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Benji Naesen

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Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

But okay, time to talk about the stage of today, then, which was stage five.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Yes, my math is correct.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

And to be honest, the first portion of this race was not broadcasted.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

So parkour-wise, we had the Tricroce climb in the middle, which is the largest one of the day, and then three smaller climbs that came after, the Paso de San Antonio, the Costa climb twice, which is the short one, but still hard enough to actually make a difference.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

And we saw a brutal stage.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Even before broadcast, there was a...

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

I think 25 rider break we have the road with as the most important riders being Kavalar for SDWorks as a potential satellite rider.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Lauren Dixon for FDJ Swiss.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

She's going to become important.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Brunel and Kladonjeva.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

I think I'm trying to train because the way you pronounce it half a year ago was off.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

niova we we got to do like the the spanish new but no not really it's like a russian you know anyway gasparini and gillespie and manuality for uae who have elb as a potential gc rider still in this race and contovan and anderson were there for level of jaco which trinca colonel is their leader but there's a bunch of other riders in this break where i try to take out the most important ones here the gap grows to about two minutes thirty maybe three minutes

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

And that includes the Passo Tre Croce, where some riders start dropping like a Gillespie and so forth.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

But the race really kicks off when the broadcast started.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

The broadcast started at the perfect moment today.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Yeah, it was good.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

The start of the third last time, the Passo di Sant'Antonio.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

And on that one, the breakaway immediately crumbles to like four riders.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

Lauren Dixon, Gonteva, Cavallar and Brunel.

Lanterne Rouge Cycling Podcast
Giro d'Italia Women 2026 - Stage 5

And in the group behind, I swear we immediately saw action from the GC riders, right?