The guys is ALWAYs in contention. All year at pretty well every event that counts, from March until October. The man is a machine and he seems to keep the rubber side of his bike in the right place, which is incredible given the number of 70 kph sprints he is involved in. I’ve never seen this guy “pack his bags and quit”. He always finishes quite well even in mountain stages.
Clearly he is a class act. This is the type of athlete I look up to. Races with heart, never quits, races all year, gives his best effort and gets results on a team that is geared more for GC wins then stage or classic victories.
Congrats to Zabel on an incredible Silver at World’s…and Oscar Friere is no slouch either.
My training buddy’s son (Brooke Boocock) who raced on the Canadian Junior National Team in Verona at the road race as a 17 year old, had a DNF. Its his first year of real road racing, so hopefully, he has a long way to go. Either way, being in the same Championship featuring Friere, Rogers and Zabel must be totally inspiring. How many 17 year olds will ever see that !