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Giro Update: The Importance of the BCS
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Just a quick post today to do some emotional scene-setting for what we hope will actually happen some time in the next week or so. a Belgian in the
maglia rosa. The rise of the BCS the Belgian Climbing Sensation will graduate from long-running sad punchline to a real, and spectacular, thing.
But first.
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Yes, that’s Attila Valter of Groupama-FDJ in pink today, thanks to some time picked up on Tuesday’s scattered stage. He hasn’t done anything too spectacular, but he’s a very talented kid, and his country (Hungary) and his team (FDJ) have about as much of a track record at the Giro as the Fontecchio family. [We are training though.] Also, given that COVID wiped out a grande partenza scheduled last spring for Budapest, I suppose the lesson is that good things come to those who wait.
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As the city of Turin prepares for the start of the 104th Giro d’Italia, excitement is on the rise. The Giro holds a special place in the heart of the Italians. The event itself has played a central roll in bringing the country together over the past century, and its greatest champions remain household names. All of the sport’s greatest figures made their mark here, but in some ways it is Francesco Moser who is most linked to the race’s modern history.
Moser was not the winningest rider in the Giro d’Italia, but he was perhaps the most complete, as he won no less than 23 stages, finished second three times, won
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