Stage 2 | Burgas - Veliko Tarnovo | Giro d’Italia 2026
5/9/20261 hr 10 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 secondsDaniel Friebe· 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 Veliko Tarnovo. [singing] [cheering] Has he already?
Speaker 20:48
Sí. Eh, no caigo todavía. Locura total. Y- ¿Te imaginas ahora? No caigo, no caigo.
Daniel Friebe· Host0:55
[cheering] Michele Pelacci, buonasera. I hope you recognize that voice. Who did it belong to? The family of the new Maglia Rosa. The whole fam- the family speak with one voice in Uruguay. Of c- [laughs] Specifically, specifically. The father. The father, Alvaro. Silva, who we m- we talked to yesterday. I met him last year at the Vuelta. He and Emiliano, the brother of Tomas Silva, they are covering the wh- covering. They're, they're traveling, they don't have to cover it like us. [laughs] Uh, they just have to watch it, the whole race, with their enormous