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Contador and Unibet

All the team rosters are getting finalized. Discovery announced their complete team last week. One of the new members is Spanish rider Alberto Contador. This might be their best signing besides Basso. Contador had an aneurysm in 2004 and brain surgery, but has shown no further problems in ’05 or ’06 where he continued to improve. He also had one of the most dramatic near-crashes I have seen in the ’05 Paris-Nice when he came out of his pedal on a descent.

One of the basic concepts of the ProTour looks to be dealt a major blow with Paris-Nice not inviting Unibet to take place. Paris-Nice is put on by ASO the same organization that puts on the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix. Unibet was also told they could not come to the Vuelta a Andalucia in February if Carlos García Quesada is not on the team. Hope they have better luck with the Belgium races where they have done most of their racing the past few years.

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