Tour of Luxembourg

So, what's happening there?

Originally Frankie and Andy would both have been in it - for the obvious reason.  Then Mr Bruyneel put his foot down and said that Frankie would be riding it, Andy would not.

This was a bit mean, as Andy is due in Luxembourg on the 29th May - the day before the Tour of Lux starts - to be presented with the Yellow Jersey for last year's Tour.  It would have been nice, you would have thought, for him to be at home, have the presentation (slightly bitter-sweet, but still, it's a jersey) and then go on to race in his home country.

But no, Mr Bruyneel says that other things are more important.

Now Frankie has been diverted onto the Giro, so clearly he can't ride the Tour of Lux. ("Tour de Luxe?" ha! ha!)

The obvious thing to do would be to shove Andy back onto it.

Do we think that is what Mr Bruyneel will do? As of today, the RadioShack calendar is blank for the Tour of Lux....  Last year, of course, Andy chose not to ride it, as he was concentrating on the Tour de France, and felt it was not the best preparation. But I find it hard to believe that we won't have a single Schleck at the Tour of Lux.

What on earth would the tourist board say?