Well, it's here! Am I ready? Well, all i can say is that several weeks of climbing hills does not really make up for 10 months in pancake flat Cambridgeshire.
Anyway, it's time to start the Giro! 6 stages over 7 days, 700km, and MANY MANY vertical metres.
At this stage I'm more than a little bit of worried about saddle discomfort (friction) that has come on the heat and the increase in KMs :/ too much information but hey this is my blog and I expect there to be a few cyclists reading this. See how we go.
The massive bunch of 400 people snaked its way out of Bolzano at 7:30 this morning, with rolling road closures (or sheer weight of numbers) forcing pretty much every car we came across to wait for us to pass. It was truly a memorable way to start the week. I expect that as the stages get harder there won't be so much riding around in a massive bunch.
The hill was horrible (see strava link) - I started well but really it was too steep for me coming from too little hill climbing, so my legs ran out of gas. Something a little less severe would be a better test :) see how we go later this week.
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| There are over 400 people in the peleton. |
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| Angelo crossing the line. |
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| I've got to say, this was a beast of a hill. Not even the longest we'll do this week, but certainly STEEP. |
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| View on the way down. |
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| An even better view - shouldn't have stopped to take the other photo! |
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| Everyone else agreed - let's get this photo and scrap the last one. |
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