A Wild Ride
Yours Truly is a cycling fan, but not big enough to go cycling himself, or sit for five to six hours a day just to watch how a stage race unfolds. Last night, Yours Truly had time to watch Stage 5 of this year’s Giro d’Italia, and just as he was hearing his son complaining that cycling races are boring, he caught a huge break. Because last night’s race was a doozy. Yours Truly’s channel-surfing stopped when he saw cyclists racing in torrential rain in the latter part of the race where two cyclists, Spain’s Igor Arrieta and Portugal’s Afonso Eulalio, had broken away with some 20km to go. Yours Truly is a huge proponent that all races, be it Formula One, MotoGP or the Iditarod, should run in rain artificial or not, as moisture is the biggest equaliser of all and helps pick out the best from the rest. He thought that something crazy would happen soon to the two breakaway cyclists given how bad the condition was. And he was right. Arrieta, son of former professional Jose Luis, ...
