For All You Dave Stollers Out There...

I just subscribed to RAI on my cable system – Verizon FIOS. It’s kind of like an Italian, sports-heavy version of BBC America. It covers a lot of bike races, in genuine Italian gibberish.

The nice thing about the Giro d’Italia coverage, besides the constant broadcasting of hot chicks, babies and interesting things like the Ferrari test track, is that they show the interesting little things that make up the race. For instance, an Astana rider cruising through the feed zone, and having a game of trying to pelt the Soigneur with a water bottle. Or following Danilo DiLuca as he car surfs up through the support train after getting a bike change from the LPR team car. Or the Moto chatting with the riders as he cruises through the peloton. Interesting stuff you don’t get on Versus.

I’m pretty chuffed about it and am reminded again that Italy is a pretty interesting place.

It’s a rest week and I just did a nice loosening up ride with Jon and Kyle and Kid, but have got nothing really interesting to say about anything right now. Yet, we’re on the downslide into a long weekend, so you should have something nice to take away with you into your weekend by way of thanks for stopping by. So for all you aspiring Stollers and Enricos and Cipos out there, here’s my two favorite renditions of Il Barbeiro di Sevilla. I suspect you’ll like one or the other.







And as a double added bonus, here's the second prettiest song in all of opera, right behind Nessun Dorma.