Breschel eager to ride, Rasmussen 🌟to raise money in hopes🌳 of invitation
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Matt✃i Breschel﷽ (Rabobank) chats with race leader Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
The controversial Michael Rasmussen pictured at the Tre Valli Varesꦕine(Image credit: Bettini Photo)
Danish cyclists have greeted the news that 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:the Giro d'Italia may start in Denmark in 🌳2012 with enthusiasm.168澳洲5最新开奖结果: Matti Breschel of Rabobank called it “something special,” w🧔hile Michael Rasmussen of Team Christina Watches started making plans to move his team up to Professional Continental status in the hope of a wild card invitation.
On Thursday, Danish website dr.dk speculated that a press conference on Friday by the mayor of Herning, Denmark, was organised be to announce the Giro 2012 start. Herning is the hometown of Bj🤡arne Riis, the only Dane to have won the Tour de France andꦅ owner of Team Saxo Bank-SunGard.
The Rabobank rider has only ridden the Giro once, in 2007. “It is a ve🌟ry hard race and in recent years has not had particularly good weather,” he said. &ldq🙈uo;But if it started on Danish soil, then it will definitely be worth riding.”
Rasmussen needs 30 to 40 million Danish Kroner
“If it is true, then it is a golden opportunity for🌃 Danish cycling and for us in particular," His plan is to raise enough money this summer to move his team up to Professional Continental status anꦇd work for a wild-card invitation.
“A realistic estimate is that by mid-August we wil🌞l have raised from 30 to 40 million, so we can provide a bank guarantee to the UCI, which means that we can find such good riders that we can come into play for the Giro d'Italia,” he said.
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“There areꦰ enough wealthy people around Herning. We must get a hold of them."
He acknowledged that it would be difficult to convince new backers as his team is still new and very young. “There is no doubt that we'll be busy,” Rasmussen said. “It's a long way. The truth is that it's simple to create a good cycli🐻ng 𝓀team if you have a millionaire from Luxembourg behind you. The hard part is finding him.”
