Italian sweets

Other than gelato, the Italian sweets aren't always our favorite. But in the last few days, we've uncovered a lot of eye candy, our new favorite sweet.

Two days ago, while pacelining, we came upon a 19-year-old aspiring pro who jumped into our rotation. I was thoroughly distracted by the dreaminess of his calves and was convinced that he was fathered by Basso.

Later, we took in a little bit of this:

While Mike proudly flexed his own eye candy while purchasing some new eye candy:

And the heightened senses go on and on. Our crew took a stroll through Basanno last night, at the base of Monte Grappa, a Dolomite climb which we will head up next Wednesday. Before climbing, it's important to taste the fruits of its namesake. The peak of the Monte is the far one in the foreground which is where we'll be sipping hot chocolate and strudel next week. But today, we're off to race!! Reports forthcoming.