As Stelvio-gate rages, a more neutral portrait [pun intended?].
Cyclist: Samuel Sanchez
Materials used: pureed pipperada [Basque pepper] sauce
Notes:
- This stuff is good. Like I had a dream about making it again, good.
[The full Flickr set for this project can be found here.]
[My past three weeks in a nutshell...]
Hours ridden: 31.5
Blog posts written: 9 Favorite stage: Stage 7, obvs
Number of times the Esta The commercial girl actually looked like she took a huge bite out of the introduced “street food”: 0 Stages I almost vomited in anxiety: 2 [Stages 7 and 20]
Number of stages it took for me to remember that Wiggins was once in the Giro: 6 Quote that will be missed the most: “Grazie, Andrea”
Favorite non-cycling part of the Giro: the team cars re-enacting scenes from the Fast and Furious: 6 trailer.
Number of Lotto-Belisol asses I want to give a congratulatory smack to: all of ‘em [you thought I was only going to say one, didn’t you?]
Shoes of the Giro that I’d knife fight The Rock for: Hansen’s Hanseenos, Sanchez’s gold Sidis, and Pozzato’s hot pink Sidis, in that order.
Thanks for all the suffering! One down, two more Grand Tours to go!
