What happened to Tonkov?

DNF Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Polsat

 

The last time I saw him on camera he looked good. I dunno.

"Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> DNF Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Polsat

 

Ah, here is the story.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/?id=2003/may03/may25news

Tonkov attacks, then abandons Pavel Tonkov (CCC-Polsat) was one of the eight riders to abandon...

"Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> DNF Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Polsat

 

His team is not very happy with him. His attack was pointless, timing was very bad. And than he
decides to get off his bike without talking to anybody on the team (including the manager). After
the race he said that he had a cold, but he did not report it to anybody prior to the start if the
race. Very strange. Looks like he did not have it this year.

Cheers Darius

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He is an interesting character. I thought he would win more in his career, he is so talented. I
don't know what the story is with him, but perhaps it is cultural. I know he has been in Italy his
whole career and has an Italian wife (fairly sure about that) but maybe he never quite felt at home,
or maybe that back problem has been with him for a lot longer than I realized.

"Darius Rybak" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> His team is not very happy with him. His attack was pointless, timing was very bad. And than he
> decides to get off his bike without talking to
anybody
> on the team (including the manager). After the race he said that he had a cold, but he did not
> report it to anybody prior to the start if the race. Very strange. Looks like he did not have it
> this year.
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> Cheers Darius
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> > "Robert Chung" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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