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Giro d'Italia Palermo TTT... Live!!

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Giro d'Italia Stage 1... LIVE!!


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Great way to christen the new site, eh? Should be a real spectacle today. Enjoy!

 


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First things first...

what time does this Giro you speak of begin?

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on May 10, 2008 7:33 AM EDT   0 recs

2pm GMT +1

what does that mean?

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on May 10, 2008 7:36 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

When I post this it is 1:42 GMT+1

so in about twenty minutes

by Jens on May 10, 2008 7:44 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

thx

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on May 10, 2008 8:04 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

and there she is...

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on May 10, 2008 8:13 AM EDT   1 recs

Alright

Does anyone have a vid link from anywhere, since this is the one thing I’m not paying Ctv for (for the reason that I won’t be able to watch 90% of the race, not because I’m displeased with the coverage. It’s worked well for me so far).

"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."

by Drew... on May 10, 2008 8:27 AM EDT   0 recs

http://www.podiumcafe.com/2008/5/10/506985/livestream-from-the-giro

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on May 10, 2008 8:33 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good Morning Guys!

I actually got in (thanks for the link as that always seems to be faster). I love baby Schleck.
You guys have 2007 highlights right?

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on May 10, 2008 8:37 AM EDT   0 recs

Good morning Everyone

Egoat, Rebecca may have something to say about the particular clip you posted

by tshawytcha on May 10, 2008 8:42 AM EDT   0 recs

No sound?

Is anyone else having the problem where they’re not getting sound?

by BDBrian on May 10, 2008 8:57 AM EDT   0 recs

I've got sound

but I’ve already dropped down to 800 and generally 1200 has usually been pretty good to me.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on May 10, 2008 8:59 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Buon giorno a tutti!

Good morning to everyone!

This is the start of my favorite three weeks of the year. I feel like a kid on the first day of summer vacation.

by Tifosa on May 10, 2008 8:58 AM EDT   0 recs

just a little choppy on 800

1200 ain’t too good at all.

by tshawytcha on May 10, 2008 9:01 AM EDT   0 recs

800

I’m starting at 800 today and so far so good. Sound and everything. Yawn.

by ursula on May 10, 2008 9:09 AM EDT   0 recs

Morning all

1200 working real good for me thus far. It’s my first Giro, so I’m pretty excited about the coming three weeks.

by PopUp Rolen on May 10, 2008 9:11 AM EDT   0 recs

loggin in was extremely slow

but nevertheless, I’m in @ 800

by orangekick on May 10, 2008 9:11 AM EDT   0 recs

WOW...!

this thing updates automatically, no more hitting reload key

by orangekick on May 10, 2008 9:12 AM EDT   0 recs

800 working fine

I don’t want to press my luck with 1200 yet, although I have this feeling the live will be better than it has been because it’s North America only.

by BDBrian on May 10, 2008 9:13 AM EDT   0 recs

Mornin folks

Is c.tv still in the pre-game show? Jens’ Finnish link is showing a guy standing in a jet engine so I wasnt sure if it wan’t on the air yet, or if Jens is tricking us into watching Finnish TV

by Hons on May 10, 2008 9:14 AM EDT   0 recs

Jens team for the VDS

Born from Jets – must be he’s made a documentary of it for our viewing pleasure.

Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana. - G. Marx

by flying dog on May 10, 2008 10:57 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

2007 highlight reel running now

with the euro-techno soundtrack

by Jimbo... on May 10, 2008 9:20 AM EDT   0 recs

Need help!

I’m not getting it at all… feeling stupid what sholud I do to watch it???

by AstanaFan on May 10, 2008 9:20 AM EDT   0 recs

Woo Hoo

We get to start watching!
Thank you Miss Rebecca!

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on May 10, 2008 9:22 AM EDT   0 recs

good lord

last year’s Giro was amazing. And I haven’t had a drop of coffee…

Mornin all! Rebecca steps in, and we’re getting underway.

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:22 AM EDT   0 recs

5 VDS points

for whomever guesses the opera tune in the intro!

