“In the Po Valley, the Nebraska of Italy with little chance of wind, we must seek out other entertaining content beyond the racing that shall not heat up until the final sprint. Which is actually good, because the Giro made a point that this day would serve as a tribute to a titan of literature.”
Tag Archives: Giacomo Nizzolo
2021 Giro Stage 10: The Rest Day Is But Tomorrow
“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.”
2021 Giro Stage 5: Hangovers and Heartbreaks (Written)
“I was prepared to cover the carnage of a crosswinds stage, just as most of the peloton were ready to do battle; but at the same time a nice recovery stage to get rid of the hangover would be more preferable. Especially from the perspective of what is to come.”
2021 Giro: Alpecin-Fenix Wastes No Time (Written)
“With the likes of Peter Sagan (Bora-Hansgrohe), Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma), Fernando Gaviria (UAE), Elia Viviani (Cofidis), and Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka Assos), it would be a tall order for Alpecin-Fenix’s Tim Merlier to pull off a stage win this Giro—but that was the team’s goal nonetheless.”
2021 G-W: The Sprinters Show Off Their Classics Chops (Written)
“Ah! Truly, it was just another day in what is becoming a special era of cycling…Yes, another novel round, another day of unexpected sights to report, another proof that the cycling-world is upside down, and O! how I surely speak for all when I say: we are absolutely loving and soaking up every moment of this new un-understandable era. “
Team Preview 2021: Qhubeka Assos WRITTEN
Perhaps they can forge a new identity together. That classic identity all the smaller teams long for: a winning culture made up of men that punch above their weight because their whole becomes greater than all their parts put together.
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