The first edition went from operations plan to start gun in a little over three months, with organisers hearing "this will never happen" again and again. It had that many people at the finish line." The Giro always has a lot of fans that turn out, and I would say it was as if we were finishing a stage in Milan or Rome. I would compare it to the bigger Classics, or Grand Tours in Europe. "People were on rooftops, streets were full, and it was really loud. And it was the talking point - how big the Tour of California was right off the bat. “I mean, coming into Santa Rosa that day, to see how big the crowd was, that was more than I had imagined. The 25 most memorable races of the last 25 yearsĪfter a Prologue in San Francisco to start the race in 2006, stage 1 went to his hometown of Santa Rosa. The Marianne Vos effect: 2012 Olympics-Worlds and the elevation of women's cyclingįeed the beast: Covering Lance Armstrong for Cyclingnews Mark Cavendish: From fat banker to sprinting GOAT
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