- Giro d'Italia tomorrow:  Most Giro d'Italia video streams should go live on Sunday after 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).

- Tomorrow's Giro d'Italia Stage 2 begins at 11:40 CET (5:40am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to finish between 16:58 and 17:34 CET (10:58 and 11:34am U.S. Eastern).

- Today's Giro d'Italia Stage 1 now archived and available at cycling.tv .  (As Live and Highlights for subscribers.   Sign Up )
- If you are in North America but have not signed up for one of the cycling.tv packages, a subscription will not only get you LIVE coverage , but As Live and Highlights On Demand whenever you want to watch.   Sign Up

- The Giro official site live video stream is here .  (Only about last 15 minutes of race each day.)

- Eurosport France commentator Jacky Durand likes the Astana team in this 2008 Giro d'Italia.  To be sure, this team is loaded with talent, including the first and third place finishers in last year's Tour de France, Spaniard Alberto Contador and American Levi Leipheimer plus German Andreas Kloden, fresh off his win last week at the Tour de Romandie and a TDF podium finisher a couple of times himself.  (And in our "Who will win?" poll, Astana teammates Kloden, Contador and Leipheimer are the top 3 vote getters so far.)   Indeed, correct us if we're wrong but none of the other contenders has ever finished in the top 3 of the Tour.  So on paper, especially given all the time trialing, this is Astana's race to lose.  But....as former IHT cycling journalist Samuel Abt often wrote with humor, races are rarely run on paper...  What kind of form do Contador and Leipheimer have right now?

- Ross reports that Eurosport UK audio feed not working for him.  It's not working for us at the moment either.  Is it working for anyone out there?

- Eurosport France audio feed now playing the Giro d'Italia live with Patrick Chasse and one of the world's best color commentators, Jacky Durand.

- It took awhile to get in but we finally are now able to watch on cycling.tv (English commentary with Anthony McCrossan and Brian Smith!)
- Thanks David for the alternative RAI live stream and thanks Dottie for an alternative NRK live stream!

- Thanks Barbara for confirming the original RAI stream we posted below works for her.

- Giro TTT also live on RAI  here .  -Bernie S.

- Giro TTT also live on NRK   here .  -Bernie S.

- Giro Team Time Trial now live on NRK  here .  -Bernie S.
- Giro d'Italia live video streaming flash:  A RAI stream is playing here .  -Bernie S., UK correspondent  (Not working for us in the U.S.  Is it playing for anyone else in the U.S.?)

- cycling.tv say they are now live with Stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia.  We have not yet been able to verify this because we are getting an error message...

- Coverage on Eurosport of today's stage of the Giro starts at 16:30 CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern).  Stay tuned for possible alternative live video streams.
- It usually takes a couple of days to get a full set of reliable live streams.  We update our Live Guides during each stage, every day of the race.  Our next update after 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).

- If you are in North America and would like English-language live and/or On Demand coverage of the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy), you have two options on cycling.tv , the Giro d'Italia/Italian Pro Cycling package or the Gold North America package (includes one year access to many other races in addition to the Giro and Italian races).  PayPal is accepted.   Sign Up

- It is strongly recommended that all cycling.tv subscribers log in to their accounts, and stay logged in, well before the stage coverage begins.

- For information on viewing the Giro via satellite, see our May 8 update below.

- cycling.tv is also showing 4 Jours de Dunkerque live today and tomorrow with a scheduled start time of 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).  This coverage, a first-ever internet webcast for this race, should be available worldwide, in Premium, Silver and Gold packages.  More Dunkirk links below.   (cycling.tv now saying their Dunkirk coverage will not be live.  But does anyone really care, with the Giro starting today?)

- Award-winning pro cycling photographer Fotoreporter Sirotti will be providing us with high quality, high resolution Giro photos every day of the race.  Some images will be posted same-day but images that show the stage winner will not be posted until the following day, so as to not spoil things for those of you who want to watch On Demand or race video clips without knowing who won ahead of time.

- Giro stage 1 start times posted below.

Today's Stage 1 of the Giro is a 23.6km Team Time Trial around Palermo.  The first team is scheduled to depart at 15:30 CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).  The last team should arrive at the finish at around 17:50 CET (11:50am U.S. Eastern).

Giro d'Italia live coverage on cycling.tv is scheduled to begin today at 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).

2008 Giro d'Italia Italy, May 10-June 1 Official Website Start List Live video streaming: (Subscription Sign up ) (North America) (cycling.tv is not showing the Sunday stages) alternative RAI stream NRK (Norway) alternative NRK stream 1 alternative NRK stream 2 Tiny Eurosport live video (More links to come) Live audio streaming: (English) --- Deutsch - Español Français -   Italiano Russian --- Check schedule Radio Tour graphics: (Active starting with Stage 2) Live tickers: Official Site Live Ticker (Eurosport English ticker) Deutsch - Español Français  - Italiano News and photos: (cycling news) Yahoo photo gallery (AP/AFP) Graham Watson Photo Gallery