Italians are a bit scary behind the wheel but the skill level of the typical driver more than makes
up for that. Combined with the courtesy they show to the sportivos and you have another big reason
to hold your training camps there.
"Bret Wade" <
[email protected]> wrote in message
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> TritonRider wrote:
>
> >>From:
[email protected] (Davide Tosi)
> >
> >
> >>There were only 19 teams at the Giro start instead of the 22-23 allowed
by
> >>UCI rules and 2 italian crappy teams (the almost non existent Tenax and
the
> >>bunch of over the hill has beens named Formaggi Fiavé Pinzolo
Ciarrocchi)
> >>were invited just 2 weeks before the start to not have only 17 team on
the
> >>starting line.
> >
> >
> > This is incredibly sad to me. France gets all the glory, but the heart
and
> > soul of cycling is in Italy. Madonna D'Ghisallo is the absolute center
of what
> > real cyclists are about. I am sure as hell that it'd either take me a
week to
> > get up that climb, or I'd be gone. We did most of northern Italy with
the kids
> > racing, and checking out the routes, both by car and bike. The people
were
> > fantastic, the roads interesting, and the drivers just plain nuts. If you have any sense of
> > cycling history, and how the spirit continues
today,
> > you have to love Italy. Why teams would choose not to go, other than for money grubbing reasons
is
> > beyond me.
> >
> > Those who honor and remember history will be wiser in the future. Bill C
> >
>
> Bigger isn't necessarily better. France will always be the center, but I go to Italy to ride. I
> disagree about the italian drivers. They all seem to have a plan which is more than I can say for
> the CO locals.
>
> Bret