Hello my name is Ned Bolting. Welcome to the Roadbook part of the Never Strays Far family of podcasts in which I'm joined by David Miller and we never stray far from talking about road racing.

That's the theory. This is the recording. You're the audience. I San Diego in the Londia.

He won the opening time trial here at the Giro D'utalia.

He went on to claim victory overall, Abn't the Wel Welter and here he is looking to sign off

2090s in style he takes the Chiro del Anilia all

on his own own own own own. No one can answer them. He opens up a huge gap. He looks around.

All the time he does that most long to do nothing.

And Rogglish makes it 2 out and 2 in Italy.

He takes K-Valin Valin Valin, and he is on Tom Paul.

Well Ned, what on earth is going on in Italy?

It's been really, really good David. I've really enjoyed watching it. I saw a little bit of, well the two races you just heard a tiny bit of commentary from there. Giro del Emilia and the three valley Varizane. And they've been're really good I've really enjoyed watching the

races and we spoke about it didn't we with Matt Rendle the other day but David it's

kind of lived up to its billing yeah I mean these races have always been that they're sort of hidden in the

calendar to a certain degree where a lot of the momentum has gone from the majority of

the peloton but also the fans if you will and yet these races exist in

they're fantastic races and for many years they they did really hold a classic

status and although they still are Milan Tor Torino, which is happening today, is one of the oldest bike races on the calendar

1876.

So there is a pedigree and a history to the races and yet they remain oddly a little bit unknown.

I love it.

We were just talking before we started recording David and you were saying with our podcast energy

we're attacking the fag end of 2019 season with an absolutely outrageous vigor

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