Podcast appearances and mentions of Santa Catarina

Lula afirmou, em evento em Santa Catarina na quinta-feira, 29, que, “quando a gente não acredita na política, o país pode sofrer um retrocesso” e, como de costume, voltou a criticar o governo Bolsonaro. No mesmo tom de Lula, o ministro da Fazenda, Fernando Haddad, também mirou na gestão anterior, na tentativa de enaltecer a gestão econômica petista.   Felipe Moura Brasil e Duda Teixeira comentam:Papo Antagonista é o programa que explica e debate os principais acontecimentos do   dia com análises críticas e aprofundadas sobre a política brasileira e seus bastidores.     Apresentado por Felipe Moura Brasil, o programa traz contexto e opinião sobre os temas mais quentes da atualidade.     Com foco em jornalismo, eleições e debate, é um espaço essencial para quem busca informação de qualidade.     Ao vivo de segunda a sexta-feira às 18h.    Não espere mais, assine agora e garanta 2 anos com 30% OFF - últimos dias.   2 anos de assinatura do combo O Antagonista e Crusoé com um super desconto de 30% adicional* utilizando o voucher 10A-PROMO30 Use o cupom 10A-PROMO30 e assine agora:  papo-antagonista (https://bit.ly/promo-2anos-papo)   (*) desconto de 30% aplicado sobre os valores promocionais vigentes do Combo anual | Promoções não cumulativas com outras campanhas vigentes. | **Promoção válida só até o dia 31/05 

O mel catarinense percorre um caminho que une tradição, biodiversidade e economia. Em cada colmeia, pulsa uma rede de trabalho que envolve famílias inteiras, saberes antigos e práticas que respeitam o meio ambiente. No episódio de hoje da Série Saberes e Sabores do Mel Catarinense, o ouvinte será conduzido pelos bastidores da cadeia produtiva do mel em Santa Catarina, desde o pequeno apicultor até expressivos número de produção e exportação. Para isso, conversamos com o apicultor e dono de apiário Joel de Souza Rosa e também com a engenheira agrônoma Cíntia Uller Gómez, do Centro de Socioeconomia e Planejamento Agrícola da Epagri (Epagri/CEPA). Saiba mais sobre o evento no perfil @feiradomeldesantacatarina.>> CRÉDITOS:Produção, roteiro e locução: Mauro Meurer e Maykon OliveiraApoio técnico e edição: Eduardo Mayer

Você já ouviu falar do "Fonsequismo"? Os lugares na quadra para ver João Fonseca jogar são disputadíssimos. O brasileiro é uma das estrelas mais brilhantes de Roland-Garros este ano. Número 65 do mundo, ele superou o francês Pierre-Hugues Herbert, 147 do ranking mundial, na quinta-feira (29), garantindo a classificação para a terceira fase de Roland-Garros. O jogo na tarde deste sábado (31) na quadra Simone Mathieu é contra o número 5 do mundo, o britânico Jack Draper, que eliminou uma lenda do tênis francês, Gael Monfils. Torcida, porém, não vai faltar ao carioca, como mostra a RFI nessa reportagem especial sobre a febre João Fonseca em Paris.  Maria Paula Carvalho, de Roland-GarrosA reportagem da RFI tem acompanhado as façanhas de João Fonseca no saibro francês ao lado de torcedores brasileiros. "A expectativa é a maior possível. Acho que o João é muito talentoso, tem tudo para ser o número 1 do mundo, é o sonho dele, né? ", acredita Cléber Aguiar, engenheiro que veio do Rio de Janeiro. Encontramos com ele novamente após a partida em que Fonseca eliminou o dono da casa por 3 a 0. "Claro que deu, só podia dar Brasil, o João joga muito," comemorou.   A confirmação dos resultados vai aumentando a expectativa em torno do jovem João Fonseca no Grand Slam francês. Essa atenção toda tem um nome: "Fonsequismo", explica Luis Felipe Oliveira, anestesista de Santa Catarina. "João Fonseca, nosso querido da torcida brasileira", confirma Éder Barbosa, professor de tênis e mais um dos fãs do tenista que a RFI encontrou em Roland-Garros."Ele é muito jovem, você vê que ele nem se cansou tanto, tem bastante automotivação, fala com ele mesmo, acho que ele vai dar muita alegria ainda para os brasileiros nesse Roland-Garros", acredita Taiane Ridão, bancária de Santa Catarina. As filas para ver o carioca jogar chamam atenção no complexo esportivo, localizado na zona oeste de Paris. "Nós estamos há duas horas e meia nessa fila, a organização bota o João para jogar numa quadra pequena", lamentava Gustavo Félix, médico de Niterói. O jeito, então, é chegar cedo. "A gente chegou 30 minutos antes para ver o João, porque é o sonho dos brasileiros. Estamos aqui só para isso", diz David Ludolf, influenciador do Rio de Janeiro.  Torcida de anônimos e de famosos. No meio da arquibancada, o ator e apresentador Rodrigo Hilbert também ficou impressionado. "Foi a minha primeira vez assistindo o João. Que menino incrível, como tem garra, como tem força, como tem concentração", avalia. "Mas o que me chamou atenção é que ele medita quando está sentado esperando voltar para o jogo", observou.   O lugar de Fonseca já é no coração dos brasileiros, diz Sérgio Freih, engenheiro. "Eu acho que ele tem talento, ele tem vontade, ele é um cara humilde e vai chegar lá com essa humildade", aposta. Nome que virou verboOs apelidos carinhosos se multiplicam. "A galera está toda 'Fonsequizada', eu já vou para o outro lado, eu criei um apelido: o 'Fonfon' , do meu coração", diz Raquel Pitta, torcedora de Belo Horizonte. "A gente vai levando essa torcida onde quer que ele esteja, a gente vai torcendo pelo Fonseca para que ele se saia bem", continua. "É muito impressionante a maturidade dele, já tão novo, como ele se relaciona bem com essa fama que ele alcançou em pouco tempo", destaca a torcedora. O desempenho e o carisma de João Fonseca faz dele uma estrela também nas redes sociais. O seu perfil no Instagram alcançou 1 milhão de seguidores, enquanto o do jogador francês Arthur Fils, por exemplo, não chega a 200 mil seguidores.  A RFI perguntou ao próprio João Fonseca sobre a fama repentina. "Quando eu cheguei ao Rio esse ano, só falavam desse 'Fosequismo'. 'Fonsequizado.' Hoje, uma menininha estava com uma camiseta 'Fonsequizada'. Eu achei demais", disse o atleta. "Eu acho que esse carinho com a torcida brasileira é muito legal. Eu tenho 18 anos, há três anos era eu pedindo autógrafo aos jogadores e hoje vejo criancinhas se inspirando em mim, dizendo que eu sou um ídolo. Volta e meia, recebo fotos de que sou tema de festa de aniversário, que legal!", acrescenta.  Interesse da imprensa internacional A fama de João Fonseca chegou antes dele a Roland-Garros e a imprensa internacional fala da "febre" João Fonseca. "Estamos muito interessados e mal podemos esperar para ver o que vai acontecer. É a primeira vez que o vemos de verdade. A sua performance contra Rublev na Austrália nos deu o alerta: atenção, talvez exista um super jogador, jovem, que chega", explica Arnaud Valadon, jornalista do canal francês RMC Sport. "Ele tem um jogo muito ofensivo, que agrada. Vimos o seu jogo na primeira rodada. Tinha uma fila enorme para poder entrar e até espectadores que estavam na quadra central, ao lado, olhavam da sacada o jogo do João Fonseca. Ele está realmente atiçando a nossa curiosidade", diz. Os franceses, como os brasileiros, são acostumados ao saibro. A terra batida, como se fala na França. Palco onde outro brasileiro fez história. "Eu tinha 10 anos quando Guga [Kuerten] jogou aqui e me fez sonhar diante da minha televisão", lembra Valadon. "Quando ele desenhava corações na quadra central, no saibro, e seria bom se tivesse de novo essa mesma história de amor, porque cada vez que Guga volta aqui, é muito aclamado. Ele marcou uma geração de apaixonados de tênis", afirma."Tinha o cabelo, o jeito que ele falava francês com um sotaque brasileiro que nós amamos. Talvez seria bom se o João falasse francês, algumas palavras, isso nós adoramos, isso nos seduziria ainda mais, mas, sobretudo, que ele ganhe, pois é isso que o coloca em evidência. Ele pode ser o novo queridinho, nós gostamos muito dos brasileiros na França", conclui.  Admiração dos colegasA RFI também perguntou a outros jogadores o que faz João Fonseca despontar. Bia Haddad, 23ª do mundo, diz que "o João é um menino muito bacana. Parece sempre muito educado, generoso e parece ter pessoas muito especiais em volta dele, tanto do time quanto da família". Segundo a tenista, "ele com certeza tem qualidades para brigar, para estar entre os melhores do mundo. Mas o caminho é longo, o caminho é duro, tem que ser um passinho de cada vez", aconselha a paulista."Na minha carreira, eu aprendi que o tênis é uma maratona, não é um tiro de 100 metros. E eu vou estar sempre na torcida por ele, com certeza, e desejo que ele conquiste tudo o que pode conquistar", disse. O jogador fascina até a própria família. "A gente coloca muita fé nele porque ele sempre surpreende a gente", diz a tia, Paula Fonseca. Alguns torcedores, no entanto, são mais cautelosos. "Eu acho que as pessoas têm que aguardar. Ele é uma celebridade, é um diferencial, mas a pressão negativa pode ser muito ruim, vamos aguardar", diz, com prudência, Ana Valéria Silva, servidora pública do Rio de Janeiro.  "Às vezes é exagerado. Comparam com o Guga, cada um é cada um. O Guga é tricampeão aqui e tem que respeitar a história dele", argumenta Márcio Ridão, professor de Santa Catarina. "O João vai fazer a história dele também, mas não precisamos de ídolos, a gente torce porque ele é um bom brasileiro, e é isso", resume.  Sonho realizadoPara João Fonseca, um dos grandes desafios é tentar ignorar as expectativas. E para isso, conta com uma equipe afinada. "É importante para mim agora, um garoto jovem e em evolução, estar entre pessoas boas que me ajudam a fortalecer e tem o mesmo objetivo que eu. E eles estarem me protegendo de expectativas, de pessoas falando muito, acho que isso é muito bom", afirma o tenista. "Quanto mais eu estiver focado no meu tênis, no que eu tenho que fazer e não estiver focado na mídia, nas comparações, acho que meu tênis vai melhorar e eu vou ter uma carreira mais bem sucedida", continua o jogador, que não gosta de comparações, mas diz que realiza um sonho.  "Sim com certeza é um sonho realizado estar na segunda rodada de Roland-Garros, jogar um torneio que os brasileiros veem em peso pela história do Guga e, obviamente, tenho um sonho maior de ganhar aqui", promete.  Exemplo se dá em quadra e fora dela, lembra o presidente da Confederação Brasileira de tênis (CBT), Alexandre Reis de Farias. "Eu acho que o João tem inspirado muitas pessoas, muitas pessoas começaram a jogar tênis depois do João. Eu acho que o tênis brasileiro cresce muito com isso", disse em entrevista à RFI. "Eu acho que o Brasil precisa de um ídolo e o João está se tornando esse ídolo que a gente almeja".  João Fonseca tem novo encontro marcado com a torcida neste sábado, em Paris. 

