What's wrong with pro cycling? What are we discussing? Zio notes the frenzied speculation going on (which of course by the time you read this could be nothing) about the merger of two top pro cycling teams - Jumbo-Visma an…
A Cinderella story? Stolen from HERE so maybe ASO won't get mad? La Vuelta 2023 is in the record books though Zio guesses there's still some damp clothes soaked with cava today? BRAVO to the organizers for letting t…
Slippery When Wet Been following the season's last grand tour? Our friend at BikeRaceInfo was pretty excited: " This year, 2023, will go down as one of the finest seasons in cycling history. This year’s Vuelta will b…
Brooklyn 50 Years On One of our favorite events in recent years has been the GIOS Raduno. Lovers of the blue bicycles come from all over to join together for a ride and lunch afterwards. Marco Gios and his friends do a lot of wo…
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…
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 &…
Giro di Sicilia 2023 2022's program Finally! Barely three weeks before the start, RCS has published the Tour of Sicily route for 2023 . We were starting to wonder if they'd even run it but on the local TV news came the a…
Felice Gimondi Felice Gimondi won almost everything there was to win despite racing during the same period as Eddy Merckx . We have a small connection with the great man - back when Heather first came to Italy during her colle…
A Little Help? Zio Lorenzo HATES stories like these: Guy has fancy health insurance, gets sick and despite a lot of the insanely expensive healthcare bills getting paid, faces financial ruin. WTF? Charles Pelkey's a long-t…
The Exceptionally American Problem of Rising Roadway Deaths Why other rich nations have surpassed the U.S. in protecting pedestrians, cyclists and motorists. Click here to read this NYT article. If you can't get past their…
grande ciclismo in piemonte While we're no longer operating Piedmont Cycling Resort, there's no reason YOU can't ride there and enjoy our former HQ - Hotel Ariotto . You can download this guide FREE! Just click HER…
EROICA turns 25 That's right, cycling's first true vintage event was started 25 years ago when Giancarlo Brocci and less than 100 others rode the first L'Eroica. Harry & Leather at "L'Eroica Gaiole 20…
UCI Cycling Road World Champions 2022 Are you tired of looking at this image? Me too! Congratulations and Chapeau to both Annemiek van Vleuten and Remco Evenepoel on winning rainbow jerseys this weekend. Zio Lorenzo is not …
Bici d'Epoca Fall is coming and (thankfully) things are cooling off a bit here in Sicily though the tourists seem as plentiful as ever. Must be the post-pandemic surge combined with the weak euro? Autumn also means vintage cy…
Cycling's Third Grand Tour Copied from La Vuelta's website but here's a link so don't sue us ASO, OK? We've never seen La Vuelta live, in-person though we did follow LeTour into Spain a time or two during th…