Fiorenzuola Day 1

After a short 1hour flight down from Belgium, I had arrived in Milan, Italy. I was picked up by a old Italian couple who spoke no English, was taken to their home, then their son Steffano drove me to Fiorenzuola. Steffano is involved with organising the 6-Day Madison.

He dropped me at the hotel which is where all the riders are staying. The food here is delicious, apparently the best food out of all the 6-Day Madisons run through the year! To be honest I think I am going to have to watch how much I eat, as all of the food is so good.... We have been out for a few rides around the Italian country side, it's typical Italy. Awesome rolling countryside, vineyards, climbs and mountains if you want to ride them, little Italian homes! We do a 50km ride in the morning, then race at night, so plenty of riding!

Out riding - Vineyards

Italian countryside

Guy East

SaxoBank pro's Micheal Morkov and Alex Rasmussen

And again.

First night of racing was last night, started at 9pm and the last 50km Madison didn't finish until 12.30am! Everything went well, no crashes or problems with my bike. The racing is fast, with 17 teams entered. First up was a 60lap (24km, 400m track) points race. Each team has two riders, one with black numbers, and one with red numbers, I am black 15. The programme said black riders do the first 30laps, then my team mate - all the red numbers, would roll around and after 30laps we threw our partners in for the second half of the points race.

Results from the first night aren't out yet, but Jackie and I took one lap on the field, along with many of the other teams, so the results will be interesting. I am learning a lot and using this as a great experience.

More posts and photo's to come...