Giro d'Italia, stage one, a Canadian in the pink jersey.....

[leftcoaster]

Congrats to SVein Tuft of Vancouver who led his team, Orica Green Edge, across the line in the team time trial.

Garmin crashed and finished well back in last....and lost 3:26 to the laeaders..........

[Stéphane Tran]

I am so happy for Tuft. Seeing the mile-wide smile on that fuzzy mug of his was awesome, and it's nice to have an untainted Canadian rider to cheer for at the Giro.

Here's an excerpt from a VeloNews article about Svein:
"One winter Tuft spent so much of his off-season skiing and snowboarding that when the time came around for training camp, he was short on base miles. So he simply rode down Highway 101 from Vancouver to team camp in Southern California, packing camping gear, a sack of potatoes, and Bear [his dog], drinking from streams and cooking by campfire. Because it was February, he faced wind and rains almost the entire trip."
Full article at http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/ ... Ypf2KWP.99

UPDATED: Orica Greenedge "Backstage Pass" video for the TTT stage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2A-GqLoxFhM

[leftcoaster]

Team TT pitfall - two wheels touching - Garmin - May 9......

http://www.steephill.tv/players/youtube ... Nk&yr=2014

[Lister Farrar]

Yes! I think we should wear pink for the Ttt sessions Thursday.