Ollfardh wrote:
Ciao signore manager, I believe we discussed this before, but a me would like to ride: Scheldeprijs, Koln and of course the Giro!
~ Mario
Yeah Mario we agree with this. However we want you to ride in Turkey as well for a warm up before the Giro, and to try and get a better crack at a lead out train.
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Ciao Italia, the race organisation of the Giro has just released the startlist. Great news: No Kittel, No Cavendish, No Greipel, No Sagan, no weird FDJ guys, they are all going to the Tour. This means the field is wide open, there's quite a few guys I have already defeated this year. My dream of winning a stage is growing. My first test will be the Scheldeprijs, then the Rund um Koln and finaly Tour of Turkey as my final preparation. I hope to be ready!
Well, this is not what I was expecting when I joined the team. Our manager was arrested for fraud and we're all feeling a bit lost at the moment. I finished 6th in Koln, but my mind wasn't really in the race, if you know what I mean. I don't know what will happen. Will we find a new manager? Will we still get payed? Can we still race the Giro?
Next week I'm going to Turkey, I hope to have some more clarity on the situation by then.
Still not much to say about the manager, but that didn't stop the team from racing. In Turkey, I have some memories from alst year, where I was riding decent, but never managed to get close to the podium. Today I can once again show you the progress I made. Marcel Kittel is from another planet, but behind him I was by far the fastest. I managed to get to his wheel, but that was it. Still, I got invited on the podium to get the youth jersey, which is a nice reward as well.
I hope to try again in the next stages, I know Kittel is the better sprinter and Belkin has the better train, but I can only try. I won a stage in Tirreno-Adriatico, I can win one here as well!
