GCN’s Italian Cycling Phrases Vol.1 | 6 Types Of Cyclists

It’s nearly time for the 2018 Giro d’Italia, so we thought we’d run through some important Italian cycling phrases and even teach you how to pronounce them!

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Passista & Passista Veloce.

Essentially the Italian equivalent of the French word Rouleur, the ‘Passista’ is a type of rider who is generally, but not exclusively, of a larger more muscular and powerful build, suited to spending hours riding hard on the front of peloton on flat and rolling terrain, rolling a big gear and making it look effortless. An Italian ‘Passista”? Think Francecso Moser. There’s also the ‘Passista Veloce’.. The rouleur who can sprint.. Think Peter Sagan..

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– Ciao! The giro d’italia is upon us once more, so we thought we’d help you out, with a few handy, Italian cycling words and phrases So you can tell your scalatores From your velocistas and your ventaglio from your gregario. First up, types of riders. – [Italian Voiceover] Passista.

– Essentially the Italian equivalent of the French word roeleur, the passista is a type of rider who’s generally but not exclusively, of a larger more muscular and powerful build, suited to spending hours riding hard on the front of the bunch, on flat and rolling terrain,

Rolling a big gear and making it look effortless. An Italian passista, think Francesco Moser. Now there’s also the passista veloce, the rouleur who can sprint. Think Peter Sagan. So, after the beep say, passista. – [Italian voiceover] Passista. Passista Veloce. Veloce. – Oh, very good. – [Italian voiceover] Velocista. – This word sounds as fast as the riders that it describes. Think Mario Cipollini, Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel. Well they’re all, velocistas, or sprinters so, after the beep, say velocista. – [Italian voiceover] Velocista. Velocista. – [Italian voiceover] Scalatore. – Yet another beautifully sounding word, one that feels as if it’s almost been chiselled from the mountain side itself. Which is unsurprising really, as the word simply means, a climber and who was arguably the ultimate scalatore of the modern giro, Marco Pantani. So after the beep say, scalatore. [Italian voiceover] Scalatore. Scalatore. – Ace. – [Italian voiceover] Discesista. – What goes up must come down, so that brings us nicely on to the descender, the discesista. Vincenzo Nibali is most likely one of the greatest descenders of his generation. The descender. So, say after me, discesista. – [Italian voiceover] Discesista. – The discesista, no f**k it I’m doing it again, the discesista, sorry mate it’s quite a hard one. – [Italian voiceover] Discesista. Che. Che. – The dische… – [Italian voiceover] Gregario. – Gregario, sounds like a word for a best mate or pal doesn’t it. Feels like a word you’d use for somebody you trust, well you’d be right. As gregario is the word for domestique, the tireless consistent strong and often unheralded heroes of the peleton. So, after me, gregario. – [Italian voiceover] Gregario. Gregario. – Oof, good effort. I think you’ll agree the Italians certainly have some very creative ways of describing our sport. But do you have any you’d like to add? If you do, leave them down below in the comments section.

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