Giro 2007 coverage

[sanrensho]

Looks like the Giro 2007 coverage will be showing on RAI this year. I don't see it on Canal Evasion like last year.

The monthly RAI subscription is a bit pricey for me, so it looks like I will be relying on torrents this year. (Hello, modern world.) Assuming that I can find them, of course.

Oh, and you all know by now that Basso has withdrawn and Tyler Hamilton has been suspended by his team. In other major news, George Hincapie will be riding the Giro this year.

I have no idea who will win this year, I guess Basso's absence makes Simoni the default favorite.

[brian]

I just added RAI to my tv package tonight. $2.49 for the month. I'll only get the tape delay that's on at 12-3 in the afternoon. So I'll have to tape it and avoid the Velonews etc..

[sanrensho]

I just added RAI to my tv package tonight. $2.49 for the month.

You're freaking kidding me. I thought it was one of the premium channels.

*Scrambles to get on the phone to Shaw.*

[sanrensho]

Just ordered, thanks Brian!

[brian]

enjoyed watching today's stage has I rode part of it last year. I drove the side of the Passe di Giau they came up (rode the side they went down) and it's crazy even for that. The final climb on Wednesday's stage is just nutty.

"Stage 17 - Wednesday, May 30: Lienz (Austria) - Monte Zoncolan, 142 km

By Tim Maloney, European Editor

A short, sharp stage from Austria back to Italy that finishes atop the fearsome Monte Zoncolan, known as one of the most difficult ascents in Europe. After a few early climbs where a break will surely go, the final ascent of Zoncolan is truly terrible. Only 10.1 kilometres long, Zoncolan gains 1203 metres for an average grade of 11.9% with the steepest pitches going straight up at over 20%. Simoni won here last time so don't bet against the tough Trentino mountain man to do it again atop Zoncolan."

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/graphics/T17_alt.gif

http://www.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/graphics/profile17a.gif

[sanrensho]

That was freaking hilarious when Jose Perez Cuapio grabbed the Devil's pitchfork and pretended to jab one of the Suanier riders driving the break.

Possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen in a Grand Tour.

[brian]

That was freaking hilarious when Jose Perez Cuapio grabbed the Devil's pitchfork and pretended to jab one of the Suanier riders driving the break.

Possibly the funniest thing I have ever seen in a Grand Tour.

saw that too. I can't believe he could even think about doing that while on that climb. I would have been so cross-eyed from trying to breathe.

http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20070527/i/r2492170371.jpg

[Mic]

saw that too. I can't believe he could even think about doing that while on that climb. I would have been so cross-eyed from trying to breathe.


you do not take any drugs, do you?

[brian]

just ones that make me even more cross eyed. they actually make my breathing worse.

[sanrensho]

That takes a particularly twisted mind to think of doing something like that, while suffering in the break up that climb.

Parra didn't even crack a smile, while Cuapio was grinning like a madman.

*Jose Perez Cuapio fan for life*

[sanrensho]

you do not take any drugs, do you?

Mic, let us know when you have something, anything, positive to say or contribute about road riding.

All your posts in the roadie forum seem to be of a negative, trolling nature.

Do you even ride a road bike? What bike? Favorite road climbs?

[Mic]

Mic, let us know when you have something, anything, positive to say or contribute about road riding.

All your posts in the roadie forum seem to be of a negative, trolling nature.

Do you even ride a road bike? What bike? Favorite road climbs?


Alright. Here I go. I enjoy road riding. Feels like Porsche to me. :) As a kid I have watched more than once the TdF enter Paris. :D

My bike is a twenty year old Bianchi re-painted. :)

I love the sport but am simply fed up with the athletes who get the coverage but only by helping increasing their power/ability/whatever.

Road riding as a sport has simply lost its appeal to me.

Favorite road climbs? Since I am not from :canada: and ride only ion my neck of the woods, who cares?

I am sorry if I disturb things, will promise to keep calm from now on, am just soo disappointed...

[sanrensho]

Alright. Here I go. I enjoy road riding. Feels like Porsche to me. :) As a kid I have watched more than once the TdF enter Paris. :D

My bike is a twenty year old Bianchi re-painted.

Fair enough, I obviously mistook where you were coming from.

Regardless of who or who is not on "drugs," the enjoyment I get out of road racing does not change. To me, regardless of what drugs they may or may not be taking, the suffering is the same.

Riders like Zabel, Ullrich, Heras and Riis will come and go, but the sport and races will still be around in 20 or 50 years.


Favorite road climbs? Since I am not from :canada: and ride only ion my neck of the woods, who cares?

Actually, I do and I bet I'm not the only one. Which part of Germany are you in, and how is the road riding?

[Mic]

Actually, I do and I bet I'm not the only one. Which part of Germany are you in, and how is the road riding?

Cool..:beer:

Northeast of Cologne, sandwiched between areas called "Sauerland" and "Bergisches Land" ..and the thing called "Ruhrgebiet" is not that far away either, so the best of boths worlds (solitude vs shopping malls).

The riding is nice - from steep climbs to nice vistas and gently curving roads. :)
just imagine small roads in these hills.

http://www.weiberkram-duesseldorf.de/photogallery/krad_2006_06_15/017.JPG

[sanrensho]

Northeast of Cologne, sandwiched between areas called "Sauerland" and "Bergisches Land" ..and the thing called "Ruhrgebiet" is not that far away either, so the best of boths worlds (solitude vs shopping malls).

*Off to hunt around on Google...*

OT: The Cologne Cathedral and its location right near the train station was one of my most striking memories from Europe.

[sanrensho]

The riding is nice - from steep climbs to nice vistas and gently curving roads. :)
just imagine small roads in these hills.


Not to stray too far off-topic, but how are the drivers in your part of the woods? How about the popularity of road cycling these days among the general German public?

[Mic]

Not to stray too far off-topic, but how are the drivers in your part of the woods? How about the popularity of road cycling these days among the general German public?

1. they seem kinda elitist, always the laetst equipment, heart-rate shit nd the like...:rolleyes: some are cool though, a friend of my brother is really nuts, every weekend trips around 150 km...:eek2: for me, it is just recreation because the fun is digging and riding trails in the woods :)

2. nobody seems to give a s**** anymore. j. ullrich really strained the public's view with his fake-ish press conference. and now this one with zabel.
since team telekom is more or less partially owned by the state (due to the company in the background) everything is going hog wild at the moment. the atnosphere is kinda poisened. but this seems the way in france, spain and italy as well...from what I get on the news...

[Mic]

you have been to Europe and seen the Cathedral.....cool. :) :)

Mine was the view from around the UBC (the old Spanish Hostel thing) over to the North Shore Mountains one sunny and warm june evening.

[pete@nsmb.com]

Cool..:beer:

Northeast of Cologne, sandwiched between areas called "Sauerland" and "Bergisches Land" ..and the thing called "Ruhrgebiet" is not that far away either, so the best of boths worlds (solitude vs shopping malls).

The riding is nice - from steep climbs to nice vistas and gently curving roads. :)


I'll second that - Germany is absolutely beautiful. I have ridden in and around Murnau - south of Munich near the Austrian border and it's fantastic.