Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 6: Aww…look mate!
Along with the Great Wall of China and Mario Cipollini’s ego, the vast smile of Esteban Chaves is one of those man-made structures clearly visible from space.
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Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 5: the honeymoon
Tom Dumoulin flirted with pink on Stage 1 – an ill-advised fumble with an old flame – before Dennis made his move and decided to settle down. And now, on the roads of Sicily, he’s busily consummating the relationship.
Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 4: all in, eyeballs out, for the win
Pro cycling folklore has it that strange things happen on the rest day of a Grand Tour.
Form can evaporate. “Good” legs become bad. From contender to bunch-filler in twenty-four hours. This may or may not have something to do with the amount of down-time the riders have, and the corresponding quantity of Nutella they eat.
Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 3: chronic conditions
Elia Viviani, Italy’s top sprinter, suffers from a common affliction in pro cycling.
It is thought that as many as 99.94% of all pro cyclists, in fact, are affected. An otherwise unhumanly fit and healthy man, Viviani has contracted a chronic case of not being Cavendish, Kittel or Greipel.
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