“I did not think the short 140km Stage 10 containing only one Category4 climb would be hard enough…but the Bora-Hansgrohe Band of Brothers did.”
Author Archives: Patrick Santino
2021 Giro Stage 9: The GC Men Go on a Great Hunt
2021 Giro Stag 9: The GC Men Go on a Great Hunt (Written)
‘All of the following quotes are of course fictional, but perhaps he said like an English lord on Boxing Day: “Alright, boys, I think we have given them enough of a head-start. Let us give chase. Let us go a’ hunting the breakaway for the remainder of this day. Saddle up your steeds. I have a mind to win my first Grand Tour stage on this fine Sunday and perhaps make a Pink wardrobe change—but tell that not to the other teams who I wish to join us on this hunt, for we shall try to enlist their help on the chase first.”’
2021 Giro Stage 8: A Saturday Breakaway Showcase
2021 Giro Stage 8: A Saturday Breakaway Showcase (Written)
“Thus, what interest did Groupama-FDJ have in keeping the breakaway in check? Groupama wanted a breakaway of non-GC threats to go up the road and stay away and mop up the bonus seconds at the finish in order to protect Attila’s Pink Jersey. Then Attila would only need to finish the stage together with Remco and Bernal to retain the maglia rosa for another day. And this is how the stage played out.”
2021 Giro Stage 7: You Are Note Here Just to be Entertained
2021 Giro Stage 7: You Are Not Here Just to be Entertained
“Why was such an inevitably quiet stage designed in the first place? How does this pass for sport? How does such a stage get wire-to-wire converge?”
2021 Giro Stage 6: Double Redemption for Bahrain Victorious
2021 Giro Stage 6: Double Redemption for Bahrain Victorious (Written)
“It was another day with Biblical Weather on the Giro d’Italia. It was another stage to show your friends and family that wonder why you watch so much cycling. O! And surely if you ever questioned cyclists’ fortitude this day dispelled those doubts.”
Cycling Odysseys 