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Marcialonga
The Marcialonga website reports that German racers Teichmann and
Schluetter may race the big 70km event on Sunday: http://news.marcialonga.it/x-net/mar...orage/00000213 Any chance that some of our European friends could get a torrent-able feed of the race? The 2004 race, when it was part of the World Cup, was a classic (no pun intended). |
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tassava wrote:
The Marcialonga website reports that German racers Teichmann and Schluetter may race the big 70km event on Sunday: http://news.marcialonga.it/x-net/mar...orage/00000213 Any chance that some of our European friends could get a torrent-able feed of the race? The 2004 race, when it was part of the World Cup, was a classic (no pun intended). Cant find it on any of the TV schedules. Last Year when it was WC the Eurosport covered it but this season they are concentrating on African Cup football. The best we could expect is one of the stations showing a brief news report, but thats usually partisan and will show only their leading racers diving over the finish line and collapsing in their death throes... Well, you know the picture!! We're lucky if they even name the podium finishers let alone show them. Are there likely to be other Olympic contenders taking part this close to the Oly's? |
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Tassava,
Was that the race where they double poled for 50km? That was one of the most amazing sports events I have ever watched. Nothing short of amazing. /john |
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dardruba wrote:
Cant find it on any of the TV schedules. italian TV broadcasted the final kms yesterday morning, however IMHO it was not a truly exciting race Are there likely to be other Olympic contenders taking part this close to the Oly's? AFAIK no olympic contenders -- beorn "You've got to learn to crawl before you learn to walk" Aerosmith (Amazing) |
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beorn wrote:
italian TV broadcasted the final kms yesterday morning, however IMHO it was not a truly exciting race Thanks beorn. What station was that, is it on satellite and do you know which satellite stations are likely to broadcast the Nordic events at Torino (apart from Eurosport). |
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dardruba wrote:
What station was that, is it on satellite and do you know which satellite stations are likely to broadcast the Nordic events at Torino (apart from Eurosport). well, it was RAI3, I honestly have no idea wheter it's on satellite or not, my two cents would be on no. Rai has a sport satellite channel, which can also be watched on the net, it's RaiSportSat, here's the main webpage: http://www.raisport.rai.it/sportindex but I have no idea at the moment about where olympics will be broadcasted: I think they will be quite careful because of rights... -- beorn "You've got to learn to crawl before you learn to walk" Aerosmith (Amazing) |
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Too bad about no good TV coverage. I'm sure some nil-nil football match
was more important than one of the biggest citizens races in the world. Anyhow, I'd still have liked to watch those poor *******s make that last 5k climb. The 2004 race was the one in which Anders Aukland and Giorgio di Centa traded the lead until, on that climb, the Italian stopped to rewax and Aukland - who had no grip at all - DP'ed all the way to the finish. Stunning. (It's still out there at ftp://mpeg-races.kicks-ass.org/pub2/Marcialonga-04) I hope this year's Vasaloppet is as good... |
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Yes - I honestly watch that race and can think of no other sporting
event that I have seen where the athletes had to dig as deep and fight as hard. I my mind it is just EPIC. Of course there must be events that compare but I have not seen them. Whether I am trail running, cycling or skiing I carry that event in my mind. When I am ready to pull back I can look to the 2004 Marcialonga and ask myself, "are you really done, or are you defeated?" /john |
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tassava wrote:
Too bad about no good TV coverage. I'm sure some nil-nil football match was more important than one of the biggest citizens races in the world. of course, welcome to italy :-( Anyhow, I'd still have liked to watch those poor *******s make that last 5k climb. The 2004 race was the one in which Anders Aukland and Giorgio di Centa traded the lead until, on that climb, the Italian stopped to rewax and Aukland - who had no grip at all - DP'ed all the way to the finish. Stunning. definetively! :-) I hope this year's Vasaloppet is as good... I hope to run it once! :-P -- beorn "You've got to learn to crawl before you learn to walk" Aerosmith (Amazing) |
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I see theres now a torrent for this years race.
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