Sunday, May 08, 2011

Early Giro thoughts

I have a few thoughts about the early part of the Giro. Mostly about he team presentation.

1) It can only be a matter of time before Tyrolian hats sweep onto the fashion scene in the US. They make you look quite dashing.



2) If you are organizing a big event and hire some precision military planes to fly overhead, it would be good if it was a clear day so the planes were visible.


3) Why did Italian broadcaster RAI hire Dr. Drew to discuss cycling.


4)This Farnese-Vini "team presenter", for lack of a better term, has hair that is a hot mess, but she is one of the few women in Italy with eyebrows more neatly trimmed than Giovanni Visconti


5) Stage Two today was the usual Garmin-Cervelo cluster. Jonathon Vaughters showed his racing genius as the race reached the final few km's. Vaughters tweeted... "This sprint will not be controlled. HTC+Garrrmin-Cervelo burned a lot of matches early. Very chaotic, for sure". You should know Jonathon because your team manages to screw up races with great frequency. So, it was no surprise when Garmin hit the flamme rouge with four men on the front of the peloton only to get swarmed and finish in 7th place.

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