Alberto Ongarato - pro racer from Padova. He used to work as a lead-out guy for the sprinters

Cunego goes by

Riders start to roll out...

Alessandro Ballan with one of his 'fans club' guys

Cars all lined up in central Padova for the "partenza" of the Giro del Veneto

Another one of Basso's headgear. Is he receiving signals from outer space?:-)

Caption contest

One of Nibali's bikes

One of Basso's bikes

Liquigas' DS cockpit. Driver's side of one of the Liquigas cars. TV, stage profile, two radios, GPS map

Antidoping logo? Thought that was a funny touch...

Post race show, as seen from outside. White shirt, sat on the right is Mario Cipollini

Aussie fan - they've been having a great run at this Giro!

People found any sort of perch they could to see the riders roll through

They had, of course, stuff to eat and plenty of wine.

Kids line up for some kind of race or fun event. Wonder if one of them will be leading up Monte Grappa in 20 years

Some sort of roman chariot publicity thing going on...

Another view of Asolo from below, with storm clouds looming

Looking up the hill at Asolo

Something very Italian about this scene at 100m to go. People already claiming their spots 4 hours before finish.