Stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia was the eagerly awaited day of the strade bianche, taking the riders from Umbria into Tuscany and over its famous white dirt roads.

We start the episode in Perugia, hearing what Matt White of Team Bike Exchange and Matt Winston of Team DSM, were thinking ahead of this crucial stage. Then, in Montelcino at the finish, we hear from one of the day's animators, Dries De Bondt, and also from a rider who climbed to third overall, Damiano Caruso. 

One of the big losers of the day was Remco Evenepoel, the young Belgian who started the stage second overall. We get a very honest appraisal of their day from his Deceuninck-Quick-Step teammate, James Knox, who is keeping an audio diary for The Cycling Podcast. 

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