How The Spectators At The World's Most Stylish Race Wear Pink
What does it mean to wear pink at the biggest celebration of pro
cycling in Italy? To the riders, fighting for the Maglia Rosa in this
year’s Giro D’Italia, it means everything.
“Wearing the pink jersey for an Italian is like for an American to win the Superbowl,” says Fabio Aru, Astana Pro Team
rider, a prerace favourite and last year’s third place finisher, whom
we interviewed while in Liguria covering the 98th edition of the race.
In short, he said, “it’s the dream of every young Italian rider.”The Maglia Rosa (pink jersey) is worn by the rider with the lowest combined time after each of the Giro’s 21 stages. There are 22 teams participating in this year’s race: 17 professional and five continental teams all vying to wear pink before the race wraps with a 178-kilometer (110 miles) stage from Turin to Milan on May 31.
Last week we checked out the latest gear at the Giro that was turning heads. Here in AskMen’s continuing look at the inextricable link between cycling and style, we breakdown the Fight for Pink, this time from the 98th Giro D’Italia. Turning the pedals only gets you so far. The rest, as it's often said, is the style that gave birth to the Maglia Rosa that makes cycling great.
PInk Beginnings
Called a gimmick by cynics, pink was a color picked to promote the race’s principle organizer, La Gazzetta dello Sport when the Giro was first run in 1909. (The newsprint on which La Gazzetta
is printed has a slight pink hue). To the riders who fight over 3,481
kilometres (2162 miles) for a chance to take it, the Maglia Rosa means
much more. Ditto for the fans lined up along every section of the
parcours who in every town find ingenious ways to accessorize it.
The color pink, Aru believes, has been embraced by Italians as a way to mark the Giro’s place in the country, where cycling means as much as food and wine. Like the yellow jersey in the Tour de France (a race that also got its start in newspaper sales), fans wear it to mark the race’s history. Cycling apparel brands, like Rapha, thrive from the link between cycling and style, designing race kits specifically for host countries.
“We appreciate the Giro and don’t want to see a moment pass without somehow celebrating it and its style,” says Derrick Lewis, a Rapha spokesperson based in New York. Rapha makes Team Sky’s racing kit and has designed a special kit for the 2015 Giro, the “Cima Coppi,” in pink of course. The design celebrates 50 years of Italy’s iconic mountain classification an award given to the rider who finishes first over the race’s highest point.
Seen in these pictures are the faces and fans of the Giro D’Italia. For three weeks, pink shirts, shoes, hats and shades are worn to fete not just a race, but a cultural event, as described to us by the many fans we stood beside watching the tour’s first few stages.
There are no rules to wearing pink, which is rare for cycling a sport with rules for everything, particularly when it comes to style. For the riders fortunate enough to wear the iconic jersey, accessorizing it presents limitless opportunities. Some swap pink bib shorts and shades for traditional team colours. Others ride custom pink bikes. Whatever the style, for a brief moment in time the colour knits the country together, and the joy of watching the fight for pink is as fanciful as the country itself.
If someone asked you why they should get married when dating seems like the same thing, what would you say?
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A good friend of mine shot me a message the other day asking to talk.
When we got on the phone, he asked me a question that left me puzzled.
He’s a single guy that has been dating but is thinking about getting
serious and committing. He asked me what was the difference between
dating and marriage. It should have been a straightforward answer on my
part, but I was stumped.|
It’s not, however, the same as being marriage.
|
♦◊♦
Dating is a tryout for marriage. Dating offers you
the chance to explore and learn before you make the serious commitment
of marriage. You can move in with someone and share different aspects of
your life to test out what marriage would be like with that person.
It’s not, however, the same as being married. There are different legal
aspects of marriage (such as bank accounts, taxes, will’s, etc.) that
you can’t experience while dating. This can be good or bad—it depends on
your specific situation. It’s dangerous to try the benefits of marriage when you’re dating. That legal stuff, well, you can try it while you’re dating, but it’s not advisable. I could list story after story of couples who were dating, and attempted to combine their bank accounts and their end of life preparations where it turned into a disaster. Even some married couples don’t combine everything, so it seems scary to try it while you’re dating. When you’re married, you make a legal declaration in the eyes of the law that you’re combining your life with another person.
