Sweet and Sour

[ posted by Iain Friday, May 05, 2006 ] Sweet!

The most enjoyable bike race [IMOH] in the world starts tomorrow. The course looks good, there are a good number of podium contenders and Jan Ullrich's riding. Although I have no expectations on Ullrich's performance it will be good to see him in the race. My team to watch this year will be Liquigas. I would love to see Di Luca do well again [an overall win maybe?] and Cioni [stage win?] and Wegelius put in some good rides.

Sour!

Alas, I will not be there to watch this year. I will just have to put up with the Eurosport coverage and the tales of roadside mayhem from Phill [you lucky lucky...].

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Dieci Colli Bolognesi

[ posted by phill Wednesday, May 03, 2006 ]

Dieci Colli BolognesiI did my first granfondo of the year on Monday - the Dieci Colli Bolognesi (10 hills of Bologna). From the route map you can see it's a tough course of continual up and down, no big climbs but lots of short and steep ones, a real leg breaker. As with all granfondo in Italy it was organised superbly with road closures, plenty of refreshment along the way and of course a monster plate of pasta awaiting at the finish.

The winner was none other than Raimondas Rumsas at an average speed of 38km/h, pretty good going but I kind of question the equity of an disgraced ex-pro competing in amateur events to earn his living. Then again I suppose it's his job and has to make a crust somehow. Would be interesting to hear other people's points of view on this matter.

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