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- Tour of Belgium live video streaming is scheduled to begin at 14:00 CET (8am U.S. Eastern).

- Thursday's Giro d'Italia Stage 18 departs Sulmona at 12:50 CET (6:50am U.S. Eastern) and is expected in Benevento between 17:03 and 17:30 CET (11:03am and 11:30am U.S. Eastern).  Giro d'Italia live video streaming on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 8:50am U.S. Eastern.  Giro live coverage on Eurosport 2 is scheduled to begin at 16:00 CET (10:00am U.S. Eastern); coverage might appear on the main Eurosport channel depending on weather conditions at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris as well as competitor match-ups.  The Rai Sport Piu web streams usually go live before television coverage.

- Watch the Giro d'Italia Stage 17 On Demand on Universal Sports here.  (Over four hours of coverage.  North America.)

- Giro LIVE video streaming now on Eurosport.  Links at right.

- Giro d'Italia LIVE streaming video now on ETB 1.  Link at right.

- Giro LIVE on Rai Sport Piu.  Links at right.  More to come.

- Giro d'Italia LIVE video streaming on Universal.  Links at right.

- Tour of Belgium LIVE video streaming here.  (French)  Also live on Sporza here.  This is Stage 1.  Tour of Belgium live ticker here.  (Google-translated to English)

- Next update:  Around 14:50 CET (8:50am U.S. Eastern)

Painting the Giro: Cycling art by Rob Ijbema

2009 Giro d'Italia: Maglia Rosa, Mark Cavendish
acrylic on paper 5x8"
Copyright © 2009 Rob Ijbema

- See Painting the Giro: Cycling art by Rob Ijbema

- The Rai Sport Piu web streams (first Rai link in Live video streaming section at right) should be live first with Giro d'Italia Stage 17 coverage.  Available Eurosport online coverage will depend on what's happening at the Roland Garros (French Open) tennis tournament.  We'll update links throughout the stage.

2009 Giro d'Italia:  Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team)
on his way to winning Stage 16.
Copyright © 2009 Fotoreporter Sirotti for cyclingfans.com

- Giro d'Italia Stage 17 departs Chieti at 14:50 CET (8:50am U.S. Eastern) and is expected at Blockhaus between 17:12 and 17:30 CET (11:12am and 11:30am U.S. Eastern).  Giro d'Italia live video streaming on Universal Sports is scheduled to begin at 8:50am U.S. Eastern.  Giro live coverage on Eurosport 2 is scheduled to begin at 15:30 CET (9:30am U.S. Eastern); coverage might appear on the main Eurosport channel depending on weather conditions at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris as well as competitor match-ups.  The Rai Sport Piu web streams usually go live before television coverage.

Giro d'Italia Stage 17 Profile

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