<div> <p>Daniel Friebe, Brian Nygaard and Michele Pelacci take you to the heart of the action, on the ground, at the Giro d‘Italia.</p><p><strong>EPISODE SPONSOR<br></strong><br><strong>NordVPN</strong><br>Get NordVPN two-year plan + four months extra ➼ <a href="https://nordvpn.com/tcp">https://nordvpn.com/tcp</a> It’s risk-free with Nord’s 30-day money-back guarantee.</p><p><strong>Follow us on social media:</strong><br><a href="https://twitter.com/cycling_podcast">Twitter @cycling_podcast</a><br><a href="https://www.instagram.com/thecyclingpodcast/">Instagram @thecyclingpodcast</a></p><p><strong>Friends of the Podcast</strong><br>Sign up as a Friend of the Podcast at <a href="http://thecyclingpodcast.com/">thecyclingpodcast.com</a> to listen to new special episodes every month plus a back catalogue of more than 300 exclusive episodes.</p><p><strong>2026 Girovagando selection:</strong><br>You can buy this year’s Girovagando wine selection here: <a href="https://dvinecellars.com/products/cycling-podcast-giro-26">https://dvinecellars.com/products/cycling-podcast-giro-26</a>. <br>The wines with corresponding stage numbers are as follows: <br>Stage 3: Mixtape Red, Georgiev &amp; Milkov, Plovdiv (red) <br>Stage 4: Tenuta del Conte, Calabria Rosso, Calabria (red)  <br>Stage 5: Vigneti del Vulture, Pipoli, Aglianico del Vulture, Basilicata (red)<br>Stage 10: Bianco 'il Terraio’ Paterna, Tuscany (white)<br>Stage 14: Les Crêtes Mon Blanc, Valle D’Aosta (white)<br>Stage 20: Braida Antica Blanc, Russolo, Friuli Venezia-Giulia (white)</p><p><strong>The 11.01 Cappuccino</strong><br>Our regular email newsletter is now on Substack. <a href="https://thecyclingpodcast.substack.com/">Subscribe here</a> for frothy, full-fat updates to enjoy any time (as long as it’s after 11am).</p><p><strong>The Cannibal &amp; Badger</strong><br>Friends of the Podcast can join the discussion at our virtual pub, The Cannibal &amp; Badger. A friendly forum to talk about cycling and the podcast. <a href="https://thecyclingpodcast.supportingcast.fm/">Log in</a> to your Friends of the Podcast account to join in.</p><p><a href="https://www.strava.com/clubs/thecyclingpodcast">The Cycling Podcast is on Strava</a></p><p><em>The Cycling Podcast was founded in 2013 by Richard Moore, Daniel Friebe and Lionel Birnie.</em></p></div>