Mario Cipollini the new tutor at Katusha.
Super Mario has gone over to the Russians. According to news reports, Katusha manager Andre Tchmil signed up the former Lion King to work with his Russian sprinters. “Everybody knew his ability as a...
View ArticleTchmil signs Di Luca for record “zero” euros.
In his racing days, Russian Andre Tchmil was the very definition of a classics hard man. He had that rough beat up face — like he’d smashed it a dozen times on the cobblestones — because it was fun....
View ArticlePozzato’s chalkboard for Flanders: “I will not …”
Filippo Pozzato went to the chalkboard and wrote one hundred times: “I promise I will not suck wheels. I promise I will not suck wheels. I promise …” It’s not easy being Master P, when certain...
View ArticleKatusha tells Pozzato: “no podium, no paycheck.”
Disappointed with the race results of Filippo Pozzato, the management of his Russian-based squad Katusha has decided the Italian will now ride without compensation. “The results are not there, this is...
View ArticleWho’s happy with Katusha’s performance in LBL? Maybe Pozzato.
Who’s happy at Katusha about their underwhelming results in Liege-Bastogne-Leige? Not Alexandr Kolobnev who admitted that he missed the biggest move on the race on the Cote de la Roche aux Faucons...
View ArticlePozzato cut from Katusha Giro roster. Ouch.
Filippo Pozzato got dropped. That’s happened too many times in the classics this season. Now even his team, Katusha, the Russian Global Cycling Shindig! has left him behind. Originally on the Giro...
View ArticlePozzato tries riding backwards, signs with Farnese Vini.
One step backwards, two steps forward — or in Filippo Pozzato’s case, one backpedal in the hopes of moving forward again. The hard-luck classics hard-man finally left behind his disastrous relationship...
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