"The 33"-Road Bike Racing - The Giro Thread

i generally find sprint stages boring as puck. today's was not.

Exciting finish.

Btw, I was very impressed with the Universal TV feed today. Sharp image and good commentary.

Cagey (and powerful) sprinting by Petacchi. Cav never saw that jump coming.

Exciting finish.

Btw, I was very impressed with the Universal TV feed today. Sharp image and good commentary.

Except for the part where the commentator exclaimed "Danilo DiLuca wins!!" I was like, WTF? Obviously not DiLuca.

Impressive to see him win somewhat Robbie-style; used to seeing him win at the back of a long train of team support.

Except for the part where the commentator exclaimed "Danilo DiLuca wins!!" I was like, WTF? Obviously not DiLuca.

Well, no one's perfect. :)

Oh, and I want to visit Trieste now too.

Well, no one's perfect. :)

Oh, and I want to visit Trieste now too.

i'm sure the city council of trieste will be happy to hear that the euros they paid to get he giro there were not in vain. :thumb:

i'm sure the city council of trieste will be happy to hear that the euros they paid to get he giro there were not in vain. :thumb:

I'd imagine that was the point.

Not gonna happen next week though... :(

Except for the part where the commentator exclaimed "Danilo DiLuca wins!!" I was like, WTF? Obviously not DiLuca.

Yes, that was definitely weird, but otherwise a great feed from Universal.

Why did Armstrong show up at the front about 8K out? Was he serious but got stuck behind that small crash or was he just wanting to be at the front for awhile?

Why did Armstrong show up at the front about 8K out? Was he serious but got stuck behind that small crash or was he just wanting to be at the front for awhile?

The way Popo was hammering the train it looked like they were serious for a second there. I wonder if Levi was supposed to be up there with them? I think he is only 40 seconds down, but there are some serious GC threats up there that climb as well as he can, Vande Velde for one.

Why did Armstrong show up at the front about 8K out? Was he serious but got stuck behind that small crash or was he just wanting to be at the front for awhile?

to stay out of trouble, and avoid any possible crashes at that sketchy section where the road narrowed.

to stay out of trouble, and avoid any possible crashes at that sketchy section where the road narrowed.

i was surprised at how the course narrowed dramatically in a few spots.

good coverage by universal too - didn't feel like i was seeing a commercial every two minutes.

Got to love the effort by Leonardo Scarselli too.

Happy sponsors right now.

I wish I could have watched it. It sounded like a pretty good show.

Levi and Basso both lost 13 seconds to most of the other GC guys.

Where is everyone watching this?

It's on TV. Universal is covering it.

Levi was in the second group, 0:13 behind the Lance/Cavendish bunch.

Question: is there a way for me to watch it right now? not life 8:30-noon EST?

I think Petacchi will have Cavendish's number in this race. I've always thought MC was winning mostly because of Ale-jet's absence.

Why did Armstrong show up at the front about 8K out? Was he serious but got stuck behind that small crash or was he just wanting to be at the front for awhile?

Probably because his DS told him they were paying attention to people who were actual factors in the stage, instead of providing the fawning coverage normally found on VS. I kept waiting for a 15 minute segment on the iconography on his Trek. Did I miss it?

Actually I'm glad he's there, at least it's on TV. And (gasp) they had 30 minutes on the Tour of the Basque Country. They keep this up and I might have to get Tivo.


Question: is there a way for me to watch it right now? not life 8:30-noon EST?

They are replaying it a couple of times if you get the channel.

I thought the Gilbert/Pozzato move might work...both those guys race their bikes but just couldn't seem to get a good rotation going.

That was embarrassing for Cavendish. His team set him up perfectly (though LPR, especially DiLuca did a lot to get AP up there), I was thinking "Well, this is over", then my asthma inhaler kicked in. No. Way.

Way!

I guess once you get to 160 or so wins, they stop being flukes.

Going to be fun to watch from here out.

Lance looked rediculous in those new glasses oakley has.

http://image.com.com/tv/images/features/All_2008/2008Emmys/should_will_polls/guestactor_comedy/shelley_berman.jpg

I just noticed when I saw a shot of Columbia yesterday.
Where is Bert Grabsch? Does that guy even race his bike?

wcsn.com

I like the subtleness of this pic. Petacchi gives Cavendish "the look" at 40+mph, one foot from the barrier.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2009/giro09/?id=/photos/2009/giro09/giro092/bettiniphoto_0038066_1_full

Lance looked rediculous in those new glasses oakley has.

http://image.com.com/tv/images/features/All_2008/2008Emmys/should_will_polls/guestactor_comedy/shelley_berman.jpg

On the other hand, I'll bet Lance can actually spell.

I like the subtleness of this pic. Petacchi gives Cavendish "the look" at 40+mph, one foot from the barrier.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/photos/2009/giro09/?id=/photos/2009/giro09/giro092/bettiniphoto_0038066_1_full

"Watch this, kid"

or

"I'm gonna go ahead and win this one, kay?"

On the other hand, I'll bet Lance can actually spell.

:rolleyes:

Here it is fixed. I will make sure to have proper grammar in all Bikeforums.net posts.

"Lance looked ridiculous in those new glasses Oakley has."

You have been pretty grumpy lately. What's the deal?

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Actually I'm glad he's there, at least it's on TV. And (gasp) they had 30 minutes on the Tour of the Basque Country. They keep this up and I might have to get Tivo.



They actually had 2 hours of daily coverage while the race was going on a few weeks ago. I would strongly suggest the Tivo.

I would strongly suggest the Tivo.


I love my TiVo. I have a season pass to "cycling" (since most every race like the tour de france, giro, ToC, tour down under ect are all under that name) and it will record anything with the keyword cycling in it too. It is very nice.

Coverage has been really great through Universal. That and my twitter feeds from SteepHill/Cyclingnews/Touredetweets. Great finish today, sprint by Petacchi was awesome. Saved a couple nice pictures of it.

Gotta ride early tomorrow to catch the start :thumb:

Stage 2 is up on their web site (http://www.universalsports.com/mediaPlayer/media.dbml?CLIP_ID=397344&CLIP_FILE_ID=405078&_MODE_=ONDEMAND&db_oem_id=23000) for us cable/satellite impaired folks.

I'm really impressed with Universal's coverage so far.

I'm going to call Farrar out as a Giro stage winner. I think we're all sick of him being the eternal 4th (or 5th).

Looked like Pettachi used Cav's leadout man to box him in when he jumped, and then at the line moved left just a bit and prevented any throw for the line. Seemed like a cagey win by Pettachi.

I'm really impressed with Universal's coverage so far.

emphatic +1

i generally find sprint stages boring as puck. today's was not.

I think you were just overjoyed that The Crybaby got nipped at the line.

I think you were just overjoyed that The Crybaby got nipped at the line.

that too, but the technical aspect of the course made for 3 laps of tense viewing.

CVV is o.u.t. pity.

CVV is o.u.t. pity.

finally getting to watch it - and this happens as soon as I had time to turn it on.

I missed it on the video - what happened?

I missed it on the video - what happened?

Wheel touch, I think. It showed him on the ground holding his back.

Big catching up for a lot of guys. May not be a big sprint finish, eh?

Never mind.

oh cav

oh cav

Man o man, he doesn't look good at all.

Petacchi x 2

Someone's Giro isn't going as planned.

ty movin up...i like how they skid stop to an end

Man o man, he doesn't look good at all.

yea he really needs it to be flat to do something.