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Billie said:Scarponi and Nibali will be racing together in this years tour normally.
Cunego and Simoni raced multiple gt's together. Di Luca and Savoldelli raced together at lpr.
Not that special imo
No and no.del1962 said:Vuelta 2014, some might say Tour 2014
cellardoor said:Billie said:Scarponi and Nibali will be racing together in this years tour normally.
Cunego and Simoni raced multiple gt's together. Di Luca and Savoldelli raced together at lpr.
Not that special imo
Cunego, Di Luca and Scarponi and are not multiple GT winners though.
Campervan man said:Could some kind person link the Aprica stage with Contadors mechanical please as I missed it live and can't find it. Thanks in advance.
Netserk said:Netserk said:I just found out that if you watch the full coverage from rai via steephill, there won't be any spoiler as it just shows the player, so the stage winner's name isn't there!
So from this post I will link to full coverage of all Giro stages without a single spoiler and completely legit/legal too!
Stage 1: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+1+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=8c0eae2f-eeaa-446d-a3e5-36971c73f681&yr=2015
Stage 2: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+2+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=1a4a387d-55a8-4b88-ae55-89435cc6f921&yr=2015
Stage 3: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+3+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=5e738829-d714-47c1-8043-e6b7e2a159b2&yr=2015
Stage 4: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=On-Demand+Stage+4+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=dbb665cb-cce2-45ea-8c6a-4c1e3892e4a7&yr=2015
Stage 5: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+5+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=15ff85a1-edd2-44cc-a7d6-0c2f7686efab&yr=2015
Stage 6: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+6+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=3d0fde2f-fd62-4674-b8d8-f02f3e11a3cc&yr=2015
Stage 7: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+7+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=c55be9e4-7e96-4369-ab73-00d6dc2d0eeb&yr=2015
Stage 8: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+8+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=57b138c6-2fe1-4b21-b284-256c6be5b3ed&yr=2015
Stage 9: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+9+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=023e4993-a19f-4cdf-9bb6-0c9b85df0882&yr=2015
Stage 10: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+10+Interactive+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=795179fe-9c0a-4687-9b06-2f9b0b710c31&yr=2015
Stage 11: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+11+Interactive+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=c902fdb4-3162-46cd-b5c9-e6c3db2d35d8&yr=2015
Stage 12: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+12+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=176242a6-81be-42ec-b715-9cdc7028eefd&yr=2015
Stage 13: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+13+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=f4cc6761-ce6d-47aa-b1d5-f1d2290491e1&yr=2015
Stage 14: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+14+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=27f18339-7bfb-40bd-8a4a-8795ff7ef45c&yr=2015
Stage 15: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+15+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=13067138-8490-4ced-bee8-b9f6e6f6dcca&yr=2015
Stage 16: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+16+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=052ac49e-3f44-4073-a270-57373817fc75&yr=2015
Stage 17: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+17+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=9e9f58d6-99da-4982-b3fd-6c4e2d2c2439&yr=2015
Stage 18: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+18+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=6ffbdf1c-8f11-42f2-9080-f91f017e2efc&yr=2015
Stage 19: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+19+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=d97582dc-c7ed-49ea-9c51-e56e7e22fa8e&yr=2015
Stage 20: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+20+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=6f891e85-d03a-48e5-adce-7a25d5f3ef3d&yr=2015
Stage 21: http://www.steephill.tv/players/720/rai/?title=Full+On-Demand+Stage+21+Broadcast&dashboard=giro-d-italia&id=1cce2126-79b9-4430-9ede-8a4cc0a552c2&yr=2015
Just note that you might be unable to watch the most recent stage immediately. I can watch the first three stages without any problem, but the player won't start with the stage today. It was the same yesterday for me, so later today or tomorrow today's stage should be fully working.
edit: As predicted the stage 4 link works perfectly now. However for some reason it doesn't contain the first 40km
Final update done. Full rai coverage of all Giro stages. Let's hope they will be accessible for a while.
Netserk said:No and no.del1962 said:Vuelta 2014, some might say Tour 2014
Since WW2 (afaik):
Giro '15: Basso and Contador
Tour '09: Armstrong and Contador
Tour '05: Armstrong and Savoldelli
Tour '93: Delgado and Indurain
Tour '92: Delgado and Indurain
Tour '52: Bartali and Coppi
Tour '51: Bartali and Coppi
Tour '49: Bartali and Coppi
qwer said:https://scontent-mad1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xft1/v/t1.0-9/11148346_831398376948558_2420060306662726550_n.png?oh=452fb7d075b74a9d13da09ce6c41bc8b&oe=55ED2A09
nibali did 5.9 w/kg in tour de france, and he went full gas on all climbs,contador didn't go full gas in stage 5, stage 8, stage 19. contador and landa could do 6 w/kg if they wanted
“I was a bit disappointed by his team to be honest, and the fact that he was isolated there. If you want to win a Grand Tour, there is so much that can go wrong, you can’t leave these margins for error. I was a bit surprised by his team in this regard.
“He’s had an opportunity to be a leader before and found himself in a leader position but to be considered a contender that’s not easy to deal with, that’s a steep learning curve,” Evans said. “To go in with the opportunity to be a leader but without those expectations I think would probably be favourable to his performance. I don’t know him well enough personally to be able to make a judgement on his mentality but from the outside I think that would help him.”
“The really good three-week riders from a young age are consistently good. Contador, for example, he won the Tour de France in the young rider’s jersey,” Evans said. “They can perform under pressure, they can perform in all variety of conditions, on all variety of courses, so they’re tested and they have to be very versatile riders.
“Richie’s had a few opportunities to prove himself and he’s been really good but he hasn’t been consistent. You have to be consistently good to be a Grand Tour rider, and not just consistently good but consistently with the best guys every day of the race.
auscyclefan94 said:Interesting comments on Porte and Sky from Cadel
“I was a bit disappointed by his team to be honest, and the fact that he was isolated there. If you want to win a Grand Tour, there is so much that can go wrong, you can’t leave these margins for error. I was a bit surprised by his team in this regard.
“He’s had an opportunity to be a leader before and found himself in a leader position but to be considered a contender that’s not easy to deal with, that’s a steep learning curve,” Evans said. “To go in with the opportunity to be a leader but without those expectations I think would probably be favourable to his performance. I don’t know him well enough personally to be able to make a judgement on his mentality but from the outside I think that would help him.”
“The really good three-week riders from a young age are consistently good. Contador, for example, he won the Tour de France in the young rider’s jersey,” Evans said. “They can perform under pressure, they can perform in all variety of conditions, on all variety of courses, so they’re tested and they have to be very versatile riders.
“Richie’s had a few opportunities to prove himself and he’s been really good but he hasn’t been consistent. You have to be consistently good to be a Grand Tour rider, and not just consistently good but consistently with the best guys every day of the race.