To win a major bike race, they say you need to love everything about it: the suffering involved, the roads where it is held, the rivals faced, and the challenge involved.
Quinn Simmons loves Strade Bianche for all of those reasons. He may be racing in the shadow of Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe and Tom Pidock on Saturday, but he is a dangerous dark horse who is hungry to win.
“Watching bike racing can be quite boring, but Strade Bianche is one race that’s exciting from start to finish, both as a rider and a spectator. I think it’s a really beautiful race,” Simmons tells Cyclingnews from Tuscany where he has been completing his final reconnaissance rides.
“The biggest thing for me is that Tuscany is actually an enjoyable place to ride a bike, I’d come here for a cycling vacation.
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“I love Flanders too and the cobbled Classics are super nice races because of the history, but objectively, the bike racing there kind of sucks. You are on concrete roads and just fighting for survival on every climb or cobbled section. Trust me, that’s not always nice even if it’s nice to watch on television.“At Strade Bianche you suffer too, but once the selection has been made, […]
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