Este episódio da série Pense Agro aborda o preço do arroz em Santa Catarina. A saca de 50 kg fechou o mês de abril em R$ 73,11, o que representa uma queda de 30,38% em relação ao mesmo período de 2024. O recuo é reflexo direto da maior oferta no Brasil e no Mercosul, impulsionada por condições climáticas favoráveis e colheitas robustas na região. No comércio exterior, as exportações catarinenses do produto totalizaram US$ 733,99 mil entre janeiro e abril de 2025 – queda de 44% na comparação anual. Apesar do cenário desafiador nos preços, Santa Catarina celebra um recorde de produtividade, com média estimada em 8,73 toneladas por hectare. O resultado é atribuído ao uso de cultivares de alto potencial, melhorias no manejo e ao bom comportamento climático durante o ciclo. Para falar sobre este cenário, o jornalista Maykon Oliveira entrevistou a analista Glaucia Padrão, do Epagri/CEPA.

Entre tapas e beijos, o Cineponter também é noveleiro!Só pra quem não marca nada as 18h para assistir Garota do Momento, ou sempre está na frente da TV as 21h para saber o que vai rolar em Vale Tudo… o novo episódio do Cine Ponto chegou!Nesse episódio do Cine Ponto falamos sobre as novelas brasileiras, que são sucesso de audiência, mas acabaram ficando menos populares na pandemia e agora voltam com tudo!Coloque seu fone de ouvido e dê o play para ouvir o episódio do Cine Ponto que já está no ar!Esse programa foi produzido por estudantes do curso de Jornalismo da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, no primeiro semestre de 2025.Apresentação e roteiro por Iara Rocha e Maria Clara de Farias, mesa redonda com Ingrid Calixto e Sarah Pretto, boletins por Adrielli Duarte, Felipe Paze, Rafaella Junkes e Maria Eduarda Assmann, trilha sonora por Eliza Freire, artes e redes por Matheus Locks, making off por Matheus Locks, técnica por Peter Lobo, orientação das editoras lara Rocha e Adrielli Duarte e da professora Valci Zuculoto.

Em 1998, a pequena cidade Curitibanos, em Santa Catarina, foi tomada pelo horror quando uma família inteira foi assassinada dentro de casa. O único sobrevivente? Valdir Ferreira, agora viúvo, um pai em luto por seus filhos… e também o principal suspeito de uma chacina que ele jurava não ter cometido.-Aproveite até 15% de desconto na #insiderstore com o cupom CAFECOMCRIME. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://creators.insiderstore.com.br/CAFECOMCRIME⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠-Apoie o Café Com Crime e ganhe acesso a conteúdos exclusivos: https://apoia.se/cafecomcrime ou https://orelo.cc/cafecomcrime.-Ative as notificações do Spotify para não perder o próximo episódio no dia 1 1 de junho de 2025.-Acompanhe novidades e fotos no Instagram @CafeComCrime, Twitter @CafeCCrime, BlueSky @cafecomcrime.bsky.social e Facebook!-Entre em contato cafecomcrime@tagcreator.space-Créditos:Produção, apresentação e roteiro por Stefanie ZorubDesenho de Som por Luigi CalistratoRoteiro e pesquisa for Ana Paula Almeida

Seja muito bem-vindo à série Saberes e Sabores do Mel Catarinense — uma doce experiência sobre o fascinante no mundo do mel, da apicultura e da meliponicultura em Santa Catarina! Ao longo de cinco episódios, vamos conhecer a história, os bastidores e as delícias que fazem do nosso Estado uma referência na produção de mel e derivados. Prepare-se para descobrir curiosidades sobre as abelhas, os segredos da gastronomia com mel, as pesquisas mais recentes sobre o produto, os números da produção catarinense e as ações que impulsionam o setor por aqui.Neste primeiro episódio, o destaque é a Feira do Mel de Santa Catarina, que neste ano chega à sua 24ª edição, em Florianópolis. Para falar sobre a realização do evento, conversamos com Agenor Sartori Castagna, presidente da FAASC – Federação das Associações de Apicultores e Meliponicultores de Santa Catarina.Saiba mais sobre o evento no perfil @feiradomeldesantacatarina.>> CRÉDITOS:Produção, roteiro e locução: Mauro Meurer e Maykon OliveiraApoio técnico e edição: Eduardo Mayer

Senta que Lá Vem a Notícia está no ar!No episódio de hoje: Santa Catarina promove o 1º Fórum Estadual sobre gripe aviária e doença de Newcastle. Para quem vai prestar o vestibular, o livro Primeiro de Abril, leitura obrigatória da UFSC, já tem e-book gratuito disponível. Vem aí o Congresso Brasileiro de Arte, Cultura e Saúde Mental. E pra fechar, o Programa UFSC Sustentável completa 10 anos com uma programação especial pela Semana do Meio Ambiente. Tudo gratuito e aberto ao público! Essas notícias e muitas outras você confere aqui.A edição de hoje foi produzida pela Turma B da disciplina de Áudio e Radiojornalismo, em vinte e sete de maio de 2025.Reportagem e redação de notícias por Duda Fernandes, Julia Luciana, Julia Wust, Letícia Laura, Lorayne Carvalho, Margarida Bonfim, Niko Medeiros e Yan Calheiros.Edição de Lorayne Carvalho e Julia Luciana. Locução feita por Julia Wust e Letícia Laura. Na coordenação técnica, Roque Bezerra. Monitoria de Danielly Alves. E orientação da professora Valci Zuculoto.

