Giro d'Italia 2011

Post by **norbs** » Sun May 08, 2011 9:42 pm

Looking forward to the 1st grand tour of the year. Last night was the team time trial. HTC Highroad taking the win. Robbie McEwen looked good from the grainy video I saw. Tonight the real stuff starts.

Official site... http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Girodit ... ml?lang=en" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Live tickers and other race info... http://www.cyclingfans.com/node/1924" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

My tip. Nibali.

Post by **norbs** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:29 pm

Stage 2 finish last night was a shoot out between crowd fave Petacchi and the Manx Missile Cavendish. They were separated by a bees pube at the end, with Cav accusing Petacchi of swerving.

Great round up at Wade's site...

http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2011/05/ ... your-line/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

How good is this photo of Cipo....

Even the chick in the background is having as better look.

For those that don't know, Cipo, Mario Cipollini, was an awesome racer back in the 90's. I am pretty sure he was pulled over whilst motopacing (riding behind a car or motorbike) on the Autostrada!

What a fucking champ!

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:39 pm

sounds like there's a man crush going on.

Post by **norbs** » Mon May 09, 2011 4:48 pm

w00dsy wrote:sounds like there's a man crush going on.

LOL. I just like the way he does his own shit. But yeah, if I was made to choose between you and Cipo, I reckon Super Mario would get the nod, then I'd kill myself.

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Mon May 09, 2011 5:01 pm

i have a man crush on Travis Pastrana, so i get it. I have no idea who Cipo is though. I know who Lance Armstrong is, i assume they know each other. Which means i sort of know Cipo via Armstrong. I assume Kevin Bacon knows him too.

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Tue May 10, 2011 7:36 am

http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaki ... 1eg0s.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **norbs** » Tue May 10, 2011 7:44 am

J.D. wrote:http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaki ... 1eg0s.html

A sad day indeed.

I fell asleep last night waiting for the web feed to kick off. When I woke up in my computer chair I bailed and went to bed. Glad I did now.

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Tue May 10, 2011 8:17 pm

Sorry I didn't have time to post more of this. I was at work when I saw it and had to take off on a job.

markus · Post by **markus** » Tue May 10, 2011 8:41 pm

norbs wrote:
J.D. wrote:http://news.brisbanetimes.com.au/breaki ... 1eg0s.html

A sad day indeed.

I fell asleep last night waiting for the web feed to kick off. When I woke up in my computer chair I bailed and went to bed. Glad I did now.

I saw it live on Eurosport. I'm glad the kids were in the other room as some of the feed was quite shocking, almost Tom Pryce in the sense that it was quite clear that he is not going to make it.

Post by **norbs** » Tue May 10, 2011 9:04 pm

markus wrote:
I saw it live on Eurosport. I'm glad the kids were in the other room as some of the feed was quite shocking, almost Tom Pryce in the sense that it was quite clear that he is not going to make it.

Did you see it happen markus? I heard he was looking behind at the time and his pedal clipped a wall.

markus · Post by **markus** » Tue May 10, 2011 9:08 pm

norbs wrote:
markus wrote:
I saw it live on Eurosport. I'm glad the kids were in the other room as some of the feed was quite shocking, almost Tom Pryce in the sense that it was quite clear that he is not going to make it.

Did you see it happen markus? I heard he was looking behind at the time and his pedal clipped a wall.

Nope, they showed only the aftermath, he was already lying on the ground.

markus · Post by **markus** » Wed May 11, 2011 3:08 am

This was linked on the finnish cycling forums,

Post by **norbs** » Wed May 11, 2011 7:11 am

markus wrote:This was linked on the finnish cycling forums,

Yeah, that looks like what I read yesterday. Jesus, poor bastard.

Leopard Trek have now pulled out of the Giro.

http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/leopard ... 0&ns_fee=0" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Wed May 11, 2011 8:29 am

What a tradegy, regardless of it happening to a cyclist it is very rare these days to see people loose their lives in any sport.
Such a sad story for all those inlvolved or who knew Wouter personally. R.I.P Wouter Weylandt.

J.D. · Post by **J.D.** » Fri May 13, 2011 11:14 pm

http://www.steephill.tv/giro-d-italia/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Post by **norbs** » Thu May 19, 2011 9:35 am

Last nights stage looked nasty. Just one roilling hill after another. Hard work for the riders.

Post by **norbs** » Fri May 20, 2011 6:17 pm

Tonight is one of the best nights to watch the Giro...

Post by **norbs** » Sun May 22, 2011 1:36 pm

Last nights stage up Zoncolan was epic!

What was even more epic was the guy running along side Contador with a piece of steak dangling off a stick!!!! I have to see if I can find a photo.

Edit: Screen cap of the TV.

Post by **norbs** » Sun May 29, 2011 12:06 am

A big LOL at this....

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CLP · Post by **CLP** » Sun May 29, 2011 11:12 am

norbs wrote:A big LOL at this....

I LOL'ed when i heard that last night

nice work

w00dsy · Post by **w00dsy** » Sun May 29, 2011 1:51 pm

You should have sent him a dat look like youuuuu and see if he responded correctly.

Duke · Post by **Duke** » Sun May 29, 2011 2:30 pm

CLP wrote:
norbs wrote:A big LOL at this....
I LOL'ed when i heard that last night nice work

Classic norbs, wonder how many ppl are trying to contact the Culburra Beach Cycling Club this morning.

A.R.S.E.