Giro 2021:- Stage 16: Sacile – Cortina d’Ampezzo 212 km **Spoilers**
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Talk about rubbing salt into the wound.mididoctors said:
Fixed camera at a pass was doable in the 1990s even when the rest of the stage was weathered out .. that's over 20 years agolettingthedaysgoby said:
Receiving a compressed stream to work on a phone isn't quite the same as transmitting a full broadcast level feed.blazing_saddles said:Apparently 4G was working just fine at the summit of the Giau, as a fan had it all set up to "watch" the final descent on ES Player.
So maybe the cameraman's phone ran out of battery.
At least in the old days we would have had a recording to watch.
Innovation making a lot of difference in this case: all worse.
Reading Twitter today really shows how little (quite understandably really) most people know about the technicalities of live TV broadcast tech, and how tricky cycling coverage is in particular.
Also, from the descent times off the Giau, it looks like Martinez must have crashed.
Two and a half minutes slower than Izagirre and Bardet."Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
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They also posted images of both the climbs implying they were rideable.
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Is the race earlier this year? Froome's break was 3 years ago today and that was later in the race so started earlier that year at least.0
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One week earlier, as is The Tour, because of the OlympicsPross said:Is the race earlier this year? Froome's break was 3 years ago today and that was later in the race so started earlier that year at least.
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Is this true?thejimmymethod said:
One week earlier, as is The Tour, because of the OlympicsPross said:Is the race earlier this year? Froome's break was 3 years ago today and that was later in the race so started earlier that year at least.
Date of final stage:
2021 - 31 May
2019 - 2 Jun
2018 - 27 May
2017 - 28 May
2016 - 29 May
2015 - 31 May
2014 - 1 Jun
2013 - 26 May
2012 - 27 May
2011 - 29 May
2010 - 30 May
2009 - 31 May
etc
Up to 2001 it finished a week later, but for the last 20 years it's not been more than 3 days later.0 -
What was going on a number of years ago may not be relevant today. Cameras are now digital, use ip addresses etc. if the aircraft cant fly and thats how the signal gets there then it wont happen. Satellite time is expensive but does heavy cloud not affect satellites? I dont know how the military do it0
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I may well have misheard/misread something in fairness.kingstongraham said:
Is this true?thejimmymethod said:
One week earlier, as is The Tour, because of the OlympicsPross said:Is the race earlier this year? Froome's break was 3 years ago today and that was later in the race so started earlier that year at least.
Date of final stage:
2021 - 31 May
2019 - 2 Jun
2018 - 27 May
2017 - 28 May
2016 - 29 May
2015 - 31 May
2014 - 1 Jun
2013 - 26 May
2012 - 27 May
2011 - 29 May
2010 - 30 May
2009 - 31 May
etc
Up to 2001 it finished a week later, but for the last 20 years it's not been more than 3 days later.0 -
That was what I thought. I know the Tour and Dauphine are earlier this year but didn't think the Giro was and that confirms it.kingstongraham said:
Is this true?thejimmymethod said:
One week earlier, as is The Tour, because of the OlympicsPross said:Is the race earlier this year? Froome's break was 3 years ago today and that was later in the race so started earlier that year at least.
Date of final stage:
2021 - 31 May
2019 - 2 Jun
2018 - 27 May
2017 - 28 May
2016 - 29 May
2015 - 31 May
2014 - 1 Jun
2013 - 26 May
2012 - 27 May
2011 - 29 May
2010 - 30 May
2009 - 31 May
etc
Up to 2001 it finished a week later, but for the last 20 years it's not been more than 3 days later.
It feels like there have been regular issues with the highest stages in recent years (talk of shortening even if it hasn't happened, loss of pictures) but that could just be that those stages stick in your mind as it is disappointing when it happens.0 -
damned if they do start the race and it turns into a snowfest and damned if they dont. The cloud cover was the issue the aircraft cant go. Leeds/Bradford airport has issues with this as it's the highest in England. Some details here on coverage
https://www.choose.co.uk/guide/satellite-tv-reception-bad-weather.html#:~:text=It's all down to the,quality of the satellite service.0 -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEWsG9AVsHU
There’s a couple of videos on YouTube from the Giau. Love this one where the Italian fan sees the pink ef helmet of Simon Carr and thinks it’s Hugh.0 -
looking at the state of some of the riders its a good job the distance was reduced. But still faster than me1
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No gloves on George Bennet. Blimey.
