Procycling

A mountain like this requires class

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There’s no escaping the fact that Monte Grappa is very hard and they’ll have 45 minutes of riding it flat-out. Obviously it’s about character and class at this point but grand tours are about how you manage your own strength.

People always say the Giro doesn’t start until the mountains but those first 12 days or so will have been critical. They will effect riders’ performanc­es here, because every previously wasted drop of energy will cost them double. It’s about the cumulative effect of all the silly little mistakes, all the stress, all the missed sleep. These things all make a difference and they are the factors which can decide the Giro.

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