Joe and Guillaume discuss today's stage where Gino Mäder avenged Mikel Landa by claiming his first professional win, ahead of Bernal and Dan Martin, but also Attila Valter who moves into pink as we near the end of the first week 

Joe and Guillaume discuss today's disaster as Mikel Landa, leader of Bahrain Victorious and favourite for the Maglia Rosa says goodbye to the 2021 Giro d'Italia. Also Caleb Ewan is fast 

Joe and Guillaume discuss the win of Joe Dombrowski, the maglia Rosa of Alessandro De Marchi, and the first GC moves we've had today ! 

Joe and Guillaume discuss the goat known as Taco van der Hoorn.

Joe and Guillaume discuss the first inline stage of the 2021 Giro d'Italia, where Tim Merlier gave Alpecin Fenix their maiden GT win, on their maiden GT race !

Joe and Guillaume discuss the opening time-trial of the 2021 Giro d'Italia, where Pippo Ganna put everyone to bed by destroying the competition, with some very nice performances from the likes of Remco Evenepoel   

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Joe and Guillaume take a look ahead to the most beautiful grand tour of the season, the Giro d'Italia! The race for the maglia rosa is wide open this year, but Remco Evenepoel, Egan Bernal and Simon Yates headline the favourites. We discuss everything from our picks for pink to Clement Champoussin's chances on stage 12 to Bagno di Romagna.

Joe and Guillaume take a look ahead to the 2021 edition of the UAE Tour. Tadej Pogacar, Adam Yates and Joao Almeida are the favourites for the GC, bet we have our own takes on a supercharges startlist.

Joe and Guillaume analyse Trek-Segafredo ahead of the 2021 cycling season. Vincenzo Nibali and Bauke Mollema are their GC leaders, whilst Mads Pedersen and Jastper Stuyven are their classics options.

Joe and Guillaume analyse the team with the most wins in 2020, Deceuninck Quick-Step, ahead of the 2021 cycling season. The team is absolutely loaded, with the likes of Julian Alaphilippe, Remco Evenepoel and Sam Bennett in their ranks. We expect a lot of them again in 2021.