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:23 AM EDT   0 recs

actually

it’s a stupid question by me, since I have no way of knowing. Maybe I can ask my mom to log onto Cycling.TV,

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:26 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Didn't even hear it

so I’m guessing out of my ass

by Jimbo... on May 10, 2008 9:27 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

And now

for a dramatic video of journalists walking around…

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:27 AM EDT   0 recs

I've just posted this

on another thread, but as most of you are in here try this: http://www.giroditalia.rai.it then click on the “Diretta della tappa” (Live from the stage – Your Italian lesson for today) button on the left. No coverage when I looked, just a player, but I’m watching RaiSportSat and they aren’t live yet.

by Monty. on May 10, 2008 9:28 AM EDT   0 recs

Thanks Monty

I guess the lesson part 2 will be simply watching the race

by Hons on May 10, 2008 9:32 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks Monty

Was looking for that earlier – teams are on the route

"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."

by Drew... on May 10, 2008 9:39 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hey, the top left button is labeled "home page".

I guess Italian isn’t so difficult after all. Thanks for the link.

by pigilito on May 10, 2008 10:07 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

800 looks great right now

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on May 10, 2008 9:29 AM EDT   0 recs

Start order

15.30 Milram
15.35 Tinkoff
15.40 Cofidis
15.45 Saunier Duval-Scott
15.50 Diquigiovanni-Androni
15.55 Caisse d’Epargne
16.00 Slipstream
16.05 Quick Step
16.10 Astana
16.15 Rabobank
16.20 Euskaltel-Euskadi
16.25 CSF Group-Navigare
16.30 Lampre
16.35 Française des Jeux
16.40 CSC
16.45 AG2R La Mondiale
16.50 Barloworld
16.55 High Road
17.00 Liquigas
17.05 Gerolsteiner
17.10 Silence-Lotto
17.15 Lpr

So there’s 4 important teams in the first half-hour (besides Tinkoff, which is a possible stage-winner) – Saunier, Diquigiovanni, Caisse, and Slipstream

by BDBrian on May 10, 2008 9:29 AM EDT   0 recs

Milram first up

Love it… they’re a warm-up act.

And… we’re off!

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:30 AM EDT   0 recs

sigh

[insert rant macro]

Morning, all. Assuming that I can get a feed going, I’ll be here and wrenching on bikes this rainy AM. Anyone else need something fixed/adjusted?

by Sui Juris on May 10, 2008 9:30 AM EDT   0 recs

mornin!

Can you patch a sew-up for me?

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:32 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

sure

but I’m not putting it back on. I got more sense than that.

by Sui Juris on May 10, 2008 9:34 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not me!

They’re ksyriums, so I can do a good 5 more miles if it flats.

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:35 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

for CTV

Site error

This site encountered an error trying to fulfill your request. The errors were:

Error Type
ConflictError
Error Value
database conflict error (oid 0xe96d, class Products.CMFPlone.Portal.PloneSite, serial this txn started with 0×0375b54c422eab55 2008-05-10 13:32:15.511477, serial currently committed 0×0375b54c76282fcc 2008-05-10 13:32:27.693042)
Request made at
2008/05/10 14:32:18.162 GMT+1

Not really the language I was looking forward to parsing today.

by Sui Juris on May 10, 2008 9:34 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

yup

Was signed in early on a wireless mac, and then decided to switch over to an ethernet winbox (after the mac feed just froze and quit). This be the result. Me, I remain tranquillo.

by Sui Juris on May 10, 2008 9:38 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

I used the link we have above

and it worked well. When I try cold from the CTV site I get that a lot.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on May 10, 2008 9:35 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Yeah--me too

bad decision on my part—restart Ctv in hopes of a better connection….

by tshawytcha on May 10, 2008 9:36 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

New Goal...

to become a bike holder at the start :-)

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on May 10, 2008 9:31 AM EDT   0 recs

5' btw teams??

Man, they’re really gonna drag this out. Plenty of time for little sidebars. Cue interview with DiLuca’s priest in about 2’?

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:32 AM EDT   0 recs

Danilo is the new spokesperson for the reduced calorie communion wafer

It’s called, “I can’t believe it’s not Jesus.”

by bethie on May 10, 2008 9:36 AM EDT to parent up   1 recs

Never thought

I could laugh w/o coffee…

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:37 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Just sent that to a friend

You seem to share her sense of humor. With luck, your politics will also align enough for you to enjoy this… http://2politicaljunkies.blogspot.com/

by JFS_PGH on May 10, 2008 10:06 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Thanks, I'll take a look

That’s a BIlly Connelly joke BTW. He tells it much better than I.

by bethie on May 10, 2008 10:57 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Alright folks

I expect to hear klaxons go off when the racing actually begins so I will know to fire up the RAI engines.

by Hons on May 10, 2008 9:36 AM EDT   0 recs

So who's

the tourist on the back? 3km into the Giro and he’s suffering? Did he train?

