Mario Cipollini ©

I’m writing to you at a time when I’m losing the excitement to watch the sprints on TV. I still feel the adrenaline of the sprint and the worse is when you’re sitting in your armchair. What to say… I look at, I notice… and I realize that the world is changing fast. What do I mean? […]

Good evening to all. We find ourselves here after a day off, that should be not only rest, infact those that aim to win this race yesterday worked intensively (I think). Today il Giro d’Italia starts for the true “owners” of the race, so far for the potential winners was virtually a light walk (apart […]

Same beach, same seaside… Stage in carbon copy of the previous ones… innocuous breakaway managed by the peloton, in order to handle the mental energies for the long days to come. The peloton let a few men to go away… the rotating teams keep them under control on the basis of responsibilities. The hilly final […]

2nd stage … legs  need to be “fixed” (it, generally, takes 4/5 days, 3rd day of race is the worst)A challenging path between climbs “eat and drink” … curves and counter curves and wind in the face … with gusts of wind at the edge of the dangerous limit … in addition all riders  with […]

Very particular day, today… The two tragic events of these last weeks weighed (I believe) in the soul of riders. Michele’s death is in the soul of these guys, summed up with the shame we came to know yesterday … maybe these two events reduced the will of looking for an exploit … but I’m […]