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11 August 2005

12 August News ...

José Rujano Thinks Quick (Step)

José Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia) is considering a move to Quick-Step. Manager of Quick-Step, Patrick Lefevere has offered a two year deal to the little climber from Venezuela. Lefevere was impressed with Rujano's climbing in the 2005 Giro d'Italia. Rujano (23) won the stage to Sestriere and also the Mountains competition. Talks are also ongoing between Lefevere and Gilberto Simoni.

Julich Does it Again

Bobby Julich (Team CSC) has had a wonderful season. The American (34) has won the overall at Paris-Nice, the Critérium International, and now the Eneco Tour. Both the Paris-Nice and the Eneco Tour were ProTour events, meaning points for both Julich and Team CSC.

Yesterday in Holland Julich achieved a double success, a stage win and the final overall. The American secured the red leader's jersey thanks to a storming ride and a week's worth of solid riding. "I contested the whole of this race against the clock at my own rate/rhythm, because I did not have intermediate time checks. It seems that I managed my effort well, given that I won," said Julich while celebrating.

"You cannot say that it was my race of choice. It was flat practically from beginning to end, and for the whole of the course there was a lot of wind," continued Julich. The 1st Eneco Tour of Benelux was plagued with rain storms and cold temperatures. "After the Mechelen prologue, which I raced under the rain causing the loss of invaluable seconds, I gradually started to have faith again." Now the American is off to race the Deutschland Tour (15 - 23 August).

Eneco Tour, 3 - 10 August
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Win Money on the Clásica de San Sebastián

Like winning lots of money on bets? Start up an office pool with your co-workers and get the gaming going. The BiciRace.com staff spent all afternoon gathering the odds from our Italian bookies for the Clásica de San Sebastián. This race will be tightly contested, so have a little entertainment with betting.

The Odds:
Basso Ivan (Team CSC)   1-9
Rebellin Davide (Gerolsteiner)   1-10
Di Luca Danilo (Liquigas-Bianchi)   1-12
Pereiro Oscar (Phonak)   1-12
Bettini Paolo (Quick-Step)   1-13
Perdiguero Miguel Angel (Phonak)   1-15
Astarloa Igor (Barloworld-Valsir)   1-16
Cunego Damiano (Lampre-Caffita)   1-17
Boogerd Michael (Rabobank)   1-20
Scarponi Michele (Liberty Seguros-Würth)   1-22
Paolini Luca (Quick-Step)   1-25
Dekker Erik (Rabobank)   1-28
Etxebarria David (Liberty Seguros-Würth)   1-30
Celestino Mirko (Davitamon-Lotto)   1-35
Gonzalez J. Aitor (Euskaltel-Euskadi)   1-35
Kirchen Kim (Fassa Bortolo)   1-35
Popovych Yaroslav (Discovery Channel)   1-40
Schleck Frank (Chocolade Jacques-T-Interim)   1-40
Hincapie George (Discovery Channel)   1-40
Kessler Matthias (T-Mobile)   1-45
Rasmussen Michael (Rabobank)   1-50
Gilbert Philippe (Française Des Jeux)   1-55
Kolobnev Alexandr (Rabobank)   1-60
Merckx Axel (Davitamon-Lotto)   1-70
Voeckler Thomas (Bouygues Telecom)   1-70
Brochard Laurent (Bouygues Telecom)   1-75
Casar Sandy (Française Des Jeux)   1-100
Chavanel Sylvain (Cofidis)   1-100

T-Mobile Change-up For San Sebastián

T-Mobile is packing in the danger-men for the Clásica de San Sebastián. Paco Lara and Oscar Sevilla are brought in to replace Alexander Vinokourov and Giuseppe Guerini. Lara and Sevilla will be on home roads, and will add that extra bit of knowledge to a strong magenta line-up. Vino is out with a cold and Beppe Turbo is celebrating being a new dad. The other six members: Sergey Ivanov and Andreas Klier (both fresh from the Eneco Tour) Steffen Wesemann, Matthias Kessler, Daniele Nardello, Christian Werner.

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