Giro d'Italia Stage 9: Messina - Etna, 169km (let the race begin!)

[The Hitch]

Eurosport just said that gazzeta said that some people said that there would be 1 million people on the climb. Probably wont be 1 mil, but if its even a quarter of that there should be some epic scenes near the top. Hopefully

Fine.
Enjoy the ad breaks every 5 minutes, too.
I've seen the whole coverage, cos I like to figure out things for myself.
Just because Harmon is making excuses by saying it ain't interesting doesn't make it so.

Come on, the adverts they are just getting out of the way so we get a uninterupted final 20-30 minutes. I agree with you that its good to figure things out for oneself but I just think that its a good sign when they have the pre race chat, or interviews in the Astana bus. Its another angle and it shows ES are serious. I know i said that already though.

Dont you watch it on Rai though?

 

[killswitch]

Fireworks on Etna?

:zomegnan:

 

[auscyclefan94]

Who will last the longest of the break?

 

[spalco]

I just love ES. They are late because of the fantastic WTCC and podium ceremony, and now they are able to show us commercials. They shoudl f*** themselves.

and here we go again

 

[Midnightfright]

Probably. I just hope he has one good day in the mountains at some point.

I hope so too he's starting to grow on me but cant explain why.

 

[Granville57]

The break is feelin' some pain...

 

[Bala Verde]

the lead is dwindling slowly...

 

[auscyclefan94]

Savini, Fränk, Bakelandts, Popovych and Lastras, in that order.

Thanks a lot. I hope they ride this aggresively!

 

[vcampbell]

Who will last the longest of the break?

Seems like not Popo

 

[Elko66]

Thing is the ad breaks are frequent and long.

 

[killswitch]

Was that Szmyd in the grupetto?

 

[Granville57]

Popo slipping off...

 

[Mellow Velo]

Dont you watch it on Rai though?

Yes, that's how I have watched the whole race on tv.

Would be nice to have been able to switch to a reliable English language coverage of such a special occasion.
The first ascent had some spectacular shots.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Di Luca cracking?
'
Michele and his men look ready to do some ****!

 

[Bala Verde]

doesn't go fast enough for visconti... Bakelandts follows his wheel.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

and here we go again

Yeah: commercial companies gaining revenue... surely against business ethics.

They ought to broadcast out of the goodness of their hearts.

Harmon and Kelly have enough money, they shouldn't have to pay them either. They should do it as a public service.

 

[thehog]

Seems like not Popo

Call him Mr. 10 from now on.

 

[Tuarts]

Visconti goes!

And then there were 5...

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

rujano looking strong and e marchi doing excellent wortk for him

 

[benpounder]

Dont you watch it on Rai though?

I've got both the Gazzetta and ES running (along with a number of other windows). Gazzetta is by far, the best stream, but I dont speak italian.

 

[vcampbell]

Weenings face was priceless.

 

[auscyclefan94]

Weening 's mouth is wide open gasping for air. He lose minutes today.

 

[cineteq]

Weening looks cooked...

 

[taiwan]

Pinotti's been dropped, says Harmon.

 

[aarnold517]

the height difference between de marchi and rujano before was hilarious