barnstorm said:Oh, we will see historic racing without Ale Jet in the mix. the list of young talented Classics studs seems to be growing by the minute. Add that to the proven talents like Zabel, Boonen (wasn't he still considered young like a week ago?) Bettini, and so forth... the racing will be superb. I just don't see the cobbled classics at Pettacchi's thing... yet. He just hasn't really done big things when truly separated from his team like will inevitably happen in the classics.
Yeah, yeah... It's going to be great in both ways - with or without Petacchi. But Boonen vs. Petacchi would be like Brasil - Italy in World Cup final... That would be historic... But there's always someone to spoil the party.