“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.”
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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 Stage 4: “A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this” (Written)
“Pious Aeneas, what does he say to raise his comrades’ spirits? Those enduring and endearing words: Forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit. Yes, surely you all remember it now! But to use my beloved Robert Fagles’ rendering: “A joy it will be one day, perhaps, to remember even this.” Ah! Ain’t that the truth—Virgil you master.”
Team Preview 2021: Bahrain Victorious
“A third head scratcher in a row.”
A DECISIVE MOUNTAIN STAGE MAKES US SMILE
TDF 2020, Stage 18 Meribel – La Roche-sur-Foron 175 km. Ineos go 1-2 on the stage. Carapaz into Polka Dots while GC battle ends in a draw behind.
SUPERMAN PUTS ON HIS CAPE AT THE TOUR DE FRANCE
TDF 2020, Stage 17 Grenoble – Meribel-Col de la Loze 170 km. Superman wins up the new long and steep Col de la Loze. Roglic, 2nd, gains time on rest of GC favorites.
A TALE OF TWO COLOMBIANS
TDF 2020, Stage 13 Chatel-Guyon – Pas de Peyrol (Le Puy Mary) 191.5 km. Steep Puy Mary sees intense breakaway duel for stage honors, and catches out some GC favorites behind.
HIRSCHI ENTANGLED IN GC AFFAIRS
TDF 2020, Pau – Laruns 153 km. After fast start, Hirschi led peloton from a solo break until GC favorites battled behind on the Col de Marie-Blanque
Cycling Odysseys 