One foot in front of the other.
Angelo Zomegnan, the race director of Italy’s famed Giro d’Italia is going out on a limb. He and his well know marketing prowess want to bring the first two stages of the famed 2,000 mile race to Washington, D.C. in 2012.
Even Zomegnan himself is quoted as saying, “Is it crazy? Oh sure, yes, I’ve heard that…But I think it is good to take chances. I don’t say, why. I say, why not?”. The main reason for the speculation is the riders’ ability to deal with the physical aspects of jet lag and the toll it takes on our bodies. Not to mention the logistics of taking 198 riders, their crews, their bikes (multiple for each rider), their gear and all the requisite accoutrement across the Atlantic…TWICE.
Not everyone is against the plan, which would cost an estimated $5 million. Some think it is not only feasible, but Garmin-Transitions team leader Christian Vande Velde went so far as to say, “I think if you are intelligent about the whole matter and are civil to the riders, it would be beautiful and really cool, and it would bring a lot of recognition for our sport.”
What do you think? Its one thing for everyday athletes like most of us to travel and then race, but what about athletes who’s every breath is monitored?
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Sure why not? And while we’re at it, how about a “Tour de World”? A mega six-week stage race with a week’s worth of stages on each continent? 6 days in North America (3 in the US, 2 in Canada, 1 in Mexico?), 6 in South America, 6 days in Europe, 6 in Asia, Australia, and Africa. Why not? I mean, who cares about logistics, right?
(just demonstrating absurdity by being absurd)
Brandon, I know you know but I want to remember you that Zomegnan planned that the next Giro will start from Amsterdam (with 3 stages in Holland and all the next in Italy). The 2009′s edition had a stage in Austria, the 2008 a stage in Switzerland, the 2007 a stage in France and a stage in Austria, the 2006 four stages in Belgium and so on. I think it’s just marketing: new roads makes people talk more about the Giro and the sponsors may pay more. I am very sorry for this image (another one – sigh) that Italy gives for itself in the World. I love my country but, day after day, I don’t like most of our managers/politicians and so on.