Michele Scarponi was killed this morning while out on a training

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RIP

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never heard of him

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Frankie will never ride with his friend again :(

>>75414420

t. Froome bandwagoner

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F eels bad man

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fuck i'm actually sad
he was a top guy

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>>75414257
F.

Rest with the other dangermen, champion.

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F - you always were the most funny and humble guy at astana and your last picture tears me apart

goodbye champion

damn he just won a stage at the tour of the alps

>>75414586
>April 21st
fuck

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>>75414586
This was yesterday right?
Very very sad. This just hurts.

>>75414586
Those poor kids ;_;

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>>75414586
didn't need to see that picture, really didn't

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>>75414257
fuck it's true
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>>75414257
Hahaha who the fuck follows bicycle riders

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That's what you get for going outside

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Why is it always trucks?

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>>75414761
Undeniable truth.

>>75414586
Oh god. That is sad.

Who?

>>75414586
fuck

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>>75414586
It was yesterday

Damn. = \

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>>75414761
bikes were a mistake

>>75414923
http://youmedia.fanpage.it/video/ab/VtwgyOSwhoJW1E5C

>>75414257

I guess he's Mascarponi now.

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>>75414942
fuck, somebody from /cyc/ gif the highlights of this

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>>75414257
>truck-kun is such a powerful character, he's even broken out to the real world

OD'd on epo?

>Just won a stage on the Tour of the Alps

Jesus Christ how random and sad

rip in piece

Was the killer found?

damn...

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>>75414586

>>75414586
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>>75414586

ah lads

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>>75414586
christ

>>75414586
Damn, this is really fucking sad

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>>75414586
>>75415284
oh lord

I can't believe this many people care about roid-pedal.

Just read about it on the Gazza, still can't believe it.
Read yesterday he would have been the leader of Astana at the Giro instead of Aru.

As a motorcyclist I know how often the other road users feel about them but we all must never forget how weak they are compared to cagers and bikers.

Apparently some imbecile with a van didn't give him way.

RIP

So sad. All headlines talking about how he died 'in a collision with a van.' He was killed by the stupid cunt driving the van, get it right.

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fucking cagers must be stopped


murderous shits
cager genocide when???

gonna go out today and hold up traffic in his honour

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>>75414586
Deserved for watching furore desu

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>>75414586

>>75415604
Maybe if you tried doing an alpine mountain on a bicycle you would know why people have an high opinion of cyclists.

>>75415683
kek

>>75415746
>mfw it's real

Based Eurosport

RIP

>>75415746
>>75415785
based coluche reference


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>>75415717

I've got a high opinion of their doctors.

>>75414257
>>>/asp/

>>75415817
You have got a high opinion of sheep and we are not judging.

>>75415823
what does wrestling have to do with this

>>75415817
No one asked, fuck off.

>>75415817
>>75415823
poo peeland is just mad they cant compete in any globally relevant sports

>>75415604
professional cycling is easily one of the most difficult and demanding sporting endeavors in the world. The marque Tours span 2,500+ miles and over 20,000+ meters of climbing in three weeks, with at most 2 or 3 rest days. They fly down alpine descents at 60+ mph with marginal protection, rain or shine. I really cannot think of any sport that is as brutal at the highest-level as cycling is.

>>75415785
>>75415808
Explain pls. I know that camion is truck but I don't get it.

>>75415604
literally couldnt name a single athlete from NZ other than jonah lomu 2bh

The fucking truck didn't respect the priority apparently
It's a murder

>>75415855
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HLf1eBvUUU

>>>/n/

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>>75414586
fuck you im sad now

>>75414257
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Was an Islamic truck of peace?

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>michele
haha thats a girls name

Michele :(

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>>75415284
>>75414586

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>>75416356
Here's another girls name

>>75414586
d-delet

sticky for marscaponi pls

rip whoever u are

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FUCKING CAGERS REEEEEE!!!!!

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Will miss him and Frankie both. Automated cages can't come out fast enough.

>>75415817
>>75415604
Are you trying to imply that cyclists are the only athletes to have used PEDs?

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Astana riders crying on the startline in Croatia earlier

>>75414257
Is riding a bike a sport?

