Jamie Burrow .......the English Pantani . Pictured here with his Manager from UC San Paolo La Ronde
de L'Isard
His victory was sealed when he attacked on stage two during the final climb of the Plateau de Beille Winning the stage by a clear two minutes and equalling Pantani,s record established during the ascent of his memorable climb in the 1998 tour de France. Nick on speaking to Jamie after the race discovered that Jamie felt he was riding at only eighty five percent . The following morning he went on to win the 16km time trial establishing a new course record by 18 seconds and beating last years Espoir world champion time trialist Thor Hushovd by 22 seconds . For the remaining stages Jamie and his team mates from the Italian club UC San Paolo controlled the race allowing only lesser placed riders to drift off the front . The French paper Dépeche before his dominance of the time trial ran the headline " Burrow,le Pantani Anglais" Following his victory it is describing him as a complete cyclist and a certain future champion... "sympathique en plus". Plateau de Beille...used by Tour de France - Tour de L'Avenir - Route du Sud - Ronde de L'Isard - Ariegeoise . |