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Aug 9.2004/ With just days before the games start in Athens (August 13-29)
the German and Kazakh riders are currently fine-tuning their Olympic
preparations together in a training camp on the island of Crete T-Mobile
directeur sportif Mario Kummer is assuming the role of German Olympic
trainer and he was up at the crack of dawn on Monday to travel from his home
in Germany to the Greek island.
By 16:00 Jan Ullrich, Andreas Klöden, Erik Zabel (all T-Mobile Team), Jens
Voigt (CSC) and Michael Rich (Gerolsteiner) had all checked into the
training camp, where they joined up with T-Mobile's Kazakh duo of Alexander
Vinokourov and Sergei Jakovlev who will also spend the next few days under
Kummer's supervision.
Meanwhile, Santiago Botero has joined up with his Colombian team collagues
for their final Olympic preparations in Spain. Daniele Nardello has hooked
up with the Italian Olympic team training camp and and Sergei Ivanov is
currently rolling the legs in Belgium. The Russian will find out on Thursday
if he will represent his country in the Olympics. "He is the first
replacement", were the words of Alexander Gusjatnikov, president of Russia's
cycling union.
Mental preparations
In Crete the riders will concentrate on preparing psychologially for the
games, as well as getting some training kilometres in their legs. According
to Mario Kummer: "Physically there are all in good shape. The form is good.
What the lads need now is to clear their heads and concentrate on the games,
so they can go to Athens fully focussed." The Olympic coach is thinking of
Alexander Vinokourov in particular. Only yesterday the Kazakh completed his
return from injury by wrapping up the overall win in the Regio-Tour, and now
needs to switch his focus.
"The team had better luck at the Regio-Tour than it did in San Sebastian",
said a laughing "Vino". Vino doesn't beat around the bush when it comes to
the Olympic gold medal however; he wants to win it for Kazakhstan. "If the
Germans want to win it, then they will have to beat me," he says.
The T-Mobile Team mechanics and physios are also on hand
It is not just the riders from the T-Mobile Team who are travelling to
Athens: Mechanics Stefan Ullrich and Perry Moermann will be making the trip,
as will physios Birgit Krohme and Dieter "The Owl" Ruthenberg. Gerolsteiner
mechanic Rajen Mourigajan rounds off the support team.
The first training session was set for 17:00 on Monday. The riders will hit
the roads of Crete on training bikes. Perry Moermann and Stefan Ullrich are
transporting the bikes that will see competitive action in Athens. Tomorrow
the mechanics begin the journey by truck to the Italian port of Lecarna,
from there they will take a ferry to the Greek mainland. "We arrive with the
bikes on Thursday", promises the Belgian Moermann.