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Giro d'Italia 2006
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Giro Di PEZ: Zoncolan “La Bee-Yotcha”
Monday, June 04, 2007 12:30:35 PM PT
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The Giro is done and gone for 2007, but there's no harm in retracing some agonizing climbing up arguably the hardest climb on the planet! Epic is the only word to describe the ride to, up, and back from Monte Zoncolan yesterday ahead of the Giro’s 17th stage. It’s the toughest climb I’ve done, and has yet again raised my admiration for the pros who race up stuff like this. Here’s what it’s like for the rest of us.
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Giro’07 St.21: Killer Takes Pink; AleJet Flies Again!
Sunday, June 03, 2007 12:32:10 PM PT
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Sticking the words of myriad critics down their throats, Danilo Di Luca confirmed his first Grand Tour success in Milan. The Liquigas chief won the race he always wanted to, and did it in style. Maybe the fact he ain’t bothered about the TdF will help raise the profile of the Giro and all the other great races around Europe.
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Giro di PEZ: Chapeau PEZ-Crew!
Sunday, June 03, 2007 11:37:13 AM PT
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As much fun as it is to ‘vive il sogno’ chasing this beautiful race around a beautiful country (and it is a blast), the amount of hours and work that go into producing daily coverage keeps us working from morning in Europe to night on the North American west coast. Here's how we do it...
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Giro ’07 St. 20: Di Luca Confirms Giro Victory
Saturday, June 02, 2007 11:16:53 AM PT
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Well here we are, the second last stage of this years Giro d’Italia and what a “belter” this year’s edition has been. Today gives some riders the chance of moving up a place here or there and there could be surprises for the starts, we don’t really know how Andy Schleck time trials and Cunego will want to jump over his “old mate” Simoni on overall, and Mazzoleni?
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Giro'07 St.19 - It's Better With A Little Mayo
Friday, June 01, 2007 10:52:08 AM PT
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Hold the Mayo! No wait, EXTRA Mayo! Iban Mayo jumped from relative obscurity back into the headlines today with a strong win at the resort town of Comano Terme today, giving Saunier Duval yet another stage win in this 90th Giro!
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Dario's Diario - Goin' For It On The Zoncolan
Friday, June 01, 2007 10:42:33 AM PT
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When we last spoke to Dario it was on the rest day; he told us that he was planning an attack on one of the two transition stages. Instead he 'went for it' on the day the stage finished on the mighty Zoncolan, defying the GC guys and only succumbing as the final dice were tossed.
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Giro '07 Stg 18: Peta' Plays 'Em For Another Win!
Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:34:49 AM PT
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Another flat, fast finish meant a fourth triumph this year for the reborn Alessandro Petacchi. He now overtakes Fausto Coppi in terms of career Giro stage wins.
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Giro'07 St.17 - Simoni's Playground
Wednesday, May 30, 2007 10:23:41 AM PT
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This was it for Gilberto Simoni, the oft-mentioned best climber in the Giro, the man that would unseat Di Luca in the mountains. The Zoncolan would be the scene for the final showdown, and the vicious slopes did not disappoint, and if anything provided yet another opportunity for Danilo Di Luca to display his immense class as Simoni went for his throat.
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Giro07 St.16: Garzelli Licks 'Em In Lienz!
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:58:24 PM PT
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PEZ called it - those nasty bumps in the last 50 km of today's stage set the perfect stage for more exciting racing as Sefano Garzelli did the business again - and he did it in style - going solo and holding off the chase on the flat finale.
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Giro di PEZ: Stage 16's Tough Finale
Tuesday, May 29, 2007 1:56:54 PM PT
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Today’s 16th stage from Agordo to Lienz in Austria is anything but easy. After a close review of the stage profile, I wanted to see the final 33km for myself. On paper they look like the teeth of an broken saw – in reality they feel more like an Ardennes classic – without the flat bits in between.
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Giro di PEZ: Rest Day Redemption
Monday, May 28, 2007 10:11:55 AM PT
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It’s the weather that's not cooperating. The days since my arrival at the Giro’s final week have been rain-filled and gloomy. After getting shutout of my planned big pass ride on yesterday’s stage 15, I was determined to sample the finishing climb today. And inspite of the crappola weather… redemption was mine, although not exactly as I'd expected.
