In this episode Patrick Broe and Benji Naesen preview the first Grand Tour of 2026, the Giro d’Italia.
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Timestamps:
00:00:00 Intro
00:01:44 Route overview
00:05:14 Startlist and favourites
00:46:12 Stage-by-stage analyses
01:26:13 Picks & predictions
01:34:02 Outro
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I really hope the teams give Jonas atleast some stress and not just give it to him.
Imagine for join some rolleur gets 10 minutes in a break
Patrick how do you see a piganzoli top 10?
My friends, Gall season begins… As a little warm-up, here a haiku:
Through Italy’s climbs
Felix Gall follows the pink
Hope spins with his wheels
❤
Finally a GT with a proper (old-school? by nowadays' standards) TT. Sadly there doesn't seem to be much competition for 1st as stated.
Narvaez ez win stage 2
algo
What if Pogacar suddenly decides to race this year's Giro?😂
Vine podium🎉🎉
real question is how ciccone gets from bulgaria back to italy
Wout Poels for a breakaway win? He just misses giro stage to complete a stage in the 3 GT
Leknessund also a potential break seeker
I'm surprised you guys see more options for the strong sprinters than I would have thought.
Well hello there from your friendly Excel spreadsheet maker…..
Here's how Benji Vs Patrick Grand Tour picks is going to work. (No i do not have better things to do with my life before anyone asks 😂)
If they get their pick in the top 3 then points will be awarded depending on when that prediction was made.
So picks made when the route was released will be awarded as..
1 st 20 points
2nd 17 points
3rd 14 points
Picks made in the preview the week before the GT starts will be awarded as
1st 15 points
2nd 12 points
3rd 10 points
Picks that are selected the day before a race for example a pick made at the end of stage 1 recap, for stage 2 the following day will be awarded as
1st 10 points
2nd 8 points
3rd 5 points.
Points will be cumulative. For example if Milan is the pick for stage 5 when the race is released, and again in the week before preview, and again in the prediction at the end of stage 4…and he does indeed then win that will then score the full 45 points.
Excel will only be accepting one pick each time, and multiple entries will not be accepted Patrick. ✌️ I'll update the points in the notes here on their YouTube page as we go along. Just in case anyone cares 😂
There is no prize at the end of this competition..however I strongly suggest that the loser has to do an entire podcast in one of those inflatable dinosaur costumes ✌️
As someone who tracks the picks on an excel sheet, I don’t mind Patrick changing his picks. It’s not hard to update
Ca' del Poggio is there because there is a restaurant that pays big money to be there.
Poggio is not hill, it's like terrace, Muro di Ca' del Poggio is something like "wall of the house on the terrace"
"The first grand Tour of the year" while the Vuelta Femenina is ongoing 🥲🥲🥲
i think you forgot Ethan vernon he's heating up for a win in a grand tour
Do I need to get a life because I shouted Fortunato in the car when you brought up Zoncolan.😅
Edward Theuns has a kid on the way due somewhere in the coming month.
Lol… "our bardinoni boys.." love it, they are such animators
Jorgesson is in uae list no doubt