Juan José Cobo faces Tour

By Antonio J. Salmerón

"I am very happy because all my work is getting good results," Cobo said yesterday to TVE. After winning the Vuelta al País Vasco last April, the Saunier Duval-Prodir rider is hoping to offer solid support for Gilberto Simoni and Gómez Marchante in the next Tour de France.

"They have communicated to me that I have many possibilities, so if it is true, I have to be in my best form soon, but we have to take into account that I had a rest after disputing the April Classics," he added.

The promising Spaniard is currently racing the Volta a Catalunya. We could see him in the last kilometres of 'queen stage' of the Spanish ProTour race, when he was helping to his teammate, David De La Fuente. "I feel very well, but there are other teammates better than me, such as De La Fuente," Cobo concluded.