Popovych signs for Discovery

Yaroslav Popovych signed for the Discovery Channel team (US Postal next year) for 2005-2008. "I'm really excited to get Yaroslav on the team," said team director Johan Bruyneel. "He's a young rider who has shown his talent on numerous occasions. ... I'm sure he still has a great margin of progression (to make), and I see him as a future contender for the Tour de France in a few years. It's great to have a big talent like him joining us. He really believes in our program."

"Riding for the Discovery team in 2005 has been my ultimate dream," Popovych said. "It's a team in which I believe in and a team where I'm sure to receive the proper education from directors such as Johan Bruyneel and Dirk Demol to become a three-week stage racer."

The team is also trying to get American Levi Leipheimer to sign, but no results yet.



No OLN?
OLN won't be showing the Vuelta a España as much as usual. They said, "Our current plan is to air a one-hour highlight show of the Vuelta on October 27 at noon Eastern time." Bummer. At least we shouldn't miss Lance because of it because he has never ridden the Tour and the Vuelta the same year.

Lance's fan club website, thepaceline.com, says that the interview continues today on OLN. I was wondering if the OLN people (Glen and Cindi) know about this at all and when it is.