strade bianche

the last 24 kilometers.

Author’s note: there are spoilers ahead for the men’s race. Enter at your own risk.

It’s an elite group, a frightening one — well, frightening to anyone other than him. When he is in his element, he is not afraid of anything.

They’ve got distance now, daylight, and they’re running with it, among them two cyclocross world champions, two Tour de France win…