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I root against Penn State every time they have a game on TV. It’s not just what Paterno allowed to happen but the defiance of that whole community in defending him to the teeth—and building a statue to him. I find their “white out” games highly ironic as a manifestation of their holier-than-thou...

Aside from the racing, for scenery aficionados Gavarnie is among the greatest, though the stage will finish short of the uppermost part of the valley.

I guess that would depend upon what one considers to be the 3rd-best GT ;)(English sentence construction can be a bear :) )

I think that misses the original point. It was if one of them attends the race and the others aren't there they will win. Or if only 2 are in a race and the others aren't they will fight for the win. Yes, you could say there just a Big 1, but what's the point of that?

Argh!

That's great to know!. Sometimes that idea that a city/region hosts a race finish to promote their tourism potential is true--I will hope to go to that area next time in Italy.

He didn't say it was you that commented every year ;)

I've very much enjoyed this race every year--it's a lovely send off for the road season

beautiful city to boot

Dang, they paved this section :(

I’m looking forward to watching Veneto tomorrow as the swan song to the road cycling season. I enjoy this race but it’s too bad the course only makes one trip through the dirt/gravel roads of the Diesel Farm (on the final). That section has a nice low-key Strade Bianchi vibe...

That would be pretty close to my top 5 as well.

We do too. My daughter and I were thrilled to be at the game/ceremony to retire his number this summer.

Yup. And I've been following the team for 45 years of their 49-year existence. That's why there's quite a buzz around town this week. But as Mariners fans, we also are a bit fatalistic and know that things can still go terribly wrong ;)

Exciting time to be in Seattle! I was at the Mariner's win in Game 2 of the division series. The feel in the ballpark is like nothing I've experienced in the 45 years of attending games there. Not just that it was exciting at the end--I've been to many games that had that--but that the entire...