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Giro ’07 Stg 15: Ricco Wins, Mazzoleni Charges!
Sunday, May 27, 2007 10:48:33 AM PT
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Once again, the Giro proves that it is THE finest Grand Tour with another thrilling day of epic racing. Ricardo Ricco is no longer a superstar-in-waiting; he’s made it with a glorious stage win on Tre Cime Di Laveredo. Behind him, the race for the maglia rosa took another wild twist thanks to a brave attack from Eddy Mazzoleni, catapulting the Bergamasco up to second overall!
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Giro Di PEZ: Ciao, Italia!
Sunday, May 27, 2007 6:59:01 AM PT
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It’s two weeks down, and one to go for the ’07 Giro. PEZ correspondent Bob Cullinan wraps-up his week with some of the best behind-the-scenes moments from Italia.
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Giro di PEZ: Plan B In Bergamo
Saturday, May 26, 2007 1:01:58 PM PT
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I’ve been in Italy now for about 30 hours, logged a solid 3 hours of sleep, and know on more than one level what it feels like to be living in the dream. As I step into our coverage for the Giro’s final week, it feels like I’ve had a week’s worth of adventure already.
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Giro ’07 St 14: Fantastic Garzelli, Panic For Di Luca
Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:01:07 AM PT
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After yesterday’s hard Mountain Time trial, you would expect today to maybe be a little easier, well it wasn’t! Things just exploded with Simoni, Garzelli and Salvodelli giving Di Luca a worrying time and his team a hard days work.
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Giro Di PEZ: A Brutt-al TT – View from the Car
Friday, May 25, 2007 1:05:29 PM PT
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Ever watched a Pro Tour TT and wondered what it was like up-close and on-course? Well, wonder no more, PEZ-Fans. Team Tinkoff makes the PEZ-mobile one of their official chase cars today at the Giro. Ride along with us as we follow Pavel Brutt up the hill.
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Giro'07 St.13 - Bruseghin Wins, Di Luca Magnificent
Friday, May 25, 2007 11:18:16 AM PT
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For the first time in this year's Giro, we were treated to a second consecutive GC day, as Stage 12's immense mountains were followed today with an at least equally vital (and looking at the results now, moreso) stage for the riders who fancy themselves in pink or at least the possibility of stepping onto the final podium in Milano.
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Giro Di PEZ - From The Plain To The Cima Coppi
Friday, May 25, 2007 10:11:00 AM PT
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PEZ' resident Italian poet/correspondent, Alessandro Federico, made his way to the epic heights of the Colle Dell'Agnello and left with words of music and pictures of alpine heaven and a day better not forgotten - check it out...
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Giro Di PEZ: Dining With Tinkoff
Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:18:59 PM PT
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The Biella TT is the shortest stage of the Giro. But the prep for this “race of truth” starts long before the first partenza. Want to see what it takes to get Tinkoff ready? PEZ takes you to the team hotel in Torino.
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Giro ’07 St. 12: ‘Killer’ Kicks ’Em In The Cols!
Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:15:16 PM PT
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Of course, it could all go thoroughly and catastrophically pear-shaped, but today the ‘Killer’ proved his mettle as a climber and big-time Giro challenger. Danilo Di Luca shepherded the mountain goats over the Colle dell’Agnello, the Col d’Izoard and safely down to Briancon, before rounding ’em up and finishing ’em off.
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Giro Up Close: The Colle dell’Agnello
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 5:39:35 PM PT
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It’s no secret that Thursday’s Giro stage 12 is can-o-whoop-ass waiting to be opened … The real battle will likely happen on the hardest slopes of the fabled Izoard, but the long tough grind up the day’s first climb to the race’s highest point (2744m) – the Colle dell’Agnello – that will set the stage. Here’s what to expect from the road…
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Giro St12 Preview: To Fortress Briançon
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 4:37:44 PM PT
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Thursday’s 12th stage into France promises to be epic. The finish town of Briançon – Europe’s highest city at 1327m – has hosted stages in both Le Tour an Il Giro since 1922, and there is simply no easy way to reach this fortified setting in the French Alps...
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Giro di PEZ: Meet the Podium Girls!
