Strade Bianche

[raindog]

I was hoping to watch this live yesterday but for some reason it isn't televised, even in Italy, but they do show an hour long resume which is now up on youtube. Tough, technical race on the white roads in wonderful countryside before finishing in the famous Piazza del Campo in Siena. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.c...player_embedded

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Thanks, I was wondering why there was no coverage of such a great race... a fine win by Gilbert too!

 

[Keith Oates]

Thanks for the link, it was a very exciting finish and was good to see how road position near the end sealed the win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ColinJ]

I enjoyed that, despite some rather dodgy camera work at times!

 

[Flying_Monkey]

I think that has just gone into my list of favourite underrated races. The narrow, sweeping white roads... and then the steep finish up into the centre of Siena was brutal.

 

[raindog]

LOL - someone's added "spoiler" to my title - is that in case User76 turns up two days after the race and complains because he can see the result after watching an hour long video?

 

[ColinJ]

LOL - someone's added "spoiler" to my title - is that in case User76 turns up two days after the race and complains because he can see the result after watching an hour long video?

Or maybe because this post ...

Thanks, I was wondering why there was no coverage of such a great race... a fine win by Gilbert too!

... IS a very obvious spoiler!

I took the precaution of watching the video before reading any further.

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Or maybe because this post ...


... IS a very obvious spoiler!

I took the precaution of watching the video before reading any further.

Actually, I added the name after the word 'spoiler' was added to the title, in fact because it was - before, I had written <name deleted>.

 

[ColinJ]

Actually, I added the name after the word 'spoiler' was added to the title, in fact because it was - before, I had written <name deleted>.

Ah - when I saw there was a video to watch, I avoided looking further down the thread just in case!

 

[johnr]

Thanks for the post... brightened up my working day. It's just like E Yorkshire, but with more olive trees and less potholes

 

[raindog]

It's just like E Yorkshire, but with more olive trees and less potholes

 

[Flying_Monkey]

Didn't some architect once compare Barnsley to a Tuscan hill town?

 

[montage]

Didn't some architect once compare Barnsley to a Dustbin

kerching