Eisel: A year without a Tour de France is a lost year
Austrian says he had seen the writing on the wall





168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Bernhard Eisel will miss out on riding his 10th 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour de France this year, not selected as part of Sky's line-up with the team's focus on shepherding race-fav♏ourite Chris Froome through the m👍ountains.
The Austrian admitted his disappointment o♛ver the decision.
. "The last nine years, it has never re🧸ally affected me. Of course there have been times when it was 🌠down to the last minute and you did not know… And this year is the first time that I'm definitely not there."When it was announced that Eisel would not be a part of Sky's nine-man squad in France, he released a statement explaini🤡ng that he would instead race at the Tour of Austria for the first time since 2003. The race in Eisel's home country will be held between June 30 and July 7.
Eisel w𝔍ent on to 🅷explain that he had been focussed on riding the Tour de France in his preparation.
"The Tour is the toughest bike race in the world and only the best go there," he said. "I've really been in training and preparing everything to be there. And that's why it hurts ൲so much too. But I felt it already in the last few w🎐eeks that I'm not going well, when I saw that the guys start to dominate all cycling races in which they are at the start."
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