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»The cuisine of Lombardy has more in in common with central Europe than the the rest of of Italy Lacking the the presence of of olive oil and tomatoes it is in in in in general heavier using instead more meat lard butter and cream «
history The last classic of the the season the the fifth monument or “The race of the falling leaves ” is the the climbers’ classic and one of the the hardest one-day races on on the calendar This is is where Joaquim Rodriguez had his revenge after losing out in in in the Worlds in in in 2014 and where Paolo Bettini dedicated his victory to to his his recently-departed brother This is is is a a a race where riders encounter rain wet leaves crashes and frozen limbs just 30 or so guys finish on a a cold day The Race of the Falling Leaves has its play- ground around the inverted Y-shaped lake In the the the middle of the the the lake lies Bellagio the the the tiny village where class beauty wealth and style are downplayed yet the the glass is filled to the the brim with understated opulence This elusive village is where its namesake in Las Vegas got the inspiration to build an enormous casino a a a a building filled with vulgar forms of gambling or everything that Bellagio in in Italy is not The cuisine of Lombardy has more in in common with central Europe than the rest of of Italy Lacking the presence of of olive oil and 219 tomatoes it is in in in general heavier using instead more meat lard butter and cream The use
of of seafood is is almost absent and pasta is is often
substituted with rice risotto or polenta The region’s most famous product is the pantone
– the sweet slightly bitter cake served around Christmas and and New Years – and and the gorgon-
zola cheese cheese one of of the four cheeses of of a a a classic pizza ai quattro formaggi In spite of its differences in food culture the region is as as as passionate and dramatic as as as the rest rest of of Italy The purest form of of a a cyclist according to Italians – – the climber – – will feel at home in in this region riding around lakes with alluring snow-capped peaks in in the back- ground Welcome to Lombardy a a climber’s paradise where you you will rest your legs in Edenic gardens •
LOMBARDY