Publicus said:
I would not agree. The racing is good, don't get me wrong, but I'm always waiting for one or more of the riders to separate the wheat from the chaff. Very defensive riding--no one is going for the win in the Giro, so much as they are trying to maintain their current gap or not lose any time. Kudos for Hesjedal for riding his race yesterday, but I think Basso waited too long to start trying to apply pressure to win (should have, IMHO, been looking to gain time in the first two weeks as well).
When a Canadian injects the passion that the Italians and Spaniards do not have or refuse to display, there's a problem! just kidding, but it seemed a bit ironic to me. This isn't to say they weren't on the rivet, but still it just was so dull with the exception of Hesjedal. Catching youtube synopses at the end of the day was more than sufficient.
my people let me down!!!
When someone throws it down, even what little Hesjedal did, Alberto looks forward to that moment, what I saw at the Giro this year looked like a bunch of guys who dreaded the moment when they would have to dig down to find out what they had left. To say this is better racing is just crazy.
I am curious to see how the next two GT's will compare to this passionless parade. Especially when AC will have so little racing leading up to the Vuelta. It will be like watching Ali defending his title after a very long layoff.
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