Na segunda edição deste boletim você confere:- Ministério da Agricultura descarta suspeita de gripe aviária em granja comercial de Santa Catarina; - INSS devolve descontos indevidos nas aposentadorias; - Carlos Ancelotti faz sua primeira convocação no comando da Seleção Brasileira. O Boletim Rádio Gazeta Online é um conteúdo produzido diariamente com as principais notícias do Brasil e do mundo. Esta edição contou com a apresentação da monitora Maju Blanes do curso de Jornalismo.Escute agora!

*Fique bem-informado com as notícias do Programa Agronegócio Hoje de 27/05/2025*  

E-sports universitário em SC, adiamento de GTA 6, jogo de máfia... com ratos?! Se você acha que essa mistura não faz sentido, é porque ainda não deu o play no novo episódio do Insira a Ficha!Logo na primeira parte do programa te atualizamos sobre os resultados da PGL Astana, LTA Sul e Game Changers Brazil, e ainda teve uma conversa com o UFSC Titans sobre os perrengues e potenciais do competitivo nas universidades.Ainda, tem estúdio de games chegando na Palhoça, chefão de game dando entrevista exclusiva e uma resenha super especial de The Last of Us Parte II.Tá esperando o quê? Aperta o play e vem com a gente.Este programa é realizado por acadêmicos de Jornalismo da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Apresentação de Danielly Alves e Letícia Laura. Reportagens de Duda Fernandes, Guilherme Kuhnen, Ibrahim Khan, Letícia Laura e Iara Lima. Produção de notas por Nanda Honório e Niko Medeiros. Assistência técnica de Peter Lobo. Edição por Danielly Alves e Nanda Honório. Coordenação da Rádio Ponto UFSC pela professora Valci Zuculoto.

O FIAP Decode está no ar! André David, Paulo Silveira e Simara Conceição debatem sobre as habilidades dos profissionais do futuro e a presença da IA nas escolas, além de analisar as repercussões do novo robô da Amazon, que é capaz de “sentir” objetos.  Decodifique novas conexões  - André David: [@andrefdavid] [Instagram]- Paulo Silveira: [@paulosilveira] [Instagram]- Simara Conceição: [@simaraconceicao] [Instagram]FIAP + ALURA | SEMANA CARREIRA TECH De 09 a 13 de junho, acompanhe lives diárias sobre carreiras em tecnologia: https://carreiratech.fiap.com.br/ NOTÍCIAS DA EDIÇÃO Profissionais do Futuro Federação das Indústrias do Estado de Santa Catarina traça perfil dos profissionais do futuro: a Geração Alfa  As habilidades do futuro, segundo o Relatório Futuro do Trabalho 2025     Inteligência Artificial  Em carta aberta, CEOs defendem ensino de IA em escolas do EUA  Exame dos advogados da Califórnia foi secretamente elaborado com ajuda de IA   Microsoft Research ensina IA a fazer debug em códigos    Robótica  Amazon diz que novo robô de depósito pode “sentir” itens, mas não substituirá trabalhadores 

A Assembleia Legislativa está discutindo a criação de novas leis para reforçar as ações de prevenção do câncer de mama e ampliar o combate ao crime de perseguição em Santa Catarina. A gente também comenta os debates na Alesc sobre a oferta de Práticas Integrativas Complementares no SUS e sobre a participação de atletas de fora do estado nas competições organizadas pela Fundação Catarinense de Esporte (Fesporte).

E-sports universitário em SC, adiamento de GTA 6, jogo de máfia... com ratos?! Se você acha que essa mistura não faz sentido, é porque ainda não deu o play no novo episódio do Insira a Ficha!Logo na primeira parte do programa te atualizamos sobre os resultados da PGL Astana, LTA Sul e Game Changers Brazil, e ainda teve uma conversa com o UFSC Titans sobre os perrengues e potenciais do competitivo nas universidades. Ainda, tem estúdio de games chegando na Palhoça, chefão de game dando entrevista exclusiva e uma resenha super especial de The Last of Us Parte II. Tá esperando o quê? Aperta o play e vem com a gente.Este programa é realizado por acadêmicos de Jornalismo da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Apresentação de Danielly Alves e Letícia Laura. Reportagens de Duda Fernandes, Guilherme Kuhnen, Ibrahim Khan, Letícia Laura e Iara Lima. Produção de notas por Nanda Honório e Niko Medeiros. Assistência técnica de Peter Lobo. Edição por Danielly Alves e Nanda Honório. Coordenação da Rádio Ponto UFSC pela professora Valci Zuculoto.

A gripe aviária chegou ao Brasil. Na semana passada, o h5n1, um subtipo do vírus influenza que atinge as aves, foi identificado em uma granja comercial no município de Montenegro, no Rio Grande do Sul. Outros casos estão sendo investigados em Santa Catarina, Tocantins e Ceará. Hospedado em aves, o vírus pode infectar mamíferos e é altamente letal para os animais. Só nos estados unidos, a doença matou 170 milhões de aves em três anos. No podcast de hoje, vamos entender quais são os riscos da gripe aviária para a saúde humana. Podemos consumir aves e ovos tranquilamente? Quais são as medidas sanitárias necessárias nesse momento? E qual o risco de vivermos uma nova pandemia? Nossa convidada é a infectologista e epidemiologista dra. Mirian Dal Ben.

No ano que marca o bicentenário das relações diplomáticas, a França continua demonstrando forte interesse pelo Brasil. Em 2024, os franceses se consolidaram como o segundo maior grupo de investidores por meio de fusões e aquisições no mercado brasileiro, em setores como infraestrutura, transporte, energia, entre outros. Essa parceria tende a continuar próspera, segundo especialistas e empresários ouvidos pela RFI. Estudo da consultoria PwC Brasil indica um aumento de 50% no número de negócios fechados em 2024 em relação ao ano anterior, com 21 fusões e aquisições realizadas por empresas francesas no mercado brasileiro. Um exemplo é a Swile, especializada em benefícios flexíveis, como vouchers e vales, que já conta com 220 funcionários e 800 mil usuários de seus cartões no Brasil, seja para alimentação, combustível, prêmios ou outros fins. A empresa atua no mercado brasileiro desde a aquisição da Vee Benefícios, a primeira startup brasileira focada em benefícios.Em entrevista à RFI, o CEO Global da Swile, Loïc Soubeyrande, explica por que o Brasil é um mercado estratégico: "O país dispõe de um sistema financeiro moderno e fortemente regulamentado, sem falar que os brasileiros são pioneiros na adoção de novas tecnologias", afirma o executivo francês. "A solidez do direito trabalhista nos dois países também cria uma afinidade natural", continua o executivo francês. "O Brasil não é somente um grande mercado, é também um país estratégico para inovação e crescimento global", conclui.De acordo com o CEO da Swile no Brasil, Júlio Brito, a expectativa da empresa é alcançar lucratividade no país em 2025. "Com a aquisição da Bimpli, o grupo BPCE, o segundo maior banco da França, passou a ter 22% de participação. Isso nos trouxe muito mais solidez e oportunidades", avalia em entrevista à RFI.O executivo comenta a aquisição pelo grupo francês e as oportunidades que ela representou: "Hoje, nós oferecemos até oito benefícios em um único cartão, de maneira simples, sem necessidade de vários plásticos na carteira. É um ganho de eficiência para o RH (Recursos Humanos) e para o colaborador, que tem muito mais liberdade de utilização", acrescenta. "Oferecemos às empresas uma solução ultramoderna para que possam pagar os vouchers e vales aos funcionários. O mercado brasileiro é um dos maiores do mundo, com mais de 20 milhões de trabalhadores beneficiados e fatura cerca de R$150 bilhões por ano – é o maior do mundo em volume", analisa.  Experiência de usuáriaQuem também sai ganhando é o consumidor brasileiro. "Ter um vale que funciona como cartão de crédito é uma boa solução, facilita muito a minha vida. Eu consigo gastar o valor que recebo em qualquer lugar", explica a jornalista Marianna Perri.Ela destaca as vantagens de ser usuária do serviço e a confiança que sente em uma empresa de origem francesa: "Ele também funciona na carteira do celular, não preciso andar com cartão de plástico por aí. Como usuária, é muito mais fácil para mim e para a empresa também. Eu recebo meus vales – alimentação e refeição – e tenho auxílio home office", continua. "Eu me sinto bastante confortável em saber que é uma empresa francesa que está por trás. As empresas francesas no Brasil têm uma reputação forte e relevante, e isso me traz segurança de que não vou perder dinheiro, de que o cartão não será descontinuado", conclui.Outro destaque é a empresa de navegação CMA CGM, que anunciou a compra da operadora Santos Brasil, em um negócio avaliado em R$ 13,2 bilhões, por meio do qual a companhia francesa se tornou operadora de um dos principais portos brasileiros.Já presente em aeroportos nacionais, a francesa Vinci venceu o leilão para a concessão rodoviária entre Goiás e Minas Gerais, com investimentos previstos de R$ 6,5 bilhões.Vencedora do leilão da Aneel (Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica), a francesa Engie deve investir R$ 3 bilhões em linhas de transmissão em Santa Catarina, Paraná, Minas Gerais, São Paulo e Espírito Santo.Milhares de empregos diretosVarejo, defesa, resíduos, produtos farmacêuticos, insumos agrícolas e eventos são outros ramos de atuação. As 1.100 empresas francesas instaladas no Brasil já estão entre as maiores empregadoras do país, com até 700 mil empregos diretos."Não são investimentos recentes, não é como se o Brasil tivesse sido descoberto agora. Porém, há um movimento interessante de pequenas e médias empresas que estão olhando para a América Latina hoje como um local de muito interesse", explica Pedro Antônio Gouvêa Vieira, diretor da Câmara de Comércio França-Brasil.A atração pelo mercado brasileiro vem sendo constante, ainda que com ritmo mais acelerado nos últimos anos devido a certos fatores. "Estabilidade política, territorial, paz com os países vizinhos. É uma região que não tem bomba atômica, não oferece insegurança para ninguém", cita o executivo, que também preside o conselho de administração do LIDE França. "Isso mostra que o Brasil é um destino atraente, e não tenho a menor dúvida de que os investimentos franceses no Brasil tendem a se desenvolver ainda mais. Especialmente com os ajustes recentes na geopolítica mundial, nosso país ganhou uma visibilidade gigante na Europa como um todo – e certamente da França, em particular", acrescenta."Nós costumamos dizer que um consumidor brasileiro médio usará ao menos um produto francês ao longo do dia, mesmo sem saber", diz. "Temos 100 milhões de consumidores que usam todos os dias um produto francês, de forma direta ou indireta", completa.Além do tamanho do mercado brasileiro, a aposta de empresas francesas no Brasil está relacionada ao reposicionamento global de investimentos, especialmente após o conflito entre Rússia e Ucrânia e a guerra comercial entre Estados Unidos e China. Mais recentemente, a desvalorização do real tornou-se outro atrativo.

