{"id":33479,"date":"2020-05-18T10:10:10","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T09:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=33479"},"modified":"2020-05-18T10:10:15","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T09:10:15","slug":"the-giro-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/05\/the-giro-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"The Giro Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As a follow up to my recent post about riding sections of the Giro virtually using RGT Cycling<\/a>, here’s an update with progress so far. (Updated daily as I rode the stage)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stage 5: Agrigento to Modica<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This was a 34km fairly flat stage for a change with just a few rollers here and there. Although, as seems to be the general pattern so far, the second half was mainly uphill!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Profile of Stage 5<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Once again I joined the small group of riders setting off at 7am. There were about 12 of us in total and I managed to have a decent ride. I stayed with the front group all the way until about the 16 mile mark. It was here that a few of the faster guys put the hammer down for the final climbs and a few of us were dropped. I hung on well though and after a while joined up with someone else who himself had been dropped from the front group and we rode together for a while. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I then managed to drop my chain about a mile from the end so had to jump off, put it back on and try to play catch up. There was no catching him though so I rolled over the finish line on my own with a few people trailing further behind on the course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n