The Giro d'Italia is starting today, without the customary discussions as to who will win the race overall. That seems to be (almost literally) set in stone already as Colnago have even revealed a golden bike for the prospect of Tadej Pogacar's victory.
As the elite cycling season ends with one of its monuments, Il Lombardia, on Saturday, the race will also bring down the curtain on the careers of two of the pelotons own monuments. Alejandro Valverde, a 42-year-old Spaniard, and Vincenzo Nibali, a 37-year-old Italian, had seemed eternal, but bot ..
As the elite cycling season ends with one of its 'monuments', Il Lombardia, on Saturday, the race will also bring down the curtain on the careers of two of the peloton's own monuments.