S9 Ep59: The Press Conference | Rest Day 1 | Giro d'Italia 2021

<div>As the Giro d'Italia paused for its first rest day The Cycling Podcast does its now traditional rest day episode – the press conference. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>Answering some of our listeners' questions, Richard and Daniel discuss subjects including the Giro's apparent "bias" against the south, rider safety, the vogue for gravel and even a non-Giro question concerning Julian Alaphilippe's decision to miss the Olympics.</div> <div><br> </div> <div>We put some of your questions to our diarist, James Knox of Deceuninck-Quick-Step, and there's an update from our other diarist, Gino Mader of Bahrain Victorious. We also hear from Simon Yates on the subject of Wednesday's gravel stage. </div> <div><br> </div> <div>The Cycling Podcast is supported by Supersapiens and Science in Sport</div> <div><br> </div> <div>Supersapiens is a continuous glucose monitoring system that helps you make the right fuelling choices. See <a href="http://supersapiens.com/">supersapiens.com</a> </div> <div><br> </div> <div>For 25% off all your SiS products, go to <a href="http://scienceinsport.com/">scienceinsport.com</a> and enter the code SISCP25 at the checkout</div>