Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 17: the Anglo-Saxon Aru
The 2019 Giro d’Italia might be remembered, among other things, as the race which brought Hugh Carthy to the attentionContinue Reading
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Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 16: Vincenzo Nibali and the inconvenient Ecuadorian
For stage sixteen, we got full-Giro. There was a masochistic mountain, cruel weather, riders shedding time, Italians gaining it…it wasContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 15: Nibali, by force of personality
Lombardy, with it’s history-laden hills and sinuous descents, is Vincenzo Nibali territory. Not by birth – he’s Sicilian – butContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 14: seven seconds
Team Moo-vee-star. Moh-vee-star. Mov-ee-star. Call ‘em what you want they’re now, in the mountains, officially lighting up this Giro d’Italia.Continue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 13: ragged, edgy, and enigmatic
As bike races go Stage 13 was enigmatic. Crossing mountain, then mountain, the stage would end at Ceresole Reale. OrContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 12: trust me…it’s a mountain!
The day started with confusion. Riders and team staff milled around, brows furrowed, baffled. The route profile for stage twelveContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 10: artisan, hand-crafted, and flat
To prepare a stage as flat and sprint-friendly as stage ten is no easy task. It requires planning and precision.Continue Reading
