Giro D'Italia

ADA23 said:

Does anyone know if RAI on Foftel are doing the Giro live, and if not is there a way to watch it on the web?

Dunno about Foxtel, but it's on cycling.tv but you have to pay around $50 for the year for the subscription. I forked out the moola the other night when the final stage of the tour de romandie was on. I was up late, too many beers, so I thought what the hell. It's not too bad, I don't have a superfast connection though so had to set the resolution down a bit, but watchable. You can also see replays of most of the spring classics as well.

Speaking of the Giro, have you seen how hard it is this year? I was reading on cyclingnews that Johan Bruyneel was complaining about, and he's not the only one. They are going to be running 34/29 gearing for stage 17!

Adam

adam85 said:

Speaking of the Giro, have you seen how hard it is this year? I was
reading on cyclingnews that Johan Bruyneel was complaining about, and
he's not the only one. They are going to be running 34/29 gearing for
stage 17!

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/may06/may03news2

Hmm, are they running a compact crankset upfront? Haven't we been told
that a 39x27 would be enough to ride up everything ...

😉

I wonder what gears Der Kaiser will be grinding for that stage.

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petulance said:

I wonder what gears Der Kaiser will be grinding for that stage.

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Dont know, but I'm sure he will being crushing the mountains to powder beneath his wheels and doing the breaking of the weak against his massive thighs like the ocean against the shore, whilst his German blood sings a song of war and blood within him, at the thinking of his assured victory at Le Tour.

Man I Love that Kasier blog 😄 😄

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are RAI showing it (in OZ) this year?

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Yes its on RAI, for 2006.

access through Optus Cable, Austar and Foxtel, can get it just for the month
Optus charge $13.95, you must keep for a full month, (is that 30 days for men-28 for woman or from 21 to 35 if you are in the general population?...try arguing that to Optus accounts ...)

I've got mine ready, bring on Venerdi and the Tifo

ciao

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petulance said:

are RAI showing it (in OZ) this year?

QUOTE]
Yes its on RAI, for 2006.

access through Optus Cable, Austar and Foxtel, can get it just for the month
Optus charge $13.95, you must keep for a full month, (is that 30 days for men-28 for woman or from 21 to 35 if you are in the general population?...try arguing that to Optus accounts ...)

I've got mine ready, bring on Venerdi and the Tifo

ciao

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ADA23 said:

Does anyone know if RAI on Foftel are doing the Giro live, and if not is
there a way to watch it on the web?

Dunno about Foxtel, but it's on cycling.tv but you have to pay around
$50 for the year for the subscription. I forked out the moola the other
night when the final stage of the tour de romandie was on. I was up
late, too many beers, so I thought what the hell. It's not too bad, I
don't have a superfast connection though so had to set the resolution
down a bit, but watchable. You can also see replays of most of the
spring classics as well.

Speaking of the Giro, have you seen how hard it is this year? I was
reading on cyclingnews that Johan Bruyneel was complaining about, and
he's not the only one. They are going to be running 34/29 gearing for
stage 17!

Adam

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adam85

Hey Adam,

I've subscribed to cycling.tv too, it's great (I've got good broadband
access so that helps). But in regards to the Giro I'm not sure whether we
will be able to access it. As I understand it you need a seperate
subscription to the OLN channel through the cycling.tv interface. This is an
additional USD19.99 and seems to only be available to the US.

http://velogal.blogspot.com/2006/03/as-you-may-have-heard-by-now-cycling.html

http://www.podiumcafe.com/story/2006/3/29/145832/601

Cheers

Adrian

Schedules are not exactly concrete a bit like Alitalia, but the stages are
well worth the wait .Saturday nights are not the best , on the website it is
showing 11.30WST for the prologue , if it is like previous years a normal
weeknight will be 9-11 WST followed by a 'Giro Show' where old stars ,
riders escorted by scantily clad women disect the stage.
http://www.international.rai.it/

http://www.rai.it/giro2005

Steve
Ideal Cycles