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June 18, 2004
Fassa Bortolo announce Tour lineup; Sacchi stays home
Yahoo! Sport | Super sprinter Petacchi leads Fassa Bortolo's Tour lineup
Fassa Bortolo announced their Tour de France squad today. No suprise, it's headlined by super sprinter Alessandro Petacchi, along with Juan Antonio Flecha, who won a stage of last year's Tour, Aitor Gonzalez, Kim Kerchen, Marco Velo, Fabian Cancellara, Filippo Pozzato, Matteo Tosatto, and Marzio Bruseghin.
There are three Tour rookies on the roster: Kirchen, Pozzato, and Cancellara.
Notably absent is Fabio Sacchi, one of the Italian riders currently under investigation. The team hasn't formally suspended Sacchi, but it he won't be on the start line July 3rd.
Posted by Frank Steele on June 18, 2004 in Alessandro Petacchi, Doping, Filippo Pozzato, Tour news | Permalink
Comments
what happened to casagrande?? how come he is not in the team for this years tour de france?
Posted by: de at Jul 6, 2004 3:04:18 AM
i have no idea, de, he did well last year and i dont see why he has been dismissed this year. It's a good point that petachi shouldnt ver-run other riders like this casagrande too.
Posted by: roggie at Jul 6, 2004 3:09:21 AM
i have no idea, de, he did well last year and i dont see why he has been dismissed this year. It's a good point that petachi shouldnt over-run other riders like this casagrande too.
Posted by: roggie at Jul 6, 2004 3:09:37 AM
