Volta a Portugal

And generally speaking, it's either cars on the road that shouldn't be on the road because they're not part of the race, or it's race vehicles that are effing up and hitting people.

And the Volta Portugal, of course, the biggest and most problematic of these

incidents, it was

a race vehicle that shouldn't have been on the course at all hitting and killing Finlay Tarling.

We mentioned that vaguely sort of controversial and triumphant for them end of the season in those results they got in Algeria, Panama to take them into the top 30.

They only had one win and that was in the Volta a Portugal with Isassa.

29th, the Hungarian registered, but to all intents and purposes, who are very much an Italian, has an Italian identity team, MBH Bank, they had eight wins, and Fancello, Alessandro Fancello, He's moving up to the World Tour next year with Jaco Alula.

And he was really one of the stars of the Pro Conti division this year.

For example, the Coppa Bernocchi just over a week ago, wasn't it, where a DHL van came onto the course, and the Tre Valli Varesine, where apparently a race motorbike was going the wrong way down the course, uh, around the circuit at a certain point.

And obviously, this is set against the broader context of the tragedy that occurred at the Volta Portugal earlier this year with Finn Tarling passing away.

Remco Evenepoel took the microphone, and he delivered, Lionel, before we were recording, I said it was a, a very impressive speech and a very impressive, um, well, i- i- impressive sort of show of initiative by Remco Evenepoel to be able to speak in his, what, his third language very eloquently, very well, pretty powerfully.

And that was the prelude to the Tour of Lombardy at the weekend.

We also learned that pro cyclists are finally coming together in solidarity.

So the riders delayed the start of Il Lombardia on Saturday by five minutes to bring attention the current dangers of professional cycling and the recent incidents that have occurred, including the death of Finley Tarling at the Tour of Portugal.

Uh, Remco Evenepoel was the spokesman for the peloton there, taking the microphone and explaining the reasons why they were taking a stance.

And I thought that was a big step in the right direction for the riders.