Rage was written across Roberto Visentini's face as he crossed the line in Sappada, doomed rage. Almost seven minutes had passed since Stephen Roche had completed stage 15 of the 1987 Giro d'Italia, and the Irishman was already being helped into the maglia rosa when Visentini wheeled deliberately to a halt in the middle of a scrum of reporters and photographers. On stepping from his bike, he cast his eyes balefully towards his teammate on the podium. If nothing else, the man had a sense of theatre. "I want to come up," Visentini called out, pointing to his own grimy pink jersey, before RAI television's Giorgio Martino thrust a microphone in his direction.
"It looks like you've got something to say," Martino began.
"I've got a lot of things to say," Visentini said darkly.
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"Let's start saying them, then," Martino responded.
"Niente. I'll tell you tomorrow, maybe it's better," Visentini said. "But there's going to be people going home tonight."
He was wrong, and deep down, he probably already knew it. Visentini, in his anger, was fixated on betrayal, but the decision makers at Carrera were focused on business. Next man up.
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