Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 21: Vive Carapaz!
The Ecuadorian government, today, bought the broadcasting rights to the final stage of the Giro d’Italia from whichever profit hungryContinue Reading
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Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 20: Carapaz and the kitchen sink
We watched on today hoping that Roglic, Nibali, Landa, and co. would throw the kitchen sink at serene wearer ofContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 19: all you need is love
There are, and always have been, cyclists who command respect. They are admired, sometimes begrudgingly, for a relentless excellence thatContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 18: will-they-won’t-they-will-they?
A sprint stage, after what seems like several weeks of mountains, requires a re-focus. We watch, puzzled, as this longContinue Reading
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
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
