Giro cycling vacations

michael01612 said:

Hi,

Gathering advice on Giro d'Italia cycling vacations....

What I am looking for is the travel company that offers Giro vacations that

Emphasize:
Riding...looking for 50-85+ miles riding each day
Riding Giro stages pre-race
Race viewing ... viewing race stages

Not so interested in:
Accomodations
Fine dining

What company is best for this interest profile?

Thanks,

Mike

At all costs avoid Sporting Tours.... they don't pay their guides just give them the free trip... so you get over 50's retirees who dont have any organisational skills or give a [censored]..... I can recommend former Pro Steve Bauer's tours (http://www.stevebauer.com/) or Australian company Bike Styles Tours who I'm doing the etape through.... (http://www.bikestyletours.com/)

So, let me try to wrap my head around the following.

You're going to Italy and you are ...

michael01612 said:

Not so interested in:
Fine dining

:eek:

What a loss.

Cobblestones said:

So, let me try to wrap my head around the following.

You're going to Italy and you are ...

:eek:

What a loss.

[font=Verdana]Good point.... although you can go to [/font][font=Verdana]Italy[/font][font=Verdana] and get farking good food and it doesn't have to be fine dinning....[/font][font=Verdana][/font]

Well, well, well. People want to discuss my favorite hobbies (food, food, food and, ehm, cycling). 😄

Cannot help you on the tour company, though. :o