Giro 2021. (with spoilers )

[Dave Davenport]

There go's Bernal.

 

[roadrash]

Bernal is on fire

 

[Dave Davenport]

But he'll never make it down the decent in the wet with rim brakes, I mean it's impossible

 

[GuyBoden]

No pictures, just the finish line............😭

 

[GuyBoden]

He has even got time to take his jacket off....

 

[GuyBoden]

Here's a taste of what we missed, quite a bit of snow.

"Apparently the aircraft that ordinarily flies high above the race to help broadcast the action is not allowed up in the air today due to the weather, hence the lack of updates. In order to broadcast a bike race in the mountains – and elsewhere – a small aircraft circles above the race, high above the clouds, off which a satellite bounces technical stuff that I don't really understand to a big box somewhere else that magically turns these signals into moving pictures."

 

[Chislenko]

I find it hard to believe in this day and age how we can send pictures from Mars but struggle from Italy.

 

[Milkfloat]

Today is the first time I have had a couple of hours to watch live coverage. My luck is shocking.

 

[GuyBoden]

Well done Simon Carr great bit of racing.

 

[Adam4868]

Worthy winner,hard as nails !...gutted lost the live stream.

View: https://twitter.com/inrng/status/1396833633655218184?s=19

 

[Adam4868]

You should be. There was some great footage of people wearing masks standing around. Some of them were even half heartedly waving flags.

I made my own pictures....I've a vivid imagination !
Loved how he took the time to take his jacket off....on wet cobbles

 

[Cathryn]

I was in awe of his jacket removal skills! And the chasers weren’t a million miles away!

 

[Adam4868]

Call me negative, but with Bardet they have a better chance of him getting in a futile attack and fading to finish 14th...

Your negative.....he's back

 

[Mike_P]

I find it hard to believe in this day and age how we can send pictures from Mars but struggle from Italy.

Actually too common, time some way of ensuring transmission links without using aircraft was developed; TdY a few years back was a picture black out due to a plane going faulty.

 

[Milzy]

Actually too common, time some way of ensuring transmission links without using aircraft was developed; TdY a few years back was a picture black out due to a plane going faulty.

I reckon the U.S will have drones that can operate in very bad weather. Maybe the broadcast companies could have Unmanned aircraft circling above.