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aliases: ["Long ride — 2025-05-10"]
Is A: Event
Date: "2025-05-10"
Belongs to: "[[2025-05]]"
Related to: ["[[person-luca-rossi]]"]
Tags: ["Health", "Sport"]
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# Long ride — 2025-05-10
Solo long ride. 99km, 1266m elevation.

## Notes
- Giro d'Italia fever — the race passes through the area this week. Pink banners on every road, advertisements everywhere. The excitement is contagious.
- Rode part of the Giro stage route to preview it. The roads have been freshly paved for the race — smooth as glass. Incredible tarmac.
- The new cassette makes a noticeable difference. Crisp shifting, no skipping, silence under power. Should have replaced it weeks ago.
- Warm spring day, 24°C. The wheat fields are tall and golden-green, almost ready for harvest. Tuscany is at peak beauty.
- Stopped at a bar in Buonconvento that had Giro memorabilia all over the walls. The owner remembered a stage passing through in 2010.
- 99km in 3h28m. Felt strong and motivated. The combination of good weather, fresh legs, and race excitement makes for great rides.
