Stage 5 | Longarone - Sante Stefano di Cadore | Giro d’Italia Women 2026
6/3/202650 min
We’re getting the good-o-meter out for Stage 5 of the Giro d’Italia Women as Rose Manley and Denny Gray attempt to dissect a stage which offered up plenty of winners, losers and inbetweeners.
We also hear from two of the most impressive riders of the day, Nadia Gontova of Liv Alula Jayco and Lauren Dickson of FDJ United Suez.
And don’t forget to listen in all week as The Cycling Podcast Féminin brings you daily coverage from the race.
Also on the agenda: parmesan fans and saying “schiiiiiiiiiizzzzz!”
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
[upbeat traditional Italian music] Welcome to daily coverage of the 2026 Giro d'Italia Women by The Cycling Podcast Femina. Today, Rose Manly and Denny Gray will take you through Stage 5, Longarone to Santo Stefano di Cadore.
Rose Manley· Host0:19
[upbeat traditional Italian music] Well, hello, and welcome along once again, listeners, to our Giro d'Italia Women coverage from the Cycling Podcast Femina. My name is Rose Manly. And, uh, well, we've hit the mountains today. Um, Denny Gray, my co-host today, will be happy 'cause it's not a time trial. Uh, Denny, I'm sure you were very excited for all the drama that the mountains, uh, were gonna throw up today.
Denny Gray· Host0:58
I was. I was waxing lyrical, uh, doing lots of wild speculation, wasn't I, about all the, the tactical computations for today, and I think it, it didn't disappoint, actually. It was a very, very intriguing stage.
Rose Manley· Host1:10
I think intriguing is probably, uh, the right word for it, actually, because it kind of started with a lot of intrigue. Also, we didn't have the TV pictures, did we?
Denny Gray· Host1:18
No.
Rose Manley· Host1:19
Uh, when, when we hit the first, uh, you know, the first Cat 1 of the day, and we didn't have any pictures from it, and then we heard all these kind of strange things... Well, I'm, I'm probably