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 2:33:48 PM PT
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You see ‘em every day at the finish line, they’re impossible to ignore and many say the most beautiful in the biz, but who are these girls who kiss the winners and smile for the cameras? PEZ introduced ourselves to the lovely podium girls of the Giro d’Italia.
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Giro'07 St.11 - Slip Slidin Finale, Ale On Top
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 11:32:04 AM PT
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After yesterday's horrendously difficult 250k hot slog, the riders were all hell-bent on long day of piano practice, and that they had. Then the rain fell in the finale and all thoughts of piano were forgotten, and many a rider tried the slip and slide across the seemingly teflon-coated finish line, whilst Ale-Jet stormed to Win #3.
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Giro di PEZ: Limoncello and Liguria
Wednesday, May 23, 2007 9:10:32 AM PT
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It’s a beauty of a day along the most beautiful stage of the Giro. While the corsa skirted the hills high above the fabled Cinque Terre, we took a side trip to the azure waters of these tiny villages tucked into the rugged and spectacular coastline, and as always, sampled the local fare.
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Giro'07 St.10: Piepoli Trumps, Liquigas Commands
Tuesday, May 22, 2007 11:07:05 AM PT
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Stage 10 will offer the chance for the strong at heart to reach out at make a stab at glory, as this is one of those stages where the old saying “you might not win it, but you could lose it” comes into play. Today would be a today for the big guns to fire if they had any hope of climbing up the GC, as the up/down/up/down nature of today’s course, coupled with the vicious finish, was sure to bring out the best of the best.
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Giro di PEZ: The People You Meet
Monday, May 21, 2007 3:30:19 PM PT
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A wise old cyclist once wrote a book and told us “It’s not about the bike.” He must have been talking about the Giro d’Italia. At this race, it’s all about the people… meet the cast of characters from Stage 9.
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Giro ’07 St.9: Gelati Napolitano at the Lido!
Monday, May 21, 2007 11:10:36 AM PT
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On an easy ride down to the sea-side there was not much action until the last kilometer, then it was everyman for himself, it was like a kids fight for the Napolitano ice- cream and Napolitano came out tops, ice-cream all round!
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Giro Di PEZ: Of Ferraris And Bikes
Sunday, May 20, 2007 2:59:24 PM PT
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One man’s pleasure is another man’s pain. The guys at the front of today’s Giro stage were sufferin’…but the boys in the pelton called it an “easy” day. Stage 8 is as fast as a Ferrari up front.
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Giro ’07 St. 8: Kurt-Asle...Faster Than A Shiny Red Ferrari!
Sunday, May 20, 2007 11:46:55 AM PT
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Norway’s Kurt-Asle Arvesen has had pretty hot form rolling into the Giro this year – second at Henniger Turm and winning the GP Herning. So it’s great to report that another Pez fave has nabbed his second career Giro stage win. And the very day that I decide not to stick any Euros on him, he wins!
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Giro di PEZ: Vive Il Sogno
Saturday, May 19, 2007 1:28:39 PM PT
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The Italians have a phrase that best sums up a week like this…”Vive il sogno”…Live the dream. Week two the Giro d’Italia is about to begin… and we’re jumping back into the fray to sample the food, the history, the scenery… and the best bike racing in the world.
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Giro ’07 St 7: Ale-Jet Motors at Mugello
Saturday, May 19, 2007 10:12:26 AM PT
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The Formula 1 circuit of Mugello has seen some battles in its time, Freddy Maertens hit the deck here and finished his chances of wining the Girod’Italia, to day it’s the sprinters day again and “Petta” makes no mistakes as he goes for the finish line.
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Giro Di PEZ: Seeking The Real Giro
Friday, May 18, 2007 12:46:52 PM PT
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Our crack week 1 PEZ-Crew of Ed Hood and his trusty driver Dave set out on a bitter sweet journey this morning – on they’re final day of our week 1 coverage, their quest was to find the spirit of the Giro on road to Spoleto. A lot of nice people and a little vino seemed to do the trick…
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Giro'07 St.6 - Swappin Pink For Pink At T-Mobile
Friday, May 18, 2007 11:54:14 AM PT
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Another day dawns and again our Giro warriors cross swords on an undulating 177km jaunt that has one of the longer climbs of the Giro, the Monte Terminillo, at 21km long and 1894 meters. Two other pretty little ditties manifested themselves in the Forcas Capistrello and di Cerro. On paper, it doesn’t look that difficult to really upset the overall, but with an apathetic Maglia Rosa in Di Luca, and a few opportunistic moves, we could see a change at the top today. Read on...
