How The Race Was Won – Giro d’Italia 2009 – Part 1

May 11 2009

Only two stages in, and already the ’09 Giro is looking like it’s going to be awesome. Mark Cavendish and Lance Armstrong take aim at Garmin-Slipstream in more ways than one before the 1st stage TTT, while Stage 2 features some classic Giro riding, complete with a crazy finishing circuit and a big sprint at the end.
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YouTube version is also up. I’m going to continue holding off on embedding the QT source files here for now; if you’re really missing it, on Safari and OS X, the awesome Click to Flash plug-in lets you view YouTube movies in H.264, instead of (gross) Flash.

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3 Responses to “How The Race Was Won – Giro d’Italia 2009 – Part 1”

  1. rainbow May 11, 2009 at 7:36 am #

    Sensational stuff Cosmo.! Thanks for bringing all the seasons grear european racing to the far end of the blogosphere.
    Your astute commentary and wit have made my web year thus far, and i don’t expect it to be bettered. Your coverage and analysis of the spring classic’s had my mouth salivating for some good Classico Chianti coming up in the Giro. the cork is cracked, keep pouring till i say wh……………….

  2. Sebastian May 11, 2009 at 9:36 am #

    Ditto. Since the rise of colored shorts (and the retreat of cycling coverage deeper into the wilds of cable), reasons to watch moving pictures of bike racers have been few — but your recaps are now a big one!

    Re: Armstrong’s comments on Cavendish’s post — an article in CycleSport a few months ago insinuated that he doesn’t like Garmin, and this seems in fact to be true. Do you know what the story is here? Is it just his anti-Vaughters bias?

  3. Suitcase of Courage May 15, 2009 at 8:39 am #

    AMAZING video and commentary – really really good. I’m looking forward to more!

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