The Giro d'Italia is the most prestigious cycling event in the world outside of the Tour de France, and next week it starts in Belfast for 2 days, around the Titanic Quarter and a race up to Giants Causeway and back, then a race from Armagh to Dublin in the Republic before resuming in Italy.
Just contemplating an event like this a few years ago would have been inconceivable, but now the Pro-Cycling world is investing in the North and the Republic, and few of us would like MN to invest by way of a smiley/pink jersey emocion to recognise the event. Millions of £s and euros will be spent and 100,000s of people will be lining the routes. cermolafoam reports that Belfast is slowly turning pink!
Here is a link to the thread in Sports. It's a sort of taster for what it will be like in July when the Tour de France starts in Yorkshire.
MN wants to see opinion on the proposed smiley for next week, (not sure why a simple yes or no isn't an option?) so please post "pink" or "yes" or something a bit longer if you'd like.
Even the Pope has been exhorting new priests to get round their parishes by cycling. Which gives substance to the exclamation "Christ on a bike." 