Stage 1 | Nessebar – Burgas | Giro d’Italia 2026
5/8/20261 hr 3 min
Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci take you to the heart of the action, on the ground, at the Giro d‘Italia.
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First 90 secondsBrian Nygaard· Host0:00
[upbeat music] You're listening to Giro Vacando, the cycling podcast, at the 2026 Giro d'Italia. The cycling podcast, every day on the ground at the Giro d'Italia since 2016. Today we are in Burgas.
Speaker 1· Host0:22
How do you respond to those that say, "Well, it's just gonna be a cakewalk for Jonas to take the pink jersey and the trophy"?
Jonas Vingegaard· Soundbite0:41
No, I don't, I don't buy in on that one. Uh, I mean, it's, it's, the Giro is the Giro. You've seen it in the last- Yeah ... four editions. It's, it, it got turned upside down in, uh, in, in three of them, uh, in the last stage. So everything can happen here, and you need to be focused every single day. Uh, and also the competition is not easy. It's, it's good bike riders as well.
Daniel Friebe· Host1:04
[audience applauding] Pelacchi, what is it, 109th Giro d'Italia?
Michele Pelacci· Host1:08
It is.
Daniel Friebe· Host1:08
It's under, it's underway. How would you describe the atmosphere?
Michele Pelacci· Host1:11
I think it's pretty s- it's pretty fantastic, actually.
Daniel Friebe· Host1:15
Sort of polite applause. It's not raucous applause.
Michele Pelacci· Host1:17
No, but I was talking to our colleague, Simeon Kichukov. He said he was surprised by how many people are here. And in fact, I could see lots of pink,