2009 giro d'italia Stories - SB Nation
Giro d'Italia, On the Scene at Stage 16
For the riders, it was a Monday in hell. For me, another fantastic day at the Giro. Story and more pictures on the flip... I enjoyed tghe ride up to Monte Petrano from Cagli, even ...
Giro d'Italia, On the Scene at Stages 13 and 14
In Firenze, the race security let those of us with press passes remain closer to the finish line than usual, in the area usually reserved for holders of photographer passes. It was excit...
Giro d'Italia Stage 15: Post-Stage Thread
Dangerous but not decisive was the guess for this stage pre-race and dangerous but not decisive was the outcome. Some atacking by Basso, Garzelli and a little one by Di Luca came to naught. ...
Giro d'Italia Stage 14... Live!!
Well this should be a rollicking good time. Which is a little annoying, as we head into week three: I want the main course from now on! But then, if Danilo DiLuca steals the stage on the final climb, ...
End Game Revisited
It never fails to interest me. We look at the GC standings after a mid-Grand Tour stage and think they'll stay that way till the end. Of course they never do. There are always multiple big stages at t...
Closing The Deal- With Numbers!
We're halfway done with this Giro and the obviousstoryline is can Di Luca close the deal? So I thought it would be instructive to look back at a bunch of recent Grand Tours to see who was leading afte...
Che Polemica! On the Scene at Stage Nine of the Giro
I didn't get a lot of pictures at the Milano show, but this is my favorite, Renshaw and Boasson Hagen celebrating just after crossing the line. The stage headquarters was far from t...
Giro d'Italia, On the Scene at Stage Eight
Today in Bergamo, I decided to watch the race out on the road, rather than stay in the finish area. In my morning scouting trip, I found a good spot near the top of the steep climb into ...
Giro d'Italia, On the Scene at Stage Five
The theme of today's report is adventures in stage finish positioning. I'm starting to learn the art of positioning oneself for good photo opportunities at stage finishes. Two or three ...
Piccola Polemica: Cunego Speaks His Mind
A bit of polemica arose today on the Giro post-race show over an interview Damiano Cunego gave to Gazzetta dello Sport after Wednesday's stage finish at Alpe di Siusi. Cunego suffered a "gior...
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