In a rain soaked stage of the Giro, Iban Mayo might just have made it back onto center stage in the peloton. Iban and another rider broke away before Mayo was able to pull away for a spectacular win. It is great to see him come back as he was THE rider that put fear into Lance in the 2004 (or was it 2003?) Tour. After that amazing demonstration of climbing ability, he promptly fell apart. Yes, I know he dominated in the Dauphine the year after, but then there was nothing. With a change to a new team, ol' Iban might be back on the road to greatness. It was good to see him do well. Speaking of the Giro, who would of thought that Danilo Diluca would be the Giro leader and probable winner or that Andy Schleck would be doing so well in his first real stage race with real mountains. Look out world her comes Andy! Looks like Bjarne is doing a good job bringing him along. Speaking of Bjarne, it sounds like the tour doesn't want him there this year. While I agree what he did was bad, atleast he owned up to it. He didn't say "I just tried to dope" or "I only did it for a week". I think He doped when everyone was doing it. Practically everyone has come out and admitted to it (Except Lance, he never tested positive). What I am saying is be careful with Bjarne. He has been good to the sport since taking over CSC and he is trying measures that other teams are not trying to keep doping out of the sport. He shouldn't be punished for that. He will give his yellow jersey back and that will be the worst punishment he could ever get. Cycling will not benefit from CSC leaving as a sponsor or Bjarne leaving as a D.S.
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