S9 Ep75: Stage 20 | Verbania - Valle Spluga - Alpe Motta | Giro d'Italia 2021

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🗓️ 29 May 2021

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

In our penultimate episode from the Giro d'Italia we reflect on the final mountain stage, won by the rider in second place, Damiano Caruso.

Richard Moore and Brian Nygaard discuss the stage ahead of Egan Bernal's likely coronation as Giro winner in Milan on Sunday.

We hear from Chris Juul-Jensen of Team Bike Exchange, Matt Winston, sports director of Team DSM, and Larry Warbasse of Ag2r, as well as our audio diarist James Knox of Deceuninck-Quick-Step.

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0:00.0	Music
0:14.0	We are listening to Giro Vagando, the cycling podcast at the 2021 Giro Detalia, powered by
0:23.4	super sapiens, energy management for committed athletes and coaches. Today we are in
0:31.1	Valestpluga.
0:33.1	Music
0:49.4	Where are we Brian Nygard?
0:53.4	Well Ricardo Moreny. Nice, I like it.
0:55.4	We are in Paradise.
0:57.4	It's a familiar place. Smooth talking.
0:59.4	We are sitting on the high above Lake Cuomo, La Guadalicomo. We are looking down on the
1:06.3	Leno Peninsula where famous films such as Star Wars and James Bond, James Bond, were shot.
1:12.8	We are looking right down on Villa Balbiano and the sun is setting the green light on the
1:17.7	hill on the other side of the lake. There is a boat. There is an airplane crossing quietly
1:22.6	into the sunset.
1:24.6	It's quite dramatic.
1:26.6	It clouds. I think when there is some weather out there, isn't there?
1:30.0	On days like these, Lake Cuomo for me. I have a lot of history with this area having lived
1:35.9	here for 10 years. I think it's the most beautiful place in the world.
1:39.0	You used to live just a long time. We passed your old house, didn't we?
1:41.6	As driving here. Yeah, it's sort of 10-15 minutes down the road.
1:45.6	You also pointed out that we are looking down on George Clooney, more or less.
1:50.0	He's just on the other side of the peninsula in a small town called Lallio.
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