Marriage is the ultimate form of commitment. Saying, “I Do” and signing those papers is serious business. You’re making a public declaration to the world and in the eyes of the law. You’re saying that you want to spend the rest of your life with one person, and they are a person you’re willing to face tough times with. Yes, you can do some of this while you’re dating, but it’s not the same thing–ask your partner.
Marriage is worth fighting for. There are some relationships that will come and go while you’re dating. When you’re married, you have a strong desire to work through any problems. There’s a shift that happens in your mind that makes you willing to do whatever it takes to stay together. I’m NOT talking about staying together if there’s abuse; I’m talking about the normal relationship stuff.
♦◊♦
|
No one is perfect, and sadly, people hide who they are.
|
Marriage can be wonderful. It can also be the worst thing that ever happened to you. It’s important to use dating as a way to learn and grow closer to someone. It’s an opportunity to get to know that person and determine whether or not you want to make that commitment.
No one is perfect, and sadly, people hide who they are. All any guy can do is the best he can to make important decisions and choices. I hope you find that special someone and you live happily ever after. Love is amazing. Here’s to you and your happiness!
What would you say the difference between dating and marriage is?
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If someone asked you why they should get married when dating seems like the same thing, what would you say?
—
A good friend of mine shot me a message the other day asking to talk.
When we got on the phone, he asked me a question that left me puzzled.
He’s a single guy that has been dating but is thinking about getting
serious and committing. He asked me what was the difference between
dating and marriage. It should have been a straightforward answer on my
part, but I was stumped.|
It’s not, however, the same as being marriage.
|
♦◊♦
Dating is a tryout for marriage. Dating offers you
the chance to explore and learn before you make the serious commitment
of marriage. You can move in with someone and share different aspects of
your life to test out what marriage would be like with that person.
It’s not, however, the same as being married. There are different legal
aspects of marriage (such as bank accounts, taxes, will’s, etc.) that
you can’t experience while dating. This can be good or bad—it depends on
your specific situation. It’s dangerous to try the benefits of marriage when you’re dating. That legal stuff, well, you can try it while you’re dating, but it’s not advisable. I could list story after story of couples who were dating, and attempted to combine their bank accounts and their end of life preparations where it turned into a disaster. Even some married couples don’t combine everything, so it seems scary to try it while you’re dating. When you’re married, you make a legal declaration in the eyes of the law that you’re combining your life with another person.
Marriage is the ultimate form of commitment. Saying, “I Do” and signing those papers is serious business. You’re making a public declaration to the world and in the eyes of the law. You’re saying that you want to spend the rest of your life with one person, and they are a person you’re willing to face tough times with. Yes, you can do some of this while you’re dating, but it’s not the same thing–ask your partner.
Marriage is worth fighting for. There are some relationships that will come and go while you’re dating. When you’re married, you have a strong desire to work through any problems. There’s a shift that happens in your mind that makes you willing to do whatever it takes to stay together. I’m NOT talking about staying together if there’s abuse; I’m talking about the normal relationship stuff.
♦◊♦
|
No one is perfect, and sadly, people hide who they are.
|
Marriage can be wonderful. It can also be the worst thing that ever happened to you. It’s important to use dating as a way to learn and grow closer to someone. It’s an opportunity to get to know that person and determine whether or not you want to make that commitment.
No one is perfect, and sadly, people hide who they are. All any guy can do is the best he can to make important decisions and choices. I hope you find that special someone and you live happily ever after. Love is amazing. Here’s to you and your happiness!
What would you say the difference between dating and marriage is?
- See more at: http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-difference-between-dating-and-marriage-kcon/?utm_source=zergnet.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=zergnet_713364#sthash.2OIAdBxV.dpuf
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