Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 15: a Zoncolan in the legs
Stage 15, and the peloton hit The Dolomites, each rider with a Zoncolan in their legs. It’s the internationally recognisedContinue Reading
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Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 13: our friends in the north
The north is the cycling heartland of Italy – every great Italian cyclist either came from the north, or movedContinue Reading
Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 12: Il Cavallino Rampante
And with that, Bennett had won. Climber, lead-out man, sprinter, and two-time Giro stage winner.
Surely, by now, a man in need of a nickname. After a sprint win at Imola, the home track of the mighty Ferrari (aka the Prancing Horse), there can be only one contender. Sam “Il Cavallino Rampante” Bennett.
Giro d’Italia 2018 Stage 11: Saint Simon of Osimo
You’ve probably heard of Saint Francis of Assisi – great cyclist.
He was a committed proponent of reverse periodisation way before the Team Sky boffins cottoned on; low volume, high intensity training gave him more time to spread the word of Christ, you see.
ragtime cyclist 