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Sunday, May 27, 2007
Notes:
- The gazzetta.it live video streams are playing.
- Giro d'Italia live video flash:
We have an alternative live video stream
for you
here
. (Thanks, Bernie!) (This is Norway television.
If your Norwegian is a bit rusty, as always you can mute
the sound in your media player and select the Eurosport audio stream
for your language separately.)
- Bernie says: "The Norwegian live video link alternates
between NRK1 and NRK2 so there is no way
to know ahead of time when it will actually be showing the Giro
." Thanks, Bernie. As of 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern),
the link is playing the Giro live . It might not last until
the end of the stage and may go away, then come back.
- Demand for live video streams will be very heavy today,
as you'd expect. The gazzetta.it video streams should go
live a little later in the stage and we are monitoring another possible
stream to see if it goes live too.
- Eurosport's various live audio streams are now
playing the Giro. Cycling fan Yonathan recommends
the French feed for those who understand the language:
"The commentators include Richard Virenque and
Jacky Durand and their coverage is outstanding!!!" We
agree, Durand in particular is a natural commentator. Play-by-play
man Patrick Chassé is excellent and the entire team is
enjoyable to listen to.
- The RAI Sport live video stream has begun.
- Our next Giro d'Italia update
here after 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
- Italian television RAI's coverage
of today's key mountain stage of the Giro d'Italia begins at
14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern). If the RAI Sport live video
webcast doesn't start then, it should begin at around
15:00 CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 15 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live audio streaming:
Radio Tour graphics:
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Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Saturday, May 26, 2007
Notes:
- The gazzetta.it live video streams have begun.
- The dynamic profile graphic in the Eurosport live
ticker is obviously way off today as it shows that the riders
are on the first climb when in fact they are on the second climb.
- The link for the French Eurosport live
audio stream, which changed, has been updated.
- The RAI Sport live video and Eurosport
live audio streams have begun for today's stage of the Giro
d'Italia.
- Our next Giro d'Italia update
here after 15:00 CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 15:16 CET (9:16am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 14 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
Live audio streaming:
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Friday, May 25, 2007
Notes:
- RAI Sport's live video streaming
of tomorrow's stage of the Giro d'Italia should begin at around 15:16
CET (9:16am U.S. Eastern).
- The RAI Sport live video and Eurosport
live audio streams have begun for today's mountain time
trial .
- Our next Giro d'Italia update
here after 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 13 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
Live audio streaming:
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Thursday, May 24, 2007
Giro d'Italia: Mountain time trial
tomorrow
Notes:
- Tomorrow's Giro stage 13 is a 12.6km
mountain time trial. The RAI Sport live video stream
should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S. Eastern).
- The gazzetta.it live video streams
have begun. (Thanks, Mike!)
- Giro d'Italia live
video flash: We have an alternative live video
stream for you
here
. (Thanks, Bernie!) (This is Norway television.
If your Norwegian is a bit rusty, as always you can mute
the sound in your media player and select the Eurosport audio stream
for your language separately.)
- As expected, there is very heavy demand for live
video streaming today...
- RAI Sport live video stream and
Eurosport live audio streams are all playing on
a magnificent day in the mountains at the Giro d'Italia.
The gazzetta.it live video streams will kick
in a little later.
- It now looks as though today's RAI Sport
live video stream will not begin before 15:00 CET (9am U.S.
Eastern). The Eurosport audio streams should be
live for the Giro between 15:00 CET and 15:30 CET depending
on country.
- Our next Giro d'Italia update
here after 14:00 CET (8:00am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 14:10 CET (8:10am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 12 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
Live audio streaming:
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Giro d'Italia: Big mountain stage tomorrow
The Tour of Italy's Stage 12 heads into France tomorrow,
to Briançon
Stage 12 to climb mythic Col d'Izoard
The Izoard Pass, a real treat for spectators on site and TV viewers
alike
Click image to play short video clip (includes music)
(from A.S.O. 2006 TdF highlights video distributed to media at
2007 Tour route presentation in Paris last October)
The Izoard Pass was featured in the 2006
Dauphiné Libéré as well as the
2006 Tour de France .
Notes:
- This is for Elise in Ohio: RAI Sport's
live video streaming of tomorrow's stage of the Giro d'Italia
should begin at around 14:10 CET (8:10am U.S. Eastern).
