Stage 23

July 29 2010, en Challenges

Stage 23 Módena - Milán

It was incredible to share one of the stages with Claudio Chiappucci, one of my rule model as a teenager. He’s great and really fun, and I had the chance to ask him lots of things.

The third person in the pic is Andrea. a SUPER CLASS. He came to Modena with a fixed gear and he could follow us for 3 hours at an average speed of 37 km/h. For his way of loving the bike and his personality an authentic Where is the limit? team rider!

Last kilometres Claudio went stronger, I went stronger, he went even stronger and we finished an incredible training sesion with a myth. We did 185 km in 4h50 minutes.

When we finished the stage I told him..“Claudio, you’re still really strong”

Answer, “El diablo will always be el diablo. Indurain could never hold your rhythm 1km now, and el Diablo went with you 185km at an average speed of 37 km/h”

A top class, with 47 years old, competitive like no other, but always so fun and with a smile in his face