What a ride! 🤩 | 2026 Men's Next Gen Giro d'Italia Stage 1 Final KM's

Um, then whoever wins the sprint for second would also be in the uh, the malia rosa tomorrow the points leaders classification Brian i'm starting to get nervous I'm starting to get a little bit nervous as we watch the helicopter shot on high because they're not hanging around right now Oh gosh, they're really kind of dialed in they're getting closer and closer. Um, Like you say it could be pretty much Um, you know on the line here He just has to kind of hang on for another 2.4 2.3 kilometers, I don't think that he's going to lose 48 seconds, but Um, it's going to be a lot closer than originally thought Come on casper I've got no, uh norwegian Nationality about me, but this is a guy who's done an incredible ride today solo by himself for the final 60k in Knocking around 30 degrees of heat very little wind to cool him down. He's been pouring water and ice all over himself He's still got an ice sock down the back of his neck. He's caked in salt He has done this the hard way. He's definitely deserved to survive But even he's looking over his shoulder now with 1800 meters to go. Just look ahead casper get on with it I'm sure everyone watching at home will be no matter who you're supporting in that peloton behind There is a guy who richly deserves to win this opening stage and take the the malia rosa He's gonna do it I think but it's gonna be so close brian Yeah, it is. But um, you know, they're queuing up now getting organized for them, you know, they've got um Potentially the wind and up for grabs So they're they're racing at the front of the peloton as they would do if they were going for the stage one But the one kilometer is within sight that'll be very very welcome to this rider And he just has to bring it home another glance back Maybe not a panic attack, but he'll know that they're coming and he only has one kilometer left to deliver this victory Surviving hanging in there. I don't want to see him looking over his shoulder anymore That's making me even more nervous. He's got the motorbike now in behind him He is cranking on looking looking back to being nearly back to where he was when he first took off one of the telltale signs I notice with riders is As he gets more and more fatigued his elbows are that little bit higher We're not talking about what we were talking about before without talking about it again but he just can't quite maintain that low position that he had as the fatigues crept in it is now team techniques the Italian team in the red and black who had a couple more riders In fact, they've got three or four more riders at the front. We're gonna get a good sprint for second place There's the shot from the front casper halgren is going to survive but with a tiny sliver over the rest He knows he's got to keep pushing. He's into the the hoardings here He should be able to see the finish line pretty soon, but it can't come soon enough for him Slightly downhill to the finish. He is going to take the opening stage and what a way to do it 60 kilometers by himself from a leading group of three He's going to be in the mali arosa tonight the sprint starts behind but it doesn't matter to him He's going to take the lead in this year's euro next gen and what a ride to do So crash in the finishing straight casper halgren takes the stage. There's the sprint from behind Looks like it might have been davide donati on the right hand side, but that'll be down to a photo I think the red bull borahan's got a rider dipping for it Decathlon cmr cgm coming across the line with a little fist in the air, too Because that was quite some ride they had nearly nine minutes brian. It came down to what a handful of seconds