Bravo!

Bravo, Bravo...GIRO! Okay...I've been adicted to listening to the Giro on Eurosport radio (pronounced rah-dee-o). If you are a pro cycling geek like me...dial into www.eurosport.com, press the link for LIVE coverage and you too can enjoy the action. Its a bit discouraging that our American sport channels are filled with crying sportmen that are highly overpaid for games of mediocrity. But cycling is both an individual and team sport. The tactics are like chess. The strategy involves machine, man, nature and a little bit of drama. So...OLN once provided LIVE coverage...but the Italians charged too much this year...so we must listen to the helicopters, and play by play action. Funny, I almost prefer the audio commentary as my mind must engage the imagination. The picture I have here is Ivan Basso putting on the pressure on one of the steepest climbs during one of the first mountain stage races, where several guys cracked (namely Cunego). These guys will race for 20 days an average of 80 miles a day over MOUNTAINS and at 50k per hour on city streets. Amazing men.