Sappada 87, Roche and Visentini famous duel
http://cyclinghistorybyfbs.blogspot.it/2013/03/sappada-87-roche-and-visentini-famous.html part I: When the Giro de Italia started in Sanremo the 21st of May, 1987 , it was clear that team Carrera had a problem with Visentini and Roche. The first one was the former winner of the corsa rosa had no results in the season , and Roche had won Romandía and Valencia with good results in all the races he had taken part. Besides that, Visentini was saying that Roche was focusing in the Tour and that he would help Roche in the French race ... Roche knew that Visentini had booked vacations in a cruise for July. Vincenzo Torriani had designed a tougher Giro in comparison with the previous years . There were important climbs, such as Pila, Marmolada, Pordoi, Terminillo, San Marco or Bondone . So this time the winner should be a more complete rider . And what about the participation? There were three very strong teams , and it was supposed that the winner would be one of the...