Here listening to Giro Vagando, the cycling podcast at the 2021 Giro d'Italia, powered

by Super Sapiens, Energy Management for committed athletes and coaches. Today we are in

Cactiolica.

While Danieli Friederencini, Frappuccino, who did we hear from there?

Third from Del Fino di Bibione, the dolphin of Bibione, otherwise known as the Pelican,

otherwise known as Franca Palizotti, but it was a very somber mood outside the Bahrain

Victoria's bus, somber mood among staff obviously, because disaster befell their leader,

Michelanda today, didn't it?

Yeah, a somber day while the stage was marred by a few nasty crashes and we'll get onto

that and whether the run-in was particularly dangerous, we'll hear from our diarist James

Knox on that very subject.

Such a pity, 24 hours after the biggest win of his career, Joe Dombowski found himself

on the deck with Michelanda.

He's still in the race, but he was badly banged up as some coming across the line, blood

coming from his face and holding his arm.

So not great at all, I said in a little vlog that we're currently, the sport gives and

the sport takes away, it picks you up and it dumps you down on the ground and we spoke

to Joe Dombowski this morning in Modena.

He might seem to be the mix-own and the real thing we're playing on the loudspeaker.

You've been singing that all day, girl, you've got the best of me, no, what is it Richard?

No, you've had the rest of you come on and take the best of me like that.

Anyway, yeah, a real pity, a real pity and Pavlov's civic officer then we'll get onto

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