Giro D'Italia 2013

Nibali looked pretty comfortable. And why wouldn't he given that his rivals were nowhere to be seen. I expect him to put more time into Uran Uran and/or Evans tomorrow if the stage isn't neutralized.

Also, weird stages such as this one seem to be pretty common in Giro. I guess it's because the conditions are genuinely unpredictable this time of the year. It's part of the event really.

The break must have just completely disintegrated on the climb, how much time did they lose? 4 minutes?
Pretty grim out there, looking forward to what ever re hash is available tomorrow

Looks like Nibali and Santambrogio struck a deal.

'I'lla letta you winna iffa you helpa me inna the mountains becausa ma teama is shitta'

I'm para-phrasing.

^ Racist.

Why would Nibali need Santambrogio's help in the mountains? He gifted the win in case he needed Vini Fantini's help somewhere else along the way.

A rival Italian team riding in support of an Italian in the Giro against an Aussie and Colombian? That's crazy talk.

Just goes to show that Nibali is playing it very safe. It's not as if he would be in desperate trouble any time soon.

Or he is from a culture where you prove your class with patronage rather than rapaciousness.

From the Guardian's Grupetto blog which is worth a read but not as good as Inrng.

"The upshot was nearly three hours of the very worst television ever broadcast, with Eurosport's Declan Quigley defying parody and the usually laconic Sean Kelly sounding ready to contact Dignitas."

Today looks pretty brutal even without the Galibier. Let's have some fucking pictures please.

Apparently Rai had footage of the final climb last night. Anybody got a link?

Just watched it here. They didn't have it live yesterday though.

Edit: Apparently they've earlier used airplanes instead of helicopters in the Galibier if the weather has been shite.

is there anywhere other than LMNH showing it? Not that I have anything against lmnh, just it's a bit far from home, so somewhere in West would be lovely

Or he is from a culture where you prove your class with patronage rather than rapaciousness.

I don't know about rape but there was definitely some kind of lewd cosmopolitian trading going on in all that fog...

Just watched it here. They didn't have it live yesterday though.

Edit: Apparently they've earlier used airplanes instead of helicopters in the Galibier if the weather has been shite.

No - not live. Filmed onto hard disc from bikes.

In this vid you can hear the commentators chatting about relaying from the Galibier via a plane.
Marco Pantani Tour de France 1998 - Galibier/Les deux Alpes -English comment- Parte 1/2 - YouTube

well its a slow start to the day

No racing today?

not yet

Looks like midwinter on the climb at the moment

Beautiful scenery though.

they will fiight for the KOM jersey but the race won't start until the bottom of the Col du Télégraphe, or so the peloton seemingly agreed

Pussies

I am quite enjoying watching the coverage in Italian. even with my limited conversational grasp of the language it's still better than the main guy on Euro sport.

I am quite enjoying watching the coverage in Italian. even with my limited conversational grasp of the language it's still better than the main guy on Euro sport.

I watch it in Italian too, to learn a bit! I already speak rubbish, so nothing to be gained by watching eurosport