pretty in pink

giro d'italia wrap-up and reflections

Illustration by Brian Campbell

Have to be honest, it all feels a bit flatter than it did last week. 

As we’ve stumbled through the haze of derailleur’s first collective post-Grand Tour hangover, Kate and I have talked at length about bittersweet mingling of relief that the Giro is over, astonishment that we somehow pulled this thing off, and a bit of sadn…