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Monti Pallidi Video Clips
The latest film clips from Rapha Rides Monti Pallidi, shot last year in the Dolomites. Featuring Rapha Condor Sharp's Dan Craven and teammate Dean Windsor, Rapha Condor veteran Dominique Gabellini and elite female riders Sarah Reynolds and Kirsti Ruud testing the Training & Racing collection.
Video | Ben Ingham
Music | Andy Carroll
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- No change overall at the Ras today, Rich Handley remains in 5th, and Mike Cuming stills leads KOM
- RT @anpostras: Provisional GC after Stage 5: Bialoblocki, McConvey, Guldhammer <all @st, Handley & Pelletier-Roy @24secs, Fodor @46secs, Hu…
- RT @anpostras: Mike Cuming (Rapha Condor JLT) Will wear Mountains Jersey again, after Stage 5 #Ras2013
- RT @NickLathamPhoto: @raphacondor Photos of Kristian House winning Durham stage in a blog post at http://t.co/wHX8d0mlQc #tourseries Pls R…
- RT @IonaNiDhalaigh: Yahhh mountain jersey in the bag!!! Nice one @mike_cuming!!! @raphacondor http://t.co/GrGqSL0Kgl
- RT @CondorWarehouse: Nice to see the @raphacondor JLT team bike on display @campagnolosrl HQ with so many top pro teams http://t.co/5CgE0tY…
- RT @anpostras: GC after Stage 4: Bialoblocki,, McConvey, Guldhammer, Handley, Pelletier-Roy, Hunal, Simon Yates, Fodor, Roger Aiken, Archbo…
- Spare a thought for @Porterelliott who punctured out of the yellow jersey group, when will he get some luck!
- Took the @anpostras on today. Didn't quite pull it off. @RichHandley90 4th on GC and @mike_cuming in the KoM jersey.
- Tour series update from Stoke up on the site http://t.co/aVdcnGnkOX
Comments
Andrew Schmitt
7th January 2011 06:56pm
Nice vids but they seem too dark….
Kurt Bauer
7th January 2011 09:09pm
That's called 'chiaroscuro' . . .
ole schmidt petersen
8th January 2011 10:23am
very nice pictures - but but …… as allways no one is wearing a helmet !!!! I have ridden for many years in the mountains but also seen many bad crashes - so please do not make these videos with riders with no helmets on - please….
Chad Smith
8th January 2011 11:50am
Beautiful Country
Gero Verch
8th January 2011 02:22pm
@ole: Good to hear that you have ridden many years in the mountains. I love them too. Sad to hear that you have seen many bad crashes. But I do not agree that styrofoam capped riders will prevent any of these.
Amazing, it must be true that believers in foamed polystyrene who deliberately deface themselves with ugly headgear have an insatiable desire to imposition others to do the same.
I think Rapha is doing a wonderful job in equipping - and as we've seen - picturing cyclists in less blatant dressings than usual. If one prefers watching screechy colored parrots on two wheels, I suggest switching to regular sport coverage on TV. There also car drivers wear helmets, which is unheard of in normal life. But this and the fact that I've seen much more car crashes than accidents with bicycles will never make me wearing a helmet in cars let alone convincing others to follow.
kurt mungall
8th January 2011 03:30pm
Beautifully filmed and awe inspiring, with helmets or without!
Keep it coming, I'm off out on my bike even though there's snow outside!
Brian Palmer
8th January 2011 09:38pm
actually 'chiaroscuro' means light and shade: in order to make an object seem dark, place it against something lighter. and vice versa.
just saying.
b
George Swain
9th January 2011 12:31am
Makes me want to climb! Thanks for posting.
Jamie Long
9th January 2011 06:48pm
Agree with the comment from Gero. Why do people feel the need to preach about wearing a helmet? Rapha are showcasing their products (not helmets) and it makes no sense to cover them up.
Lovely films, making me wish I was riding in Italy on these quiet roads in amongst such beautiful scenery!
Michael Boston
10th January 2011 02:36am
love the track on the last one - is that Mogwai? - beautiful films as always
Mathew Ashton
10th January 2011 10:21am
Lovely films. They seem to capture the silent beauty of the mountains and the solo suffering of climbing quite majestically.
Steve Pells
11th January 2011 11:05pm
Nice little films. Is that second one on the Falzarego, and the climbing one somewhere on the Sella/Pordoi loop?
How does one find out where these places are? I'd love to know where the rough roads in the photo album are as well, such as this shot:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raphacc/5187580341/in/photostream/
I think it might be near the Tres Cimes but there was no response to my question on the flickr page.
Cheers,
steve
James Fairbank
15th January 2011 08:55am
Hello Steve, sorry about the wall of silence that met your question on flickr.
The climbing video was shot coming up towards the top of the Passo Pordoi from the Canazei side and the second one was shot around the hotel at the top of the Pordoi.
The rough road in question can be found heading up towards a ski station on the Arabba side of the Pordoi, I don't recommend trying to drive a car up it…
Steve Pells
15th January 2011 05:28pm
Hi James,
Thanks for that! We did quite a few climbs around there in 2009. It's amazing how the atmosphere of a place changes it in your memory: We stayed at the rifugio on the Valparola just a couple of km from the Falzarego, so we were at the Falzaraego first thing in the morning when it was cold and quiet, so it looked quite like your film of the Passo Pordoi. The Pordoi on a hot day at lunchtime, heaving with tourists had a totally different vibe…
Cheers, and thanks for the pointer to the ski station road…
Steve
Matt Carey
19th January 2011 09:37am
@ole They are wearing helmets in the last vid, descending the mountain.
Sam Sutton
27th January 2011 10:07am
Love the music. Really makes the films.