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Italian cycling is in crisis, whilst French cycling, long in the shadows of their southern ?>neighbour, is in the ascendancy. And everyone knows the Italians love a bit of polemica.
The tales Fignon, Merckx, Hinault tell of taking on the Giro and basically having Italians do everything they can to stop them from winning are ace. I think cycling's moved on a bit since then, but then corruption and Italy do still seem to go together like a bowl of pasta and some lovely parmesan.
You're right, of course, about the ascent of the Cipressa being slow this year... but still, to get the KOM? And win the sprint? I'm still struggling.
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Does that photo, published by Tutobici, a respected Italian magazine, claiming that it proved that Demare cheated not worry you?
Inrng did 5 minutes research and proved it to be completely false. Could someone on their editorial staff not have done the same?
Italian cycling is in crisis, whilst French cycling, long in the shadows of their southern neighbour, is in the ascendancy. And everyone knows the Italians love a bit of polemica.