S8 Ep150: The Grandest Tour stage 6: Démare in a hurry

<div>From the beautiful city of Matera, the third oldest in the world, Richard and Daniel report from a stage of the Giro d'Italia won in impressive style by French champion Arnaud Démare. We hear from his Groupama-FDJ leadout man, Jacopo Guarnieri, who is keeping an audio diary for The Cycling Podcast, and also from another of our diarists, James Knox, whose Deceuninck-Quickstep team defended the pink jersey of overall leader.<br> <br> </div> <div>There are interviews with Bjarne Riis and Beppe Martinelli, the men in charge at NTT and Astana respectively, and with Wilco Kelderman, the Dutchman who is a serious contender for overall victory, and his Sunweb teammate, Jai Hindley.<br> <br> </div> <div>And we learn about a new coffee, the espressino.<br> <br> </div> <div>The Cycling Podcast is supported by iwoca and Science in Sport.<br> <br> </div> <div>This episode is sponsored by Babbel,<br> <br> </div> <div>Have you always wanted to visit a different country but didn’t want to feel like an outsider because you didn’t know the language? Babbel is the language-learning app that is here to help you.<br> <br> </div> <div>Right now, Babbel is offering our listeners six months free with a purchase of a six month subscription. Go to <a href="http://babbel.co.uk/play">Babbel.co.uk/play</a>, and use the promo code CYCLE on your six month subscription.</div>