Suisse c'est bon, says Horner

Porrentruy, Switzerland is a heck of a long way from Oregon, USA, but it's little surprise to hear our new Tour de Romandie leader Chris Horner say he's beginning to develop a certain affinity with the land of snow-capped mountains and blowing bugles, writes Anthony Tan.

"Yes, Switzerland has definitely treated me very well, last year and this year, too," he admits.

In fact, Horner found the surroundings so comfortable at yesterday's press conference, despite having a translator present, one of Davitamon-Lotto's two resident Americans (the other being Fred Rodriguez) chose to use some of the French he learned when riding for Française des Jeux. Which wasn't too bad at all for someone who now rides for a Belgian team and doesn't speak the language all that often.

"Je suis très content avec les courses en Suisse; courses pour les montagnes c'est très bien avec moi... pour le moment," Horner joked. [I am very happy with the parcours in Switzerland; the mountain stages are very good with me... for the moment.] "Peut-être demain, c'est le different histoire." [maybe tomorrow, it will be a different story.]

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