No Worries, Mate! Photo: AFPRobbie McEwen has captured his third stage of this year's Giro d'Italia, winning Stage 6 into Forli. With his main rival, Alessandro Petacchi on the shelf, McEwen would have "an easy go of it," if he decided he really wanted the Giro points jersey. But in a post stage interview with Velonews, McEwen made clear his intentions.
"It's a long way to Milan and the stages from here in are not to my advantage," he said. "I didn't come here with the points jersey as a priority. It would be nice but it's an extra. There's a possibility for a sprint on stage 9, maybe stage 15, but I don't like to look too far ahead. When I looked at the Giro stage book before the race, I looked at 2, 4 and 6. I didn't look any farther."
There once was a time in cycling where the Grand Tours (especially the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France) were held in similar stature. Today, the TdF stands well above the Giro and the Vuelta a Espana. Some of today's cyclists and directors will have you believe that the Giro is back on equal footing with the Tour de France especially with talk about accomplishing the difficult double (Giro and TdF). But if today's comment by McEwen doesn't speak volumes, then maybe his finishing on the Champ-Elysees this July will.
"It's a long way to Milan and the stages from here in are not to my advantage," he said. "I didn't come here with the points jersey as a priority. It would be nice but it's an extra. There's a possibility for a sprint on stage 9, maybe stage 15, but I don't like to look too far ahead. When I looked at the Giro stage book before the race, I looked at 2, 4 and 6. I didn't look any farther."
There once was a time in cycling where the Grand Tours (especially the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France) were held in similar stature. Today, the TdF stands well above the Giro and the Vuelta a Espana. Some of today's cyclists and directors will have you believe that the Giro is back on equal footing with the Tour de France especially with talk about accomplishing the difficult double (Giro and TdF). But if today's comment by McEwen doesn't speak volumes, then maybe his finishing on the Champ-Elysees this July will.
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