Why are we assuming the cager was at fault here?

Everyone knows cyclists are the ones with zero respect for traffic laws

>>75416944
it's amazing how many idiots ride bikes on the side of US1 highway at 5:30 in the morning

>>75416955
>implying no motorbikers and car drivers
>muh fines industry

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some pics of the accident
apparently the driver didn't see him and didn't give him right of way
it's pretty much murder, especially with the new laws in Italy, so i hope he gets a severe punishment

>>75416963

Why shouldn't they?

>>75416997
>That woman in the background

Wife or driver?

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>>75416955
because that's what the first impression is
truck ran this stop sign (or started too early invading the street) and Scarponi crashed on its front/right side, then got thrown across the street
he died on the spot


the only fault Scarponi might have had was speeding, which is kind of inevitable for a top level cyclist
there really should be more secure areas where road cyclist could train safely

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>>75416997
>severe punishment
well, they are not going to be wildly popular in Italy are they? probably safer in jail.

>>75416997
either wife or astana member you can see their eagle logo on her back

>>75417076
>>75417236

This will really fuck up the whole peleton, going to see a lot of nerves in the grand tours.

>cycling

Top jej. Nobody gives a shit

>>75417350
You mistook >cycling with >binland

>>75414586
Right in the feels.
RIP Michele

>>75417350
Nobody gives a shit about you so go kill yourself.

>>75417381
>encouraging your countrymen to kill themselves

is this why all finns commit sudoku?

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>>75417076
wife
the driver was a 57 yo who actually knew Scarponi personally (this happened just outside the town they're both from, which holds less than 10000 inhabitants)

>>75417152
it's not like there was going to be an angry mob asking for his head
from what i've gathered the general sentiment is just grief and sadness, not anger or thirst for revenge

>>75417506
Oh man

>The Italian had also faced doping sanctions. He was banned for 18 months in July 2007 following the long-running Operation Puerto doping scandal, while he served a three-month suspension from the end of 2012 after working with the banned physician Michele Ferrari.

I have zero knowledge of pro-cycling, but how can people tolerate that? Obviously it's sad that he died, but why are people talking forgiving obvious cheaters? Not just that, they don't shame them publicly, they even honor them like the Serie A with the 1 minute of silence this weekend.

>>75417561
I think cycling fans generally watch their sport with their eyes open regarding doping, unlike football, athletics, tennis, Am. football fans etc.

No one applauds doping, but it was a big part of the sport for a long time and will continue to be so. We can still celebrate a nice person like Scarponi even if we disapprove of what he did.

I'm sure people would still celebrate the great Barcelona team of the past decade even if the truth about their doping came out.

>>75417506
jesus

>>75417614
this. Only delusional Sky-bandwagoners think cycling is clean (which is ironic since Sky are obviously dirty as fuck). I personally don't really care, I want entertaining races. The problem is when a team like Sky or US Postal are on such a superior program that they can boss every race and dominate every mountain stage.

>>75417614

What kind of image are they broadcasting in the world though? Dope as long as no one cares or finds out? Even if we find out, we'll forgive you for skewing the sport itself and turning everything into a joke?
How can people take a sport seriously when the playing field isn't even? If they want to use those substances to increase performance, just distribute them equally and make them mandatory.

ITT: Crocodile tears

You can't laugh at terrorist attacks, school shootings or plane crashes and act like you're sad when a cyclist dies.

>>75414257
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>>75417561
we're not mourning the athlete, we're mourning the person, but since he was a stand out personality in the sports world it is the sports world that will be honoring him
also his doping ban was't even for taking PEDs (he was never found guilty of it through tests) as you can read in your own post, and we learned our lesson about publicly shaming supposed dopers with Pantani

>>75414586
>>75415284
WELP

>>75414586
damn...

i have that same ikea rug

poor kids

>>75417561
Because we know that everyone dopes. They still suffer just as much on the bike. The only difference is that they're going slightly faster than they would without it. People start getting to the barricades when one person/team blatantly overdoes it and starts to dominate. Even worse if they act like a grade A cunt while doing so like certain guy who's missing a testicle. US Postal overdid it. Sky is getting dangerously close to that. Only the most hardcore skywagoners still believe that their marginal gains are clean.

