Sunday, May 19, 2013

Giro Day Fifteen: Two Victors

Stage 14 actually had two winners of the stage today, Nibali and Santambrogio crossed the line together, one for the stage victory and one adding to his lead in the over all GC tightening his hold on the Maglia Rosa.  Now the tradition that I alluded to in an earlier post, when the overall leader comes to the end of the stage with another rider it is good form to give the victory (or at least not challenge the rider for the lead).  For Nibali he has his victory by putting time into all of his rivals, the only gain for Santambrogio, was the stage victory.  For Nibali to have taken the victory on the line would have been just rude.  Remember these guys ride in races togethers for years so a little decorum is in order.  This is an original watercolor and ink postcard and it can be yours by bidding on it in a 3 day auction on ebay.  Just follow the direct link at the end of this post, but hurry, the auction starts as soon as this post is published.

This painting is sold.

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