Mike Dilien

1 month ago | connexionfrance.com | Mike Dilien

Walk the eastern Paris suburb of Montreuil today and clues still abound to the area’s former fame in an industry more usually associated with the countryside. “Rue Girardot, initiateur de la culture fruitière à Montreuil au XVIIième siècle” reads a street sign, named after the knight and musketeer Etienne Girardot, who became a gardener and started a fruit-growing tradition here that would last almost four centuries.

May 27, 2024 | italianinsider.it | Mike Dilien

ROME -- in the streets of the Eternal City, the Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier won the last stage of the “Giro d’Italia”. The stage was his third victory in this edition of the Giro. Unfortunately, his main competitor, Italian Jonathan Milan, who also won three stages, had to cope with a mechanical failure in the sprint’s build-up. Milan, however, wins the points classification.  As almost everyone expected, Slovene Tadej Pogacar won the competition overall.

May 4, 2024 | italianinsider.it | Mike Dilien

MIKE DILIEN 5 May 2024 5 May 2024 ROME— Saturday, the 107th edition of the “Giro d’Italia’ kicked off in Venaria Reale near Turin. The cycling competition will run from May 4th to May 26th. There are 21 stages, totalling a length of 3.400,8 kilometres and 44.550 metres of height difference. As the tradition goes, the competition will finish in the streets of Rome.

Mar 20, 2024 | italianinsider.it | Mike Dilien

MILAN — Saturday morning, the cycling world welcomed the first major classic race of the season: Milan-San Remo. “La Classicissimma” is quite photogenic a race: under an early Spring sun, the race, which is also called “La Primavera”, takes the peloton along the Ligurian coastline to charming San Remo.  With its 298 kilometres, Milan-San Remo also is the longest professional race.

Mar 4, 2024 | italianinsider.it | Mike Dilien

ROME -- Saturday, Slovene cyclist Tadej Pogačar won the Tuscan race for the second time in his career. Like the first time, in 2022, he broke away early, managed to stay ahead and on a crowded Piazza del Campo crossed the finish line ahead of all of his competitors.  Strade Bianche owes its name to the white gravel roads South of Siena. About one-third of the race takes place on gravel.