Team manager Patrick Lefevere, who hasn’t spoken to Tommeke since his continuing cocaine use was revealed on the 9th May, has said that Boonen will start racing in a kermesse at Gullegem on 2nd June. Apparently the big fella from Balen has been training hard under the supervision of Rik Verbrugge and plans to ride the Dauphine Libere (7th-14th June) where he is said to be very welcome.
He is likely to be less welcome at the start of the Tour de France but another green jersey remains Tom’s ambition for 2009.
