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LATEST NEWS: NEWS FROM THE EURO PELOTON
Road Bike Action and AFP
January 29, 2012
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Norway's Thor Hushovd will compete in this year's Tour of Italy which
starts in Denmark in May, his Denia cycling team confirmed on Friday. The 2010 world champion has competed just once in the stage race five
years ago and was d winner of a stage after Alessandro Petacchi failed a
drugs test.
Hushovd, 33, also plans to race the Paris-Nice in March followed by
the Tirreno-Adriatico ahead of the first big classic of the season - the
Milan-Sanremo on March 19. The Giro starts on May 5 at Herning, Denmark.
Colombia Coldeportes Training Camp Report
After some days spent in the area of Bergamo where they will live
throughout the whole cycling season, Colombia Coldeportes’ riders
reached Torbole sul Garda (Trento, Italy) along with the staff on Friday
January 27th.
The Team arrived at Aktivhotel Santalucia and enjoyed dinner together
while talking about their training camp program for the days to come.
The Escarabajos will train in the Lake Garda area from today to Friday
February 3rd, when they will move to Tuscany to take part to the GP
Costa degli Etruschi, on February 4th.
Sports Director Valerio Tebaldi explained the team’s program for the
first day: “We’ll be starting at 10.00 for a four-hour ride along the
Lake Garda. Hopefully, we will have good weather and conditions to make
some good training and be ready when the racing season actually starts.”
A highlight of Colombia Coldeportes’
training camp will come on Monday January 30th, when the team will face
the dreadful gradients of Punta Veleno, an incredibly hard climb (11%
average gradient, peaking at 21%) characterizing the finale of 2012 Giro
del Trentino’s third stage.
Good conditioning is not the only focus for next week: during seven days
in Torbole, the whole team will have a valuable chance to get a better
feel of each other, and improve their blend. Nevertheless, riders will
need to give their best and impress the technical staff in order to win a
nod for the season opening race.
“Despite having passed by these places several times, this is the first
time I am actually enjoying Italy – Victor Hugo Pena stated – and I
think this is a great area to train for the whole week. This training
camp is going to be very important to ourselves – as we need to start
fast and make a good impression right away – but also for Claudio,
Valerio and the whole technical staff to really state our value as
riders. The medical tests already showed these guys have got qualities,
and they are willing to demonstrate it over these week and beyond.”
AG2R LA MONDIALE RIDER DOWN
Mathieu Perget has fallen yesterday on the fifth stage of the “Tour de
San Luis”. He has been transferred to the hospital to have medical
examinations.
After hearing the results, Eric Bouvat, the medical officer of the AG2R La Mondiale Team, confirmed the diagnosis:
“Mathieu is suffering from a fractured pelvis on the left side. This
fracture doesn’t affect the hip joint but only the iliac wing. Surgery
is not required but so that Mathieu can resume his training as soon as
possible, he will have surgery in the next hours to fix the fractured
fragment with a screw.”
The rider of the AG2R La Mondiale Team should be able to return on
home-trainer within three weeks and to return to train on road in a
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