BIKECULT.COM - BIKE WORKS NYC - EVENTS - MAY 2005

Giro d'Italia Bike Camp
Firenze & Maroista, Italy
14--21 May 2005


Taliah and I joined Carpenter/Phinney Bike Camp
to see the 88th Tour of Italy.

Part 1: Firenze
Part 2: Rossano Veneto & Maser
Part 3: Passo Duran



Today's 11th Tappa was a mountain day, finishing atop Zoldo Alto in the Dolomites.
We climbed the Passo Duran, 13 kilometers averaging 7.7% grade with 14% max.





Taliah under the Liquigas banner, past the campervans, closer to the tifosi.





Testa della corsa. Five leaders with 500 meters to the top.
Rujano, Basso, Simoni, Savoldelli and maglia rosa Di Luca, followed by
chasers Atenzia (Cofodis) and Caucchioli (Credit Agricole).





Here comes the huge autobus.





Taliah and Connie Carpenter, Bike Camp leader, on the Passo Duran.



Part 1: Firenze
Part 2: Rossano Veneto & Maser
© 2005 David Perry bikecult.com