Newsgroup: it.sport.ciclismo
Titolo: Simoni

Next year, 23 year old World #1 and '04 Giro d'Italia champion Damiano 
Cunego and his 33 year-old teammate Gilberto "Gibo" Simoni will have to 
co-exist on the new Lampre-Caffita team, but Simoni still seems to be 
smarting from his surprising defeat in the 2004 Giro d'Italia. Recently, 
the two-time Giro winner told La Gazzetta dello Sport's Claudio Gergori 
that he was most surprised about the Stage 18 finish in Bormio 2000.
"What happened that day at Bormio has never happened to me before, when 
Cunego wanted to win the stage. There was an agreement that day. In my 
career, I've let other riders win and I've won myself, but I've never 
gone back on my word. And before Bormio, no one ever did it to me."
Lampre-Caffita's diesse Giuseppe Martinelli has declared that, "Simoni 
will start the Giro as (Lampre-Caffita) leader. He'll have to focus only 
on the Giro and be at the start with the full understanding to win his 
third Giro." But a suspicious Simoni was also team leader this year but 
was surprised by the emergence of the talented, ambitious Cunego. "I 
don't trust anyone anymore", declared Simoni. And the proud, fiery 
Simoni isn't ready to work for Cunego yet. "I don't think this team 
wants me to be a gregario...they aren't paying me for that," he said.
So what ambitions for Simoni in 2005? With Cunego looking at a Giro/Tour 
double, it's not likely that Gibo will return to the Grand Boucle 
anytime soon. "I didn't enjoy the Tour; there's little space to express 
yourself as a rider with so much domination by Armstrong. The Giro is 
totally different."
It's unlikely that Simoni will be representing Italy in the World 
Championships any time soon. His feud with Italian team selector Franco 
Ballerini over his non-inclusion in the recent World Championship squad 
in Verona hasn't ended. "I don't want to have any further contact with 
(Ballerini)...I focused on racing at the Worlds for nine months. If 
(Ballerini) wasn't interested in me, there must have been something else 
behind it. Now to add insult to injury, (because of public comments 
about Ballerini) I have a problem with the (Italian Cycling) federation."
An Italian Federal Prosecutor has investigated Simoni's comments before 
the Verona World Championships and passed the information on to the 
Disciplinary Commission of the Italian Cycling Federation. "But no 
matter what, I'll never wear the (Italian) national jersey again", said 
Simoni. "I want to change my nationality but it's not really my choice. 
I have to do this if I want to race in the World Championships again."
The demanding Simoni is pleased with the way the Lampre-Caffita team has 
come together, saying, "Corti and Saronni really did a great job to pull 
everything together for the new team. I have a lot of faith in Corti and 
I see that the team will be very strong." Despite his disappointing 2004 
season, Simoni has one clear ambition for 2005: "I want to have a good 
season in 2005 and win...win a lot."
Simoni will meet the other riders and staff of Lampre-Caffita at a team 
training camp starting next week in Lake Garda, then on January 11th, 
Gibo will head to Australia with his team for the Jacob's Creek Tour 
Down Under. "I want to start the season well next year", said Simoni. 
"I'm looking for a new start."
-- 
Jimi Hendrix: "When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the 
world will know peace."

 totally different."
ridicolo!
G. Paolo

L'onorevole "Messer Piero Asino" ha scritto:
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Quest'anno Gibbo rincorrerà Simeoni al Giro per far vedere che qui il 
padrone è lui
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MITICO GIBO!!!!!
Jack
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 MITICO GIBO!!!!!
ma tutti i deficienti li difendi tu? :-) 

 ma tutti i deficienti li difendi tu? :-)
Vabbe' dai, poveretti....... ci vuole qualcuno che sostenga anche loro......
Gia' sono stati un po'..... come dire...... sfortunati......
se poi gli diamo anche tutti contro finisce che vanno in depressione.
Jack

Ciao a tutti questa mattina dal ritorno dal mio giretto in bici ho
incontrato Gilberto Simoni con altre persone che partivano per un giro in
mountain bike.
Ciao Mich

 giro in mountain bike.
Sono sempre begli incontri...
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 ha scritto nel messaggio
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Ora posso senz'altro andare a dormire più tranquillo
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"The Journey leads to where you've always been"
Donovan