Miguel98 wrote:
I demand that Nick becomes NC.

Oh my God... Is this real? Am I dreaming? I must be dreaming, because this is a dream coming true! I am so incredibly happy! I JUST WON THE GIRO!

First of all, a very, very big 'thank you!' to all of the guys that helped me achieve this; my family, because they always supported me, no matter how bad I was riding; I can always trust on them.

Also, I would like to thank Mate, our manager, who has made this all possible; he scouted me and gave me the opportunity to enter the world of professional cycling. And look where I am now!

Last of all, I would like to thank the team; they helped me so much. When I was involved in the big crash on stage 2, the whole team was there to help me, and to help me gain time back in the following stages, even when Jack [Wiles] was in the Maglia Rosa, everybody was still helping me, especially Erik [van den Meer], Dennis [Groen] and Bob [Bobson], who rode a very unnoticable Giro because they had to help me all the time.

Then I got those two stage wins: amazing. Wearing the Maglia Rosso felt great, it gave me more strenght.

Then came the final time trial. After the first two checkpoints, Mate, who was driving in the car behind me, said I was losing this Giro. I accelerated, I don't know where that power came from; perhaps it was because I was wearing the Maglia Rosa, or because I was so angry I was going to lose. The next thing I remember was crossing the line. I sat down, had no idea what my time was, and Mate came to me. He looked very sad...

Then he started laughing, and said:



That was the happiest moment of my life!

I'll see you folks all tonight at the Spidertech party!

I went in targeting the KoM and/or the White
We got off to a poor start in Denmark. But avoided the crashes which put us into a nice position heading into Italy. Oh and a podium
The TTT was great, managed to not lose the team Smile
Great to take the Rosa at the first summit finish! Really the best moment of my life so far. The team was great to get me there.
Stage 8 was my highlight. Just powering away from almost everyone was special. The fan support for the Rosa is amazing, no matter who is wearing it.
The high mountains towards the end... I dont go as well in the 3rd week as others, but i wasn't expecting to be in Rosa there. I would have prefered more freedom to attack, but as the Rosa i couldnt.
At least i hung onto the White in the end.

sutty68 wrote:
So happy with my performance on Stage 1