Found this video put together by Gazzetto della Sport via Sporthill.tv with a course fly-by for the upcoming Giro d’Italia.  The event starts in the North of Italy, touches into Austria, Switzerland and France, then finishes outside of Milan for the first time since 1989.  It starts with a 20.5k team time trial and finishes 3395.5k later after crossing six mountain top finishes.
During some pre-ride recon, Lance Armstrong had this to say about the Stage 12 individual time trial: “Giro TT is wicked hard. Never, ever flat and 62 kms. Doubtful for riding the tt bike as well. And the descents…?? Insane..â€Â
Click “more” to see the current teams list for this year’s race, which happens to be the 100th anniversary of the legendary bicycle race.
2009 Giro d’Italia Teams (20 of a max 22)
- Acqua
- &Sapone – Caffe’ Mokambo (Ita)
- Ag2r La Mondiale (Fra)
- Astana (Kaz)
- Bbox Bouygues Telecom (Fra)
- Caisse d’Epargne (Spa)
- Cervelo Test Team (Svi)*
- Garmin – Slipstream (USA)ÂÂ
- ISD (Ita)
- Lampre-NGC (Ita)*
- Liquigas (Ita)
- LPR Brakes – Farnese Vini (Irl)
- Quick Step (Bel)ÂÂ
- Rabobank (Ola)ÂÂ
- Silence/Lotto (Bel)
- Serramenti Pvc Diquigiovanni/Androni Giocattoli (Ven)*
- Team Columbia/High Road (USA)
- Team Katusha (Rus)ÂÂ
- Team Milram (Ger)
- Team Saxo Bank (Dan)ÂÂ
- Xacobe Galicia (Spa)*
(* Wild cards, two more teams may be added)
