Fatigue leads Swede to miss his third Grand Tour. Garmin-Transitions
rider Fredrik Kessiakoff will miss one of his main season goals, the
Giro d’Italia, after experiencing fatigue during his first season with
the squad.“I still have not heard from the team, so at this point I’m
pretty sure I’m not going to the Giro,” he told. The priority now is to
make sure he recovers fully, giving him a chance to aim instead for a
ride in the Vuelta.
On the other hand, Pellizotti is facing dopping
issues. The International Cycling Union has requested disciplinary
proceedings against last year’s Giro runner-up of Italy after finding
suspicious data in his biological passport. The sport’s governing body
has also asked for disciplinary procedures to be started against
Spain’s Jesus Rosendo Prado and Slovenian Tadej Valjavec, 10th overall
in the 2008 Tour de France. Many athletes will be absent from this
year’s Giro included big names such as Contador and Armstrong that have
chosen not to compete.
