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Friday, June 8, 2007
Road to the 2007 Dauphiné Libéré
(From Armstrong to Leipheimer, a look back at recent editions of
the race, updated for 2007)
photos and text by
Pete Geyer
(click graphic to open feature in
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2007 Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré gets underway
Sunday
The second biggest stage race in France, the Criterium du Dauphiné
Libéré, starts Sunday June 10 with a 4.2km
prologue in Grenoble. The race will finish Sunday June
17 in Annecy .
The stages are as follows:
Prologue : Sunday June 10, Grenoble / Grenoble - 4,2 Km
Stage 1 : Monday June 11, Grenoble / Roanne - 219 Km
Stage 2 : Tuesday June 12, Saint-Paul-en-Jarez / Saint-Etienne - 157
Km
Stage 3 : Wednesday June 13, Anneyron / Anneyron - 40,7 Km
Stage 4 : Thursday June 14, Hauterives / Le Mont-Ventoux - 197 Km
Stage 5 : Friday June 15, Nyons / Digne-les-Bains - 195 Km
Stage 6 : Saturday June 16, Gap / Valloire - 198 Km
Stage 7 : Sunday June 17, Valloire / Annecy - 129 Km
Eurosport is broadcasting this race live. As always,
we'll have links, updated daily, to tickers and live streams
that are freely available worldwide.
Euskal Bizikleta, June 8-10
The Euskal Bizikleta race got underway today in Spain. There
is
live video streaming
available for this event. (Thanks, Bernie in the U.K. and
Laurent in France.)
Sunday, June 3, 2007
Below is a guide
to live coverage of the Giro d'Italia
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Notes:
- Tomorrow (Monday) we will turn our attention
to the Criterium du Dauphiné Libéré which
starts just one week from today. (June 10-17) American
Levi Leipheimer of Discovery Channel is back in France
to defend his 2006 win at this important tune-up race for the
Tour de France . Leipheimer will be joined
by, among others, teammates Alberto Contador, George Hincapie, Stijn
Devolder and Dauphine newcomer Tom Danielson
who hopes to ride his first Tour next month.
- The gazzetta.it live video streams are now playing
the Giro .
- The Eurosport live audio streams are
now playing the Giro as the peloton rolls toward Milan carrying
2007 Giro d'Italia winner Danilo Di Luca of the
Liquigas team.
- The RAI Sport live video stream is
playing the final stage of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
- The Eurosport live audio streams should start playing
the Giro at around 16:15 CET (10:15am U.S. Eastern).
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Our next Giro d'Italia update here
after 14:30 CET (8:30am U.S. Eastern).
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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 21
of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
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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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Saturday, June 2, 2007
Notes:
- The gazzetta.it live video streams
are playing the Giro and currently running more
smoothly than the RAI Sport stream.
- The Eurosport live audio streams are
playing the Giro.
- RAI Sport live video streaming for
today's Giro time trial has begun.
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Our next Giro d'Italia update here
after 15:30 CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern).
- Today's stage is a 43km individual time trial
from Bardolino to Verona.
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RAI Sport live video streaming of today's
stage should begin at around 16:05 CET (10:05am
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 20
of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
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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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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Friday, June 1, 2007
Notes:
- Coming up in the days ahead on cyclingfans.com:
Tomorrow's 43km Giro d'Italia individual
time trial , our 2007 Dauphine Libéré
preview (the race begins just one week from Sunday and
once again visits Mont Ventoux ), and we'll
tell you about a cycling fan and
cyclingfans.com reader who got married at the top of Mont Ventoux
in April!
- Eurosport live audio streams are playing
the Giro d'Italia and the gazzetta.it video streams
are now live.
- We have a limited number of
official race event posters
from various races including Liege-Bastogne-Liege
, the Dauphine Libere, Tour de France
and Grand Prix des Nations that we will be
making available here later in the season. These posters,
which often feature stunning graphics design, are meant for race
promotion locally and are only available at the races.
2007 Tour of Belgium official poster
(click to go to Tour of Belgium official site)
- News flash:
Gusev has won the Tour of Belgium
time trial and also takes the jersey of overall leader.
Sébastien Rosseler finished second in
the TT and Danielson ended up with a fine third.
- News flash:
Discovery Channel's Vladimir Gusev has
topped teammate Danielson's time in the Tour of Belgium time
trial .
- News flash:
American Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel)
currently has the best time in today's 16.7km individual
time trial at the Tour of Belgium .
- The Tour of Belgium got underway Wednesday
and finishes on Sunday. You can find live tickers
and, if you are in Belgium, live video streaming
here
. (Thanks, Bernie.)
- RAI Sport live video streaming of the
Giro d'Italia has begun.
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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
19 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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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Thursday, May 31, 2007
Notes:
- The gazzetta.it video streams are
now live.
- Eurosport's various
live audio streams are now playing
the Giro.
- The Eurosport live audio streams should
switch to the Giro from French Open tennis at around
16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern).
- The RAI Sport Giro d'Italia
live video stream has begun.
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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
18 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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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Notes:
- The gazzetta.it live video streams
are now playing the Giro.
- The Norway TV webcast is not (yet) playing
the Giro. If it does, you can tune in
here
.
- Cycling news:
Tour de France organizer ASO announced
today that the Agritubel, Astana and
Barloworld teams have been selected as
wild cards for this year's Tour. (source:
AFP)
- There is very high demand for the RAI Sport
live video stream, as you'd expect. The gazzetta.it live video
feed should begin in a little while and we are hoping that the
Norwegian feed will show the race on the climb to Monte Zoncolan
as well.
- Some Eurosport live audio streams (including
the UK feed with Sean Kelly) are now playing the
Giro. Thanks, Mike.
- The RAI Sport Giro d'Italia
live video stream has begun.
Today's forecast:
Saint-Dizier, 2003 Tour de France
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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).
- 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
17 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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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Giro d'Italia: Fireworks on Monte
Zoncolan tomorrow
Notes:
- RAI Sport live television coverage
of tomorrow's big stage of the Giro d'Italia
should begin at around 14:50 CET (8:50am U.S. Eastern).
- You won't want to miss tomorrow's
monster Stage 17 to Monte Zoncolan . Fireworks
guaranteed.
- The gazzetta.it live video streams
are playing.
- The Italian Eurosport live audio
feed has been re-added to our Live Guide after a lengthy
absence.
- Eurosport's various
live audio streams are now playing
the Giro .
- As of 15:15 CET (9:15am U.S.
Eastern), Norway television's live video
stream is playing the Giro d'Italia
here
.
- 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 ." It might not last until the end
of the stage and may go away, then come back.
- The RAI Sport Giro d'Italia
live video stream has begun.
- Eurosport's live coverage of
today's stage of the Giro d'Italia
is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10am U.S. Eastern). The
live audio streams should begin at around
that time.
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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).
- 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
16 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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Copyright
© 2007 www.cyclingfans.com
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Monday, May 28, 2007
Today is the second and final rest
day of the 2007 Giro d'Italia.
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