Giro di Toscana - now with video

Now all the stage videos from last month's Giro di Toscana - Memoria Michaela Fanini have been posted, so if you've got a spare hour or three to kill then enjoy.

Stage 1 is the team time trial. OK these are always a bit sucky to watch, so don't start here unless you really want to be the first to say how dull it all is. It's an out and back course beside the beach at Viareggio, where the best thing is seeing that in Italy you can still ride a convertible sitting on the trunk.

Stage 2 ran from Porcari to Altopascio. Katazina Sosna of Vaiano made a long solo break trying to anticipate the otherwise inevitable bunch sprint. And if you've ever wondered who sponsors women's cycling in Italy, well look up the website of Tailorsan.it (as proudly printed on the teeshirts of the podium girls). If you want to find brass then you have to know where to look.

Stage 3 finished in what has become the signature stage finish of the Giro di Toscana, Volterra. And what other stage race starts with a blessing from a monk? See how the other weeny climbers in the pack handle things when Emma Pooley's not a couple of km up the road.

Stage 4 came in two halves. The morning saw a flat stage leading to a sprint finish, but the most remarkable thing was the way the Maglia Rosa sacrificed herself for her team. The fact that she would leave the race the next day to travel to the Worlds probably also had a lot to do with it.

Then there was the evening time trial, thankfully without last year's gale force winds and rain. Stick around through the podium ceremony for an interview with Megan Guarnier.

Stage 5's 100km from Segromigno in Piano to Capannori was another chance for the climbers, at least for those that weren't already sitting beside Danny Kaye on the ferry. And it's nice to see Vicki Whitelaw getting the jersey that commemorated Carly Hibberd, even if I've still no idea what she did to get it.

And there's no chance to sit in and sip champagne on the final stage, especially as you really need a clear head through the little lanes that lead to the finish line in the centre of Florence.