VeloVoices Podcast 194: Cycling Fans Are NEVER Happy

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 17 – Santiago Buitrago takes the stage, Carapaz remains in pink, the devil is in the detail.

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 20 – Jai let fly all the way to the maglia rosa while Covi takes stage honours

Giro d’Italia 2022 : Stage 21 – Hindley makes history; Sobrero wins in Verona

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Giro d’Italia 2022 : Stage 21 – Hindley makes history; Sobrero wins in Verona

It seems as if it was both just yesterday and an eternity since the 2022 Giro d’Italia kickstarted in Budapest with fans cheering Attila Valter‘s name, ending in Verona with fans chanting Vincenzo Nibali‘s name. No, Nibali did not magically win the Giro today, it was simply his last one.

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Giro d’Italia 2022 : Stage 20 – Jai let fly all the way to the maglia rosa while Covi takes stage honours

Australia’s Jai Hindley of Bora-hansgrohe ripped the leader’s pink jersey from the shoulders of Richard Carapaz (Ineos) with a savage attack on the final mountain climb of this year’s Giro d’Italia. He heads into tomorrow’s time trial finale with a 1.25 advantage over the Ecuadorian. Barring disaster, he will be holding that magnificent Giro trophy aloft tomorrow evening.

Alessandro Covi won the stage for UAE Team Emirates, the Italian’s biggest win to date, but the headlines will be all Hindley’s.

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