Rodríguez and Robbie McEwen in, Pozzato out of Katusha’s Tour de France squad
Joaquín Rodríguez will make an overdue Tour de France debut while Filippo Pozzato will not race as Katusha revealed its Tour de France nine-man roster Friday. Rodríguez has done well at both the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, but never got a crack at the Tour, which was a large reason why he switched to the Russian-backed Katusha for 2010. Rodríguez enjoyed a breakout spring, winning the Volta a Catalunya, the GP Miguel Indurain, as well as coming third at the Vuelta al País Vasco and second at Flèche Wallonne. The scrappy Spanish fighter will be the team’s GC co-leader along with Vladimir Karpets. Both will be hoping for a top-10 finish overall and a stage victory. Back in the Tour after missing last year’s…

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Flèche Wallonne, 2010 1. Cadel Evans (Aus), BMC, 198km in 4:39:24 2. Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa), Katusha, same time 3. Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa), Astana, s.t. 4. Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:06 5. Damiano Cunego (Ita), Lampre-Farnese Vini, at 0:09 6. Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Omega Pharma-Lotto, at 0:11 7. Christopher...
Alberto Contador says next year he will likely race two grand tours, with likely starts at the Tour de France and Vuelta a España. The three-time Tour champion raced just the French tour this year and has received some criticism from some who would like to see the sport’s top GC rider start another grand tour. In an interview with the Spanish...
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