So, until they get a rider who can bring that sort of budget in, I’ll still be riding the bike. But I can’t count on it too much, there’s plenty of Italians out there who can find sponsors pretty easy or have rich Dad’s. Fingers crossed I’ll be there.
Until then I’m now in Monaco with Casey. It’s pretty damn cool. Money everywhere you look, tied up in cars mainly. Bentley’s, Ferrari’s, Lotus’s everywhere. I’ve never been here before but I’ve brought my bicycle and me and Casey are having a good crack. He’s managed to blag us two tickets from
Red Bull for the
F1 this weekend which is proper exciting. I’ve never seen F1 so that should be cool.
Also, Casey has borrowed a bicycle from
Troy Bayliss. Troy is a top bloke and loves his cycling. He’s helped Casey out loads with the bike and kit and this morning we went for a ride, stopped at a gym and then went for a coffee and then rode back. At the coffee shop Axel Merckx, son of legendary cyclist Eddy Merckx turned up. There’s loads of pro cyclist’s around here and it makes it really good fun to go out and rattle up the miles.
On the ride home, Alexander Vinokourov, a Kazakh rider, came down a hill as we were going up. He finished 3rd in the Tour de France last year. And then we caught up the World Champ from a few years ago, Igor Astorloa who was out on a steady ride. It’s pretty awesome being in the company of people like that. We had a real good ride as well and we’ll be back out every day this week.
Hopefully I’ll have a report for you after Mugello...
Cheers,
Chaz#57!
