- Tomorrow's Giro d'Italia Stage 9 departs Civitavecchia at 11:55 CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in San Vincenzo between 16:59 and 17:30 CET (10:59 and 11:30am U.S. Eastern).  Giro live coverage on NRK is scheduled to begin at 14:45 CET (8:45am U.S. Eastern), on RAI at 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).  Eurosport UK scheduled start time, however, is 16:30 CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern).   Cycling.tv will go live with the race in there somewhere...
- Elsewhere on the road:  2008 Tour of Flanders winner Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) tomorrow will begin his reconnaissance of the mountain stages of July's Tour de France, accompanied by teammate Carlos Barredo and team director Dirk Demol.  The 2008 Tour will be Devolder's first.  (source: AFP)


- Giro live video starting on cycling.tv .

- Giro live coverage getting underway on NRK.

- Eurosport is now live with today's stage of the Giro d'Italia .
- Some of you have reported having limited bandwidth available on your networks.  We will be adding Giro combo players for the various combinations of NRK video streams at different bandwidths and Eurosport live audio.  (And thanks for all the great emails!)

- People are reporting an increase in image buffering the past couple of days on the various Giro video streams.  Indeed, more and more people are tuning in to watch the race.  We continue to look for alternatives and will keep adding them as available.  Stay tuned.

- Today's Giro live coverage on NRK should begin at around 15:35 CET (9:35am U.S. Eastern).

- Giro d'Italia live on Eurosport today from around 15:30 CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).

- Giro live broadcast now on RAI Sport.

- Giro race news flash:  According to the Eurosport France ticker, Alberto Contador of Astana was involved in a crash not quite 100km into today's stage.  He was able to continue but his teammate Steve Morabito, also involved in the crash, has had to abandon the race.


- Today's Giro d'Italia Stage 8 departs Rivisondoli at 11:55 CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Tivoli between 16:59 and 17:32 CET (10:59 and 11:32am U.S. Eastern).  Giro live coverage on cycling.tv and other stations begins around 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).


- 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

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

2008 Giro d'Italia Italy, May 10-June 1 Official Website Start List Live video streaming: (Subscription Sign up ) (North America) cyclingfans.com Giro player 1 (combines NRK video and Eurosport UK audio in one browser window) cyclingfans.com Giro player 2 (combines RAI Sport video and Eurosport UK audio) 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: 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

- Tomorrow's Giro d'Italia Stage 8 departs Rivisondoli at 11:55 CET (5:55am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Tivoli between 16:59 and 17:32 CET (10:59 and 11:32am U.S. Eastern).  Giro live coverage on cycling.tv and other stations begins around 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).
- Giro d'Italia live now on cycling.tv too.

- Rai Sport and NRK live now playing Stage 7 of the Giro d'Italia.  Live audio feeds from Eurosport UK and Eurosport France are also available.

- New today!  As yet another alternative to watching live video with the Eurosport UK live audio feed, and without having to juggle two media players, try our new Giro media player here .  (Coding by Luke Brown.  Thanks, Luke!)  One click now gets you both NRK video and Eurosport audio in a single browser window.

- See our notes from yesterday below regarding watching a live video stream in one media player while listening to Eurosport live audio in another player such as winamp.  You can also, of course, use Real Player , which you may already have on your system, to play the audio feed .  (Thanks, Richard Cloke).



- Today's Giro d'Italia Stage 7 departs Vasto at 12:15 CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to arrive in Pescocostanzo between 16:59 and 17:32 CET (10:59 and 11:32am U.S. Eastern).  Live coverage from cycling.tv and other sources should get underway starting at around 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).

- 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

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

2008 Giro d'Italia Italy, May 10-June 1 Official Website Start List Live video streaming: (Subscription Sign up ) (North America) cyclingfans.com Giro player 1 (combines NRK video and Eurosport UK audio in one browser window) cyclingfans.com Giro player 2 (combines RAI Sport video and Eurosport UK audio) 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: 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

- Tomorrow's Giro d'Italia Stage 7 departs Vasto at 12:15 CET (6:15am U.S. Eastern) and is expected to arrive in Pescocostanzo between 16:59 and 17:32 CET (10:59 and 11:32am U.S. Eastern).  Live coverage from cycling.tv and other sources should get underway starting at around 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).

- If you do download and install the free winamp player (see comment below), we recommend that during the installation/configuration of winamp that you un-check the options that make winamp your default media player, etc.  This way nothing changes on your system in terms of what media player is launched when you click on a link.  (Or if you do want to make winamp your default media player, then presumably you could watch video with that player and paste the audio URL into Windows Media Player...)  Today we are exploring another suggestion submitted by a reader/viewer that simplifies all of this without the need for multiple media players and plan to share this tomorrow....but having an excellent media player like winamp is a good idea anyway.

- Eurosport live coverage of the Giro d'Italia has begun.  Bob Schmidt's recommendation for watching NRK while listening to Eurosport UK live audio works like a charm.  Here again is his suggestion:  "Just a note to say that I am able to run the main NRK video feed in Windows media player and also copy/paste the Eurosport audio link into winamp .  That way I am getting excellent video and audio."  In other words, select NRK or another video stream from the list at right, then right-click* and copy ("copy shortcut," or "copy link location," etc. depending on your browser) the URL for the Eurosport English-language audio stream, then in the superb winamp media player select File/Play URL and paste the Eurosport link there.   *Windows users

- Giro live now on cycling.tv .

- Giro d'Italia live now playing on Rai Sport and NRK .


- Today's Giro d'Italia Stage 6 departs Potenza at 10:15 CET (4:15am U.S. Eastern).   After consulting with riders, who have been unhappy about long transfer times after stages, the organizers have shortened the stage from 265km to 231.6km, eliminating a finishing circuit.  So according to the original schedule, the race is expected to arrive in Peschici between 16:02 and 16:41 CET (10:02 and 10:41am U.S. Eastern).  Giro d'Italia live internet webcasts should get underway on cycling.tv and other sources at around 15:00 CET (9am U.S. Eastern).

- 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

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

2008 Giro d'Italia Italy, May 10-June 1 Official Website Start List Live video streaming: (Subscription Sign up ) (North America) 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: 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