Lots of shots from today. A few leaving Palù in the morning, and the rest at the race on Plan de Corones. I cannot emphasize how steep this hill is. I am not sure if you can actually see it, but one of the shots of the Saunier bike shows that it has a 36 on it. He was running a 27 on the back too (Mori’s bike by the way). Oh, they paved the top part of the climb, so there was no gravel... And also, please note our garbage bag rain jackets which garnered a lot of lots from the fashion-conscious Italians - look for this on the runways of Milan next year...