News for September 3, 2002 Edited by Jeff Jones Phonak for the Vuelta Gonzalo Bayarri transfers from Jazztel The Phonak squad has been named for the Vuelta, consisting of a balanced line up of riders with a view to stage wins and the general classification. The GC riders will be Oscar Camenzind and Oscar Pereiro Sio, who also have ambitions to win some of the medium mountain stages together with strong man Juan Carlos Dominguez. Sprinters Sven Teutenberg and Bert Grabsch will be on hand for the flatter stages, and the team is backed by a good team of domestiques. Alvaro Pino and Jacques Michaud will direct the Phonak squad. The team has also engaged 26 year old Spanish climber Gonzalo Bayarri, who has ridden this season for Jazztel-Costa del Almeria. Bayarri won the Subida al Naranco earlier this year, and placed third on GC in the Vuelta Pais Vasco and 5th in the Vuelta a Asturias. He is only in his third year as a professional, and is based in Valencia. The full team is as follows: Reto Bergmann Gonzalo Bayarri Oscar Camenzind Juan Carlos Dominguez Bert Grabsch Oscar Pereiro Benoît Salmon Daniel Schnider Sven Teutenberg Directeurs sportifs Alvaro Pino Jacques Michaud Also see: Vuelta start list Fassa Bortolo for the Vuelta Francesco Casagrande will be Fassa Bortolo's leader for the Vuelta España, a race that should certainly suit him as a climber. Casagrande will be looking to make up for his ignomious exit from the Giro d'Italia, where he was disqualified for behaving in an aggressive manner towards another rider. The Vuelta has always been on his program this year, and his recent form is good enough for him to be competitive. On the sprinting side, Fassa Bortolo will have Alessandro Petacchi, who will go head to head with Mario Cipollini and Erik Zabel in an attempt to win stages. The full team is as follows: Fabio Baldato Francesco Casagrande Nicola Loda Alessandro Petacchi Gorazd Stangelj Paolo Tiralongo Tadej Valjavec Marco Velo Denis Zanette Also see: Vuelta start list Vandenbroucke will not ride Vuelta Frank Vandenbroucke has decided that he will not be riding in the Vuelta España, which starts this Saturday. The Domo rider said that his condition is "not yet good enough to ride for three weeks at a high international level." Instead, he will ride the Tour of Poland and a few one day races, and perhaps the World Track Championships in Copenhagen. National track coach Michel Vaarten wants VDB to partner Matthew Gilmore in the Madison, as Gilmore is currently the only registered competitor for Belgium in the Track World's. (All rights reserved/Copyright Knapp Communications Pty Limited 2002)

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