Os dados são claros: boa parte dos jovens brasileiros não leem mais que 10 páginas por texto. Mas por quê? Neste episódio, o Pontuando traz as causas por trás da queda no hábito de leitura entre os jovens. O uso das redes sociais, a correria do dia a dia, os preços dos livros e até o desinteresse são algumas delas.Saímos às ruas da UFSC para conversar com os estudantes e descobrir se eles fazem parte dessa grande maioria que não lê. Também te informamos sobre as principais notícias do mundinho literário com o quadro Papo de Bookstan, sobre a elitização dos livros em um boletim especial.Aperta o play e venha descobrir as opiniões do Pontuando sobre o assunto!Este programa foi produzido por estudantes de Jornalismo da Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, no primeiro semestre de 2025. Roteiro e apresentação por Maria Eduarda Assmann e Karina Malamud. Mesa redonda com Matheus Locks, Raissa Hübner e Sophia Grin. Boletins por Ariéll Cristóvão, Duda Duarte, Matheus Locks, Sophia Grin e Karina Malamud. Trilha por Duda Duarte e Matheus Locks. Arte por Raissa Hübner.Técnica por Peter Lobo. Orientação das editoras Raissa Hübner e Sophia Grin, e da professora Valci Zuculoto.

Maria Luiza Della Valle, mestranda em Administração e graduada no curso de Administração Pública da Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina na Udesc Esag, fala sobre o intercâmbio no Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas da Universidade de Lisboa.Além do intercâmbio presencial pelo Programa de Mobilidade Internacional Livre, ela fez dois on-line: um pela FGV e outro pela Fundación Botín.Ouça o episódio e, se quiser saber mais sobre a experiência da Maria Luiza, fale com ela no Instagram @malu.dellavalle.

Com a chegada do frio, o Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Santa Catarina deu início à Campanha do Agasalho 2025, mobilizando a população para aquecer quem mais precisa. A iniciativa busca arrecadar roupas, cobertores e calçados em bom estado, que podem ser entregues até o dia 18 de junho em qualquer quartel do CBMSC. Em Lauro Müller, as doações podem ser feitas no quartel localizado na Rodovia SC-390, no bairro Bela Vista. A campanha já é tradicional e reforça o espírito solidário da comunidade, especialmente nos meses mais frios do ano. O comandante do Corpo de Bombeiros Militar de Lauro Müller, sargento Flávio Costa Araújo, participou de entrevista no programa Cruz de Malta Notícias desta segunda-feira (19) e falou sobre a campanha e incentivou a participação dos moradores. Além disso, ele trouxe uma novidade importante para o município. A recente participação de bombeiros de Lauro Müller no Curso de Instrutor de Bombeiro Mirim, realizado no início deste mês na sede do 7º Batalhão, em Itajaí. O curso teve como objetivo capacitar os profissionais com base em princípios pedagógicos, preparando-os para desenvolver atividades educativas e de prevenção junto às crianças. A formação marca um avanço significativo no projeto de implantação do Programa Bombeiro Mirim em Lauro Müller, previsto para começar no segundo semestre de 2025. O programa será voltado para alunos do 4º ano do ensino fundamental e buscará promover uma cultura de segurança, cidadania e responsabilidade social entre os pequenos. O comandante também reforçou o aviso, que o caminhão de combate a incêndio da cidade foi temporariamente cedido à OBM de Braço do Norte. A medida foi adotada devido a problemas mecânicos no veículo daquela unidade, que se encontra fora de operação. Ouça a entrevista completa:

*Fique bem-informado com as notícias do Programa Agronegócio Hoje de 20/05/2025*  

Produção agrícola deve ser 12% maior que na última safra. Soja segue como principal atividade agrícola do país, com total estimado de 168,3 milhões de toneladas, a maior da história. No Abramilho, Alckmin destaca papel estratégico do milho brasileiro e abertura de mercados com China. Brasileira Mariangela Hungria vence "Nobel da Agricultura". Santa Catarina define datas do vazio sanitário e plantio da soja. Safra de arroz no Tocantins tem bom desempenho no sistema irrigado, mas registra perdas no sequeiro. Tempo: temperaturas acima da média no centro-sul do país e muita chuva prevista para o Norte e Nordeste.

Na edição do Noite Brasil desta quinta-feira, 15 de maio:1) Marinha tem mais capitães-de-mar-e-guerra aposentados trabalhando do que oficiais da mesma patente na ativa;2) Correios apresentam Cortes e Plano de Demissão Voluntária enquanto presidente aumenta o próprio salário e benefícios;3) Polícia Militar de Santa Catarina persegue a ataca pessoas em situação de rua;4) Jornalista, professor da UFBA, ex-preso político e ex-deputado federal do PT analisa a conjuntura de Lula 3;5) Coletivo Educartum fala ao Cultura Brasileira sobre humor gráfico, educação, militância e resistência.

O pesquisador Hamilton Justino Vieira, da Epagri/CIRAM, apresenta um estudo biometeorológico que estima a distribuição temporal e espacial das gerações do mosquito Aedes aegypti em Santa Catarina. A pesquisa utilizou dados de temperatura de diversas estações para modelar o ciclo de vida do mosquito, que é fortemente influenciado pelas condições climáticas. Para conferir a publicação sobre quiabo na série Além da Salada, clique aqui.>> CRÉDITOS:Produção, roteiro e locução: Mauro Meurer e Maykon OliveiraApoio técnico e edição: Eduardo Mayer

*Fique bem-informado com as notícias do Programa Informativo Agropecuário Semanal de 17 A 21/05/2025*.   

