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Benji Naesen

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

And I think one gave it for the top, Volring tries again, but no one really drops.

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

And Niedermeyer then tries to push a little bit.

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

No one drops.

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

We get over the top with those four riders.

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

And like you said, in that downhill, I was kind of surprised that the downhill of Isabella Holmgren was not of the charts because you always have this like pre...

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

preset stereotype that mountain bikers are S tier descenders and

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

With Hongwen today, that didn't seem to be the case.

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

That's not necessarily an awful rider.

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

I'm not saying that.

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

I'm saying that is seemingly not the strength that I maybe expected it to be as a consequence of her mountain bike history.

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

But she was being put on gaps in corners.

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

It wasn't enough to drop her in the downhill.

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

All four of them basically went to the last two kilometers, and we were going to have a sprint here in the last 1.5k, but...

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

I think the first move came from Holmgren.

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

Dad was caught.

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

Then Niedermeyer went and went into the last kilometer in first position because her attack failed.

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

But the next one, Patrick, is Holmgren is in a perfect position now because Niedermeyer at the front is in a position where she's like, I'm not...

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

I'm not going to ride you guys to the sprint.

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

Like, I'm not going to just pace the last kilometer till the sprint happens.

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

So she wants to drop the tempo as much as possible.