Warring factions, splendid music. Watching "West Side Story" last night, I was reminded of what a great story gang action can be, Maria and Tony, Romeo and Juliet, Vicenzo and Primosz. Things don't change much over the centuries. Today, the Giro d'Italia comes to a last stage, after 21 stages winding in and out of the mountains of Italy. Beginning on May 11, today is the last stage of the race, a 17 km International Time Trial around the historic home of Romeo and Juliet, Verona. Individual struggle, Verona, sweat and skinsuits. What could be better than these to pass a good Sunday of Sports viewing? Much of the Giro is about gang action... the individual teams work hard on behalf of their own team leaders, and do their best to end the hopes of their opposing teams' leaders. Today is an individual time trial, meaning that no matter how each cyclist has reached his place in the rankings, today he is on his own. Readers of this space will remember Slovenian rider Primosz Roglic, whom we followed whilst he competed in ski jump, and followed his jump to cycling... With the podium in sight, he engaged in some unseemly behavior and was penalized today. He retains the third spot in the overall standings. By custom, the leaders in the general classification of the race begin last in an individual time trial. As of Stage 20, the following are in the top 10 of the overall Giro d'Italia: 1 Richard Carapaz (Ecuador) Movistar Team 83:52:22 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:54 3 Primoz Roglic (Slovenia) Team Jumbo-Visma 0:02:16 4 Mikel Landa (Spain) Movistar Team 0:03:03 5 Bauke Mollema (Holland) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:07 6 Miguel Angel Lopez (Colombia) Astana Pro Team 0:05:33 7 Rafal Majka (Poland) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:06:48 8 Simon Yates (Great Britain) Mitchelton-Scott 0:07:17 9 Pavel Sivakov (Russia) Team Ineos 0:08:27 10 Davide Formolo (Italy) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:10:06 Cycling again has done itself proud in this Giro. Cycling is always drug through the mud, as a sport of drugged up warring factions. The top ten list at the end of this Giro shows that they are from 8 different countries: cycling truly is a home of a diversity... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "omnisport" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/omnisport. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/omnisport/474454060.7662781.1559450807212%40mail.yahoo.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