Ela foi uma criança e adolescente ativa. Brincava na rua de pega-pega, esconde-esconde, depois, na adolescência entrou na onda dos patins e andou de bicicleta. Formada em Nutrição, atuou em hospitais, UTIs, maternidades e na Saúde da Família. Para manter-se ativa, praticava musculação e aulas na academia, até aceitar, com ceticismo, o convite para sua primeira corrida de rua. O bom resultado a deixou animada e continuou correndo por alguns anos, treinando quando a rotina permitia. Casou-se e, em busca de mais qualidade de vida, mudou-se para Imbituba, Santa Catarina. Lá, abriram uma pousada, e foi então que ela descobriu as corridas fora do asfalto. A localização privilegiada, cercada pela natureza, alinhava-se à sua filosofia de vida, e ela decidiu experimentar. Logo em sua estreia, conquistou o segundo lugar no Desafio Baleia Franca, uma competição de dois dias, com 25 km no primeiro e 10 km no segundo. Vegana há 12 anos, transformou sua alimentação plant-based e seus valores éticos em combustível para enfrentar os desafios do trail running brasileiro. Acumulou recordes em provas como o UT Extreme Winter (2018), Naventura Garopaba (2018) e Amazing Runs Garopaba (2019). Em 2019, conquistou seu primeiro pódio na lendária La Mission Brasil (80 km). Com o tempo, sua vocação para as distâncias épicas se confirmou, e em 2023 sagrou-se campeã da La Mission Serra Fina (53 km), além de integrar a equipe brasileira campeã mundial master de skyrunning. Em 2024, alcançou o ápice ao vencer novamente a La Mission Brasil (80 km), consolidando-se como uma das maiores atletas do circuito nacional. Nem mesmo uma fratura no braço, após uma queda no UTMB Paraty 2024, a deteve — dois meses e meio depois, voltou às competições com a mesma determinação e conquistou o segundo lugar no Campeonato Brasileiro de Stairclimbing, subindo os 32 andares de um edifício em Chapecó (SC). Conosco aqui, a nutricionista esportiva e referência no trail e skyrunning nacional, sócia da Animal Runners Assessoria de Corrida, ela é a prova de que ética alimentar e alta performance podem caminhar juntas. Este ano, já venceu os 50km da Ultra Caminhos de Caravaggio e da Indomit Pedra do Baú, a paulistana Mariana Pipolo Scarpelli Martin. Inspire-se! SIGA e COMPARTILHE o Endörfina através do seu app preferido de podcasts. Contribua também com este projeto através do Apoia.se.    

Santa Catarina se prepara para um marco na área da gestão de riscos e resposta a desastres. No próximo domingo (18), o estado será palco do 1º Simulado Geral de Gestão de Desastres, uma iniciativa pioneira no Brasil promovida pela Secretaria de Estado da Proteção e Defesa Civil (SDC). O exercício, considerado o maior já realizado no país, contará com a adesão de mais de 230 municípios catarinenses e deve mobilizar diretamente cerca de 240 mil pessoas. A ação ocorrerá entre 8h e 17h, com uma série de atividades que simulam situações reais de emergência. Estão previstas evacuações simuladas, instalação de abrigos temporários, cadastros populacionais, distribuição de ajuda humanitária e ações educativas voltadas à prevenção e resposta a desastres. A coordenação será feita pela Defesa Civil estadual, com envolvimento de equipes municipais, regionais, estaduais e órgãos federais. Na região da Associação dos Municípios da Região Carbonífera (AMREC), o coordenador regional da Defesa Civil, sargento Laércio Pedroso, destacou, em entrevista ao programa Cruz de Malta Notícias, a importância da ação. Segundo ele, dos 12 municípios que compõem a AMREC, apenas Criciúma ainda não confirmou participação no exercício. Com o simulado, Santa Catarina busca fortalecer sua capacidade de resposta a eventos extremos, como enchentes, deslizamentos e vendavais, que historicamente afetam o estado. A iniciativa também pretende conscientizar a população sobre a importância de estar preparada para agir em casos de emergência. Ouça a entrevista:

No ‘Programa das Minas‘ você ouve bate-papo, descontração e interação com a audiência da Atlântida Santa Catarina. Acompanhe as lives dos programas no YouTube Atlântida SC.De segunda à sexta, das 14h às 15h, para toda Santa Catarina!

Uma mulher foge do cativeiro e leva a polícia até seu sequestrador em Santa Catarina. Seu nome era Irineu Carlos Nórdio e ele logo ficaria conhecido nacionalmente como "Maníaco do Serrote", um assassino em série frio e meticuloso.-Aproveite até 15% de desconto na #insiderstore com o cupom CAFECOMCRIME. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://creators.insiderstore.com.br/CAFECOMCRIME⁠⁠⁠⁠-Apoie o Café Com Crime e ganhe acesso a conteúdos exclusivos: https://apoia.se/cafecomcrime ou https://orelo.cc/cafecomcrime.-Ative as notificações do Spotify para não perder o próximo episódio no dia 28 de maio de 2025.-Acompanhe novidades e fotos no Instagram @CafeComCrime, Twitter @CafeCCrime, BlueSky @cafecomcrime.bsky.social e Facebook!-Entre em contato cafecomcrime@tagcreator.space-Créditos:Produção, apresentação e roteiro por Stefanie ZorubDesenho de Som por Luigi CalistratoRoteiro e pesquisa for Ana Paula Almeida

No ‘Programa das Minas‘ você ouve bate-papo, descontração e interação com a audiência da Atlântida Santa Catarina. Acompanhe as lives dos programas no YouTube Atlântida SC.De segunda à sexta, das 14h às 15h, para toda Santa Catarina!

Nesta edição do quadro Viajando por Santa Catarina, o tema será o cultivo orgânico e biodinâmico de banana no município de Luiz Alves, no Vale do Itajaí. Essa prática resulta em frutos mais doces, saudáveis e com maior durabilidade pós-colheita. Nossa reportagem foi conhecer os benefícios desse sistema e o sucesso da família Pacheco na produção e comercialização de banana e seus derivados. Quem nos traz mais informações é a jornalista da Epagri, Eonir Malgaresi. Assista também à reportagem sobre produção de banana orgânica e biodinâmica no canal da Epagri no YouTube.>> CRÉDITOS:Produção, roteiro e locução: Mauro Meurer e Maykon OliveiraApoio técnico e edição: Eduardo Mayer

A professora e reitora da Unesc, Luciane Ceretta, foi convidada pelo governador Jorginho Mello para assumir a Secretaria de Estado da Educação de Santa Catarina. O convite foi feito na última sexta-feira (9), antes do embarque do governador para uma missão oficial nos Estados Unidos. Com forte atuação na área educacional, Luciane é reconhecida por seu papel estratégico na viabilização do programa Universidade Gratuita, uma das principais bandeiras da atual gestão estadual. Ela teve atuação decisiva na articulação entre o governo e as instituições do sistema Acafe (Associação Catarinense das Fundações Educacionais). Atualmente, Ceretta cumpre o segundo mandato como presidente da Acafe e foi recentemente reeleita como reitora da Unesc, universidade comunitária sediada em Criciúma. Com uma trajetória sólida no setor educacional, é vista como um nome técnico e com grande capacidade de diálogo com diferentes instituições de ensino. Embora ainda não tenha confirmado oficialmente se aceitará o cargo, a expectativa é de que sua nomeação seja anunciada após o retorno do governador ao Brasil, previsto para ocorrer no dia 18 de maio. Em entrevista ao programa Cruz de Malta Notícias, nesta terça-feira (13), Luciane comentou sobre a possibilidade de assumir a pasta e destacou seu compromisso com a educação catarinense, embora não tenha cravado uma resposta definitiva ao convite.

No ‘Programa das Minas‘ você ouve bate-papo, descontração e interação com a audiência da Atlântida Santa Catarina. Acompanhe as lives dos programas no YouTube Atlântida SC.De segunda à sexta, das 14h às 15h, para toda Santa Catarina!

