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In this episode Patrick and Benji recap the 20th stage of the 2026 Giro d’Italia.
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Patrick Vs Benji GT picks
Total scores after stage 20:
Benji: 157 🦖
Patrick: 170
Nil points today mean it's coming down to the last stage…..
Breakdown:
Benji Stage 20 picks
Route release: Seixas 0 pts
Week before: Vine 0 pts
Day before: Rubio 0 pts
Stage 20 score: 0
Patrick Stage 20 picks
Route release: L. Martinez 0 pts
Week before: Cepeda 0 pts
Day before: Ciccone 0 pts
Stage 20 score: 0
The final stage tomorrow. I'm very very excited…. not for the stage, but to see who wins this competition. I've been having an absolutely lovely Giro faffing around with my spreadsheet.
On to the picks…back in December Benji picked Groves, and Patrick picked Ganna. A likely nil points there.
In the week before pod, Patrick went for Groves, with Benji going for Milan. So Benji is the only one capable of scoring week before points, which are a maximum of 15. And with him only being behind 13 points then it's absolutely possible Benji can win, if Milan does. But Milan must come first, and Ganna must not finish in the top 3. Even Milan coming second would not give Benji the points he needs.
He's realised this in todays pod and has been therefore reluctantly forced to double down on Milan. Patrick's gone for Magnier.
But is a Milan win likely? Well Treks strategy of having a man 10kg lighter, and 20cm shorter than Milan, attempt to lead him out surprisingly hasn't gone so well for them. Who'd have thought it eh? On the other hand all things are possible. After all this sport can be summed up in two words; "you never know."
The only thing I can say for certain is that it is mathematically impossible for this to end in a draw. Someone will be wearing a Dino suit, but is it being delivered to Andorra or the UK?….It's in the hands of Jonathan Milan.
s-tier title
ppl when pogacar wins 6 stages so boring he is killing cycling jonas does it oh its great racing great giro
I pulled the trigger on Join at 50%. I’m happy with the discount for the year. Excited for the Join opportunity. My first week’s lesson, I was seriously over training.
We've got a race on our hands in July 🔥 🔥
Does Benji have a lego bicycle set?
Piganzoli was able to secure top Italian
Jonas not getting the blue jersey, how does that impact LeBrons legacy?
Let's enjoy all the riders .there will always be someone in front for a few years .in all sports .cycling ,MotoGP .F1 me football 🤷 . Enjoy it all ❤🚴🍺
Jonas is where charisma goes to die.
Eulalio is looking more and more like the Portuguese version of Alaphilippe to me. Unnecessary attack, just because you can. I love it.
Rubio caught napping 2 days in a row is gonna cost him.
Patrick said it. Breakaways don’t happen anymore. This time it’s Visma, next time it’s UAE. In any case it’s boring.
Eulalio is Almeida 2.0
Mind you Derek gee lost 2 minutes in the first week
Benji was wrong with his kom maths . ciccone was further ahead than 44 points .. Jonas needs to win AND be 4th or better first pass
always love
to see that eye of sauron aka demonic shrine hahaha
If you dont enjoy someone freaking dominating it , I dont know why you watch cycling. There is nothing more boring than 4-8 riders that cannot really drop eachother other than on the final sprint at the line.
Join cycling discount storyline played out optimally for join 😂 max GC gap is only attained at literally the last possible moment
The " FONZ" was the saviour of the Giro. Gave up on watching live in favour of the highlights reel and Patrick and Benji's recap. ❤️🚴🇦🇺
Why are we acting as if Visma cared about the mountain jersey?
Is it too early for a GC Rex call? Asking for a friend?
Great Giro, thank you!
Patrick's epic deflation when my friend Benuá won Boucles says so much about the general trend of this podcast. It's ok to have biases. We all have. But you also need a bit of self-reflection and Benji's tired neutral spectator gimmick is not enough to get around that. I hope you compare your coverage here with Giro 2024 (which was a far less dominant edition, by the way: no domestique winning a stage or top ten the race, no fight for any other jersey, real struggle to bring back large breakaways in several stages, etc) and many other Pog/MVDP races from then on, where it's all about boredom, predictability and general lack of interest. You can't have it both ways. Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh. If I took the time to write this comment is only because I'm a long time viewer and I still believe you guys do the best english-speaking cycling analysis. And, as a Movistar stan, I really appreciate you fight back media prejudices about our unfortunate team. Cheers.
Fine, I'll accept a 60% JOIN discount! 😀
Eulalio has been great this Giro. Super likeable and fun to watch
I quite liked this Giro, not sure why you guys didn’t. Interesting battle for the podium, white jersey in play, mountain jersey decided on last mountain stage.
I know finding the winner wasn’t that exciting, but outside that it’s been great and Italy is just beautiful.