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Giro Di PEZ: From Start To Finish
Thursday, May 17, 2007 2:09:27 PM PT
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As the Giro begins its 6th day, the routine of finding the start, chasing the race, seeing the finish and filing a story remains elusively - and thankfully - anything but 'routine'. As travelers in a strange land, our simple plan of book-ending a story from 'villagio partenza' to 'finito' proves the kind of entertainment money can't buy...
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Giro ’07 St. 5: Sparkling Finish For Förster
Thursday, May 17, 2007 11:17:36 AM PT
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The hero today, and it’s a little harsh to say this, wasn’t the fastest man across the line. We’re giving a cheer to the main animatore of the day – once again, Mikhail Ignatiev was off the front and flying the expensive colours of Mr Oleg Tinkov.
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Giro Di PEZ: On The Mountain With PEZ
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 1:23:07 PM PT
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The first three stages in Sardinia were just an appetizer, today is the real thing; a mountaintop finish. You can't win the Giro today, but you could go a long way towards losing it; the road climbs for 20 kilometres at the end with the actual mountain accounting for approximately 16 K of that. Ed Hood was once again right in the midst of the festivities.
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Giro'07 St.4: Uphill Sprints Love A Killer
Wednesday, May 16, 2007 10:55:16 AM PT
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After a rest day only three days in and less than 250 miles into the Giro, racing began anew on Wednesday on mainland Italia. The views only got better though - that's for sure. Racers and viewers of Stage 4 were treated to a tour of the Amalfi Coast early on before the race headed back inland to tend to the pressing matter of the first mountaintop finish of the 2007 Giro.
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Giro di PEZ: Riders Talk
Monday, May 14, 2007 12:55:58 PM PT
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After today's final hot crossing of Sardegna to the port of Calgiari, the entire pink floatilla boarded ferries for the mainland and Wednesday’s tough 4th stage. But earlier today, PEZ checked in with Milram’s Brett Lancaster and Liquigas’ Charly Wegelius on the race so far…
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Giro ’07 St.3: Tears for Petacchi in Cagliari
Monday, May 14, 2007 11:09:28 AM PT
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Today is the last day on the most beautiful Italian island of Sardinia, the stage of 181 kilometers starts in Barumini then wends its way south and east to the coast then across to Cagliari for a cobbled finish, possibly not suited to the Petacchi lead out train, but it’s a long power straight which should give Ale-Jet a perfect stage finish.
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Giro di PEZ: Crossing Sardegna
Sunday, May 13, 2007 1:12:05 PM PT
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Robbie McEwen stock was raised to a new level in your correspondent’s eyes today; after driving the entire course and seeing the severity of the climbs in the last quarter of the race I was convinced that there would be major splits. Sardegna is full of surprises – from the tough parcours to the beauty this island presents at every turn…
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Giro ’07 St. 02: McEwen Invades AleJet’s Airspace
Sunday, May 13, 2007 11:25:06 AM PT
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The Milram sprint train looked in good shape barrelling into the closing moments of the first road racing stage of this year’s Giro, but like so often before, there was a ghost in the machine. Aussie rocket Robbie McEwen surfed a free ride to the finish before sweeping home for the win.
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Giro'07 St.01: Liquigas On The Rampage!
Saturday, May 12, 2007 11:50:35 AM PT
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PEZ starts the first stage of the 2007 Giro d'Italia with a double report - the nitty gritty facts done quickly and then on to the good story: Ed Hood follows the CSC team around one of the most technical TTT courses in recent memory and tells the tale: without further ado...
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Giro07: PEZ Scopes The TTT Corsa!
