Contador, Morabito, Hartmann and L.Aperribay went down

No word yet how they are.

at km 118

Hansen, Perget, Nardello, Baliani, Spezialetti

is the highest placed rider on the GC, he is 8th

This is the first chance I’ve had to watch a live Giro stage this year, so I’m pleased to be here. The coffee is brewing.

Bruce, yikes, that’s hard to hear this early in the morning. Moribito separated his shoulder a few days ago, and now…ouch.

Anybody got a non-Ctv feed that’s working? All the euro links are showing canoing.

splitted…

but stopped at 2.

Mmmm… tasty.

You people deserve some kind of medal for getting up in the wee hours of the morning every day.

Ok, RAI live now and Cassani looks like he had a sour calamari last night. Definitely not a happy face.

But they don’t have a feed of the race, just in interview. sigh

the big climb?

the podium girls at the Giro are way better than the Tour – the girls at the Giro actually look like athletes that could hop on a bike and knock out 50K no worries. The girls at the Tour look like they’re more concerned about their hair and whether they have enough smokes to curtail their appetites. In other words – not role models.

(I feel like this is ok territory to broach since most of the time the camera’s focus on 180 male rumps. Carry on.)

and I would even agree.
These chickies at least seem to have a bit of “personality” vs stone faces at the tour.

what is taking ctv so long to click over??

Like any normal person (male or female) should be.

lungs. (I’m cool with that.)

on my 4th screen… almost there…

I’d not seen Cav’s turn of speed there… he buried Benna with that kick.

I say again… excellent form.

Anthony got really excited when Cav won, more than usual, good on him.

To ride behind someone that had to fart that bad…

What the hell is going on in the race? RAI is all over the place with coverage and interviews. Can’t make heads or tails of this mess.

who is he? I wish they’d put a graphic up with his name and claim to fame. Rebecca just gets better and better at her interviewing skills. The t-shirt the guy is wearing is cute, but I do wish, in general, that the guests would get a bit more spiffed up to be on camera..

Breakaway is 50K from the finish, gap at 4:40”.

Riders in the break are…

Hansen
Nardello
Perget
Baliani
Spezialetti

out of that group.

down. Just under 4 mins now

... an interview.

Where’s Gavia… what does that mean?

and they start it with ANOTHER stage recap.

and then I’m outta here if I don’t see any live coverage

http://www.rai.it/dl/RaiSport/PublishingBlock-b5fc6763-83e8-4d69-a520-5b8f76430476.html#cf

Gap at 3:25”

Really? COME ON… at least get some hand puppets or some cardboard cutouts and re-enact wtf is going on in the race!

It’s made me laugh every day.

If Bert really wasn’t on a beach but say… in Mexico training and didn’t tell the UCI… well… would make for a painful last week of the race.

Difference between “Assurance” and “Insurance”

from DZ’s entry. Now that is worth some serious laughs.

Spezialetti, Perget, Baliani, Hansen, Nardello vedono ridurre Km dopo Km. Il loro vantaggio nei confronti del gruppo che vede nelle prime posizioni la Quickstep e la Saunier Duval.

ANy idea what that means?

Another day chasing down a break? At least there’s no reason to complain about the roads.

“slow day in the commentating box… now hand me another Bota bag of Chianti”

Sprinters or classics guys?

Ricco’s big mouth has been at it again.
Eurosport commentators said that in L’Equipe he said Contador and Astana are stealing their Giro and bashing him completely.
Making more friends, eh?
The commentators don’t agree with him…

So at least they think it’s alla Ricco today?

with slack social skills it appears

Hi guys,

To those of you who were tuned into CTV this morning – thanks for bearing with us for the somewhat ‘extended’ show!

Enjoy the stage…

back to the peleton

In college I used to go there and drool on the pinarellos.

must be something on this end… snark

40-ish back to the peleton…I don’t think he’s going to make it.

Can’t rule it out.

Is he still in the race?

on my own website so I’ll be taking those down post race… enjoy while you can :)

but I don’t think it’s gonna happen. Guys in the back are riding today.

hard to understand

Gonna be close? Actually, only if he can burn upp the climb, which I doubt.

more than all-out chase

that the last 4 km are uphill

for Contador.
Looks like he is okay even though he crashed

Marshall: “no, no, this way”

Il Killer

???
Team pulling him.

video stalling ..

