So, 2007 is upon us and the next cycling season starts in a few short months, if you can believe it. That being said, I'm not sure if the season will be as exciting as the Floyd Landis Chronicles have made the off-season.
But that's beside the point. No doping talk here instead . . . Big riders are starting to toss out their plans for 2007 and what races they will target. So, I'll take today's big announcement and pick it apart.
Goal: Iban Mayo is targeting the Giro.
Prediction: He'll tank in the mountains and abandon. He will then chalk it up as simply "training" for the Tour because he isn't trying to do a double.
Fair enough. But I think Mayo is done. It's sad, because I really like the guy as a rider. That being said, he's not the same man he once was. Talent? Yes. Grit? No.
Yes, I know, he kicked ass up La Toussuire at the Dauphine last year. But, have you ever seen an athlete that doesn't have the fight in his eyes? I just don't see him as being hungry. Honestly. He seems flat and boring now.
I hope I'm wrong and I hope he does well in the Giro and then comes out attacking in the Tour. But, I just see Mayo these days and think "Crash and Burn".
That being said, I don't know who my favorite will be going into the Tour this season, for obvious reasons. I want to support Levi, but who knows what he'll be doing. I just like the guy, I admit. I don't think he'll ever add a Tour win to his Palmares, but I'd like to see him in yellow for a day. And now that Basso (however you fell about that) is riding for Disco, well . . . I guess there's not a huge chance for Levi to get some glory.
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