Part Two of our Giro d’Italia 2022 A to Z kicks off with Now or Never – riders who saw their chance and took it! And we finish up with Zero stage wins … teams who unfortunately didn’t come away with victory. We also have tears, tiny fans, one very quixotic rider and the best cycling photographers in the world.
Kathi, Luke, Midge, Issie and Euan discuss the 2022 Giro d’Italia and the overall winner Jai Hindley.
There’s a positive vibe going on as we go over what we loved about the race, from the riders and teams, to the sass on social media.
But we wouldn’t be cycling fans if we didn’t have a few gripes too.
Plus, we guarantee to be the only cycling podcast which includes discussions of Star Wars characters at Royal celebrations. Whether that is a good thing or not is up to you.
Check out our Giro coverage here:
Giro Tweets of the Week 2022 : Wanty Corner, MvdP food crimes and Bora brilliance
Giro d’Italia 2022 : Stage 16 – Wanty corner goes wild with Jan Hirt’s 5-star victory
Giro d’Italia 2022 : Stage 18 – Dries De Bondt grabs the stage as the break deny sprinters
Giro d’Italia 2022 : Stage 19 – Bouwman aces the final corner for stage win number two.
Giro d’Italia 2022 : Stage 21 – Hindley makes history; Sobrero wins in Verona
It was a five-star stage 16 of the Giro d’Italia and the riders responded. It started with riders all over the road (early breaks trying to get away) and ended with riders all over the road. It was Jan Hirt who kept Intermarche-Wanty’s Giro fires burning with a well-fought solo win, with Thymen Arenseman (DSM) coming in second. But the GC put on a show as well, with Bora’s Jai Hindley in an uphill sprint with Richard Carapaz (Ineos) to take precious bonus seconds for third. Carapaz keeps the maglia rosa, but give Hindley anything over 3sec tomorrow and it’s on his shoulders. None of the other jerseys changed hands either.