Soler goes for two tours in 2008
Mauricio Soler is thinking about competing in the Giro and the Tour next year.
With a special and hard training scheme he should be able to compete in both competitions he thinks. There have been examples before of cyclists who could do this. One of the recent ones was dope related Ivan basso and of course Marco Pantani who won both races in 1998.
The Colombian Soler thinks that with the difficulties in the stages as it is now he has a big chance to compete in the top 10 of both tours. Maybe he can even compete in the Vuelta since this one implements a lot of mountains as well.
He is the winner of the mountain jersey in the Tour de France 2007, presumptions enough then.
Only problem is that he rides for a small pro tour team and is not eligible to get the entries to the tour like the big teams, they have to wait for the wild cards to be handed out.
The Colombian has been voted sportsman of the year in Colombia and thought that that was the right time to pronounce his wishes for the next season.
Lets keep him on our list for the next season.