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After early season
rumours suggesting that José Rujano of the Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni
team would miss out on a start in this years Giro d’Italia following his
none-appearance in Europe, Gianni Savio's squad appear to have lamented and will
now allow the exciting climbing sensation to compete for them. The Venezuelan will then transfer across
to the Belgian Quick.Step team on June 1st, after the race finish, as previously
agreed between all parties. Jojo, as he is fondly
known, recently spoke to “Now everything is set;
I'll stay with Selle Italia for the Giro and until 31 May, then I'll pass to
Quick.Step for the rest of the season. Cycling is my life, my work, my way to
earn...in For this season, his
goals do not end at the Giro, as he explained. "I want to be at least in the first
three at the Giro, and in the first five at the Tour de France." With the obvious talent that this young
rider has, who are we to doubt him.
Jojo is a style of rider that has been missing from the Tour for several
years. Iban Mayo once promised much
but has since faded away. Not since
the glory days of Marco Pantani have we seen a true mountain specialist lighting
up the roads on the way to
Sticking with the South
American theme, a new Colombian professional team was launched last week,
The team will race the
UCI America Tour calendar and some European races. Their campaign begins with the Tour of
El Salvador and the Vuelta de Former winner of the
Tour de France and current director of Team CSC, Bjarne Riis, has slammed Jan
Ullrich over his attitude towards the sport and his
profession. After seeing his former
team mate in Ullrich meanwhile has
confirmed that his early season knee troubles and behind him and he is now back
in to full training. Writing on his
personal website, Ullrich said that, "I'll compete in my first race this season
as of next Tuesday, at the Tour de Romandie. After a short handicap because of my
knee irritation I'm completely back on track now." "I can completely strain
my knee again. Even after speed
training, where I pace behind a motorbike at full speed, I don't have any
problems anymore. I'm on the saddle for up to six hours every day. I'll be
increasing the intensity further so that I can hold on to the race in Finally this week, if
you’re in the neighbourhood, why not check out the inaugural Capitol Classic: A
Bicycle Ride & Race for Autism Awareness (http://www.bikeforautism.org/), taking place on Sunday, June
Please support us by
linking to Roadcycling.com from your Web site or blog. Thank
you. Until next
week… Ian 
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