The Detour Podcast

It's all down to three guys for the GC at the Giro as Almeida is forced to withdraw due to a positive covid test. We preview the final few stages and assess Hindley's chances of being the first Australian to win the Giro d'Italia.

Simon Yates withdrew from the Giro 40km to go in stage 17 after succumbing to his knee injury sustained early in the race. The Hindley v Carapaz battle remains stable for another day as the riders prepare for another sprint stage on stage 18.

Aussie Jai Hindley edges another four seconds closer to Carapaz on the GC at the Giro after Bora Hansgrohe took it again to Ineos on stage 16 at the Giro.  Iffy also catches up with Sir Bradley Wiggins before the start.

It's the final rest day at the Giro as Iffy takes you behind the scenes and inside the inner workings of the BikeExchange Jayco team to show just what goes into supporting the riders over the three weeks in Italy.

We catch up with Australian Jai Hindley pre start as he prepares for a monster final week of the Giro. A day for the breakaway as we recap stage 15 and fire up the Detour Delorean to a funny moment from 2016.

Iffy predicted Simon Yates would return to win stages at the Giro after dropping out of GC contention and the boy from Bury delivered.  We get all the celebration from inside the team camp after an incredible and hot stage 14 at the Giro.

It was the frenchman again Arnaud Démare who claim stage honours at the Giro as the big breaking news of the morning was Romain Bardet having to withdraw due to illness during stage 13.  John Trevorrow catches up with Miles Scotson after the finish to get the celebrations within the FDJ camp.

It was always setup for a breakaway day on stage 12 and that's how it panned out as Stefano Oldani continued the winning run for Italy.  John catches up with all the big names pre start as Lucas Hamilton finishes 7th on the stage for BEX.

We recap stage 11 at the Giro as Caleb Ewan misses his chance to snare a stage victory along with heartbreak again for Gaviria. John checks in with plenty of big names again before the start as we celebrate Iffy's birthday.

Biniam Girmay creates history at the Giro after claiming honours in stage 10.  We get all the post race reaction and talk about his effect on not just cycling, but world sport.