LIC. NOEL LOERADISTRITO 1Monterrey, San Pedro, Santa Catarina, García, y EscobedoCargo a contender: Magistrado en materia administrativano. de boleta 23

Por Marcella Lorenzon:  No episódio 151 conversamos com Juliana Amorim, head de estilo da BugBee, marca infantil fundada em Santa Catarina e hoje presente em 7 países, além das mais de 1.500 multimarcas e quatro pontos físicos próprios. A marca tem como principal filosofia a ideia de uma “vida leve, sem frescura”, criando peças made in Brazil e que combinam conforto, simplicidade e responsabilidade socioambiental. E falamos de moda, muita moda. Porque moda importa.Entrevistada Juliana Amorim@jumusiamorimhttps://www.instagram.com/jumusiamorim?igsh=bWphN2ptbzhyOGJ1BugBee@bugbeekidshttps://www.instagram.com/bugbeekids?igsh=MXFpZjhubDhnc2djMw==Patrocínio: Grupo IESA@grupoiesahttp://www.grupoiesa.com.brTrilha: Sonora Trilhas@sonoratrilhasEdição de áudio e vídeo: Bárbara Saccomori@barbarasaccomori

Em 2025, a Rede Feminina de Combate ao Câncer de Lauro Müller celebra 15 anos de dedicação e serviço voluntário à saúde e ao bem-estar da comunidade. Para marcar a data, diversas atividades especiais estão sendo organizadas ao longo do ano, reunindo voluntárias e apoiadores em momentos de formação, confraternização e reconhecimento pelo trabalho realizado. Um dos destaques da programação acontece na próxima quarta-feira, dia 14 de maio, quando o município será sede do 1° Encontro Regional das Redes Femininas de Combate ao Câncer do Estado de Santa Catarina. O evento reunirá cerca de 300 mulheres voluntárias de diferentes cidades da região sul do estado, que participarão de uma série de palestras, oficinas e capacitações voltadas ao aprimoramento das ações de prevenção e acolhimento desenvolvidas pelas redes locais. A escolha de Lauro Müller como sede do encontro regional representa um reconhecimento pela atuação destacada da entidade no município. Ao longo de 15 anos, a Rede Feminina local tem se consolidado como um importante pilar no apoio a mulheres em tratamento contra o câncer, promovendo campanhas de conscientização, exames preventivos e acompanhamento humanizado. A coordenadora de eventos da Rede Feminina, Morgana Elias Fontanela, participou de entrevista no programa Cruz de Malta Notícias desta segunda-feira (12) e detalhou a programação do encontro. Ouça a entrevista:

No ‘Programa das Minas‘ você ouve bate-papo, descontração e interação com a audiência da Atlântida Santa Catarina. Acompanhe as lives dos programas no YouTube Atlântida SC.De segunda à sexta, das 14h às 15h, para toda Santa Catarina!

Ricardo Arioli comenta algumas das principais notícias da semana ligadas ao Agro. O Agro de Santa Catarina é diversificado e produtivo. São Paulo vai substituir o uso de diesel, começando pelo Agro: Mato Grosso devia fazer o mesmo. Saiu a Portaria que regulamenta o Vazio Sanitário e o plantio da Soja.

Os convidados do programa Pânico dessa quarta-feira (07) são Pedro Poncio e Ulisses Gabriel.Ulisses GabrielUlisses Gabriel é Delegado de Polícia em Santa Catarina desde 2007 e Delegado Geral da Polícia Civil de Santa Catarina desde 2023, o mais jovem da história. Foi o mais jovem presidente da Associação dos Delegados de Polícia de Santa Catarina. Graduado em Direito, Ulisses é pós-graduado, "lato sensu", em Direito Processual Civil, pós-graduado, "lato sensu", em Marketing Empresarial, pós-graduado, "lato sensu", em Gestão Empresarial pelo Curso em Gestão Corporativa. Curso em Liderança e Desenvolvimento pela Universidade da Califórnia - UCSD. Mestre em Direito. Foi professor dos cursos de Direito. Professor da Academia de Polícia Civil de Santa Catarina. Escritor e co-autor de livros. Membro da Comissão Permanente de Concurso da Polícia Civil de Santa Catarina no concurso para Delegado de Polícia Civil em 2008 e 2015.Redes sociais: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/delegadoulisses/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delegadoulissesgabrielTwitter: https://x.com/DelegadoUlissesPedro PoncioPedro Poncio é teólogo, escritor, influenciador cristão e anti marxista. Ficou conhecido como Ex-MST quando sua história como ex-militante do MST se tornou conhecida em 2022, quando esteve com o ex-presidente Jair Messias Bolsonaro. Desde então, tem seguido a carreira de escritor e palestrante.Redes Sociais: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pedroponciobr/X: https://x.com/pedroponciobr

Confira nesta edição do JR 24 Horas: Um passageiro morreu na manhã desta terça-feira (6) após ficar preso na porta de um trem em uma estação do metrô de São Paulo. O acidente aconteceu por volta das 8h, na estação Campo Limpo, da Linha 5-Lilás, na zona sul da capital. O local estava lotado, e muitas pessoas presenciaram a cena. A Linha 5-Lilás possui um sistema de portas de plataforma, que se abrem simultaneamente com as portas do trem. Segundo a concessionária responsável pela linha, o passageiro ignorou os avisos visuais e sonoros para não embarcar naquele momento, ficou preso e foi arrastado. E ainda: Choque frontal entre caminhões deixa um morto e um ferido grave em Santa Catarina.

