Nicola PanzeriNicola Panzeri (aged 26 from the Scrigno-Gaerne team) died after a motor accidentnear his home in Lecco in the North of Italy on Saturday night. He car collided with anothe car. His passenger was injured also. Panzerie became a professional rider in 1996 and would have started in the Giro this year.Mountainbike World Cup, St Wendel (Germany)1. Thomas Frischknecht 2. Cadel Evans (Australia) 0.02 3. Depouey 37. Bart Brentjens Overall Standings - World Cup 1. Evans 268 points 2. Chiotti 230 32. Brentjens Interview with John TalenJohn Talen is still waiting for his salary from Mercatone Uno. In the Amsterdam daily paper Het Parool John Talen was interviewed. In 1993 Mario Cipollini asked him to come over to Mercatone Uno. Talen was there for two years."Next Tuesday I will hear in court about my six months of salary plus interest in the period of 1995. My lawyer says I will win." Talen learned a lot in Italy with Mercato Uno. "They are paying a lot in cash and never on time. Once you have to wait a month; but sometimes three months. Then they gave you a packet with bank notes. You have to know that the biggest banknote in Italy is not worth very much. I had arranged in my contract that they should pay me by bank and in Belgium francs (because i lived there). And only on a legal basis, so no black money. What is the problem there? Manager Gini; he is a big liar and everybody has had troubles with him over money. It not strange that he has been in jail before for three months. Mercatone Uno started to pay directly; but Gini had a lot of riders under personal contract. So the situation is still the same for many riders. Especially in the Saeco-team at the moment. Gini is still the spider in the web. I'm glad that my mates like Eros Poli and Silvio Martinello testified for me in court. Because I'm still owed a lot of money". The Joy of the Danes - and a great web site to boot!Kim from Denmark wrote to me after the Amstel Race."What a magnificent ride by Bjarne Riis? Well, coming from Denmark myself, I can only look back at the 5 spring classics we've seen so far, and note that 40% of them are won by a danish rider...And we're only about 5million people in our little country. But don't worry Bill, we won't take the Giro!" Kim also keeps a great WWW site - the 1997 Tour de France Guide which is here Rabobank Voorjaars Race - Women, April 26Start & Finish: HeerenveenDistance: 80 km
1. Marielle van Scheppingen Uithoorn 2. Karin Leine Alkmaar 3. Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel Rotterdam 4. Nicole Vemast Amstelveen 5. Sissy van Alebeek Schijndel 6. Marion van de Bosch-van Zuylen Zijderveld 7. Margaretha Groen Nieuw Lekkerland 8. Wendy Kramp Klaaswaal 9. Inge Velthuis Wageningen 10. Eugenie van de Linden Noordwijkerhout PWZ Zuidenveld Tour, April 26Start & Finish: Nieuw AmsterdamDistance: 170 km A Leading group of 11 with 6 riders off the Giant-Lowik-P&O. In the final kilometers Sander Olijve, Rudie Kemna and Martin van Steen got away. 1 Sander Olijve, Giant-Lowik-P&O 3.55.17 2 Rudie Kemna, Giant-Lowik-P&O 3.55.26 3 Martin van Steen, De Jonge Renner 3.55.29 4 Anthony Theus, Giant-Lowik-P&O 3.56.18 5 Herman Fledderus, WSV EMMEN 6 Martijn Lust, De Jonge Renner 7 Erwin Kistemaker, Rooftop-RMH 8 Rob Froeling, Giant-Lowik-P&O 9 Bjorn Vonk, Giant Lowik-P&O 10 Arjen Vinke, Giant-Lowik-P&O Mt.Pleasant Graded Scratch Races, AdelaideA Grade: 5 laps of the course G. Davis A. Gill N. Ragless T. Rolton R. Van Hout B Grade: 5 laps of the course A. Rice D. Ross D. Ekert G. Bates J. Florence C Grade: 4 laps P. Winter N. Shipp R. Merrison M. Holmes P. Chan D Grade: 3 laps D. Murnane A. Hoare D. Cramp J. Walker S. Barberi U17: S. Murnane M. Crawford A. Grogan |