The first Grand Tour of the year opened with a bang as America’s top sprinter Tyler Farrar of Garmin–Transitions became only the seventh American to win a stage at the Giro d’Italia, despite being involved in a multiple-rider accident on Sunday. Alexandre Vinokourov of Kazakhstan’s Team Astana currently has the pink jersey after the previous overall leaders, Australian world champion Cadel Evans and Britian’s Bradley Wiggins, were deterred by crashes (‘road furniture’), a common occurrence over the past three days.
“My goal coming in was to win a stage, so it was great to get it out of the way earlier. Now I can move on to my next goal,” said Farrar. When asked about Sunday’s crash, Farrar said, “That’s the way it goes. First few days of a Grand Tour, everyone is nervous and wants to ride in front. There’s lots of traffic islands, medians, roundabouts and signs, and (crashing) is one of the unfortunate things to happen. Once we get a few days in, everyone will calm down and it’ll be more chill.”
Universal Sports’ world-class cycling coverage of the 2010 Giro d’Italia rolls on, airing LIVE each day starting at 10 a.m. ET (8 p.m. ET primetime re-air), and continuing throughout the three-week event ending Sunday, May 30. The network will air the Giro Race Review show on the rest days (May 11 and May 24), featuring highlights of the race and upcoming challenges.
Giro d’Italia LIVE Television Schedule on Universal Sports
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010 |
10:00 – 11:00 AM: Recap (Tape) |
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010 |
10:00 – 11:30 AM: Stage 4 |
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
10:00-11:30 AM: Stage 5 |
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Friday, May 14, 2010 |
10:00-11:30 AM: Stage 6 |
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Saturday, May 15, 2010 |
10:00 – 11:30 AM: Stage 7 |
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Sunday, May 16, 2010 |
10:00 – 11:30 AM: Stage 8 |
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Monday, May 17, 2010 |
10:00 – 11:30 AM: Stage |
Universal Sports has live, daily coverage of every stage, with primetime re-airs nightly at 8 p.m.
Universal Sports’ complete cycling coverage includes more than 10 premier road cycling races, including two of the three Grand Tours of cycling—Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana—as well as many other UCI Championships and World Cup races in road cycling, track, mountain bike, cyclocross, and BMX. The complete schedule of all Universal Sports cycling programming is available at UniversalSports.com/tvschedule.