IMAGE CREDIT Elza Fiúza/Abr, CC BY 3.0 BR, via Wikimedia Commons LINKS Vatican bio of Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich STEINER: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/en/documentation/cardinali_biografie/cardinali_bio_steiner_l.html  Leonardo Ulrich STEINER on FIU's Cardinals Database (by Salvador Miranda): https://cardinals.fiu.edu/bios2022.htm#Steiner  Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich STEINER on Gcatholic.org: https://gcatholic.org/p/5762                    Cardinal Leonardo Ulrich STEINER on Catholic-Hierarchy.org: https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bulst.html   Archdiocese of Manaus on Gcatholic.org: https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/diocese/mana1.htm?tab=info       Archdiocese of Manaus on Catholic-Hierarchy.org: https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/diocese/dmanb.html   2022 Aleteia.org profile of Cardinal-Elect Steiner: https://aleteia.org/2022/08/26/a-red-hat-for-the-amazon-basin/  2022 Vatican News profile of Cardinal-Elect Steiner (Portuguese): https://www.vaticannews.va/pt/igreja/news/2022-05/presidencia-da-cnbb-sauda-os-novos-cardeais-do-brasil.html  Special Assembly for the Pan-Amazon Region–list of participants: https://press.vatican.va/content/salastampa/it/bollettino/pubblico/2019/09/21/0723/01479.html  2017 La Stampa coverage of the Amazon Synod (archived version): https://web.archive.org/web/20190618142401/https://www.lastampa.it/2017/10/15/vaticaninsider/eng/world-news/a-synod-for-the-indigenous-peoples-of-south-america-bu6BcrTX8a4HWl645ztM6O/pagina.html Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Querida Amazonia: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/apost_exhortations/documents/papa-francesco_esortazione-ap_20200202_querida-amazonia.html  Ecclesiastical Conference of the Amazon on Gcatholic.org: https://gcatholic.org/dioceses/organizations/j02.htm  The Revealer.org profile of Sister Manso Pereira: https://therevealer.org/in-the-amazon-religious-women-lead-the-way/  2023 America Magazine report of indigenous women leaders from the Ecclesiastical Conference of the Amazon meeting with Pope Francis: https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2023/06/06/women-deacons-indigenous-pope-francis-meeting-245437 2023 National Catholic Reporter piece on women ministering in the Amazon: https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/guest-voices/sisters-model-womens-diaconal-ministry-amazon  Cruxnow coverage of 2022 delegation of bishops (including Archbishop Steiner) meeting with Pope Francis to discuss violence in Amazonia: https://cruxnow.com/church-in-the-americas/2022/06/brazilian-bishops-discuss-violence-in-the-amazon-with-pope-francis    Thank you for listening, and thank my family and friends for putting up with the time investment and for helping me out as needed. As always, feel free to email the show at Popeularhistory@gmail.com  If you would like to financially support Popeular history, go to www.patreon.com/Popeular. If you don't have any money to spare but still want to give back, pray and tell others– prayers and listeners are worth more than gold!   TRANSCRIPT Welcome to Popeular History, a library of Catholic knowledge and insights.   Check out the show notes for sources, further reading, and a transcript.   Today we're discussing another current Cardinal of the Catholic Church, one of the 120 or so people who will choose the next Pope when the time comes.   The thirteenth of sixteen children, Leonardo Ulrich STEINER was born on November 6, 1950 in Forquilhinha, a community in Brazil's second southernmost state of Santa Catarina. He's our third Brazilian Cardinal, but he won't be our last, in fact one of his cousins is fellow Brazilian Cardinal Paulo Evaristo Arns.   Leonardo joined the Franciscans in 1972 at the age of 21, making his solemn profession in ‘76. In a pattern we've seen before, he studied philosophy and theology in Brazil, then went to Rome for more advanced studies, obtaining a licentiate and then a doctorate from the Antonianum. I don't know if I've emphasized the Franciscan affiliation of the Antonianum before, but it's certainly there–the Anthony it's named after is the Franciscan Anthony of Padua, after all.   When Leonardo was ordained in 1978, it was carried out by his Cardinal-cousin I mentioned earlier, fellow Franciscan and then-Archbishop of São Paulo Cardinal Arns. He did pastoral work for a while, then he served as a formator at, uh, a seminary. From 1986 till 1995 Father Steiner was Master of Novices at, *a* seminary, presumably the same one, though that's not especially clear. The third source I checked for this particular detail described the posts he took up at the Antonianum in Rome in 1995 as the result of a transfer between institutions, so it I guess can rule that out as our mystery institution. While at the Antonianum, he served as a secretary–I expect the high level kind–and as a professor of Philosophy. He was in Rome for several years before moving back to southern Brazil in 2003.   Back home, he served both as a pastor and lecturer, this time at the Bom Jesus Faculty of Philosophy, “bom” meaning "good” or I would perhaps suggest “sweet Jesus” as the more familiar English phrase with a close meaning.   In 2005, Father Steiner's white phone rang and he learned he was being made Bishop-Prelate of São Félix. His episcopal consecration was carried out by none other than his longserving cousin, Cardinal Arns, who had been fully retired for years by that point, but apparently didn't mind making it a family affair. By the way, the voice on the other end of that white phone must have been fairly shaky, because Pope John Paul II died in the few months between the appointment and Bishop Steiner's actual consecration.   Oh, also, did you catch that Prelate part of “Bishop-Prelate”? You see, São Félix was not and actually still is not a full-on diocese, rather it's at an intermediate sort of state called a “Territorial Prelature”. To give you an idea of why it's in an unusual state canonically, let me give you some stats. São Félix covers an area larger than England, with a total population of a bit under 200,000. At the time of his consecration, Bishop-Prelate Steiner had about ten priests to work with to address the spiritual needs of about 130,000 Catholics.   The relatively sparse population is due to São Félix being on the edge of the Amazon Rainforest. This was not Bishop-Prelate Steiner's last contact with Amazonia. In May 2011 he became secretary general of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, a post he held for the next eight years, and later on in 2011 Bishop-Prelate Steiner was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the capitol, Brasília, working alongside Cardinal da Rocha, who we discussed in fall 2023.   In 2017 Pope Francis announced the Synod on the Amazon, something which Bishop Steiner had apparently personally handed Pope Francis a document requesting on behalf of the Brazilian bishops. The Synod was duely held in 2019, and had a special focus on the indigenous peoples of the area, who, to quote Pope Francis, are “often forgotten and without the prospect of a serene future”. Another substantial issue is the ecology of the matter, with Pope Francis being known as an environmentalist before and certainly no less so after his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si, which called out the Amazon specifically as in need of special care.   Bishop Steiner notably did *not* participate in the synod. I was fully expecting to say he had, and maybe I missed something, but the list of hundreds of official participants is linked in the show notes, and he's not on it. In reality his delivery of the bishop's request for the Synod was probably due to his formal role in the overall Bishop's conference and not due to his own connection to the region, which at this point was minor.   However, despite that narratively inconvenient historical fact, later that year Bishop Steiner did become a full-on Amazonian bishop, being appointed the Archbishop of Manaus in the rather pointedly named Brazilian state of Amazonas. There he got to experience the staffing and geographic issues he had seen in his Bishop-Prelate days on a larger scale: there's a reason the Amazon Synod discussed things like allowing for married priests to help with the shortages, something which was much discussed in media coverage but was in truth only a minor topic in the Synod itself.   One real fruit of the Amazon Synod was the establishment of the Ecclesiastical Conference of the Amazon. Adding yet another organizational wrinkle to the megacluster of organizational wrinkles that is the Catholic Church, an *Ecclesiastical* Conference functions like a Bishop's Conference, but is not limited to Bishops. In 2022, Archbishop Steiner became its First Vice-President. In yet another example of the organizational wrinkling I just joked about, I don't mean he's the first person to hold that office, instead, “First Vice-President” is his actual title, as the Ecclesiastical Conference actually has multiple Vice-President roles.   I've been fairly brief and matter-of-fact in my descriptions here, so I want to end on a more human note, as there is real struggle in Amazonia. So let's hear from another Vice-President of the Ecclesiastical Conference, Sister Manso Pereira.   A descendent of the Kariri Brazilian tribal group, Sister Manso Pereira recently related a conversation she had with the Karipuna people about the danger  they face from armed groups of illegal logging and mining companies. Quote:    “We sleep well when you are here, because you're with us.' I said, ‘Why? If they come for you to kill you, they're going to kill me, too.' And they said, ‘We know if you went missing, the church would come looking for you. They would know you were gone.'”   In 2022, Pope Francis made Archbishop Steiner the first Cardinal from the Amazon region, also adding him to the Dicastery for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and the Societies of Apostolic Life.   Leonardo Ulrich STEINER  is eligible to participate in future conclaves until he turns 80 in 2030.   Today's episode is part of Cardinal Numbers. Stay tuned to see if today's Cardinal gets selected  for a deeper dive in the next round! Thank you for listening; God bless you all!

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Sua trajetória é marcada pela dedicação ao esporte, à educação e à formação de novas gerações. Filha de um empresário e de uma professora de educação física, maratonista e triatleta pioneira, na infância praticou dança, balé, natação e vôlei, crescendo em um ambiente que valorizava a disciplina e o conhecimento. Motivada pela mãe, na adolescência chegou a participar de algumas competições de triathlon, mas não deu continuidade à prática na época. Mais tarde, graduou-se em Educação Física pela Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina. Desde 2010, atua como professora no Ensino Superior, contribuindo para a formação de profissionais no curso de Educação Física da Universidade do Sul de Santa Catarina. Ao longo de 14 anos, ministrou disciplinas como atletismo, triathlon, biomecânica, avaliação motora, desportos aquáticos e treinamento desportivo, além de coordenar trabalhos de conclusão de curso e supervisionar estágios curriculares. No triathlon, é uma das principais referências do Brasil. Com certificação internacional nível 3 pela Confederação Americana de Triathlon (CAMTRI) e nível 2 pela World Triathlon, foi selecionada para cursos de formação de treinadores na Coreia do Sul em 2018 e 2019. Desde 2019, integra a Comissão de Mulheres da CAMTRI, onde trabalha para promover a igualdade de gênero no esporte, e foi vice-presidente da Federação de Triathlon de Santa Catarina na gestão 2020-2024. Em 2023, tornou-se facilitadora nos cursos de formação de treinadores pela World Triathlon e, em 2024, foi certificada como Coach Developer pelo Comitê Olímpico Brasileiro, com foco no desenvolvimento de treinadoras. Sua atuação vai além da sala de aula. Desde 2002, inspira jovens a transformarem o esporte em uma ferramenta de mudança por meio do Projeto Escolinha de Triathlon da Associação Desportiva Triatlética de Santa Catarina, onde atua como professora e treinadora. Aos 40 anos, redescobriu o triathlon e, desde então, dedica-se a manter-se saudável por meio da modalidade das três disciplinas, intercalando com a participação em corridas de rua e maratonas aquáticas. Conosco aqui, educadora física com especialização em Fisiologia do Exercício, mestre e doutora em Ciências do Movimento Humano, coordenadora, proprietária e gestora da Escola de Natação Tutubarão, coach na Assessoria Esportiva Endurance On e uma referência acadêmica e profissional na área, triatleta amante do esporte, a porto-alegrense Elinai dos Santos Freitas Schütz." Inspire-se! SIGA e COMPARTILHE o Endörfina através do seu app preferido de podcasts. Contribua também com este projeto através do Apoia.se.  

