Riding the Giro and the Tour 2014
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I went and watched every Tour in the 90's. I was always struck by how exhausted the mainly Italian Giro riders were - but who added a certain frisson to the race - I'm thinking Bugno et al
However Bugno won the Giro 1990 after taking the first stage and holding onto the cerise jumper thereafter - he still got 3rd at that years Tour. This was trhe exception to the rule. Most Giro riders were well down - playing heroic supporting roles to much fresher team mates.
that was all a different era and many things were possible....
There is a certain folklore in cycling that the Giro is going to kill your legs off until Lombardy! especially if too young. I read somewhere that one rider felt he never recovered from the Giro!
Is this still the case? Surely a more even field and better ideas about recuperation etc make the double much more doable.
Would add a lot if these Giro riders were there again in July
who will be?
However Bugno won the Giro 1990 after taking the first stage and holding onto the cerise jumper thereafter - he still got 3rd at that years Tour. This was trhe exception to the rule. Most Giro riders were well down - playing heroic supporting roles to much fresher team mates.
that was all a different era and many things were possible....
There is a certain folklore in cycling that the Giro is going to kill your legs off until Lombardy! especially if too young. I read somewhere that one rider felt he never recovered from the Giro!
Is this still the case? Surely a more even field and better ideas about recuperation etc make the double much more doable.
Would add a lot if these Giro riders were there again in July
who will be?
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I want Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz, Rolland the Lion, Iron Uran & the Colombians.
But I fear science can also clearly show effects of fatigue & we won't see Dorothy till Vuelta....a rare 100% loyal Pro Race poster. A poster boy for the community.0
