Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, May 31, 2011
Pavé would like to thank Laekhouse for supporting our coverage of the 2011 Giro d’Italia.
Here’s this week’s (Memorial Day) Monday Musette:
1. Julius, one of Pavé’s Contributors, is putting together a more substantial Giro d’Italia Wrap-Up, but let’s take a minute here—at least until we hear otherwise—and give Saxo Bank’s Alberto Contador some credit for winning what many consider to have been the hardest grand tour in quite some time. Contador’s greater than 6-minute margin of victory was the largest since Ivan Basso’s 9-minute win in 2006. Let’s just hope he’s not forced to take a “break” similar to Basso’s.
Seriously speaking though,...Continue Reading
Here’s a preview of this weekend’s main events:
1. I wonder if this year’s Giro d’Italia has passed as quickly for the riders as it has for the fans? Regardless, the season’s first grand tour ends this weekend with what looks to be a spectacular mountain stage and long individual time trial in downtown Milan.
Tomorrow’s 242-kilometer trip from Verbania to Sestriere looks straightforward enough: 195 kilometers of flat roads followed by two major climbs, the last of which marks the end of the Giro’s final road stage. That said these two climbs—the Colle delle Finestre and the Sestriere are anything but...Continue Reading
Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, May 26, 2011
Seen any cool links we missed? Share ‘em in the comments below! ...Continue Reading
We had so much fun with our Cima Coppi contest that we decided to have another!
The challenge: pick the winner of the climb over the Colle delle Finestre. Stage 20′s Finestre climb is further proof that Angelo Zomengan and crew are sadists. 19km, with an average gradient in the neighborhood of 9%. As if that wasn’t bad enough, a massive 8km of the climb is unpaved.
If you’re the only one to correctly pick the first person reach the top of Finestre, you’ll win your choice of a Laekhouse T-Shirt from the Icons or Classics series!
Danilo di Luca was first to the...Continue Reading
Interesting cycling items from across the Internet, May 25, 2011
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