A rainbow jersey for gravel racing? Here's the link to the story Zio stole the photo from. Is Zio Lorenzo the only one who smells an industry-created rainbow jersey here? I mean, c'mon..you already created a Hall of Fa…
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…
F1 Grand Prix Monza 2023 WTF you ask? Zio Lorenzo 's a two-wheeled guy, whether motorized or pedaled. But he used to like watching car racing, only bailing-out on F1 back when they made 'em race on those awful grooved &q…
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…
Thoughts on LeTour 2023 Photo copied from here. Zio waited awhile for this post. Watching highlights on Italian TV finally got him going on it. Najlepsa hvala (many thanks) to Tadej Pogacar ! (in white above) Without him how d…
"Sherman, set the wayback machine to...." Zio generally likes what David Stanley writes for our friends at BikeRaceInfo. But THIS is pushing it: "Where does that leave us with Jonas Vingegaard? He keeps passing…
Museo Agusta As regular blog readers know Zio Lorenzo 's a fan of most things on two wheels. Back-in-the-day he had a sponsor for his brief Superbike roadracing effort, a guy maybe as crazy about Italian motos as he was...bu…
Distracted Cycling? Pro cyclist Gino Mader (above) was killed in the Tour of Switzerland recently. So far there are no real witnesses to describe what happened and the investigation continues as we type this. Crash scene photos …
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 &…