Wednesday, January 05, 2005

Spinning seemed hard last night. I don't think it was the class since we didn't do anything different than usual but the room was really warm. They could have opened up one of the loading dock doors a bit. The fans just weren't cooling the room enough.

News Item of the Day: The official route of Tour of Italy, except for last hour changes due to the programming of the Radio Italian Television (RAI), will be announced on the 22 of January at 17:30 hours, in the Mazda Palace of Milan.

Initially the announcement was supposed to be in December, then it was delayed to the 20 of January and now it has been set for the 22 of January.

What does not change is the beginning of the race, that will start the 7 of May, in the city of Regal Calabria, in the south of the Italian peninsula, with an individual race against the clock and will finish the 29 of May in Milan.

Little is known of the itinerary of Giro, because except the exit and the end, the organizers maintain almost total secrecy. There will be a pair of long time trials with one of them with ending in Florence, that the cities of Marostica and Palafavera will be key points of the race and that one of the days in the high mountains, the penultimate stage, will have the finish line at the ski station of Sestrieres.

Viewpoint: It's surprising how late the Giro organizers have waited to announce the route. Just over 3.5 months before the start. Compare that with the TdF that announced their July route in October. I guess its kind of neat that the preparation time is limited. Maybe it yields a winner thats more based on skill and weeds out some that train purely for the race.

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