Great video that.0 -
Must have picked up a musette after that video. Carried it down to the finish line.yorkshireraw said:No gloves on George Bennet. Blimey.
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My hands are the first thing that gets cold. How can he be fully covered everywhere and have no gloveskingstongraham said:
Must have picked up a musette after that video. Carried it down to the finish line.yorkshireraw said:No gloves on George Bennet. Blimey.
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Just wanted to point out from the post above that anyone tuning in to watch the time trial on the 31st will have missed it.
The last stage is on May 30th.
Now, I have a question: where were all the drones that we were told, not so long ago, were going to revolutionise live coverage in the mountains?"Science is a tool for cheaters". An anonymous French PE teacher.0 -
The section in the AAIB's monthly summary of accident reports that might as well be titled "Drones that spontaneously combusted, fell apart, or departed unexpectedly for France - and that we don't have the resource to investigate because there's hundreds of the little sods doing it every month now" may provide a clue as to why you don't want to fly them near crowds unnecessarily just yet.blazing_saddles said:Now, I have a question: where were all the drones that we were told, not so long ago, were going to revolutionise live coverage in the mountains?
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kingstongraham said:
Must have picked up a musette after that video. Carried it down to the finish line.yorkshireraw said:No gloves on George Bennet. Blimey.
If the musette was empty, or almost, he would have been better off using it as a newspaper, instead of having it flap around.0 -
Bernal starts the Giau descent.
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Hell of a way to spend your rest day.jimmyjams said:Bernal starts the Giau descent.
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Remco speaks after the Giau stage:
“The day was bad. In the end, two months of training was not enough to be 100% ready for this Giro. The rest day on Tuesday will do good and then we will fight during the last week. I never said I would quit the race. As long as I feel capable of going all the way, why won't I make it to Milan?“0 -
Weather looking much better for tomorrow.0
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crackin' late season corn turns to be had there....kingstongraham said:
Hell of a way to spend your rest day.jimmyjams said:Bernal starts the Giau descent.
We're in danger of confusing passion with incompetence
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Fair play to him use it for just putting the miles in . Hope he does not wreck himselfjimmyjams said:Remco speaks after the Giau stage:
“The day was bad. In the end, two months of training was not enough to be 100% ready for this Giro. The rest day on Tuesday will do good and then we will fight during the last week. I never said I would quit the race. As long as I feel capable of going all the way, why won't I make it to Milan?“"If I was a 38 year old man, I definitely wouldn't be riding a bright yellow bike with Hello Kitty disc wheels, put it that way. What we're witnessing here is the world's most high profile mid-life crisis" Afx237vi Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:43 pm0 -
In the words of Ice Cube (appropriate after yesterday...)mididoctors said:
Fair play to him use it for just putting the miles in . Hope he does not wreck himselfjimmyjams said:Remco speaks after the Giau stage:
“The day was bad. In the end, two months of training was not enough to be 100% ready for this Giro. The rest day on Tuesday will do good and then we will fight during the last week. I never said I would quit the race. As long as I feel capable of going all the way, why won't I make it to Milan?“
"You better check yo self before you wreck yo self
'Cause I'm bad for your health"0 -
James Knox's audio diary on the cycling podcast is always worth a listen. Bit of insight into Evenepoel and Almeida. Also how hard it was for him (and a pretty candid opinion on the shortening of the stage - he was for it).0
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I was looking at the rest of my PTP picks earlier and it was hard to justify going for anyone other than Bernal on the remaining three MTFs.
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Great photos and well worth a look
https://cyclingtips.com/2021/05/gallery-amazing-images-from-the-giro-stage-we-never-saw/
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The gruppetto look well wrapped up.super_davo said:Great photos and well worth a look
https://cyclingtips.com/2021/05/gallery-amazing-images-from-the-giro-stage-we-never-saw/0 -
The EF guys weren't messing around in the stay warm competition. 😉phreak said:
The gruppetto look well wrapped up.super_davo said:Great photos and well worth a look
https://cyclingtips.com/2021/05/gallery-amazing-images-from-the-giro-stage-we-never-saw/The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0
