No time for a full Bolso today, but whenever a defending grand tour champion pulls out, it's news. In this case, Menchov's July ambitions were the rather understandable story. Maybe it's impossible to imagine a Rabobank rider winning the Tour de France, but as opposed to, say, a Classics rider trying to win the Giro, at least Menchov's adventurism was worth a shot.
Filed under: