10) Valverde- Alghero

I like cycling because it is not an ordinary sport. In cycling, no one ever loses, everyone wins in their own way, whether they're improving, discovering they can climb a peak in less time than the previous year, crying for reaching the top, laughing at a joke from their training partner, never feeling tired, gritting their teeth, not giving up, not losing heart, never feeling alone. We are all a family, no one will ever be forgotten. Whoever, on climbing a peak, greets you, even if they see you for the first time, encourages you, tells you that 'it's over', not to give up. This is cycling for me 1.