LIVE - Giro d'Italia stage 1 - Who will be the first leader of the "Corsa Rosa"?
CyclingFriday, 08 May 2026 at 11:47
Good afternoon and welcome to the liveblog of the Giro d’Italia. The opening stage of the first Grand Tour of the season rolls out today on the roads of Bulgaria. It will be the first of 21 days of pure excitement, and we’ll be here live and minute by minute to make sure you don’t miss any of the action from the race.
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- The mantra if i cannot win push my rivals into the wall. Is Dylan the dirtiest sprinter in the peleton. He has no respect for other riders.I laughed when the article said he had returned after a difficult period in his career. He put another rider into the barrier nearly killed him with trauma that is still caried by the rider and he talks as if nothing happened.paultryan200208-05-2026
- Funny how most of the moaners are not at the level of UAE . The French rider Peintre always seems to moan about something if he cannot win. Bernard Hinault would just get on with it and attack and attack. If you do not like being a pro rider find another job instead of blaming a fit dedictated rider .paultryan200208-05-2026
- Great rider, but he still has to prove he's a team player. Those few quotes definitely don't sound like he's in that mindset yet...hb5012508-05-2026
- No “re-establishment” needed. He has always been the rider most capable of challenging Pogi in Grand Tours. He might be a level below Pogi but he’s been well above anyone else.mobk08-05-2026
- Trying to outdo Primoz?Mistermaumau08-05-2026
- I think you’ve not quite understood what was said and what the precise situation was. Nobody was at their workplace. They got infected there but experienced the symptoms elsewhere, most likely back home for many of them. It’s also not very professional to “suggest” cow faeces might be the cause without confirmation from medical analysis, could be any number of reasons if we assume it was due to run-off roadspray, eg rodent faeces, decayed animals, flu viruses or agricultural treatments lime pesticides, herbicides, insecticides maybe even fertilisers. And we can’t even exclude food or deliberate poisoning or water contaminationMistermaumau08-05-2026
- Regardless, he must be pretty dumb or stubborn to not see it would be in his interest to get any new arrangement approved before racing.Mistermaumau07-05-2026
- I'll just leave this here for you: Louis Vervaeke "We lost 50 seconds in five kilometres..... It’s the same as usual. As soon as they go on air, the motorbikes are there and sometimes, for me, that changes the race." Paret-Peintre “If the organization wants Tadej Pogacar to win, that’s their choice. We have said it several times, but that’s life.”b3tlla07-05-2026
- My pick is Tobias Lund Andresen for the Maglia Ciclamino. I don't think he'll win in Burgas, Milano or Roma but he's great for the others. Stages 3 and 4 are harder, where he excels, and I expect the pace to be pushed on the final climb into Napoli which could mean that Milan is cooked. Stage 18 is a rough stage but I think it will be a sprint, suited to Tobias
Rafionain-Glas07-05-2026 - I know. But you should look at his record. He's one unlucky bloke who crashes for all sorts of reasons.
KerisVroom07-05-2026
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