Tag: cycling

  • un corto per favore

    Mokarabia Espresso

    Impossible to start the day at the last EUROBIKE without a corto (corto or basso is the true italian caffè)lovely prepared by ROBERTO, barman and salesman for MOKARABIA at the THULE booth.
    Photo Antonello Tabarelli de Fatis

  • nice-nice

    Training in Nice

    This is only one of my road maps, but the most preferred, I use for my trainings here in Nice. 130km in a wonderful landscape with wonderful panorama, two GPM, Col de Vence(1st Cat.) et Col de Gourdon(2nd Cat.) and when you approach Grasse, a ecstasy of colors and perfumes. I love to ride here especially in winter or early spring when the nord is covered in snow and cold. Zero traffic, good roads, very few cars and enough fountains to fill the bottle in summer.
    So if you plan a winter training for the next saison, or if you are a tour operator, a travel agency or simply you run a cycling-oriented hotel and are interested in organizing fantastic cycling tours around Nice, please feel free to contact me.

    «Dans mon esprit, le Tour ne se gagne pas en juillet, il se gagne pendant l’hiver et le printemps, en rouland quand d’autres n’en ont pas envie.» LANCE ARMSTRONG – Chaque seconde compte – Editions Albin Michel.

  • an afternoon at the velodrome

    Afternoon at the Velodrome

    An afternoon at the Prague-Trebesin Velodrome. Photo Kristina Blazkova.


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  • agosto

    Chopper

    I love August, not only because I was born in August. No stress, no races, no hard trainings, just cool down, August is for me a very slow month. Also how is written sounds “lento” A-GO-STO. In August with my family we went to our cottage in Val di Fiemme and this was the bike I used for my summer Easy Rider‘s rides. RALEIGH CHOPPER in Fizzy Lemon. A terrific dangerous bike, but a touch of British style in the Dolomiti. Buon Agosto a tutti quanti.

  • mirtillo

    Blueberry in Prague

    I love blueberries, but only the small, natural and acidic one(bottom row). Blueberries are rich in vit.C, antioxidants and fibers and are also rich in anthocyanin an anti-inflammatory substance that helps the arteries and prevent the legs from the stress of training in this hot season. She is my daily supplier of deliciuos, genuine and every day fresh blueberries. At the corner between Narodni and Jungmannova. Photo Antonello Tabarelli de Fatis

  • salo

    Salo at the Trebesin Velodrome in Prague

    SALO before the start of the Pursuit at the Trebesin Velodrome in Prague. Photo Antonello Tabarelli de Fatis

  • grazie mille

    Lorenzo Taxis

    Let me say a huge-huge-huge grazie mille to LORENZO TAXIS, Chief Marketing and Communication CAMPAGNOLO. Two days before the race, by changing the wheels I noticed that the bolt of the rear brake shoe was damaged. Racing in this condition was a risk, pushing hard on all the downhills the next Sunday. After checking by all the shops in the valley(it is incredible, with more than 9.000 cyclists they do not stock spare-parts!) I went to the CAMPAGNOLO booth at the Expo zone. Here I met LORENZO TAXIS, I explained him my problem and as a talented mech he disassembled a rear brake from the display and gave me the new bolt. Grazie mille LORENZO and so sorry I was not on the podium! Photo Antonello Tabarelli de Fatis

  • rest day in val badia

    Val Badia

    «Le soir même, un peu effondrés avec Guimard, nous avons alors imaginé notre va-tout. Le profil de l’étape qui partait le lendemain, entre Val Gardena et Arabba, offrait éventuellement une possibilité. Quelques cols se profilaient, Campolongo, Pordoi, Sella, Gardena et retour par le Campolongo. J’etais impatient de tout miser sur une seule attaque. Et le lendemain, exactement à l’endroit prévu, à 55 kilomètres du but, je suis parti seul dans le froid et la brume, que je détestais tant…»         
    LAURENT FIGNON – Nous étions jeunes et insouciants – Éditions Grasset et Fasquelle 2009.

  • way home

    Italian highway

    The last sunset on the Italian highway. Photo Antonello Tabarelli de Fatis