- Today is the final day of the Floyd Landis arbitration
hearings.
Live video streaming
begins at 12:30pm U.S. Eastern.
- The Gazzetta.it live video streams
have begun.
- RAI Sport (video) and Eurosport
(audio) are now streaming the Giro d'Italia live
.
- Our next Giro d'Italia update
here after 15:00 CET (9:00am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 11 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
Live audio streaming:
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Notes:
- There is also a postage stamp-sized gazzetta.it
live video stream (56k)
here
, particularly useful for those of you connecting to
the internet using paper cups and string.
- The Gazzetta.it live video stream
has begun.
- There is very heavy demand today for live video.
If you are having problems accessing the RAI Sport stream
via the RAI website, try clicking "direct link"
under the RAI Sport icon.
- The RAI Sport live video stream has
begun.
- Eurosport is playing a replay of the end
of yesterday's stage. The live broadcast (live audio streams
) will follow.
- Our next Giro d'Italia update
here after 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 14:50 CET (8:50am
U.S. Eastern).
- We've added a link to the new Eurosport/Yahoo!
Sport Giro d'Italia homepage.
- Yesterday, we received the following email from
Eurosport regarding their new collaboration
with Yahoo! Sport :
Good news for sports fans!
As of today, Yahoo! and Eurosport have joined
forces to create a new and unrivalled online sport experience.
The very latest in sports coverage is now brought
to you by the teams at Yahoo! and Eurosport. We have
> Live coverage of all major sporting events,
24/7
> In-depth analysis and reviews from Europes
top sports journalists
> Fantasy sports games and special features
> Lively discussion
So join us now at our new website!
Thank you all for your loyalty,
The Eurosport team
- Good luck to Eurosport/Yahoo! Sport in
this new venture.
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 10 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
Live audio streaming:
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Monday, May 21, 2007
Notes:
- The links for Eurosport/Yahoo Deutsch
and Espanol live audio streams have been
updated.
- The Gazzetta.it video stream is a few
seconds ahead of the RAI Sport stream.
- The Gazzetta.it live video stream....has
gone live .
- Links for Giro d'Italia Eurosport live tickers
in English, Deutsch, Espanol and Italiano are now all updated.
The French links remain unchanged as perhaps France was not
included in the deal with Yahoo.
- The links for the Eurosport cycling home
page (English) and schedule have
been updated, in the Links section.
- Depending on your country, you may see Eurosport
live video for the Giro d'Italia
here
. If you do see video at this location, we'd
appreciate it if you would
let us know
from what country. Thanks.
- Eurosport live audio (English) for the
Giro d'Italia is
here
.
- The new English-language Eurosport live ticker
for today's stage of the Giro is
here
.
- A direct link to RAI Sport live video streaming
, which has begun, can be found
here
.
- As some of you have already noticed, a new
collaboration between Eurosport and Yahoo went
into effect last night. The result is that all the Eurosport
links have changed. We are working on finding the new ones.
Stay tuned.
- Our next Giro d'Italia update here
after 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 15:15 CET (9:15am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 9 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
(End of stage only?)
(more links to come)
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Sunday, May 20, 2007
Notes:
- The Gazzetta.it video stream is
live for the Giro. As always,
if Italian is not your language you can mute the sound in your
media player and select a Eurosport audio stream separately for your
commentary.
- Eurosport's live audio streaming for
the Giro has begun.
- Eurosport's live coverage is scheduled
to begin at around 16:15 CET (10:15 U.S. Eastern).
- The RAI Sport video stream is live
for the Giro d'Italia .
- Our next Giro d'Italia update here
after 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 15:00 CET (9:00am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 8 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
(End of stage only?)
(more links to come)
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Saturday, May 19, 2007
Notes:
Editorial
A very public defense backfires
Floyd Landis takes the stand today in his defense against
doping charges.
The Floyd Landis case needs to be decided on the
science. Is the evidence that he doped (LNDD analyses) reliable
or not? Did errors at LNDD have an effect on the results?
Both USADA and the Landis camps have contributed
to muddying the waters. USADA by bringing Greg LeMond
in to testify and the Landis camp with its own PR campaign
, which apparently included floating the name of Eddy Merckx
as a potential witness.
