Not the Bottecchia team van for the Giro d'Italia
This afternoon the 100th Giro d’Italia kicked off with a spectacular team time trial through the streets of Venice.
To the surprise of many, there were enough roads on Venezia Lido, the island where the film festival takes place, to make up a decent 21km course. It was very flat and straight but it looked great on tv.
There was only one problem: Bottecchia was missing again.
The passionate Bottecchia tifosi are tired of being offered news of the company’s exploits in minor races like the Giro delle Pesche Nettarine di Romagna, a tour dedicated to central Italian Peaches and Nectarines. It’s about time there was a professional squad prepared to bring back Bottecchia to the cutting edge of world cycling.
Let’s see how much longer we have to wait.