Note to c.tv… this makes me hate your sponsors

pounds handlebars. Navigare rider off front

attacks. Do they have about 45 sponsors on that kit?

Climb kicking up.

the princess

Pfannberger on his wheel.

what a race for THR, the best team today

taking a flier.

SELLLAAAAAA!

but also big legs by ricco

All the way around! Rebelling marks, Ricco counters… Bettini on him, but can’t do it.

RICCO!!!

gave a great lead out for Ricco, and Bettini was just not able to get around the princess

what’s happen with Di Luca?!

problems with his machine?

“chirp, chirp”

now THAT was a finish . . .

Bettini: hasn’t got it.
Rebellin: hasn’t got it
- DiLuca: has it, but went too soon, albeit a potentially ambushing attack
- Ricco: fastest of the punchers right now.

Is mental

4th, Pietropolli 5th

by DiLuca

Diluca attacked from 47th wheel

Into 5th in GC. Sella had 18” yesterday, did he loose time on the finish?

at 1200kbps.

thanks C.TV, that’s what I paid for…

AAAAAhahahahahahahahaaahahhhahahahaaahahahahaaa!!!!!!!!

Ricco could win the whole race?

I’m off to work / gym / coffee… Ciao.

OK, he pooped out yesterday, but as fast as he’s getting into shape, he has to be a threat in the real mountains. 7:56 worth of threat? Maybe. Why not.

into ciclamena today. Not a bad start.

thanks all!

a mechanical before the finish, when he was so down

are named “Tivoli”

With all due respect to cyclingnews.com (still one of my favourite cycling web sites), the excerpt below is why I pay to watch C.TV

16:33 CEST
-400m Piepoli leads.

16:34 CEST
Di Luca takes over with Rebellin in tow.,

And that is how Di Luca’s move was captured. You simply can’t beat a live feed!

someone understand the Di Luca interview?

About what happens today…?

Are you watching the studio?

currently shows Ricco off up front and then the peloton. I guess he’s still riding, maybe to the next stage. :-)

sorry a tad late. i was obsesssing in the tactics thread…

cassani and bulba thought he was in trouble….

not sure what other interviews i missed – let me know, the texts are usually posted a little lates, and i can trans…

Savol says there is tranqilita in lpr!

bursting with fruit flavor!

they asked him something about how the team has changed with diluca not there… he says lpr is a good team, mumble mumble mumble

the bursting with fruit flavor? lol, sorry, maybe i need to publish a gavia translator. was sorta sarcastic about his unenthusiastic sound

diluca doesn’t carry a radio. savol saw him getting gapped.

says that it was a long hard stage. he is happy to have the jersey. i think he said he was taking it day by day.

brief odd conversation about how helmets are obligatory and how there’ve beena bunch of crashes.

flirting with the podium chicks eat your heart out moletta…

back in a few…

missed it…

they just signed off now…

i’m going to guess the police guy was chatting ‘bout doping – bulba and cassani said something about the processo having some doping talk.

here’s bettini’s post-race:
Gli replica Paolol Bettini: "Avevo detto che volevo fare la tappa, ci siamo accollati il peso della rincorsa ai fuggitivi, i miei compagni sono stati perfetti. Volevamo vincere e abbiamo perso sulla linea d’arrivo, ma Riccò oggi è stato forte, furbo e bravo. E domani si arriva in Toscana…".

He says his team was perfect, that he wanted to ride for the stage and to keep the escape under control. I wanted to win and came close but today Ricco is strong, furbo… crafty, and bravo. Tomorrow, we arrive in Toscana – that’s Bettini’s home region, so he’ll perhaps want to show something.

I missed the interview with Klodie, but apparently there was one.

He says that he’s riding good, that yesterday the climb was too short and fast for him, but that’s okay because the climbs that will decide the giro are long and hard. He is looking forward to the time trial at urbino which will stabilize things. He doesn’t think much of Ricco’s chances.