>>75417698
Are you aware that athletes dope just as much in every single sport? Cycling isn't any different from literally any other sport. They just take a different approach to it. All the major team sports just don't test the athletes for shit or have plenty of substances that are allowed. Some other sports just hide the possible positives from their start athletes.

>>75417506
wow this is really sad

literally who?

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>>75417561
i can honour every cyclist cause its the toughest pro sport i don't really care if they doped or not it's still a performance every amateur envies - sitting on your bike for 5-7 hours and that for 3 weeks with 20.000 meter altitude difference in the grand tours

>>75417732
i know that cyclist better from following his carreer the last 10 years than all those people listed you edgy subhuman

>>75416997
>it's pretty much murder
No, it's not if you use a car.

>>75417786

>Are you aware that athletes dope just as much in every single sport?
[citation needed]

There's also a difference in how effective it is. Take football for example. You can't really cheat there, because it boils down to 90% skill. Cycling, as far as I can tell as a layman, is 98% endurance. That is something you can effectively improve.
I would be seriously offended if I were a fan of such a sport and hoping to see how far a "clean" human body can go, but instead got served with that.

>>75417732
i'll ask for your permission next time i wanna feel sad or happy, since maybe that's not the emotion you, the Lord of Edge, had planned for me

>>75417698
I think they broadcast the most realistic image of any sport.
It would be easy to get rid of bad doping stories: Just abolish the biological passport and stip doing out-of-competition testing or give athletes secret suspensions and pretend they are injured like they do in football and tennis.

Athletes in all sports dope. Cycling just takes it more seriously than any other sport.

>>75417506

Jesus. This is like something from a movie. Looks like he's still clipped in too

>>75417887
I'm pretty sure those super tight, constant passes and triangles Barcelona do are much easier in the 85th minute if you are on a regime of blood doping/EPO or similar.
You can't seperate technical skills from endurance like you are trying to do.

Anyone watching tour of Croatia. Astana going for the win.

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>>75417820
Fuck off Arg. More and more I believe this is the greatest sport there is. Even the obvious cunts have my respect. Even if I had the talent I would never want to be a pro and suffer that life.
Also, Scarponi was one of the most respected and liked cyclists in the peloton, it's sickening that he's gone just like that, people are bound to be sad and angry about it.

>>75417872
we have a new law that indroduces the felony of "omicidio stradale", basically road murder
it's intermediate between manslaughter and murder, with jail time up to 20 years (for drunk driving or hit-and-runs)
i'm no lawyer but i think in this case the driver could end up in jail for 10+ years

>>75417977
That was for Argentina, not you, replied to the wrong post.

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>>75417506
>clipped into bike
>paramedics didn't even remove helmet

Jesus Christ it must have been instant. Must have snapped his neck immediately upon impact and that was it

>>75417969
Nibali surely wants to win as well.

>>75417820
>front tire pressure
>brake lever positioning
>front light positioning
>stem not slammed
>no helmet
>skirts are definitely not aero
2/10 would not ride with

>>75417887
Are you trying to say that improving your endurance doesn't bring in any benefits in the second half of a football game. Yes it's a game of skill more than cycling but being faster, stronger and more durable than your opponent is still a massive advantage. PEDs also massively help with injuries making you heal considerably faster and being overall stronger might even save you from suffering some injuries in the first place.

If you think footballers who have ten's of millions, or clubs who have hundreds of millions on the line are clean then you're pretty naive.

>>75417977
Yeah I suppose you're right, I never said I didn't think it was sad btw people were only assuming that. But it feels hypocritical coming from the board that always laughs when people die, it's not like just because you don't know them those other people were any less important to others.

>>75418044
m8 that's just natural, the death of someone you knew, even if not personally, hits much harder than the death of many many more faceless strangers
but it's not like there aren't any jokes ITT either, that is just the kind of place 4chan is

>>75418123
Well you're right I didn't realize he was such a big deal and so close to Europeans

>>75417561
Everyone dopes in Cycling. It's endemic. It's still a harsh sport, so personally I respect them even if they dope.

