This is the women’s Giro and it just happens to take place in early July, bad timing or good timing, at least the Italians step up and do a mini-Grand Tour. Here is the start list. Unfortunately we cannot be giving away more bikes and wheels for this race, but bragging rights and points are useful. Do I have any insightful things to say about this race? No, I don’t know anything about it and it’s not that I’m not interested. There is very little coverage of women’s racing that I ever see, in print or on television in the USA. I’d watch women racing in Italy. I’m not getting up at midnight to watch streaming video of it, sorry. I didn’t do that for the men’s Giro. The Tour will suck a lot of reporting over to France but hopefully there are a few sage reporters and photos who know women’s racing and Italy are a great combination.
Marianne Vos, Marianne Vos, can someone beat Marianne Vos? I like her, she seems a very nice person and a supremely gifted cyclist but really ladies, someone has to step up. I am a broken record about this. Maybe she is Ellen Merckx and no one will dominate so when she retires but I would love to see many other badass women up on the top step of the podiums too. Let it begin this Sunday. And don’t Delgado yourself out of this VSP with TdF fever.
From Giovinazzo to Cremona, the Giro Donne
Stage: 1 – 30 June : Giovinazzo – Margherita de Savioa, 124.30 km
Stage: 2 – 1 July : Pontecagnano Faiano, 99.60 km
Stage: 3 – 2 July : Cerro al Volturno , 111.60 km
Stage: 4 – 3 July : Monte San Vito – Castelfidardo, 137.20 km
Stage: 5 – 4 July : Varazze – Monte Beigua, 73.30 km
Stage: 6 – 5 July : Terme di Premia – San Domenico , 121.00 km
Stage: 7 – 6 July : Corbetta , 120.00 km
Stage: 8 – 7 July : Cremona ITT, 16.00 km
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VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens, ev
3. Van dijk
4. Johannsen
5. luperini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Stevens, evelyn
3. Van dijk
4. Johannsen, emma
5. luperini
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Johannsen
4. Stevens
5. Pooley
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Tiffany Cromwell
4. Bronzini
5. Tatiana Giuderzo
VSP PICKS:
1. marianne Vos
2. Pooley
3. stevens
4. Bronzini
5. Johannsen
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Emma Johansson
3. Emma Pooley
4. Georgia Bronzini
5. Evelyn Stevens
As a side note, thanks to the Keepers for gender equity and giving me something else to research in foreign languages I can't speak to read the tea leaves of women's cycling. I'm loving learning the whole cast of characters just like I loved learning names like LeMond, Hinault, Miller, and Jean Francois Bernard when I was but a young pup.
VSP PICKS:
1. Marianne Vos
2. Evelyn Stevens
3. Valentina Carretta
4. Mara Abbott
5. Ina Teutenberg
VSP PICKS:
1. M Voss
2. G Bronzini
3. E Stevens
4. E Van Dijk
5. A Van Der Breggen
Alrighty ladies, let's rock!
VSP PICKS:
1. M Voss
2. E Van Dijk
3. E Stevens
4. E Pooley
5. S Olds
VSP PICKS:
1. Vos
2. Bronzini
3. Stevens
4. Pooley
5. Van Dijk