Category: Member/Story (Colnago - CSF Inox by Tuco the Ugly, PCM11)

After writing three short-lived stories for PCM10, this skilled writer came up with one of the best written story in a prosperous PCM11 story-section. Tuco the Ugly does not only have the coolest name (and avatar) on the forum, he's also bequeathed us one of the coolest (and most realistic) tales of a Continental Team trying to make it's way up to the ProTour: the Colnago - CSF Inox team in 2011.

With Domenico Pozzovivo, Sascha Modolo and Marco Frapporti as the team's "draft horses", Tuco would compile a thrilling read with epic reports and nice screenshots - with a squad far from being overpowered and (rare) victories feeling like (real) victories. Like when Marco Frapporti missed quite a few wins very close, to then take out three autumn classics (Coppa Sabatini, GP Beghelli, Milano-Torino) within a few days.. also Pozzovivo's wildcard appearance at the Giro d'Italia turned out to be a great read: chanceless against a clear winning Ivan Basso, the little climber fought for a podium until the very end. The concluding flat timetrial would see him drop from 3rd to 5th in the GC though.

Tuco ain't active on the forum anymore (at least for quite a while now), but especially the younger members should really have a look into his legacy. Back in those days, where we had more than a handful of top-quality stories ongoing, Tuco the Ugly stood out with his exceptional writing (a shame, he never won an award).