Got back from the Worlds in Verona yesterday. Had a fantastic time! We were very late booking a hotel and with 2 weeks to go we just took pot luck but what luck! We got a room on the finishing straight at the 150m to go mark and to top it all we had a 4th floor with a balcony! We could even see the finish line. It was incredible - we couldn't have planned it better.
The girls race on Saturday was good. Parts of the course through Verona were quite narrow so you got really good view of the riders and mens race on Sunday was brilliant - such an exciting finish.
In the evening all of Verona was partying and a big band of Dutch fans, all dressed in orange were playing oompah music,while loads of very merry Belgiums danced out side one of the street cafe. It was such a party atmosphere - you would have thought it was them who'd won!
Meanwhile the Spanish fans formed a huge flag waving crowd in front of the podium to cheer on Oscar Friere. Later on I passed Paulini who'd go the bronze and saw he'd swapped jersey's with Eric Zabel who came 2nd, and looked very funny with blue Italian team shorts & gillet but with German team colours on his top. He was weaving his way through the crowd with his 2 year old daughter sitting on his handle bars.
It was a great weekend and Verona is an amazing place. Seriously need to work off all that pizza and ice cream now...!
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10-05-2004, 04:30 AM #1
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MM reporting back from the Worlds!
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10-05-2004, 06:30 AM #2
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10-05-2004, 06:37 AM #3
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MM, wow, Italy, Verona and racing....
I wanna be you when I grow up ;-)Fancy Schmancy Custom Road bike ~ Mondonico Futura Legero
Found on side of the road bike ~ Motobecane Mixte
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10-05-2004, 12:12 PM #4
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It was a great weekend. My BF & I met up with a friend who lives in New Jersey for the winter but she spends May - October in Itlay as a ride guide for an American cycling holiday company. She's totally in love with Italy and speaks perfect Italian.
We also met up with a friend from LA who was there as an official photographer for cyclingnews.com. His name is Mitch Friedman - check out some of his pics on the CN website!
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10-07-2004, 07:04 PM #5
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Did you get to watch the men's ITT and see Michael Rogers win? I'm so proud - 2 world titles in 2 years. And he finished in the top 25 in this years tour. All this and he's only 24yrs old. Watch out world - here comes a new road superstar!
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