Jobob,

Thanks for posting the update - I haven't been keeping up with cycling news over the past week.
How surprising that Simoni retracted his statement! Although I don't know the guy (obviously!), he will now be forever imprinted in my brain as a whiney-a$$ed, petulant SOB, who threw his toys out of his cot and tried to sully Basso's wonderful victory. (Biased? Me?!).
It's a shame he can't take a leaf out of Jens Voigt's book for etiquette and sportsmanship.