With some much great riding here on the Ligurian Coast, I grabbed the bike again today for a closer look at the Giro d’Italia stage 4 from Chiavari to La Spezia, heading out from Levanto to climb the Passo del Termine and check out the roads above the famous Cinque Terre.Yesterday I jumped ahead of the race, driving further west to one of my favorite places – Sestri Levante. I was first here in 1994 when the Giro finished just down the road in Lavagna, where stage 3 started. I was immediately smitten with the place – the sea, the mountains, palm trees and warm weather, and have been back many times since. It was a no brainer which week of this year’s Giro I’d be covering when I saw the route would spend 5 days here on the coast.After a few hectic days getting here and mixing it up in San Remo, the much more relaxed and less crowded environs of this old fishing town were a welcome change. After posting photos of yesterday’s start, I duly tracked down a negroni, followed by a fantastic meal of local fish at a El Pescador – a restaurant I first visited with my parents on their anniversary back in 2001. The same family still runs it, and as most Italian-run eateries here are, were thrilled that I’d returned.This view is from a couple kms up the Passo del Termine, looking back to Levanto.My plan for today was a close up, on...
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