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
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Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 11: native tongues
“La Maglia Ciclamino est une consolation. C’est un nouveau Giro qui commence et on va essayer de le défendre” saidContinue 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
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 9: details about details
“Let’s hear from the guys in the studio” has become a familiar refrain on Eurosport during this Giro d’Italia. CutContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2019 Stage 7: The Fast and the Furious
It can be easy, at times, to watch a bike race unfold on TV, take in the stats and theContinue Reading
Migger Lagga Lopez
At Eurosport they generally pronounce Migger Lagga Lopez as Miguel Angel Lopez. Less fun, but more correct. My kids sit on the settee hoping for a glimpse of their man Migger, and all they have is this Colombian imposter called Miguel.
Vuelta Espana 2018 Stage 15: the dingers on the donga
There’s a church at the bottom of the climb: the Basílica de Santa María la Real de Covadonga. As the riders skirted past it I felt sure that Carlton Kirby, Eurosport commentator extraordinaire, would make reference to it. That the riders might be wise to offer a prayer before the climb. That divine intervention might be handy. Instead, he fixated on the two massive bell-towers.
