S8 Ep161: The Grandest Tour stage 12: Chocolate mousse at the Merckx's

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🗓️ 15 October 2020

⏱️ 43 minutes

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In our latest episode, discussing stage 12 of the Giro d'Italia, Richard Moore and Lionel Birnie are joined by guest presenter Ian Boswell, the former professional rider with Team Sky and Katusha-Alpecin.

It was a tough day in Italy, with heavy rain and cold weather turning a hilly stage into a battle for survival. We hear from James Knox of Deceuninck-Quickstep who describes himself as "an emotional and physical wreck after one of the worst experiences of my life – it was truly awful." Nevertheless, he rode strongly, as did his team, to defend Joao Almeida's pink jersey of race leader.

The stage winner was Jhonatan Narvaez of Ecuador and Team Ineos, another graduate – like Almeida and indeed Boswell – of Axel Merckx's Hagens Berman Axeon development team. Boswell tells us about his time on that team, including the day he spent at the Merckx family home in Belgium eating chocolate mousse...

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0:00.0	You are listening to The Grandest Tour by The Cycling Podcast.
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0:28.0	Hello, my name's Richard Moore. I think I'm Richard Moore again now.
0:31.7	I feel it's long enough since I left Italy to revert to my birth name.
0:37.2	I'm with Lionel Bernie.
0:39.0	Hello, Richard.
0:40.0	And guest presenter tonight for a run of our Euro podcast, which might tip into the
0:46.8	welter as well.
0:47.8	Ian Boswell.
0:48.8	Thanks for having me, Richard.
0:50.0	Good to see you again, Lionel.
0:51.0	Not good to see me, Ian.
0:52.6	Well, it is good to see you.
0:54.4	Both of you are sideways on my screen, so.
0:56.4	I probably look better like that, I think.
1:01.2	How are you, Ian?
1:02.4	You're in Vermont.
1:03.6	What's the weather there as bad as it is in Italy at the moment?
1:07.3	Surprisingly no, it's a beautiful sunny day.
1:10.5	The leaves have all fallen.
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