20130723 AQ 報報

1. Stuart O’Grady 宣布退休



出身自南澳阿德雷德的自行車賽世家，由場地賽開始綻放光芒

經歷了23 年的職業生涯(1995 年轉進Gan 車隊開始他的公路車生涯，共19 年；完成次17 次環法)

其傑出表現獲得大英國協Elizabeth II 頒贈Medal of the Order of Australia (簡稱：OAM)


職業生涯重大勝利

2007
Paris-Roubaix

2005
Tour de France; second, points classification

2004
Olympic Games; gold, men's madison

2001
Tour de France; second, points classification
Tour de France; leader, stages three to nine
Tour de France; stage five (TTT)
Tour Down Under; overall classification

1999
Tour de France; second, points classification
Tour Down Under; overall classification
Tour Down Under; stage five
Tour Down Under; stage three

1998
Tour de France; second, points classification
Tour de France; stage 14
Tour de France; leader, stages four to six


Orica-GreenEdge 總經理Shayne Bannan 表示：It’s impossible to sum up everything that Stuart has given cycling, but a few things stand out. His commitment to the sport and to his team has been immense. He’s been a huge resource and a fantastic rider for us to work with. To have that kind of dedication at this point in his career shows a lot about his character. He’s a unique person and an incredible athlete. His experience and status in the peloton has been one of the key elements to our success. We respect his decision and even if we wanted to keep him, we knew that he had been thinking this after the team time trial win. Bowing out after a legendary career like his has been a hard decision for him, but we’re proud to say that he was part of starting up this team and set the bar for high ambitions from day one.



2. Fränk Schleck 拒絕水母Flavio Becca 提出來的2013 剩餘價值計劃



Becca 本來說大史蹲完車監，他也不考慮回聘他...但又反覆了...說要給大史一個合約，騎到2013 結束

而Becca 之前已經將2014 RadioShack-Leopard 賣給TREK，而史妹也已經跟TREK 談好未來合作條件

因此大史決定：我現在才不要幫水母騎車，但明年我會跟我妹妹一起攜手共創未來～今年環西我還沒放棄，技術上來說在某車隊待到今年年底是可行的 (Technically possible to ride with another team until the end of the season.)

Q 半仙比較好奇的是：大史要挑哪一支車隊／哪一支車隊會收大史跑完2013 賽季，然後讓他拍拍屁股走人？