Friday, May 11, 2007 4:01:45 PM PT
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It will certainly be the most beautiful TTT ever, but it won't be the fastest. Whilst the other journos schmoozed at the team launch on board the Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier, we figured you’d rather see what the course looks like for tomorrow’s stage 1 team time trial. Check this out - all 25.6 kilometres of it…
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Giro Interview: Top Man Zomegnan
Thursday, May 10, 2007 7:05:16 PM PT
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With less than a day to the start of the season’s premiere Grand Tour – both riders and fans are ready for a great race. The people behind the scenes are as important as the riders themselves – so PEZ talked with the ‘capo di capi’ – the top man at RCS about the Giro, SanRemo, Lombardia – and cycling. Here’s how it looks from the top…
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GIRO '07 Preview: I Protagonisti
Thursday, May 10, 2007 9:25:55 AM PT
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Just a few short days remain until the Giro begins. The prohibitive favorite, Ivan Basso, is gone gone gone and in his place a gaggle of possibilities emerge, chief among them are three former winners who must all be licking their chops: Simoni, Savoldelli, and the Kid (Cunego that is). PEZ takes a close look at the possible Pink rider come Milano at the end of the month.
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GIRO ’07 Preview: La Corsa Up Close
Wednesday, May 09, 2007 8:56:05 AM PT
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"I wish I was in the Giro this year" said Max Sciandri when PEZ asked him about the 2007 corsa. The route looks like a good one... nobody's crying, everybody's happy – for now anyway. The nicely balanced route offers stages for everyone, but promises a showdown of epic-ally Giro proportions when the the pink flag drops next May. Here's the official PEZ-take...
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Giro Replay: Zulle Vs The Pirate
Tuesday, May 08, 2007 3:48:55 PM PT
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The squat man on the Pinarello monocoque is fastest, no question, there are only a couple of hundred metres to go past the palm trees on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice. It’s the 1998 Giro d’Italia prologue, seven kilometres out and back, pan-flat, nothing technical; just the light breeze off the sea and the lactic burn to worry about.
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Dario’s Diario: Scoping The Zoncolan
Monday, May 07, 2007 1:03:49 PM PT
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This year’s Giro features some super-tough mountain stages, including a triple-decker ball buster to the legendary Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and stage 17’s hideous ascent of the fearsome Zoncolan with 5km at over 15% average grade… uggh. Predictor-Lotto’s Dario Cioni and Win Van Huffell took a close look at both stages, and take us along for the ride…
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GIRO ’07 Preview: La Corsa Up Close
Monday, December 04, 2006 1:57:32 PM PT
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"I wish I was in the Giro this year" said Max Sciandri when PEZ asked him about the 2007 corsa. The route looks like a good one... nobody's crying, everybody's happy – for now anyway. The nicely balanced route offers stages for everyone, but promises a showdown of epic-ally Giro proportions when the the pink flag drops next May. Here's the official PEZ-take...
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Best Of PEZ '09: Hello Stranger!
Friday, February 05, 2010 11:30:32 AM PT
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Roadside St. 14 When you start each new Giro you understand you’re a year older. You feel a stranger to the village approach and for a moment ...
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PEZ Review: CycleFilm's Come Ride With Me
Friday, February 05, 2010 9:57:41 AM PT
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Professional cycling has, over the years, attracted only a few documentary film makers. A few, such as Jorgen Leth’s “A Sunday in Hell,” have even ...
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PEZ Report: The BMC Camp!
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 1:43:25 AM PT
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I’m just digging out from a few days at the BMC training camp, and while I won’t be reporting on doing Jaeger-bombs and Redbulls with Cadel & George, ...
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Berlin Six Wrap: Danes Time It To Perfection
Friday, February 05, 2010 10:43:21 AM PT
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As the final Madison got underway the arena was packed to the rafters, all the talk of Six Days in crisis forgotten for now. The finale was ...
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PEZ Previews: The Berlin Six Day
Thursday, January 28, 2010 5:20:47 PM PT
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Six Day racing comes to Berlin for the 99th time on Thursday, 28th January, 2010 with the great tradition of winter track racing in Germany in a ...
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TDU'10 St.6: Sutton The Day, Greipel The Tour
Friday, January 22, 2010 12:10:11 PM PT
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One more day, one more sprint! Sky had the goods to finish the week Down Under the same way they started: 1-2. The rest of the favorites were hot on ...
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