News for June 13


Bugno for Vuelta

Gianni Bugno is giving the Tour de France a miss (sensibly in my opinion) but plans to ride the Vuelta a Espana in September.

Abraham Olano, by the way, was more than a little peevish about Bugno's having snatched third place (and 4 seconds of bonification) from him at the summit finish of the Giro's stage 20 at the Passo Pordoi. "He was almost an hour down on general classification, so why did he do that?" asked Olano indignantly. "I've been told that Bugno spoke to Tonkov on the climb. I don't know. I don't have eyes in the back of my head."