[Shocking] Cipollini announces his comeback!

[El Pistolero]

Euros are green all of a sudden?

 

[hrotha]

Euros are green all of a sudden?

€100 notes are.

 

[El Pistolero]

€100 notes are.

Wait, I thought people only used those purple notes?

 

[hrotha]

Wait, I thought people only used those purple notes?

Only this kind of people:

 

[pastronef]

Cipollini on the gazzetta web streaming of Tirreno-Adriatico saying that if the FARNESE management does not want him, he is available if some team wants to gamble on him

 

[Bavarianrider]

Cipollini on the gazzetta web streaming of Tirreno-Adriatico saying that if the FARNESE management does not want him, he is available if some team wants to gamble on him

Any team with some brain must sign him. After all Pro cycling's onlie goal is to make publicity for the team sponsors.

 

[pastronef]

his lawyer has already kept in touch with the UCI to see when he can ride

 

[Microchip]

Should be entertaining to have him back. Plus, I really do think he can still beat some of the younger ones.

 

[joe_papp]

Any team with some brain must sign him. After all Pro cycling's onlie goal is to make publicity for the team sponsors.

+1. I'd love to see him return to racing, even if not at the Giro (though I doubt he'd turn a pedal in anger if it wasn't), as long as he gets himself fit enough not to be an embarrassment. And I completely understand the motivation for wanting to return. In that sense he might be comparable to M. Schumacher in F1 somewhat, who returned and continues driving w/o a win, but w/o worrying about what some say is the "harm" he's doing to his legacy. He drives b/c it is pleasing to him.

 

[42x16ss]

+1. I'd love to see him return to racing, even if not at the Giro (though I doubt he'd turn a pedal in anger if it wasn't), as long as he gets himself fit enough not to be an embarrassment. And I completely understand the motivation for wanting to return. In that sense he might be comparable to M. Schumacher in F1 somewhat, who returned and continues driving w/o a win, but w/o worrying about what some say is the "harm" he's doing to his legacy. He drives b/c it is pleasing to him.

Cipo back? F@CK YEAH! Like you said Joe, as long as he is fit enough not to be an embarassment to himself and his team then why not?

There are many pros who ride for years at a a time without a win who are barely visible or known to the masses, who will never achieve much other than getting to compete in the sport they love at the highest level. So it doesn't really matter if all Cipo achieves is a few top 30's because he was in the leadout train.

Cipo has always been an entertaining, classy act and I'd love to see him on the roads again. Don't forget that he had a knack for really annoying the UCI too, so IMHO he should return just for that reason alone

 

[joe_papp]

...Don't forget that he had a knack for really annoying the UCI too, so IMHO he should return just for that reason alone

Oh the irony of Cipo having to ask the UCI for an anti-doping testing pool exemption so that he can come back to racing and return to annoying the UCI so well lol...

 

[palmerq]

I think he could do a job as a lead out man, I am no expert but it seems a lot of being a good leadout man is in the mind and Cipo has great experience.. I think if he wants to be competitive in the sprints then he's going to get a bit embarrassed..

 

[Michele]

Im not sure he would be able to contain his ego.

 

[joe_papp]

I think he could do a job as a lead out man, I am no expert but it seems a lot of being a good leadout man is in the mind and Cipo has great experience.. I think if he wants to be competitive in the sprints then he's going to get a bit embarrassed..

There's definitely a mental component to it, but of course that's in addition to the need to be fit enough to cover the race distance, and then maintain one's position in the lead-out train as the sprint winds-up, before ultimately taking a turn at the front and delivering the sprinter to position.

I wonder how much "respect" would be shown to the old, aging Lion by this new crop of sprinters, especially someone like Cav' who, unlike Super Mario, can actually win most of the time when he's even w/o a train...

Maybe the fact that Mario abandoned all those Tours means he still has a bit of endurance left in the tank that otherwise would've been forever lost on the roads of France lol...

 

[Afrank]

Cipollini on the gazzetta web streaming of Tirreno-Adriatico saying that if the FARNESE management does not want him, he is available if some team wants to gamble on him

Riis should sign him for Saxo.

 

[42x16ss]

There's definitely a mental component to it, but of course that's in addition to the need to be fit enough to cover the race distance, and then maintain one's position in the lead-out train as the sprint winds-up, before ultimately taking a turn at the front and delivering the sprinter to position.

I wonder how much "respect" would be shown to the old, aging Lion by this new crop of sprinters, especially someone like Cav' who, unlike Super Mario, can actually win most of the time when he's even w/o a train...

Maybe the fact that Mario abandoned all those Tours means he still has a bit of endurance left in the tank that otherwise would've been forever lost on the roads of France lol...

I think Cipo would get respect in the leadout simply because he's still bigger than just about everyone except Geert Steegmans.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Cipollini on the gazzetta web streaming of Tirreno-Adriatico saying that if the FARNESE management does not want him, he is available if some team wants to gamble on him

any team with any business or sponsorship sense should sign him. this is HUGE in italy. cipo is bigger than any other cyclist in italy

 

[Michele]

For those who are interested on the main italian cycling forum the 90% of the guys talking on this topic agrees that his time has gone and he's doing it just for commercial porpouse.

 

[Benotti69]

For those who are interested on the main italian cycling forum the 90% of the guys talking on this topic agrees that his time has gone and he's doing it just for commercial porpouse.

i think you mean commercial porpoise

I think Cipollini has 2 agendas behind his annoucement. Sell more bikes and he genuinely would like to race a Giro again. I bet he regrets not finishing more GTs.

 

[pastronef]

http://forum.slowtwitch.com/forum/S...ni_to_ride_with_Axel_Merckx_in_July_P3816237/

 

[jens_attacks]

other news in today's gazzetta.
cipo is still training like a posessed and started to do the things for getting his license as a pro rider
in a sprint simulation he did 1780 watts!cipo still is world class.
and it seems there are other teams interested in him besides farnese.

 

[Beech Mtn]

other news in today's gazzetta.
cipo is still training like a posessed and started to do the things for getting his license as a pro rider
in a sprint simulation he did 1780 watts!cipo still is world class.
and it seems there are other teams interested in him besides farnese.

Curious as to who these other teams are. It's too bad Astana have 29 riders already - would've been kind of cool to see Cipo riding for them and mentoring Valentin Iglinsky.

 

[Michele]

It would be interesting to see how they would sort out the bike sponsor; I dont image he would ride anything else than his bike.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Curious as to who these other teams are. It's too bad Astana have 29 riders already - would've been kind of cool to see Cipo riding for them and mentoring Valentin Iglinsky.

vino and cipo in one team. that would be too much for me _O_

 

[Beech Mtn]

It would be interesting to see how they would sort out the bike sponsor; I dont image he would ride anything else than his bike.

That's a very good point. Wonder how he's going to work this out, assuming he's riding for a reasonably big-name team?