The giro de italia

[jj12]

http://cyclingmagazine.ca/2012/04/secti ... cast-giro/

[Quentin]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!

[norman marcy]

Does anyone have a video on demand site for the giro??

[steve]

Norm,

Use steephill.com for live feed and cycling torrents to download video.

Steve

[Rolf]

Actually, it's .TV and I don't think they link to torrents, just clips on Youtube and other streaming services. Here ya go: http://www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/ That page gets updated regularly and should soon have links to all the live streams. Plus each day they post links to clips and articles on the stage.

Another source for live links is http://www.cyclingfans.com/. And if you're looking for full race torrents then these guys are pretty good, if a little insular.

Steephill.tv does such a great job consolidating all the info you need to be an English-speaking pro cycling fan. I wonder what would happen to it if North American sports networks started picking up more races?

Speaking of which, why does Sportsnet think only Ontarians are interested in Giro coverage? Grrrrrr... Their schedule for the Sunday night prime time replay of the Stage 1 TT presents a conundrum for the Don Cherries out there: you can either watch homoerotic grappling by semi-nude men or a bunch of Europeans dandy about on bicycles in tight-fitting lycra; what's a manly man to do?

[Quentin]

For those that don't get SportsNet One (or Ontario or East) you can watch the first stage on your local NBC affiliate: http://tvlistings.zap2it.com/tvlistings ... 6323600000.

Unfortunately, it looks like that will be the only stage they cover.

[leftcoaster]

giro preview......

http://www.cyclingnews.com/features/gir ... contenders

[leftcoaster]

Four Canadians at the Giro......

Ryder Hesjedal of course for Garmin-Barracuda

Christian Meier and Svend Tuft for Orica - Greenedge (Tuft was in the Penticton Grandfondo last year and finished before the finishing area was set up)

Dominique Rollin for FDJ -Bigmat

and tomorrow it begins..........

[Rolf]

Spot the Canuck (current TT and RR champion Svein Tuft):

[Quentin]

For those of you who don't know how hard core Swein Tuft is, check out this NY Times article from 2009: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/08/sport ... wanted=all

[jeremy]

Spot the Canuck (current TT and RR champion Svein Tuft):

I believe that that is also fellow Canuskistanian Christian Meier standing to the right of Svein