Entries in Cycling (4)
Friday
Feb082013
Happy New Year
I will be spending the week as follows, in a condition of pain and suffering, punctuated I hope by moments of acute elation:
596 km., c. 7,500 m. climb.
Feb 8, 2013 at 9:32 PM | tagged Cycling
Sunday
Jan292012
Fiorenzo Magni
Born 1920, seen here in his final race, the 1956 Giro d’Italia. This is the 12th of 23 stages. He has broken his collarbone, and is using a tube held between his teeth to exert upward force on the handlebars. Two days after this, he will break his humerus. Some 60 riders, including the leader, will drop out of the race during a snow storm on stage 20; Magni will finish second overall.