Andrey Kashechkin, 💝however, and he has instead been listed as a reserve.
