Motogiro d'Italia 2008 ROMA!

Motogiro d'Italia 2008 - Rome to Vieste and back. This year we started in Rome, one glance at the schedule could tell you the new team organizing the event this year was taking the compitition seriously - raising it to another level if you will. Nine hour days of mountain riding would have done just that but for the first time in eight years, we had days of bad weather. The result was the toughest Motogiro d'Italia yet. Thanks to Christian Clarke and Lorainne Bockmier for their fine photos.
Photos by Vicki Smith, Christian Clarke, Lorainne Bockmier. Story by Vicki Smith
Think this looks like fun? Here's the link for Motogiro America:
http://www.motogiroamerica.com/en/
and Motogiro d'Italia:
http://www.motogiroditalia.com/en/
Next year? Bologna to the Italian Riviera!!! See you there.

In the mountains when the little bikes have to pass them though, it's brutal, they are fast where we are slow, we are fast where they are slow, they have brakes and we don't, it's a bad mix and the best solution is to thread them as best you can and try and get as far ahead of them as possible, no problem as long as the road doesn't go straight. That's me and Rich working our way through the pack.

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In the mountains when the little bikes have to pass them though, it's brutal, they are fast where we are slow, we are fast where they are slow, they have brakes and we don't, it's a bad mix and the best solution is to thread them as best you can and try and get as far ahead of them as possible, no problem as long as the road doesn't go straight. That's me and Rich working our way through the pack.