Today I felt like I died and landed in cycling heaven…Oh the bikes, the boys, the bodies, and the buses. All the big name teams are here – except Radio Shack – they just finished the Tour of California and are saving up for the big one. I found the action real quick – and hung out with the boys for a bit before the big event – the final 15K TT starting and finishing in Verona.
The boys – I won’t introduce each of these fine young men – because I have no idea who they are…only that they are fit, young, and lean.
Getting focused
Wonder what he's listening to? Ramping up or mellowing down?
Gianni -the head masseuse for Milram invited me to the team bus for cafe
Jean Pierre - the lead mechanic for Milram
I think he's still in high school
Vinokourov - not time to warm-up yet. Chatting with the fans
Gotta love these boys
Now for the bodies!!!
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- Nice side view of those muscular and sculpted thighs
Love those skin suits!
Oh my!!!
Long and lean
Must be a sprinter - just look at that calf and hamstring!
Shaved down
HMMM - not sure what the hands are doing - must not be hanging right...
These look like climbing legs
Oh yea!!!!
I could draft this for a while 🙂
OK for all you gear heads – here’s the bikes
Look at these LOOKS
The bikes of Columbia High Road - that disk wheel sure is pretty
Just a few wheels laying around
The bikes of Saxo Bank
Hey Dave - check out this mechanics work shop
Fine tuning
Ready for the warm-up
Now that's an interesting wheel
A stunning display of aerodynamics and art
The crowd was swarming the Liqigas buses in hopes of watching Basso warm up
These guys are so fast that if you blinked when they rode by you missed em.
Vinokourov just out of the shoot
The noise from my balcone was deafening – helicopters hovering overhead, the announcers shouting out the next rider across the finish, the music, and the crowds wildly banging on the side boards lining the route – Que follia (what craziness). I watched in awe as the creme de la creme of cycling blazed just below me – Damiano Cunego, Carlos Sastre, Cadell Evans, Marco Pinotti, Vinokourov (the crowd went wild), Marco Scaponi and the Giro d’Italia champion Ivan Basso – the crowd was thunderous!!!
Ivan Basso bringing it home for victory
Questo e incedible (This is incredible). What an unforgetable day!
