Tour de France - Wegelius misses Tour

Eurosport - Fri, 26 Jun 19:04:00 2009

Britain's Charly Wegelius has been left out of the Silence-Lotto team for the Tour de France.

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GO Rabobank GO
Finally I feel the Dutch made a team that will truly help Menchov. I have to say that I expected Koos MOERENHOUT (most probably instead of Grischa Niermann) but 2009 is NOW OR NEVER tour for Menchov and Rabobank.
Great team, great form - not just from Menchov but from more riders (Gesink and Clement primarily) so if Menchov stays with Contador in the mountains and with Evans on the ITT - he will be maillot jaune in Paris.
From karaevskaeftimija, on Sun 28 Jun 7:08PM
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I like to support the British riders as much as anyone, but bieng a realist i have to say that it makes sense. Or does somebody really think that he could be competetive in the Tour? He may have had the odd result in the domestic races but no way would he compete with the big boys in the Tour.
From Frank , on Sun 28 Jun 8:40AM
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Heh he! Horner, Rubeira, Wegelius and Gerrans should forma renegade team and ride the Tour? Maybe with Rock Racing? Just kidding! :)
From Enid, on Sat 27 Jun 11:47PM
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I wonder how many of these riders who should have been on their team rosters were left off due to having their names submitted to team directors as suspicious blood results from the blood passport?
From BillC, on Sat 27 Jun 8:46PM
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Sorry to hear about Charly, and surprised to see that Ruberiro will not ride with Armstrong. Thanks a surprise.
From Tim, on Sat 27 Jun 6:53PM
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I was rocked by Gerrans not been included, then Horner and now Wegelius. Alot of it is political and i do think part of it is the snobbery against GB, Australia & USA.
From Liz S, on Sat 27 Jun 4:15PM
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whatever your views are about charly & other riders being left out of their teams we simply don't always know the inside details, form or tactics of each rider/team. these can change and from our part its mostly speculation. but on charly, & as commented gerrans, being left out it just doesn't add up. i do feel for the deserving riders left out. don't fool yourselves either, cadel has had a lot to say about who rides and who doesn't. in my opinion, as i've said many times before & witnessed season after season. race after race...
lotto: bad management, bad tactics, bad decisions/indecision = "bad" results.
From vindetable, on Sat 27 Jun 8:47AM
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Charly is also one of the most loyal team members of the bunch,also one of the humble ones.Maybe thats a downfall?It's certainly not his ability.Go to sky and finish on a high Charly and get the respect and chances you so rightly deserve.I think he was lulled into a false scence of security joining Crapel Evans.Go to Sky man your talents will shine through.
From shambles, on Sat 27 Jun 1:38AM
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van den broeck,dekker and lloyd are more than enough to help evans in mountains,all three are very good climbers and dont forget dekker and van den broeck are also a lot better TT than wegelius
From xangtzu, on Sat 27 Jun 1:15AM
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All this negative response to Charly being left of the tour team is pretty much what everyone in Australia is saying about Gerrans being left out of Cervelo's tour team. Riders get hired specifically to do a job at a race, such as the Tour, then push comes to shove and they are not even picked. Shame for both riders. At least in Wegelius' case you can, at face value, understand the decision, in Gerrans' case, he's been left out so Sastre can have his best mate ride with him, a 40 year old rider who's had plenty of oppurtunities to ride the Tour, at the expense of a rider having his best ever season,and is now a proven winner. You can add Horner to the list of unjustly excluded riders.
From demi162, on Sat 27 Jun 12:30AM
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with Lloyd and dekker already in for the mountains the only reasoning i can put to this is that evans is really worried about the TTT and is willing to sacrifice charly for a better tt rider. Pity hope he proves Cadel wrong at the Vuelta
From ai, on Fri 26 Jun 11:13PM
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Crazy leaving Charly out as he is a real bonus on the mountain stages. Just think back to 2008 Giro. Think of this year's Giro where Evans had no-one to help at critical times resulting in Menchov winning the overall. Don't think Evan will have had much input on team selection considering Charly was recruited to help him on the high mountains.
From Barrtally, on Fri 26 Jun 10:44PM
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totally with red.Charly for my money is one of the top domestiques out there.Can't stand that boring @#$% Assie @#$%,an absolute bore to watch.He's not got the balls to win the tour,thats why he will always be brides maid.@#$%!
From shambles, on Fri 26 Jun 10:44PM
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I don't understand this decision.....Charly was signed as a climbing domestique to help Evans in the mountains as he has previously not had team mates with the capability of staying with him. Liquigas certainly wouldn't have dropped him from their squad. Hope Charly goes to Sky now and Evans doesn't win the TDF !
From regoldthorpe, on Fri 26 Jun 9:12PM
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