2014 Giro d'Italia Stage 20 Live Coverage
Welcome to our live coverage of Stage 20 of the 2014 Giro d'Italia! Our live profile and commentary are below, followed by a preview of the technical aspects of the route.
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Luca Scinto Says: By now all the riders still in the race will be beyond tired, so it’s about their innate ability to haul themselves over the last few mountains. It’s the same for me but as we get towards the finish my job becomes still more critical. Fatigue is hard to manage at the best of times, and still more so for guys riding their first or second Giro. I have to be a psychiatrist, a disciplinarian and a best friend – whatever it takes to get them home. When you’re in it you’re in it but when the Giro finishes I am destroyed emotionally and physically. For 20 days afterwards, I want nothing whatsoever to do with bike racing!
Local History: Oreste Conte was one of many great cyclists overshadowed by Coppi and Bartali. He didn’t make his Giro debut until he was 26 but soon enraptured the public. While Coppi and Bartali fought for who would win overall, Conte won 13 Giro stages over eight editions and even wore pink for a day in 1950.
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