I woke up this morning with the top of my left knee hurting. By mid-morning everything was fine but I'm getting tired of these little knee problems.
News Item of the Day: Lampre-Caffita sees the future and it includes Damiano Cunego, but not Gilberto Simoni. According to a report in L'Equipe, the Italian team will extend Cunego's contract for three more years while Simoni be allowed to leave the team despite finishing second in last month's Giro d'Italia.
Simoni and Cunego have often clashed on Lampre and the former incarnation of the team, Saeco. Simoni, who was already rumored to be in negotiations with Domina Vacanze for the upcoming season, criticized the work of his team during the Giro, above all Cunego, who he said let him down.
Cunego responded to the charge by insisting the team fully supported Simoni. "The team did everything we could to help Simoni. What else could we do? Push him?" Cunego said in La Gazzetta dello Sport. "For me, the Giro was very difficult, more so because of all the hard climbs, the difficulty of the stages and the psychological situation I found myself in. I carried a huge pressure and because of this it was hard to do well. When you're 23 years old, that's hard to carry."
Cunego aims next for the Tour de France where he insists he'll race simply to learn about the race.
Viewpoint: "What else could we do? Push him?" Nice one, Damiano. Sounds like he has had that line stored up for a while, waiting for Simoni to open his big pie-hole.
News Item of the Day: Lampre-Caffita sees the future and it includes Damiano Cunego, but not Gilberto Simoni. According to a report in L'Equipe, the Italian team will extend Cunego's contract for three more years while Simoni be allowed to leave the team despite finishing second in last month's Giro d'Italia.
Simoni and Cunego have often clashed on Lampre and the former incarnation of the team, Saeco. Simoni, who was already rumored to be in negotiations with Domina Vacanze for the upcoming season, criticized the work of his team during the Giro, above all Cunego, who he said let him down.
Cunego responded to the charge by insisting the team fully supported Simoni. "The team did everything we could to help Simoni. What else could we do? Push him?" Cunego said in La Gazzetta dello Sport. "For me, the Giro was very difficult, more so because of all the hard climbs, the difficulty of the stages and the psychological situation I found myself in. I carried a huge pressure and because of this it was hard to do well. When you're 23 years old, that's hard to carry."
Cunego aims next for the Tour de France where he insists he'll race simply to learn about the race.
Viewpoint: "What else could we do? Push him?" Nice one, Damiano. Sounds like he has had that line stored up for a while, waiting for Simoni to open his big pie-hole.
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