S14 Ep33: Stage 1 | Nessebar – Burgas | Giro d’Italia 2026
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🗓️ 8 May 2026
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci take you to the heart of the action, on the ground, at the Giro d‘Italia.
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Stage 4: Tenuta del Conte, Calabria Rosso, Calabria (red)
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Stage 14: Les Crêtes Mon Blanc, Valle D’Aosta (white)
Stage 20: Braida Antica Blanc, Russolo, Friuli Venezia-Giulia (white)
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to Girovagando, the cycling podcast at the 2026 Girod Italia. |
| 0:13.6 | The cycling podcast, every day on the ground at the Girod Italia since 2016. |
| 0:20.4 | Today we are in Burgas. |
| 0:22.6 | Have you responded to those and say, well it's just going to be a cake walk for Jonas to take the pink jersey in the trophy? |
| 0:41.3 | No, I don't buy in on that one. I mean, it's the Giro is the Gero. You've seen it in the last four editions. |
| 0:49.3 | It got turned upside down in three of them in the last stage. |
| 0:55.1 | So everything can happen here and you need to be focused every single day. |
| 0:59.8 | And also the competition is not easy. |
| 1:02.5 | It's good bike riders as well. |
| 1:05.4 | Elachi, what is it, 190 in Italia? |
| 1:08.4 | It is. |
| 1:09.4 | It's underway. |
| 1:10.5 | How would you describe the atmosphere? |
| 1:12.6 | I think it's pretty fantastic, actually. |
| 1:15.1 | A polite applause, and it's not raucous applause. |
| 1:18.5 | No, but I was looking to our colleague, Simeon Kichikov. He said, |
| 1:24.9 | he was surprised by how many people are here and in fact i could see lots of pink |
| 1:30.1 | lots of local fans as well i think bulgaria has been good than albania on that front yeah i think so |
| 1:36.9 | i think so for stage so far so good michele pelachi ec. How you doing? |
| 1:45.0 | Daniela, |
| 1:45.3 | welcome fabulous cyclismo. |
| 1:48.2 | We are in Arena Borgas. |
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