Felix Lowe nug seb Strade Bianche, thaum muaj 13 xyoos xwb, twb yog Monument hauv txhua yam tab sis lub npe
Tus yam ntxwv no tau tshwm sim hauv Is Taws Nem 72 ntawm Cyclist magazine
Koj puas tau hnov ib tug hais txog gran fondo uas nrov heev nws spawned pro haiv neeg thiaj li nrov nws mus txog legendary txheej xwm nyob rau hauv ib xyoo caum?
Tej yam no feem ntau tshwm sim rov qab, thiab qeeb qeeb. Nws siv ib puas xyoo rau cov monoliths ntawm cobbled siab phem, Roubaix thiab Flanders, yuav spun tawm mus ua sportives.
Tab sis tsis muaj dab tsi li ib txwm hais txog Strade Bianche. Piggybacking ntawm retro wool 'n' vintage tsheb kauj vab craze ntawm Eroica gran fondo, Strade Bianche yog lub koob tsheej ntawm nostalgia - txawm tias qhov tseeb tsis ntev los no Fabian Cancellara tau yeej nws ntau zaus dua li lwm tus nrog nws txoj kev vam meej hauv 2008, 2012 thiab 2016.
Lub Peb Hlis Ntuj no, kev sib tw hu ua 'Tebchaws Europe Sab Qab Teb Sab Qab Teb Sab Qab Teb' muaj hnub nyoog 13 xyoos - lub hnub nyoog uas peb feem coob tsis tau plam lub siab tawv los tham nrog cov poj niam sib txawv, cia nyob ib leeg khav theeb tsis txawj tuag.
Tam sim no, nws yog qhov muaj koob meej uas twb tau hais rau Strade Bianche los koom nrog cov npe zoo nkauj ntawm Monuments - hnub nyoog nruab nrab, 107.
Ib daim ntawv qhia classic
Tsis muaj qhov tsis ntseeg nws khav theeb cov khoom xyaw uas yuav tsum tau ua rau Classic: Chianti vineyards; cov txiv ntseej groves; Tuscany's dov toj, cypress ntoo thiab qhib vistas; lub iconic tiav hauv Siena's Piazza del Campo (hauv duab ntxoov ntxoo ntawm Torre del Mangia); thiab cov eponymous dawb av lem.
Tus sterrati yog qhov tseeb USP ntawm Strade Bianche. Roubaix muaj nws cov cobbles; Flanders nws bergs; Liège-Bastogne-Liège nws cov cotes; Milan-San Remo lub Poggio thiab Cipressa; thiab Lombardia cov dej ci ntsa iab ntawm Lake Como.
Tab sis daim npav hu xov tooj ntawm Strade Bianche yog cov ceg-sapping stretches ntawm pob zeb uas zig-zag lawv txoj hauv kev ua liaj ua teb thiab rhuav lub pob sib nrug ntau tshaj li qhov crosswind tuaj yeem.
Ua si hauv huab cua tsis muaj kev cia siab, nws yog ib qho nyuaj-thiab-tshaj qhov xwm txheej thiab tseem khav theeb tus kws yees duab Jered Gruber hu ua 'zoo tshaj plaws tag kis' - ib qho 18% flagstone nce ntawm Via Santa Caterina.
Nws yog kev sib tw uas tsim nyog tau pom kev sib tw ntawm Coppi thiab Bartali - dhau kev sib koom swigs los ntawm straw-encased bidon
of rosso.
Koj tuaj yeem xav txog Hinault yeej yeej hauv Siena ua ntej cog lus tias yuav tsis rov qab mus rau qhov kev lom zem xws li 'tus npua ruam'.
Yog li, dab tsi txwv peb los ntawm kev sau npe Strade Bianche lub thib rau Monument? Loj thiab hnub nyoog. Tus hluas tshaj plaws uas twb muaj lawm Monument, ncig saib ntawm Flanders, yog ib tug wrinkly 105 xyoo, thaum lub sij hawm nruab nrab ntawm ib ncig ntawm 260km dwarves lub p altry Tuscan 175km.
Kev pib txo hwj chim
Qhov tau hais tias, nws tsim nyog nco ntsoov tias lub koob npe nrov ntawm ob lub Monuments nto moo tshaj plaws yog ib feem ntawm qhov kev tsis pom tseeb: cov ntawv sau ntxov ntawm Roubaix tsis muaj Arenberg thiab ob peb cobbles; ditto Flanders nrog nws hellingen thiab Muur.
Yam tsawg kawg Strade Bianche tau teeb tsa nws lub tsev muag khoom ntxov. Rau tag nrho nws cov keeb kwm faux-keeb kwm, ua rau sab nraum qab ntawm gimmicky gran fondo, nws yog qhov kev tawm tsam ntawm mythical.
Nws yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg, vim tias yog tias koj hais kom tib neeg rov qab lawv cov ntawv nyiam, tej zaum lawv yuav ua yuam kev coj Cadel Evans' av nkos yeej nyob rau hauv 'mythical' 2010 tsab - uas yog ib theem ntawm Giro d'Italia..
Strade Bianche yog kev sib tw yuav luag ib txwm yeej los ntawm ib pawg neeg xaiv. Tag nrho tab sis ob ntawm cov yeej dhau los tau yog Monument champions, Olympic medalists lossis World Champions.
Yog li, txog thaum peb pom ib tsab ntawv rau cov ntawv sau tseg - kev sib tw pulverized los nag lossis ib qho uas thawj zaug ntawm qhov kawg khoov tsis yeej, lub npe Monument yog tsis mus.
Nyob rau hauv luv luv, txog rau thaum Strade Bianche nplooj ntawv Wikipedia tau sau nrog cov dab neeg ntawm kev txom nyem uas Cadel cov kab txaij tawg paj tawg, tus hluas tshaj Classic yuav tsis yog Monument.
