Saturday, 16 April 2011
Is it wrong to love the Giro more than the Tour?
I love the Giro d'Italia more than the Tour De France. There I've said it. I'm "out" and I feel so much better. Don't get me wrong the TdF is a fantastic and majestic specatacle but the Giro is so much more. The TdF is a polished, cultured but often predictable race where the Giro is an idiotic mad scramble through Italy. There is something disreputable about the Giro which adds to the appeal. It is a harder race with more savage climbs. The weather is unpredictable and you can get anything from sun to heavy rain, snow and ice, fog and howling gales. Who remembers last year's fantasic Stage 7 on the Strade Bianche when the rain came down? The Giro is a hard race and only the truly hard will win.
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