>>75417732
This thread is most certainly not frequented by the kind of anons who laugh at things like those.

>>75417935
>>75418035
This.
>>75418044
You can't ask me to have much sympathy for some spic who used to play football (a crime in itself) before killing 3 people that hanged himself.
>>75418189
I don't think it's "close" to europeans. I think people simply respect cyclists here. No one could win a race by themselves, most cyclists will do a hiddne job for all their career and never get in the spotlight, even though they're not much "slower" than the team captain. Cyclists are down to earth and humble people, that's why they're beloved.

>>75418659
Yes, I think your last point is very important. Cyclists are accessible and available to the public in a way that athletes in no other pro sport are.

I have a much better picture of who Scarponi was or Michael Valgren is as a person than Messi or Lahm.

Both the fact that they are literally and physically accessible, but also that the sport itself tends to humanise them when they are left naked on theor own on a mountain.

>>75418659
>No one could win a race by themselves, most cyclists will do a hiddne job for all their career and never get in the spotlight,
This. Cycling is the ultimate team sport and a huge sacrifice. That's why I respect every rider in the peloton.
Shit, even if I were doped up on EPO and testosterone, I wouldn't even be close to being able to ride at their pace. Doping isn't everything, it still takes a lot of training.

>>75418715
And once you go ride up the same mountains for the first time the amount of respect you have for them massively skyrockets from whatever you had before that.

>>75418715
>the sport itself tends to humanise them
Yeah, this is a key point.

>>75417150
>there really should be more secure areas where road cyclist could train safely

Don't know how it is in Italy, but here in America you have to give Cyclist 3 feet of clearance but cyclist are told to obey the rules of traffic.

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>>75415683
i love inconveniencing cagers
>see fat cager woman texting on her phone
>pull up beside her at lights
>smash her window with my ulock
>squirt her with my bidon
>ride off

>>75417820
kek, that dress is fucked in the back and is basically an inch away from getting caught and ripping off her.

>>75418892
we don't have the three feet law here yet sadly, but that still wouldn't have prevented this accident

we should seriously have more bicycle lanes, more roads closed to traffic, cyclists are way too endangered on regular roads

>>75418981
I just spray them with concentrated sulphuric acid never fails lel

>>75419008
>we don't have the three feet law here yet sadly,
It's a stupid law. What you need is common sense. Don't drive or ride too fast and leave some space when you overtake cyclists and just fucking look left and right when you're at a stop. That's it.

>>75419110
This. Having a 3 feet passing rule doesn't do anything if the attitudes of drivers are shitty towards cyclists. Educating drivers and trying to improve their attitude towards cyclists would be much more useful.

cyclists shouldnt be allowed on the fucking road, nothing but a hazard

>>75419194
It goes both ways.
I'm a biker and I live in the alps, I can't predict to find cyclist in the middle of the road in a blind corner.
I respect them but they have to understand they're not the only road users.

>>75417150
so was this kind of a frontal accident? can you explain the dynamic of the crash better?

>>75419194
and cyclist (not the pro ones but a lot of idiot kids) should learn to put their fucking hands on their handlebar and not act like faggots cycling without hands (this at least here in italy, fucking teens acting like niggers on bike)

>>75419253
>>75419358
Absolutely. Can't expect drivers to act responsibility while acting like idiots yourself.

The best way to make drivers respect cyclists is to make everyone a cyclist.
Even if you yourself doesn't ride regularly, your kids, mom, wife, gf etc. does ot every day, so cyclists don't become a specific group of people, but basically everyone from a crown princess to a five year-old child.

Basically invest a lot of money in bicycling infrastructure and remove hills and move to a more temperate climate.

>>75419498
Which leads us to obvious question:

What's the casualty rate (per capita) of cyclists in country such as Netherlands, where everyone drives a bike?

:(
I'll remember you

The fucking last impeccable Euro Cyclist.

