S8 Ep149: The Grandest Tour stage 5: Premature celebrations
The Cycling Podcast
The Cycling Podcast
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🗓️ 7 October 2020
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
We hear from both De Gendt and Rubio, with each having a different view of what went on.
In this episode we also hear from Simon Yates, who still hopes to win overall, from Jakob Fuglsang and our old friend Ciro Scognamiglio of Gazzetta dello Sport.
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to the Grandest Tour by the Cycling Podcast. |
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| 0:15.9 | Today we are at the Giro d'Italia. |
| 0:24.0 | Daniel, we appear to be walking by a couple of members of a groupama FDJ or CCC. |
| 0:30.0 | But there are about 12 feet tall. |
| 0:32.0 | And what are they rich? These enormous sort of stickman. |
| 0:35.8 | I don't know. They were like giant human pogo sticks. |
| 0:38.9 | We're walking in Mielec Tor, which is where the stage just started today. |
| 0:43.2 | Up a beautiful pink and promenade. |
| 0:46.6 | It's an improvised for the Giro, which goes quite some distance. |
| 0:50.0 | Probably a few hundred meters up the main street from one church to another. |
| 0:53.9 | Quite impressive. And then it's quite festive. |
| 0:56.6 | It feels quite festive, certainly by this time this year's Giro. |
| 1:00.3 | We've said that it's been a bit subdued, a bit muted. |
| 1:02.1 | But this town is out in technical, isn't it? |
| 1:07.7 | Yeah, there's a lot of pink. |
| 1:09.8 | I mean, there are a few buildings that could do with a fresh coat of paint. |
| 1:12.9 | But they've used all the paint on the road. |
| 1:16.0 | They've painted it pink. |
| 1:17.1 | Or a gentleman who just seen his painted his whole head pink, |
| 1:20.0 | which is quite impressive. |
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