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07.06.2007/ Klöden: No press boycott, Tour of Luxembourg: Engoulvent wins
prologue, Six names decided for Team Barloworld Tour de France squad, Gonchar not to Tour de France, Police raids in Belgium,
VDB: suicide attempt
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Klöden: No press boycott
Several German and international media published a DPA report yesterday
that Andreas Klöden will boycott the press until the Tour de France, which will start in London at July 7. However Cyclingheroes
learned that Andreas Klöden is not boycotting
the media, the number 3 of last years Tour de France is preparing and focusing on his big programm of this summer. Klöden
had a very succesful first part of the season by winning the overall of the Tirreno-Adriatico and the Circuit de La Sarthe.
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| Klöden: No press boycott (picture: Cyclingheroes) |
Tour of Luxembourg: Engoulvent wins prologue
Frenchman Jimmy Engoulvent (Credit Agricole) won the short prologue of the Tour of Luxembourg of only 2.6 kilometers. Engoulvent
rushed through the course in the Luxembourgian capital in only 3 minutes and 42 seconds. Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) needed
five seconds more. The course had a short climb at its end. Therefore, the cyclist had to bridge a 40 meters difference
in altitude in the last 500 meters. Belgian sprinter Gorik Gardeyn (Unibet.com) finished third in almost the same
time as Flecha.
The Luxembourgian tour will end on Sunday. Only Thursday's stage seems suited for sprinters. The cyclists are served several
climbs in the other stages. The highest climbs go as high as 500 meters. The stages' profiles look like those of Ličge-Bastogne-Ličge
and, to a lesser extent, the Amstel Gold Race.
Results
Prologue
1 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole
3.42 (42.64 km/h)
2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank
0.05
3 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
4 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana
5 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria - Navigare 0.06
6
Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
0.07
7 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole
0.08
8 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole
0.10
9 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel
10 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank
Six names decided for Team Barloworld Tour de France squad
The Team Barloworld management is working hard to get ready for the Tour de France after receiving an official
invitation by race organizers ASO last week.
Most of the team that will be at the start in London on July 7 has now
been decided and includes South Africa's Robert Hunter , Russia's Alex Efimkin , Britain's Geraint Thomas , Colombians Felix
Cardenas and Mauricio Soler and experienced Italian Fabrizio Guidi .
The other three places will be probably filled
next week and the team directeurs will chose from eight riders: Kanstantin Siutsou, Enrico Degano, Gianpaolo Cheula, Paolo
Longo Borghini, Giosuč Bonomi, John Lee Augustyn, Hugo Sabido and Pedro Arreitunandia.
The final decision will be
made after seeing how the riders perform in races in Spain, Switzerland and Germany in the next few days.
Gonchar not to Tour de France
Serhiy Gonchar will not be part of the T-Mobile roster for this years Tour de France. Gonchar was suspended
by the team before the start of the Giro d'Italia. "An analysis of his blood four weeks ago revealed there to be something
abnormal," said T-Mobile team manager Bob Stapleton to tGerman SID sports news agency. Stapleton continued by saying: "We
will have another test done to decide whether he will be able to ride for us again. Apart from that, we do not expect him
to be part of the team for the Tour de France." Stapleton also said that he expects that it will be Gonchars final season
for the T-Mobile squad. At the 2006 edition of the Tour de France Gonchar won two individual time trials.
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| Sergiy Gonchar during one of his winning ITTs at last years Tour de France (picture: Cyclingheroes) |
Police raids in Belgium
The Belgian police raided 10 buildings of Belgian riders and soigneurs this morning. According to Tom
Janssens, spokesperson of the state prosecution of Kortijk 40 policemen searched the buildings and found "significant
amounts of forbidden substances." The state prosecution started its investigation in 2006 after it received information
from Jean Marie Dedecker. Janssens said: "We checked and double checked that information." Janssens added: "In the end we
decided to raid buidings today."
Thirteen persons (riders and soigneurs) were taken for interrogation. "The interrogations are still going
on at the moment. But we won't give names," Janssens said.
In a press release Quickstep team manager Patrick Lefevere confirmed that one of his soigneurs has
been visited by Belgian police during the raids.
VDB: suicide attempt
According to Italian media Frank Vandenbroucke attempted suicide yesterday. The 33 year old Aqua & Sapone
rider abandoned the Vuelta Asturias two days ago. According to Aqua & sapone team manager due to ilness. Vandenbroucke
is being treated on the intensive care of a hospital in Fornaroli, Italy. The doctors refuse to release information about
his condition but according to several italian media his condition is critical.In 2004 Vandenbroucke also did a suicide
attempt.
Vandenbroucke had very succesful years in the late nineties, in 1999 VDB won Ličge-Bastogne-Ličge.
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| Frank Vandenbroucke before the start of the 2006 Amstel Gold Race (picture: Cyclingheroes) |
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