The Grand Tour season is upon us and the first of the Grands is underway- The Giro d' Italia.
Of the three Grand Tours, I regularly watch the Giro and the Tour de France. The Vuelta a Espana has yet to grab me. I don't know why but that is the way it is.
The Giro started in The Netherlands this year. I watched the prologue in Amsterdam on Eurosport and have got to say- brilliant ride Bradley Wiggins! Cadel Evans has done himself no harm either.
I watched the stage 1 highlights (Amsterdam to Utrecht) on Eurosport last night. Ouch! It was carnage. I don't remember seeing so many significant crashes in one stage. I'm not sure if anyone was seriously hurt physicaly but, the splits in the bunch that the crashes caused have certainly hurt some of the riders GC times. Bradley lost the Maglia Rosa (leaders pink jersey) because he got distanced after being on the wrong side of a crash.
I don't know whay there was so many crashes- well, I lie, the traffic islands and road furniture caught lots of riders out but, I don't know why they were caught out. They knew the route was littered with hazards and have radios so they can be pre warned of approaching dangers. Something wasn't working though.
Makes for interesting racing.
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ReplyDeleteJust a couple of traffic islands bring them in trouble.
ReplyDeleteNo uncoming traffic, no trams, No taxi's, No trams tracks, WTF!!
They need some serious Bike patrol training from an experienced Police cyclist!!
Cadel, Tylar, Filippo CALL me next time!!
HA HA HA HA
Tommy www.bikepatrol.nl
Yo Tommy!
ReplyDeleteDid you go to eithert of the first two stages?
Did you get free stuff?