Thank goodness Eddy Merckx did not jump into this mess.
As we reported on Wednesday, citing French sports daily L'EQUIPE,
Eddy Merckx had no intention of testifying. The same
day, we immediately communicated the Merckx information
to the Trust But Verify blog which has been following, and
reporting on, the case from the beginning. We pointed out
that there was a huge difference between the amount of coverage in
European media websites and their print editions. We communicated
the information to TBV a second time (again on Wednesday) with an attachment
proving that despite what TBV claimed, L'EQUIPE was covering the story.
TBV thus knew on Wednesday that the Merckx
denial was verifiable. But with Greg LeMond set to testify Thursday,
TBV apparently wasn't keen on letting its readers know that Merckx
had no intention of testifying . TBV finally posted
the information on Thursday with LeMond's testimony inevitable.
We don't know what all this means but we do wonder how
independent TBV is from the Landis camp... It's one thing to have
a bias, another to be used as a PR tool.
With LeMond's testimony Thursday that Landis manager
Will Geoghegan had threatened him the
night before if he testified, this case took a bizarre and sad
twist. TBV tried to downplay the matter, calling it "a prank".
Whatever.
We think Greg LeMond is misguided in his approach
to "fighting" doping by only going after individual riders.
LeMond seems to go out of his way to go after American
cyclists. His approach also contradicts his statement last
year, with which we agree, that pro cyclists are in part victims
of a corrupt system, driven by hypocrisy among all the "leaders" in
this sport, from international and national federations to race organizers
to sponsors to team managers and team doctors and the media.
LeMond repeatedly allows himself to be used by the French
media and now by USADA. And for what?
That said, Greg LeMond was a great champion and demonstrated
courage Thursday. He put himself on the line individually
and that is more than can be said for just about anyone else.
Though it doesn't appear that Landis knew that
Geoghegan was going to threaten LeMond, Landis had himself previously
posted a threat to LeMond in an internet discussion forum.
Geoghegan has been fired, with the Landis camp having to deal with
the possibility that a strategy of having a very public defense may
have backfired.
This case needs to get back to the science and
hopefully it will stay there.
- You can find links and login info
to live video streaming of the hearings at the Floyd
Landis Official website or Floyd Fairness Fund website. (links
at right)
- The Floyd Landis arbitration hearings
(with live video streaming) begin
each day at 12:30pm U.S. Eastern (18:30 CET).
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Notes:
- Our next Giro d'Italia update here
after 15:30 CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
- Floyd Landis is expected to take the
stand today at his arbitration hearing.
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 16:30 CET (10:30am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 7 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
(End of stage only?)
(more links to come)
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Friday, May 18, 2007
Notes:
- Comments to come...
- You can find links and login info
to live video streaming of the hearings at the Floyd
Landis Official website or Floyd Fairness Fund website. (links
at right)
- The Floyd Landis arbitration hearings
(with live video streaming) begin
each day at 12:30pm U.S. Eastern (18:30 CET).
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Notes:
- The Floyd Landis arbitration hearing
resumes today. Coverage should begin
at or before 12:30pm U.S. Eastern (18:30 CET). We'll start
our coverage of the hearings before then. Follow along at
your own risk, though surely yesterday was the low point, right?
- Not sure what time it went live, but
as of 16:30 CET (10:30am U.S. Eastern), the gazzetta.it
video stream is live.
- The Eurosport audio feeds are live
for the Giro. English-language
stream appears to be in heavy demand. If you don't get
the feed, keep trying.
- The RAI Sport video streaming has
gone live. (Note that this link has changed.)
- Our next Giro d'Italia update here
after 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
- RAI Sport live video streaming
of today's stage should begin at around 14:53 CET (8:53am
U.S. Eastern).
- Be sure to reload this
page occasionally during the race for the
latest live race coverage links and information. The
most recent notices always appear at the top.
- Welcome to today's live coverage
guide for Stage 6 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- What's the fastest way
to see photos from today's race? Check
out the Yahoo photo gallery
link in our Live Guide. AP/AFP photographers
will sometimes send in photos from the road
mid-race.
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Live video streaming:
(End of stage only?)
(more links to come)
Radio Tour graphics:
(go to page, select language)
Live tickers:
News and photos:
(cycling news)
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2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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