Geschrieben von Bugno am 12.09.2008 um 07:43:
Beloki möchte Comeback!Velonews hat auch Beloki aufgetrieben, der gestern die Vuelta besucht hat:
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| Beloki turned up at the start of Thursday’s stage at the Vuelta a España in Burgos looking trim. Beloki’s career ended in 2006 when Liberty Seguros collapsed in the wake of the Puerto investigation and he’s since not been able to find a team that will sign him. The three-time Tour podium man turned 35 last month, but he told VeloNews that he’s still training 25 hours a week to keep fit. Beloki is still holding out that a team will give him a chance to return to cycling. “If I had an offer, I’d come back tomorrow. My career didn’t end the way I wanted it to,” Beloki said. “I wouldn’t be the same Beloki from 2002 and 2003, but I could be a rider like Chechu Rubiera or Iñigo Cuesta who works for a team captain. Armstrong’s comeback fills me with hope that maybe I too can return.” .... “I’ve had no serious offer. My only real offer came when (Alexander) Vinokourov called me in 2007 to join Astana, but once it hit the press, it blew up,” Beloki said. “I don’t want to race in Portugal on a miserable salary in unimportant races. I want to be a big team with a normal calendar.” ..... Since his forced retirement, Beloki says he’s been training hard and working with young riders near his home in Vitoria. “I didn’t leave my career the way I wanted to,” he said. “There’s always something inside me that I didn’t leave the sport the way I wanted to. I just want to chance to come back and race like anyone else.” |
