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In this episode Patrick and Benji recap the 16th stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia.
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15 Comments
So where's the guy in the comments saying Jonas is washed?
Artem Schmit I’m hammering those odds
Patrick Vs Benji GT picks
🚨🚨PSA we have a new leader!🚨🚨
Benji goes ahead by just 2 points, making this a far more exciting battle than the actual Giro itself (possibly)
Total scores after stage 16:
Benji: 157
Patrick: 155 🦖
Breakdown:
Benji Stage 16 picks
Route release: Vingegaard 20 pts
Week before: Vingegaard 15 pts
Day before: Ciccone 0 pts
Stage 16 score: 35
Patrick Stage 16 picks
Route release: Fortunato 0 pts
Week before: Vingegaard 15 pts
Day before: Rubio 0 pts
Stage 16 score: 15
Has Benji tactically played a genius move, and planned all along to peak in week 3? He'll still have to work hard to snap the elastic between him and Patrick. After all, even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.
Coming up next is what Patrick boldly described as "the most obvious break stage ever created." He gave us a few names before settling on Valgren pre race; his early December pick was Schmid (corrected from Schmitt because apparently I can't spell, but in my defence Patrick's accent may have thrown me off 😉) He inexplicably went for Pellizari today 🫣
Benji picked Christen pre race, but struggled back in December to pick a name. Patrick helpfully suggested Adria, which Benji then locked in. This appears to be a smart strategy given that the best thing about teamwork is, as we all know, never having to take all the blame yourself. Benji locked in Narvaez today.
Week 3 is going to be an exciting one (for me anyway)…insert your preferred platitude of…wide open / neck and neck / all still to play for / anyone's game…here.
My MOM who knows like 5 cyclists has started joking about Ciccone and Rubio always being together and attacking each other. It gets to a point
Pellazari riding through illness -> red bull is the new movistar?
We need part 2 of the documentary. Maybe with another rider during the tour?
All the editing, not only researching the facts, finding the clips. Creating the story, (playing the music?) to make it look professional, 8 minutes is a long video – so the guy who edited the quick video on the head bump ? He should be suspended for misrepresentation and maligning a pro’s career
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23:25 wide open or white open? 😅
Guys you forgot to mention that Felix gall can sprint now apparently? (This makes me very happy)
Now I want to use Saily with an AI tool, just for that Pope joke 🙂 That was Gervais-level stream of consciousness.
absolutely outrageous to pay £25.99 a month to watch cycling with ads in it … if you're in new zealand (or could be?), you can watch the giro on their youtube channel
🤮🤮🥱🥱🥱 snooze fest watching VinneGlue trhing to be Pogacar
Egan Bernal, the man always touches me!
"What is this? A documentary for ants" 🤣🤣🤣 sick reference