I was right!

A bitter Simeoni returns national jersey.

If you are a regular reader of teamlandall then you will have no problem remembering a few weeks ago when I made fun of Gilbert Simeoni for being mad that his small time squad got left out of the Giro. You'll also remember that I said he'd eventually make the insinuation that he was left out because Lance Armstrong didn't want him there.

Well, guess what? I was right. In Simeoni's final chance to get any sort of media coverage before the Giro starts on Saturday he has decided that he no longer wants to wear the national champion's jersey of Italia because he feels it has been disgraced, or something like that.

This is all ridiculous and Simeoni is showing exactly why he couldn't get a contract on a bigger team and why none of the other riders in the peloton like him. Which is evident by the rider's not taking up for him when he was left off the start list at the Giro.

But, at least now America isn't the only country without a national champion to wear it's colors on the road!