>>75419316
yes pretty much, seems like he was going along that turn (dunno if right to left or the other way) and the truck stuck out from the road with the stop sign while he was passing by, probably at speed too
it's something i'm making up with what i've heard from the news, looking at the truck, the body's position and the road, so don't take my word for granted

>>75419615
http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/04/the-netherlands-one-of-safest-eu-countries-to-use-the-roads-bike-deaths-an-issue/

>>75419615
A quick skim reveals that around 30 cyclists get killed per year in Denmark, where most people ride.
We are a country of 5,5m, I'm not good at math.

By comparison, the number of people deliberately murdered annually is usually around 50 here.

>>75419615
People who commute by cycling are 40% less likely to die than cagers. That's in the UK. And some Danish research came to a conclusion that commuting on a bike saved an obscene amount of money in health care.

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"First to my twin sons Giacomo and Tommaso – who often ask me when I'm going to win. And of course, this win is also for my wife, too, before I forget to mention her."

>>75419358
t. jelly as fuck he can't cruise and steer with no hands

i can handle my bike better than most casual riders with no hands, get good

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>s-so sad, someone died!! Better type F!!

Fuck off to Reddit

Good. FUCK bicyclists. Fucking scum that should get off my fucking road. Yuppie fucking shits

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>>75420566
>>75420620

I'd rather have Muslims coming to Europe than Americans. They really are a horrible nation of cunts.

>>75419055
Easy there Abdul.

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>>75419358

>>75421067
Why are Irish such pussies? They talk big but every time I've squared one up he's either pussied out or gotten dropped like a sack of potatoes

>>75421067
>caring about some random nigger that didnt even know you existed

cuck, go back to /pol/ you dumb potatonigger and leave your gay ass paddy shit there

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>>75417150
from corriere

i also recommend to filter us flags

and for the extra feel trip

https://www.instagram.com/tommasi.anna77/

>>75422660
That's criminal inattention and the driver should be charged with murder with a blunt instrument.

>>75417561
>>75417655
They should all dope or no dope, not 5 guys on superstuff. All I want, are races like the past cobbled classics or:
>Long range attacks in grand tours like based Contador, Landis 2006, A.Schleck 2011.
>More riders like ET-Ricco / Gilbert 2011 / Contador.
>Every day attacking like crazy.
>Giro 2015
>Cancellara's last KM in the TDF like 10 years ago against a sprinting peleton.

Those things will be remembered.

>>75422660
Good job, biker.

>Filter flags

Millennial mindset.

>Close my eyes and cover my ears so I don't experience confrontation and grow

>>75422735
>alexandrvinokurovDear Anna, we feel your pain. Our deep condolences! Please stay strong! Our team is there for you! You can rely on us. Michele will always stay in our hearts as real friend and joyful [email protected]

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>>75414457
Fucking F

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>>75422986

big talk from a bunch of edgy foul-mouthed teenagers ridiculing a dead father - maybe you will get it when you have kids on your own..

great work in showing that your country doesn't nor will have any culture

>>75422660
That's why I always brake when I reach an intersection.

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Poor kids

This is such a shame, poor dude. I'm an amateur cyclist in USA and characters like Michele are few and far between, so even though I've never met the dude it's hard not to feel like I know him after watching him race for so long. )-:

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>>75414586

>>75423377
Lmao if your definition of culture is giving a shit about some random nigger who doesn't know who you are

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>>75414586

>>75414257
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>>75417506
yooo OK my day is fucked

rip

>>75433114
but that is literally how we consider culture

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minute of silence before the start of LBL

https://twitter.com/Cyclingtimenews/status/856066528520814592

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>>75444914
heavy stuff. I hope for an Astana rider to win or at least an Italian victory today.

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http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/michele-scarponi-a-career-of-smiles-and-sacrifice/
'He was given a Bianchi bike for his first church communion and started racing when he was eight years old with a local club. His family sacrificed their weekends to support him and he won often, with the junior Italian national title at the age of 17 one of the most significant victories of his early years.'
>you will never give your eight year old son a Bianchi after his first communion

why is it always the good guys...

>>75414948
I see you inherited the power of German humor

>>75417506
damn his wife has a nice ass too

valverde won LBL (20.000€), nibali won tour de croatia both will give their prize money to micheles family