Newly crowned Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca says he has no plans for the near future other than relaxing after his gruelling win in the world's second-biggest cycling race.
"I don't plan to do anything, I'm going on holiday," Italy's Di Luca said a day after cruising into Milan to become the first-ever southerner to win the Giro in its 90-year history.
Di Luca confirmed that he won't be taking part in next month's Tour de France, the Giro's elder cousin, but had an eye on the world road race championships in Stuttgart, Germany on September 30.
"I think I've almost done enough for one year," the 31-year-old from Pescara in Abruzzo told Italian radio.
"After all, I did win the (one-day classic) Liege-Bastogne-Liege too".
"I think I've earned a nice long rest. Then I'll start gearing up again for Stuttgart".
Asked where he thought he had clinched the Giro, Di Luca said: "I'd probably have to say Thursday's climb up the Zoncolan," the steepest hill in European cycling, where he fended off a determined challenge from several riders.
"The Zoncolan was the key to this year's Giro," he said.
Di Luca won the Giro by one minutes 55 seconds from Luxembourg youngster Andy Schleck, with Italy's Eddy Mazzoleni third after a superb time trial on Saturday.
