Pic of the Day 27 May, 2006 Seventy-One Years Ago
Giro d'Italia Report - Piemontesi Injured:
http://www.wooljersey.com/
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Former race leader Domenico Piemontesi arrives at his hotel after crashing during the 5th stage of the 1935 Giro d'Italia. Hotel staff seem eager to assist him, but why did his team let him ride to the hotel with his arm in a sling? So much for coddling the riders!
Piemontesi managed to start the next stage, and finished the Giro in
42nd place on G.C.
>From "Match l'Intran" No.459, 28 May 1935.
Aldo Ross Middletown, Ohio
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