Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast

A perfectly balanced route for the climby sprinters to put the non-climby sprinters under pressure, with 3 short climbs stuff together in the middle of the stage with the last cresting with 39km to go...

17 Touko 202124min

The big mountain stage of the weekend with 3500m of climbing across a day that was constantly up and down. The finish included a 1.5km section of smooth gravel with some steep pinches, beckoning to th...

16 Touko 202134min

A stage designed perfectly for the breakaway with a long climb that would be too hard for the sprinters and an uphill rise of 3km at 6.5% gradient that was not enough to entice the GC riders out of sl...

15 Touko 202123min

Another likely sprint stage on the cards with the main climbs of the day over 80km from the finish. A tricky finish awaited the sprinters, with a 12% 200m section and multiple corners in the final 2km...

14 Touko 202118min

The Giro has truly opened up with this chaotic stage. A stellar breakaway, terrible weather, coverage drop outs, a mountain top finish and the INEOS choo choo rearing its head, this stage was certainl...

13 Touko 202140min

A day for the bunch sprinters despite some weather forecasts providing hope of more excitement with a light cross tailwind for some of the day. Exposure in the break for the wildcard teams was the ord...

12 Touko 202129min

A difficult medium mountain day with a tough 4.3km 9.5% finish to the stage amidst atrocious conditions. A nightmare for a GC man hiding weak legs and perhaps an opportunity for a large break to form ...

11 Touko 202122min

A climby sprinty kind of day for the Giro d'Italia stage 3, with Bora and Peter Sagan hoping to distance the other sprinters and catch the break before the line. Things wouldn't be easy for them and t...

10 Touko 202156min