Same beach, same seaside… Stage in carbon copy of the previous ones… innocuous breakaway managed by the peloton, in order to handle the mental energies for the long days to come. The peloton let a few men to go away… the rotating teams keep them under control on the basis of responsibilities. The hilly final […]
Races
Missed sprints (Ewan)
2nd stage … legs need to be “fixed” (it, generally, takes 4/5 days, 3rd day of race is the worst)A challenging path between climbs “eat and drink” … curves and counter curves and wind in the face … with gusts of wind at the edge of the dangerous limit … in addition all riders with […]
For the sprinters and their teams “comics today”!
Very particular day, today… The two tragic events of these last weeks weighed (I believe) in the soul of riders. Michele’s death is in the soul of these guys, summed up with the shame we came to know yesterday … maybe these two events reduced the will of looking for an exploit … but I’m […]
100th Giro d’Italia
Hello friends, Welcome to my space. I decided to tell you directly what I see and think about this wonderful trip that will be the 100th Giro d’Italia Let me unfold a little bit to you, telling you what kind of profound feeling ties me up to this wonderful grand tour. I was six years […]
My first Roubaix
La mia prima Roubaix … quasi all’uscita della foresta dell’Aremberg ..praticamente il gruppetto che si formerà con il sottoscritto (alla prima volta che faccio la Roubaix) arriverà all’arrivo peccato che per una “segata” che danno in un ventaglio ad una ventina di km dall’arrivo mi butta su un marciapiede e mi regala 40 punti di […]
Milano – Sanremo
Vi do’ la mia personalissima analisi degli ultimi metri della Sanremo …. Arguta e tempistica la volata di Kwiato prima di immettersi nel rettilineo finale , cerca di provocare una reazione di Alaph tentando di indurlo ad una partenza anticipata perché impaurito da’ una volata corta di Sagan…per cui crea un po’ di spazio sfilandosi […]
