newcastlecycling

From another forum.

A quote from a bloke leading a touring group on last nights stage:

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Italian Support Report: Every Italian rider on course today, without live TV coverage (ie a prominent camera on a motorbike nearby) was pushed by fans. All our group, split up all over the hill witnessed this. The fans still cheered all the other riders, more than politely, but did not push. I did not see the TV coverage for Garzelli (or any other rider), but felt his result today was unusual.

Saw it myself on the interweb, Basso I think getting a huge push for quite a while...