March 14th, 2010

Simoni’s gamble: Colle delle Fenestre – Giro d’Italia 20050
Guy WR posted in Classic Stages on February 20th, 2007

As the old cycling adage goes, the Tour plus mountains equals the Giro. Which is not always the case, of course (although the 2007 route of Le Tour is less than adventurous in the mountains), but the Giro d’Italia has two factors in its favour as the race of choice for seeing exciting climbing action.
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Doping and climbing: an introduction3
Guy WR posted in Doping on February 19th, 2007

The implications of doping in the pro peloton for climbing and climbers have been profound and le grimpeur will be covering this theme in a series of posts. But for now, a brief history of doping as an introduction.
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