By no means been to Italy however with every race I see I need to go greater than ever. We’ve got two cat 5 one-day races on faucet this week, each kinda climby, by which I imply that sprinters needn’t apply.
First up, close to Pisa in Tuscany, a bit of inland, Pontedera to be precise, the 96th operating of the Giro della Toscana
These two climbs. Monte Serra completed twice, makes this a climby affair. Final yr Sivakov received narrowly over Carapaz (4 seconds) with Grosschartner 48 seconds again and Pogacar and Zana 1:28 in arrears.
This yr, what with the Vuelta simply ending, the Euro TT happening in addition to the Canadian races, there’s much more competitors for riders. This yr we obtained Diego Ulissi, who has been doing nicely in cat 5 races this summer time when you’ve been watching greater profile races. Jefferson Alverio Cepeda, aka the Caja Rural Jeff Cepeda, can also be right here together with Lutsenko, Storer, Jan Christen, Piganzoli, and so forth: the same old suspects who like to hold in Italy for the summer time.
2. And if that is not sufficient for you the following day we get the 72nd version of Coppa Sabatini in Peccioli, simply down the valley from Pontedera so the riders do not need to journey for it. It’s also a bumpy race with lots of the identical riders however with the addition of Mr. Summer time himself, Mr. Marc Hirschi. Suppose I’m kidding? In July and August Hirschi’s outcomes are:
1st on the Czech Tour
sixteenth on the Olympics street race
1st @ San Seb
1st @ Bretagne Basic Ouest-France
1st @ GP Industria & Artigianato
Hirschi’s obtained to be the favourite and his workforce ought to dominate the race. Oh-and Hirschi received the race final yr. (Determining why Hirschi will not be at subsequent week’s Euro street race is an train finest left to the reader.)
Get pleasure from!