S14 Ep52: Stage 16 | Bellinzona - Carì | Giro d’Italia 2026
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
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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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| 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. |
| 0:20.5 | Today we are in Karie. any Any change Any chain on any chain on Yonis' bike today? |
| 0:55.8 | Victor, did you check? |
| 0:58.7 | Just by the visual check, yes, but I don't know who he felt it. |
| 1:05.0 | Michael Pellaci, good-sera. |
| 1:10.7 | Ciao, Daniele. |
| 1:27.0 | How you doing? I'm doing fantastic, actually. I got my Apple Joyce. I got a free sticker from this stage. I'm in Switzerland. It's fun. Yeah, yeah. I thought we'd resolve the Palachi problem a couple of days ago. You were not calmer a couple of days again. I thought we'd resolve the problem, but we've had issues with you again today. Palachi. |
| 1:29.6 | Someone else who's a man after your own heart, |
| 1:30.9 | very energetic with her, |
| 1:30.2 | Victor Camp. karma a couple of days again. I thought we'd resolve the problem, but we've had issues with you again today. Palachi, another, someone else who's a man after your own heart, very energetic, |
| 1:37.8 | we've heard Victor Campanarts there. That was after the thumping Kari anthem. So we're in Kari, obviously, where the stage finished, and we have been serenaded, that's probably the wrong |
| 1:42.8 | word, by a song, this sort of house anthem that's obviously been composed, and sort of been serenaded, that's probably the wrong word, by a song, this sort of house anthem |
| 1:45.4 | that's obviously been composed, sort of been written, performed, especially for this stage. |
| 1:50.2 | And what an innovation that is. |
| 1:51.9 | I think every Jirritu Tadia stage should have one of those. |
| 1:54.7 | What it really was, where the mountain was throbbing to the sound of the Carrie anthem. |
| 1:59.4 | We'll ask for more information about that in due course, maybe from our friend, Yonis Vingard's agent, actually, Matia Galley, who I think is involved in the organisation of today's stage. But then we heard Victor Kampanartz saying that he thought, he wasn't 100% short, but he thought that Yonis Vingard had a chain on his bike today. This, of course after he said a few days ago that Yonis had |
| 2:17.8 | told his teammates that he didn't have, or he didn't feel his chain, he was feeling so good. |
| 2:23.5 | Anyway, Palachi, that is, well, that sets the tone for this episode, which is going to be a very |
| 2:28.8 | busy one. We've got a lot to get through. Anyway, Palachi, what an atmosphere up here. I mean, people might be slightly disappointed |
| 2:36.5 | by the stage. We'll get to the prosciotometer later. We'll find out how many hams you think this is worth. |
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