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In The (Time) Zone by David Olle, Italy, +39 333 5959 217
For those in Australia, SBS2 does a daily report on the Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) called by Matt Keenan in the evenings, catch them if you can.
Giro d'Italia, May 8 - 30, 2010, Stage 16 Tuesday, May 25, 12.8 km, Individual Time Trial (uphill, half road, half dirt)
S. Vigilio di Marebbe → Plan de Corones
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Results
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 0:41:28
2 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:42
3 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:54
General classification
1 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68:32:26
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas-Doimo 0:02:27
3 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 0:02:36
4 Cadel Evans (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:03:09
5 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 0:04:36
Skippy report: Cadel was a mountainbiker, and I followed all his races throughout the 90's, but forget all the relevance of this to his result in today's stage (and last week's muddy road stage that he won). Today's course was not half dirt as publicized, it was a ‘rough' road race at worst. Cadel achieved a good result today, because he is a good bike rider, no more, no less.
Italian Support Report: Every Italian rider on course today, without live TV coverage (ie a prominent camera on a motorbike nearby) was pushed by fans. All our group, split up all over the hill witnessed this. The fans still cheered all the other riders, more than politely, but did not push. I did not see the TV coverage for Garzelli (or any other rider), but felt his result today was unusual.
NB: We now have one vacncy on our Tour de France trip, july 16-26
Tomorrow: Stage 17, Wednesday, May 26, 173 km
Brunico → Pejo Terme
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The Bike Race:
Three stages kick start the race in Holland, before they transfer to Savigliano in Italy's north west Piedmonte region. From here the race heads further south, through Tuscany, across to Abruzzo before returning to the Dolomites in the north-east and the event's Grand Finale in Verona. 198 riders (14 from Australia) complete 21 stages over 3 weeks, visiting 2 countries en route, with just 2 rest days. 3,416 kilomtres, running May 8 - 30.
The Writer:
David Olle's cycling reports are used by ABC radio's 774 DRIVE show in Melbourne, ABC radio 702 breakfast show in Sydney, ABC national overnights and 3RRR FM's Breakfasters. He chats regularly with all. He also created and produces the magazine style TV show ‘Topbike TV' which is seen throughout Australia and New Zealand on community televison. The reports are also published here, www.cyclesportnews.com, along with any photos.
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