UAE Fall Apart! What happens next at the Giro? | Rest Day Breakdown

For The Love Of Cycling

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🗓️ 11 May 2026

⏱️ 24 minutes

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What on earth do UAE do now? On the first Rest Day, Ned Boulting sits down with David Millar and Pete Kennaugh to make sense of it all. They discuss UAE Team Emirates' dwindling GC options after a nightmare crash, which stages Jonas Vingegaard is likely to pick for his big move?What's been going on with Jonathan Milan? and why Paul Magnier has been one of the most exciting stories of the race so far. The guys also have a much-needed catch up about what they've all been up to over the past few weeks. This episode of For The Love Of Cycling is sponsored by Bikmo cycle insurance. Protect your ride before it’s too late. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	After three days of racing in the Giro, what have we learned?
0:03.0	What are UAE team Emirates going to do now that they hardly got any riders left in their team?
0:07.0	When is Jonas at what point going to make his big move?
0:10.0	He's already been on the attack.
0:12.0	And what's going on with Jonathan Milan?
0:14.0	Plus, how good is Paul Manuel?
0:24.4	Hello and welcome to For the Love of Cycling.
0:28.8	It is a first unofficial rest day episode.
0:33.1	We're going to be joined imminently by some illustrious members of the team.
0:34.5	I use that word advisedly.
1:28.0	Welcome David and Pete and Pete Kenyon, not in China. How are you doing, guys? All right? I'm in Taiwan. I'm in Taiwan. I'm in Taipei, Ned. I mean, I was in China. I was at the Shanghai Bike Show, which was insanely big. Oh, actually. So I've committed a real faux par there, haven't I, by saying you're in China when actually, like, there's a bit of an issue with Taipei and Taiwan and you're specifically, you're really, really not in China. It would be worse if you were saying I was in Taiwan when I was in China. It's pretty much OK this way around. Let's not dwell on it. I don't want to make a bit geopolitical blunder. We're here to talk about cycling. What on earth are you doing over in the Far East, David? I was here for Factor, Factor Bikes. So we had this amazing stand that we built huge thing. We simulated a whole race. We had like a start ramp, finishing straight arch, we had a wrap team car. It basically did a Tour de France finish in the middle of the bike show. We were even handing out like people could get their little racing license
1:29.2	musettes.
1:30.1	It was completely over the top.
1:31.6	It was brilliant.
1:32.5	I loved it.
1:34.3	So now I'm in Taiway,
1:35.6	Taiwan with Rob,
1:37.0	say Rob Dittlis is a
1:38.1	final factor and just here till tomorrow.
1:40.3	Then I'm back home,
1:40.9	back to Drone on Wednesday.
1:42.8	Brilliant. So I'm looking forward to this because I have no idea what's going on with the Giro. Don't worry, David, if you're not entirely up to speed with the Giro Detailia, because me and Yakopo have seen absolutely all of every stage. Anyway, Pete, how are you doing? The big question I have for you, Pete, is from the WhatsApp group, first thing this morning. As you often do, you posted a all-capital letter message, which just said, morning,
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