2026 Giro d’Italia | The Preview
5/5/20261 hr 33 min
On Friday, the first Grand Tour of the season rolls out from Bulgaria, not Italy – and, as always, we’ll be there, on the ground, to bring you all the action from the Giro d’Italia.
This year’s “Corsa Rosa” starts here, with our race preview and the troika who’ll take you on the journey to Rome over the next three weeks: Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci. Before sinking our teeth into the Giro, though, we discuss the first big headline of the week: Paul Seixas’s announcement that he’ll be riding the Tour de France...
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First 90 secondsSimon Yates· Soundbite0:00
[upbeat music] You are listening to Girovagando, the cycling podcast at the 2026 Giro d'Italia.
Daniel Friebe· Host0:16
[singing] Hello, and welcoming you on Tuesday, May the 5th. That is the week when the real ciclismo begins. The Giro d'Italia is on the horizon, our horizon, and in this episode, we are going to glide around the proverbial antechamber of the first Grand Tour of the season, gracefully distributing cicchetti, or little tasters, ahead of the three-week feast that awaits us. Joining me to do that today is our crack squad for the big outing to Bulgaria and then Italy. A hopefully winning blend of youth and experience, elegance and scruffiness. Um, I think, I think both of the, the respective parties know who I'm referring to. Um, it is first from Denmark via Liguria, our Jonas Vingegaard correspondent, it is Il Barone, Brian Nygaard.
Brian Nygaard· Host1:20
Hey, lads.
Daniel Friebe· Host1:22
Hello, Brian.
Brian Nygaard· Host1:22
Yeah, hello. And thank you. It feels good to- For the avoidance of doubt, for the avoidance of doubt, you're the elegant one. [laughs] Well, I...