Giro 2017: Mads Pedersen, our #youngdude update

At the end of a thrilling weekend of racing, heading into the third and final rest day, VeloVoices checked on the progress of one of the youngest riders in the race, Trek-Segafredo’s 21-year-old Mads Pedersen. A prodigiously talented first year neo-pro, the young Dane won his first professional race last year on Tour of Norway’s stage three, where he also picked up the KOM jersey. We spoke to him at the start of the Giro in Sardinia and have just caught up with him to see how his second week went!  Continue reading

Podcast 103: Giro 2017 Stages 1-9 roundup

In our 103 episode, Midge, Kathi and Chris discuss the first 9 stages of the 100th Giro d’ Italia. We delight in all the fresh-faced, first-time, stage winners and look forward to the back half of the race! And we ask the question: why is it always ‘porn stars’ – why don’t we hear about ‘porn supporting actors’?

(Please accept our apologies  for the audio quality of this episode as our sound engineer was taken out by a police moto during stage 9.)
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