Bruyneel plays down talk of third Grand Tour win

By Shane Stokes in Granada

After winning the Giro d'Italia with Paolo Savoldelli in June and then Lance Armstrong's seventh Tour de France 8 weeks later, the big question before the start of the 2005 Vuelta a España is whether Discovery Channel can do the unthinkable and take all three Grand Tours this year. However, when asked by Cyclingnews earlier on Thursday if he thought that riders such as Jose Azevedo and new US hope Tom Danielson will be amongst the main contenders, Directeur Sportif Johan Bruyneel played down the team's chances of doing the treble.

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