95th annual starts today. Of course I'll be following the Liquigas Cannondale team because of Rory Mason's (Masini) connection with Cannondale Racing; You can follow it steaming here:
If you can find a copy, this is an excellent read. Essentially just a collection of daily sports columns from a very florid Italian write, covering the 49 tour. Back in the day when sportswriters wrote epic fiction.
I had a copy once, but loaned it out. If you haven't read it let me know and I'll see if I can track it down.
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Awesome! Thank you.
If you can find a copy, this is an excellent read. Essentially just a collection of daily sports columns from a very florid Italian write, covering the 49 tour. Back in the day when sportswriters wrote epic fiction.
I had a copy once, but loaned it out. If you haven't read it let me know and I'll see if I can track it down.
Now with the link...
http://www.amazon.com/The-Giro-DItalia-Coppi-Bartali/dp/188473751X
May I recommend Aldo Ross's translation of this book, probably a better translation:
http://tinyurl.com/aldo-1949
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