Popular logic says that the longest day of the year falls on
the summer solstice. In 2013, that
happens to fall in late June—the 21st, to be specific. But the longest single day for a
cyclist comes this weekend; the professional peloton will depart from Italy’s
cultural center, Milan, heading south-west towards a city situated on the
Mediterranean coast, just across the French border from Nice. It doesn’t seem like an insane distance
to travel in a day—especially by train or car. This is no car race though. The peloton will travel via bicycle—which should have been
obvious to you—not as the crow flies, or even the most efficient paved route,
but rather nearly 300kms at race pace to San Remo.
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| Merckx |
Let me give you a second for that to sink in…
