Cycling News carries the story that Michele Bartoli has announced his retirement at the age of 34.
Bartoli says that the 2004 season was very bad and that he thinks he can no longer compete at the top of the sport.
For me, Bartoli was a very classy rider - excellent one day racer (in the mid-late 1990's, he won and was competing for, many Classics).
I watched him closely during the 2004 TDF to see how much he'd contribute to CSC following his transfer to them last winter.
Seems that it didn't work out after all.
Bartoli says that the 2004 season was very bad and that he thinks he can no longer compete at the top of the sport.
For me, Bartoli was a very classy rider - excellent one day racer (in the mid-late 1990's, he won and was competing for, many Classics).
I watched him closely during the 2004 TDF to see how much he'd contribute to CSC following his transfer to them last winter.
Seems that it didn't work out after all.