The Official Pasta of the Giro d'Italia We admit it, we're suckers for the sponsors of the Giro d'Italia . We love the race and enjoy supporting the companies that support La Corsa Rosa , especially when their produ…
Is pro cycling too hard? David L. Stanley writes some great stuff for our friends at BikeRaceInfo. I think we share what the Giro d’Italia folks call amore infinito for La Corsa Rosa and I’d love to buy him a spritz on our bea…
Giorno di Riposo That's what they call a rest-day here in Italy. So let's catch up, OK? First the news that Maglia Rosa Remco Evenepoel is out due to Covid-19. A real shame since the race was shaping up not to be the &…
TOUR DE FRANCE Can we write that without being sued by ASO? Either way, the big show starts today....in Denmark. ASO's marketing juggernaut made me think of: That's right, the official pasta of the Giro d'Italia! ! …
Giro d'Italia 2022 Start in Avola La Corsa Rosa 2022 was challenging to say the least. Will it go down as a vintage edition? Probably not as the course revealed back in the fall of 2021 looked really, really tough and turned…
GIOS RADUNO 2022 One of our favorite events - part of why May is a special month in Italy for us. Not only La Corsa Rosa but the annual GIOS Raduno , this year the 5th time the GIOS family has gathered in Volpiano . In 2016 Z…
We go to the circus...again! First things first, we always say when it's time to see a race live, in-person. That means lunch! We headed off from our base in Monferrato Saturday morning towards Torino for Giro d'Italia…
The circus comes to town! La Corsa Rosa came back to home soil on Monday to be greeted by rain! Yep, sunny Sicily, where some journalist remarked they'd need an acclimation-day to get used to the searing heat of Italy's…
A proper victory celebration! Amazingly in the land of Champagne (where the leader of that big race in July wears a yellow shirt) it is no longer legal to celebrate winning a bike (or any other) race with an alcoholic drink. Ye…