Massak or Massat?
Yesterday we reported that Rudolf Massak, president of the Austrian cycling federation would give Jan Ullrich
a license should he apply for one. The first report was in German tabloid "Bild" who mistakenly wrote MassaT instead
of MassaK. It was interesting to see how the international media copied the story of "Bild". Almost all German media and even
CNN took over the mistake.: they all published MassaT.
Meanwhile Jan Ullrich published a statement on his website congratulating Andreas Klöden and his wife Bettina
with their wedding. Jan Ullrich was invited to the wedding, which took place in Berlin, but decided not to attend since he
didn't want to get all the attention of the German media on this day where Bettina and Andreas Klöden should be the stars.
Gabriel to Landbouwkrediet
36 year old French rider Frederic Gabriel moves from Unibet.com to Landbouwkrediet-Colnago. Gabriel started
as a pro in 1995, his biggest succes was his victory in the 2003 Tour de La Somme, in the 2006 season his best result was
a fourth place in stage 5 of the peacerace wher he was also 14th in the overall.
Robert McLachlan wins longest UCI race
Robert McLachlan (Drapac-Porsche) has won the Melbourne to Warnambool Classic, a race over 300,3 kilometers
in Australia. It's the longest race on the UCI calender. McLachlan needed less than 8 hours for his victory, 1' 30" behind
him Australian rider david Pell came in second and Kjell Carlström (Liquigas) came in third. It was the 11th victory for Robert
McLachlan after wins in the Tour of Taiwan, Chong Ming Island and the Tour of Korea.
Ricco wins Japan cup
Riccardo Ricco (Saunier-Duval) has won the Japan Cup. Ricco won the
sprint of a breakaway group. Ruggero Marzoli (Lampre-Fondital) came in second, Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) came in
third.