TINKOFF goes, a team designed to defend it’s T.V. Garibaldi title.

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:37 AM EDT   0 recs

Tinkoff sucking it up

They keep getting big gaps… Doesn’t look like they’re all riding at the front.

by BDBrian on May 10, 2008 9:39 AM EDT   0 recs

Bouncy camera

I might hurl.

Tinkoff struggling a tad. That was a bit of a gap.

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:39 AM EDT   0 recs

Yeeeaaaahhh!

I’m back in and Milram is doing 65k!

by tshawytcha on May 10, 2008 9:39 AM EDT   0 recs

Cofidis ready to go

Yay, tourists.

by BDBrian on May 10, 2008 9:40 AM EDT   0 recs

Hmmmm

I’m getting audio but no video from RAI, and choppy video from Finland…

by Hons on May 10, 2008 9:40 AM EDT   0 recs

Had to drop to 400 now

Go figure. 800 crapped out.

by BDBrian on May 10, 2008 9:40 AM EDT   0 recs

New drinking game

everytime Brian says “of course” as the answer to one of Anthony’s comments, you drink

by Jimbo... on May 10, 2008 9:41 AM EDT   0 recs

coffee?

or do I have to bust out some almond liqueur

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:42 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

your call

coffee for me

by Jimbo... on May 10, 2008 9:43 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Not sure which would be worst

for you guys to read from. We all know coffee can be bad… very bad. :-P

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on May 10, 2008 9:45 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Good morning all!

New site with the auto-refresh is great!
So far so good with CTV – I’m on at 800.
Now I’ll get my coffee and all will be well!

by Veloki on May 10, 2008 9:41 AM EDT   0 recs

Tinkoff

all over the road

by tshawytcha on May 10, 2008 9:42 AM EDT   0 recs

I love TTT

As long as they are part of a Grand Tour (Eindhoven no, thanks). A big show

by King of Doping on May 10, 2008 9:42 AM EDT   0 recs

Cycling's answer

to those Japanese game shows where the goal is to survive and not fall into a giant bowl of soba or something.

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:45 AM EDT to parent up   1 recs

RAI Sport

has a weird cropped screen, but most of the bikes can be seen the and announcers are in fine form. I love these guys even when I can’t understand them.

"Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated."

by Drew... on May 10, 2008 9:45 AM EDT   0 recs

As CTV craps out a bit

I’ve got the funky shot of RAI in the bottom corner. Hopefully won’t miss a beat with all of this.
Hopefully the computer won’t get loaded down with so much open and running.

"The most wasted day is that in which we have not laughed."

by nikki on May 10, 2008 9:47 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

RAI

I’ve got a beautiful full screen. It froze as I typed this…but I have faith.

by Hons on May 10, 2008 9:48 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Finhinsh tv

still choppy. But damn if this ain’t a beautiful thing.

by Hons on May 10, 2008 9:45 AM EDT   0 recs

Hey Tinkoff

you guys suuuuuuuuuck at this.

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:46 AM EDT   0 recs

auto refresh is fantastic

I watch full screen on the mac and read PD on the iPhone. The auto refresh works great on it. Yeah.

Zoe

by ZoeRochelle on May 10, 2008 9:47 AM EDT   0 recs

shoot 800 is acting up, down to 400 *sigh*

not a good way top start the Giro

by lyne on May 10, 2008 9:47 AM EDT   0 recs

yep

seriously.

But remember, CTV is part of the wonderful Jump Network, and there will be nooo problems once they upgrade.

by Sui Juris on May 10, 2008 9:48 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Rebecca....!

Whay do all the stream suck?

"I won! I won! I don't have to go to school anymore." -- Eddy Merckx, after winning his first bike race

by ELVISGOAT on May 10, 2008 9:47 AM EDT   0 recs

Video

keeps stopping. not sure whose fault it is.

by Chris... on May 10, 2008 9:48 AM EDT   0 recs

not our fault

if we are all getting the same problem, which we are…

by Jimbo... on May 10, 2008 9:49 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs

Hmmm

that could explain why the RAI feed is stuck too.

by Hons on May 10, 2008 9:49 AM EDT to parent up   0 recs