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Giro ‘26, Stage 4-6.

Another triple stage upload coming at ya hot!

Cant say it’s been the most fruitful few days on the image front back in the Giro homeland. Between more over zealous police, traditional Giro coast stages (where photographic dreams go to die) and some truly bonkers weather, it’s been a pretty complicated few days!

Anyway, had pizza in Napoli for dinner tonight, that’s definitely a city I want to explore outside of a work context, it’s on the lengthy “come back without a bike race” list I’ve got in my head for when the time eventually comes for a holiday in all these places I’ve seen but never actually discovered.

Morale is remarkably ok all things considered, we keep on trucking towards the first big mountain day tomorrow. Jai won there back in 2022, great memories 🥹

Giro ‘26, Bulgaria Grande Partenza.

Well, that’s three stages and “rest” day done and dusted to get the best Grand Tour of the year rolling 🫡

Harry and I were keen to get a Race Chasers ep recorded about our Bulgarian escapades but between the 4.30am wake up this morning and my 550km journey from Rome in the hire car, the “rest” day has well the truly gotten away from us, you’ll unfortunately have to wait until next week for that!

Nonetheless, this is my Bulgarian summary:
People - wonderful
Food - amazing
Culture/history - fascinating
Police - utterly incompetent and extremely aggressive.

Wish we had more time in Sofia too. I much preferred the Hungarian Grande Partenza beginning in Budapest and then expanding from there to the smaller towns and cities, show off the crown jewel, not Bulgarian Benidorm! 😭

Anyway, there were a bunch of horrible crashes and there’s a new sprint king in town. It felt good to be back having pizza for dinner tonight, now the real race begins!

Ciao for now 🤠

Liege ‘26.

I couldn’t hide my excitement seeing the two of them rising above the brow of the top of La Redoute side by side. That’s a sight I really hope we can get used to as fans of the sport.

Sexis, finally someone that can hold onto the demigod clad in all white Lycra. At 19 you can’t help but feel we haven’t even scratched the surface yet, god I hope this is the start of something monumental. I’m well and truly on the Sexias hype train, but if he goes to UAE my displeasure will single-handedly cause a derailment 💀

Anyway, it was a Liege day. Very long, pretty dull even with the unorthodox approach to the script writing for the first 150km and Pog won. At least it wasn’t snowing like two years ago!

10 days off now before I tick off more of Eastern Europe with the Grande Partenza in Bulgaria - Giro time is fast approaching!!