Simoni

I know this has nothing to do with american's except for my last quote. I just love Simoni's whining though, he is such a satisfying guy to hate. This was almost too easy. He talks a lot of garbage... Also check out the Simoni Cars web site, its not related but wouldn't it be great if it was?

"I went to the dentist that day and he gave me an injection but I did not ask him what products were in it. When I left him I went to see my aunt and on returning to my hotel I was confronted by two people from the World Anti-Doping Agency." [on testing positive for cocaine in 2002]

"Armstrong definitely doesn't frighten me on the climbs, and he knows it." VN 2003

On the 2003 Tour De France "I feel really bad, I just want to go home,I came here hoping to win the race but my morale is in my boots. I've never liked the Tour anyway. I want to go home. I'll be carrying on, and we'll see what happens. But it's really difficult when it's like this."

"I didn't enjoy the Tour; there's little space to express yourself as a rider with so much domination by Armstrong. The Giro is totally different."

"I don't want to have any further contact with (Ballerini)...I focused on racing at the Worlds for nine months. If (Ballerini) wasn't interested in me, there must have been something else behind it. Now to add insult to injury, (because of public comments about Ballerini) I have a problem with the (Italian Cycling) federation. But no matter what, I'll never wear the (Italian) national jersey again. I don't want to change my nationality but it's not really my choice. I have to do this if I want to race in the World Championships again."

"You're a bastard...you are really stupid." To Cunego at 2004 Giro

Following Cunego's Saturday-morning press conference, Saeco riders and staff dressed in pink to pose for a picture - except Simoni, who refused to join the love fest. VN

"I was upset that Damiano wanted to win in such a dominant fashion this Giro, I didn't think that was necessary when Damiano accelerated in front of me in Friday's stage. It did annoy me, but that's all finished now."

"What happened that day at Bormio has never happened to me before, when Cunego wanted to win the stage. There was an agreement that day. In my career, I've let other riders win and I've won myself, but I've never gone back on my word. And before Bormio, no one ever did it to me."

"If Armstrong rode both the Giro d'Italia and then the Tour de France, we'd see how good he really is, for better or worse, He has said he wants to ride the Giro at least once during his career, and this could be the right moment to do it. Next year the Giro finishes at the end of May, and the hardest stages of the Tour de France are in late July, so he'd have enough time to recover."

"I don't want to think about the Tour. I've been racing for 20 days, and all I want to do is go home and see my family. After that I'll come up with some plan to conquer the world."

"I have to go into this Giro like a crazy man. We'll see if I'm crazy enough to win it."

"Cunego is now a captain on his own and he can't hide behind me anymore,"

"Basso asked me to wait for him on the descent. If I had known he was going to do that, I would have used a different tactic. Obviously, there are no gentlemen in this game,"

"I've never seen anyone dominate like that, never seen any one that strong! He seems like an extra-terrestrial,"

"Five kilometres from the finish of the stage Basso asked me for money in exchange for him letting me win, I've never asked for charity or for the stage win and when Basso asked for money it really hurt me. I've never done anything like that during my career."

"Basso deserves his Giro win but he doesn't exist for me any more,"

Armstrong on Simoni
"For sure he was impressive in the Giro and since then he's been talking a lot, but talk is cheap as they say."