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Stage 2: Budapest (ITT)
Yes I know it’s the “Race of Truth” where the individual rider cannot fall back on his super domestiques to keep him out of the wind and fetch the snacks and cocktails from the bar, but it’s not the most exciting racing to watch IMHO. Someone fell off, but I can’t even remember who it…
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Stage 1: Budapest to Visegrád
The Easternmost stage of any grand tour, the Giro got underway in Budapest, a couple of years after it was intended. Green, White and Red were the colours of the day – horizontal for Hungary and vertical for Italy. This was echoed by the profile which was 190 km of flattish boring followed by 5…