Giro x 2, Giro and Giro, Giros...

The Giro d'Italia is in full swing. It started yesterday, Saturday, with a Team Time Trial, which was won by Orica-Greenedge. Simon Gerrans was the first across the finish line, and after his injury-filled season 2015 his win felt both right and deserved. Today was a so called flat stage, from Albenga to Genoa. That was won by Elia Viviani, from Team Sky, and the wearer of the pink jersey tomorrow will be Simon Gerrans' team mate Michael Matthews. Good work! Although our favourite team in this years Giro is FDJ, which has Finnish road champion Jussi Veikkanen aboard.

Meanwhile, some 1570 kilometres North, the Göteborgsgirot bicycle races were held. Yesterday was the road bike race, 70 or 35 kilometres and today was the mountain bike race, 37 or 25 kilometres, as well as two races for children. Although we have become more and more interested in mountain biking lately (or should we say re-interested?) members of our club (only) took part in the road bike race.

And this is our level of ambition: To have fun.

Winning medals was of course nice too, but we maintain that having fun while spending time with people you like, getting fresh air and exercise is the most important. Our motto is Alla ska med, which roughly translates to Everyone will come along. We ride at a speed that the least fast of us can keep. Incidentally the slogan Alla ska med was used by the Social democrats here in Sweden, but as they stopped using it in 2008 we think it's OK for us to use it.

Ride safe!