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castelli, giro, Giro d'Italia - May 24, 2019

[eng] Giro d’Italia #specialjerseyaward: Fausto Masnada

The third Castelli jersey, could only be dedicated to Fausto Coppi for celebrating the stages around Novi Ligure and Pinerolo. Two evocative stages of discovering the places of the Campionissimo life and career. It’s a gloomy day in Novi Ligure. June arrived 10 days ago but it seems like fall has intruded, beating summer to the punch. It’s raining so hard that the sound of the drops pounding against the windows fills the houses: to listen to the radio you have to maintain a scrupulous silence. You search for the jerky signal of the broadcast from the 32nd Giro d’Italia. A clear voice emerges from the device, breaks through the clouds and bursts into the room: “One man alone in the lead. His jersey is sky blue and white. His name is Fausto Coppi.” In Novi everyone knows that voice and that name because both have an intimate connection to that place. Mario Ferretti, a journalist who was born in Novi Ligure but became famous in Rome, articulates the syllables clearly to update the radio listeners on the exploits of Fausto Coppi, who was a native of Castellania but called Novi Ligure home, on the stage from Cuneo to Pinerolo. ...

Passo Gavia: The Day The Big Men Cried

On June 6, 1988, the day after the 14th stage of the Giro d’Italia, one which crossed the mighty Gavia pass in a snowstorm to finish in Bormio, La Gazzetta dello Sport ran the headline “The Day the Big Men Cried”. Indeed it was. It was “only” a stage of 120 kilometers (75 miles) beginning in Chiesa Valmalenco, descending to the Passo dell’Aprica after 70 km, climbing 650 meters (2000 feet) to the 1181 meter summit (3700 feet) before dropping 480 meters (1500 feet) back into the valley. The next obstacle was the Passo Tonale, a long gradual climb to 1450 meters (4500 meters) that then forked northwards for the Gavia, starting at Ponte de Legno. The Gavia from this side is a staggering 17.3 kilometers long (10.8 miles) and climbs a mind-boggling 1363 meters (4200 feet) to a summit at 2621 meters (8600 feet) while averaging 7.9% grade. On the start line, the riders were met with heavy rain. But the forecast for the mountains was for much worse. At the morning meeting for the team directors, it was reported that it was snowing at the top, but the road was clear. Armed with that information, the 7-Eleven directors ...

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ciccone, giro, Giro d'Italia - May 18, 2019

[ENG] Giro d’Italia #SpecialJerseyAward: Giulio Ciccone

The Giro d’Italia is like a comic strip, a story developed day after day by an eccentric artist who draws from a dizzying palette of colors. The first thing that catches the eye in and around the Giro is the colors that decorate Italy and its race. Different colors every kilometer, provided by jerseys and skies, walls and banners, flowers and flags. In the middle, immersed in the colors, are the protagonists of the race. For the 2019 Giro, Castelli has created six jerseys that commemorate six special stages, designed to represent the Giro through the colors and symbols of the places that welcome the race. For each of these stages, the jersey will represent a virtual prize that will be awarded to someone who has earned it for a particular reason. It could be a current or former racer, a spectator, or a unique character in cycling and the Giro, because you don’t always need to win to be honored and remembered. Each winner will be introduced with a short portrait, created in collaboration with the editorial staff of Bidon – Ciclismo allo stato liquido, who are following the Corsa Rosa. The first to be featured is Giulio Ciccone, ...

Not a betrayal, just business: Roberto Visentini and Stephen Roche

Most people remember the 1987 Giro for the “polemica” between defending champion Roberto Visentini and his teammate (and eventual winner) Stephen Roche of Ireland. After the Italian won the prologue, and Dutchman Eric Breukink took stage 1a, Roche won stage 1b: a unique time trial DOWN the famous Poggio descent into San Remo. The two later took the stage 3 team time trial with the Carrera squad with Roche claiming the pink jersey. He suffered a bad fall at the end of stage 10 and was frustrated as teammate Visentini rode past and offered no assistance. Bruised and battered, but still in the Maglia Rosa, he faced 46 kilometers, mainly uphill, on the Stage 13 time trial to San Marino in the Emilia-Romagna wine region. Visentini, reputed to be a bit of a playboy with suspect motivation, was nevertheless immensely talented. On this day he was brilliant, and absolutely turned the race upside down, winning by over a minute and putting nearly three into the injured 12th place Roche, handily reclaiming pink in the process. He would not keep it, however (see post 108) as Roche (with some mountain assistance from Scot Robert Millar of the Panasonic team) would recover, but ...

[ITA] Giro d’Italia #SpecialJerseyAward: Giulio Ciccone

Il Giro d’Italia è un racconto a fumetti, un albo compilato giorno dopo giorno da un disegnatore eccentrico, che pesca da una vertiginosa tavolozza di colori. La prima cosa che balza all’occhio del Giro, intorno e attraverso il Giro, sono le tinte che decorano l’Italia e la sua corsa. Colori diversi per ogni chilometro, dati da maglie e cieli, muri e striscioni, fiori e bandiere. In mezzo, a mollo tra i colori, ci sono i protagonisti della corsa. Per il Giro 2019, Castelli ha realizzato sei maglie in omaggio a sei tappe speciali, per rappresentare il Giro attraverso i colori e i simboli dei luoghi che accolgono la corsa. In occasione di ciascuna di queste tappe, la maglia rappresenterà un premio virtuale che verrà assegnato a qualcuno che per un particolare motivo l’avrà meritato. Potrebbe essere un corridore di oggi o di ieri, uno spettatore, un personaggio unico del ciclismo e del Giro, perché non sempre è necessario vincere per essere omaggiati e ricordati. Ogni vincitore sarà presentato attraverso un breve ritratto, realizzato in collaborazione con la redazione di Bidon – Ciclismo allo stato liquido, al seguito della Corsa Rosa. Il primo protagonista è Giulio Ciccone, il corridore più veloce ...