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Join host Craig Dalton and Trek Travel's Rich Snodsmith as they take you on an exhilarating journey through the heart of gravel cycling in Italy. In this episode of The Gravel Ride podcast, they share their recent experience at the Strade Bianche Gran Fondo trip organized by Trek Travel. With over three decades of friendship, these two avid cyclists reminisce about their chance meeting at the Lugano Cycling World Championships in 1996 and their shared passion for the sport. Throughout the episode, Rich and Craig discuss their incredible adventures, from vintage bikes at L'Eroica and witnessing the Strade Bianche professional bike race, to participating in the challenging 140-kilometer Gran Fondo alongside 7,000 other riders. They also share their encounters with pro cyclists and the camaraderie of the Trek Travel group. If you're looking for an immersive and unforgettable gravel cycling experience, this episode will inspire you to find dirt under your wheels and explore the breathtaking landscapes of Italy. Topics discussed: Introducing the Strade Bianche Gran Fondo trip with Trek Travel  Riding an international Gran Fondo  Experiencing the energy and spectacle of professional bike races  Meeting pro cyclists and gaining insights into the sport  Challenges and rewards of gravel riding in Italy  Stunning scenery, castles, and brick towns on the route  The supportive and well-organized nature of Trek Travel trips  Exciting plans for future cycling adventures Full Transcript: Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:00:03 to 00:00:33 Hello and welcome to the Gravelride podcast, where we go deep on the sport of gravel cycling through in depth interviews with product designers, event organizers and athletes who are pioneering the sport. I'm your host, Craig Dalton, a lifelong cyclist who discovered gravel cycling back in 2016 and made all the mistakes you don't need to make. I approach each episode as a beginner to unlock all the knowledge you need to become a great gravel cyclist. This week on the show, we welcome Rich Snodsmith from Trek Travel. Rich is one of my oldest cycling friends. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:00:33 to 00:01:00 We met over 30 years ago, actually, in Italy. As you'll hear from our story, Rich and I were recently in Siena in Italy for the Strada Bianchi Gran Fondo trip. With track travel, we were able to watch both the professional bike race as well as participate in a 140 kilometer mass start. Gran Fondo across the white roads, the white gravel roads of Siena. Fantastic trip. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:01:00 to 00:01:10 I can't wait for you to hear more of the details. With that said, let's jump right into the show. Hey, Rich, welcome to the show. Hey, Craig, good to see you. Thanks for having me on. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:01:10 to 00:01:36 Yeah, absolutely. You and I just shared a magical experience on the roads and trails of Italy, which is the purpose of you joining this call. But you, you and I have a rich history, no pun intended, of cycling experiences in Italy. That's right. We met randomly in 1996 at the Lugano Cycling World Championships and have stayed friends ever since. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:01:36 to 00:01:51 Yeah, fortunately I. I eventually moved to San Francisco a few years later. So we were able to ride together, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah, we were able to ride together for. Gosh, it's hard to believe it's three decades at this point, which is crazy to think about. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:01:51 to 00:02:14 My end of our Lugano story was I was working in Italy and my colleague, who we both know, Jeff Sanchez, said to me, going to go to the World Championships and oh, by the way, we have to go pick up Rich. He's going to be at the Duomo in Milan on the way. Pre cell phones, be there at 5:00. Don't be late. Yeah, exactly. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:02:14 to 00:02:34 So super fun to finally go back to Italy together. Obviously, we've been riding on the roads and trails of Marin county for a long time, but to finally have the stars align on this trip was fantastic. Yeah, it was great to get out there and do that again. We also saw another World Championships together in Richmond, Virginia. That's right, yeah. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:02:34 to 00:02:40 The thing for the World Championships, you've. Seen a few and we've got a future one. I Think in our plans, right? Oh, yeah. Montreal 2026. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:02:40 to 00:02:55 Let's go. There we go. See you there. So this, you put the idea of this trip in my mind probably December of last year. And the trip, to be specific, because I don't think we've mentioned it, although I probably mentioned it in the intro. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:02:55 to 00:03:09 Is the Strada Bianchi professional bike race trip with Trek Travel. Was it me that put it in your mind? I was asking you where you were going to go. I thought you. I thought you convinced me, but I was down as soon as you suggested it. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:03:11 to 00:03:52 It's interesting. Obviously, we're on a gravel cycling podcast and this is sort of a. A hybrid trip almost because we're road riding, but we're riding on the Strada Bianca, the white roads of Tuscany outside Siena. And for those listeners who are fans of both professional road racing and gravel cycling, I think Strada Bianchi is the race that gets us most excited because we see the coverage, we see the professional road riders riding on gravel, and the visuals are just awesome. And they're kind of like what we experience as gravel racers and riders routinely. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:03:52 to 00:04:19 But so cool to see all the pro bike teams go through and participate in the event. So I was super stoked, obviously. I'd been on a Trek Travel gravel tour in Girona a couple years prior, so I'd had that experience with Trek, but this is the first kind of pro bike race enabled tour that I'd ever been on. Yeah, I mean, it's really interesting to blend those things together. I mean, you being more of a gravel rider, me being more of a road rider. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:04:20 to 00:04:59 But the last few trips I've taken with Trek Travel have been gravel trips. You know, getting out there and trying new things, trying the Vermont trip, trying the Dolomites last year, this was just a really cool experience to put like my fandom of the road cycling and racing world along with this, like, almost instant classic. The race has only been around for 20 years and it's like, become a real fan favorite. Yeah, I was, I was looking up some of the history of the race and I didn't realize that it started out with Laroica, which is a. An event that many people have heard about where you ride vintage bikes on this course. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:04:59 to 00:05:18 And the professional bike race emerged. So the loraca started in 1997. In 2007 is when the professional bike race emerged. So it's interesting. And obviously being in that region and riding in that region, we saw signs of Loraka all over the place, right? Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:05:18 to 00:05:38 Yeah, we Even ate at the Laroica Cafe. That was incredible. Yeah, exactly. And I came home with a Loracha sweatshirt as well. And then the, the, the cool thing, and we probably failed to mention it at this point is there's the Gran Fondo the day after, after Strada Bianchi, which was awesome. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:05:38 to 00:05:59 So we actually get to go on a 140 kilometer rides. A ride on the similar roads as the professionals. Yeah, it's not the full men's road course, but it's pretty close to the women's road course and we cover all the last, you know, climbs, you know, that the. Both the men's and the women's race covered. That was really cool. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:05:59 to 00:06:21 Especially after seeing them finish the day before and then going out and riding those roads, seeing where Poga crashed and then, you know, doing that last 20k of climbs is just bananas, beautiful and hard. It was pretty rewarding that ride. I can't wait to get into that details a little bit more of the event later. I did. I'm. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:06:21 to 00:06:46 As I'm speaking, I misspoke because I have been to Europe once before around the Tour of Flanders and did the Tour of Flanders grandson do, which I noted. And in speaking to the Trek travel guides, you've got a series of awesome trips that month in Flanders of a similar vein. Right. You do have Perry Roubaix and. Or a Flanders trip. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:06:46 to 00:06:57 Yeah. You can choose the whole Holy Week, you could do both Flanders and Roubaix or you can break it into chunks and do one or the other. So it's. Yeah. If you're a pro race fan, that's a nice companion to Strat Bianca. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:06:57 to 00:07:10 The. The Flanders Roubaix ultimate weekend or ultimate week there. And then one of the highlights of the year, presumably for Trek travel is your Tour de France tours. For sure. We take over a couple hundred people there every year. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:07:11 to 00:07:19 We do usually do five or six trips through the Alps and the Pyrenees. It's. That's a pretty exciting one too, if you've never been to the Tour. For sure. Yeah. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:07:19 to 00:07:45 Well, let's talk through the trip a little bit that we participated in because I think it'll give people a flavor. I've talked about my, my experience with track in Girona and my general love of gravel travel. But more extensively, I love traveling by bike and having these experiences because it's just, it's just so much fun. So we start off the trip, it's a pretty quick trip relative to some others because in a five day timeline. Right. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:07:45 to 00:08:01 So we flew over. You'd Already been in Europe, but I flew over to Florence and met you the night before. And day one, we basically just get picked up by our guides and head on over to Siena, which is about an hour and a half away. Yep. And then the bikes. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:08:01 to 00:08:21 Yeah, straight onto the bikes. And the beauty of. The beauty of this trip and all the truck travel trips is they've got bikes already set up for you, so you send your measurements and if you want to ride your own saddles or pedals, you can, you're welcome to bring those, but they'll basically get it dialed. And that. That first day, I think we went for maybe an hour and a half shakeout ride just to see how the bike. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:08:21 to 00:08:31 30 miles. Yeah, yeah. And how many people were in our group. We had 19 with us and then three guides. Okay, so is that pretty typical on these pro bike? Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:08:31 to 00:08:46 Sort of. They tend to sell out. They're pretty popular. And guests will go back and forth between the Strada Bianca or. I think quite a few of the guests or folks that were on our trip had done the ultimate Holy Week trip before with Flanders and Roubaix and some had done the tour as well. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:08:46 to 00:09:03 Yeah. It was pretty fascinating talking to some of the men and women on our trip to learn just how many trips they had done with you guys. Yeah, it was neat to like show up and kind of already have the camaraderie of. A lot of the guests on that trip had been with Nick or Viba or Gio on previous trips. So they were. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:09:03 to 00:09:21 There was already sort of a built in fan base there. Yeah. And I suppose it's. I suppose it's the nature of this type of trip, but I felt like everybody in the crew was quite competent on the bike and there were some people who were faster than us, some people slower than us, but everybody was mostly faster. Yeah. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:09:21 to 00:09:25 There's an impressive riders on this trip. It was pretty, pretty great. Yeah. Yeah. And the. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:09:26 to 00:09:45 And the guides were equally impressive both, you know, across the week. Just getting to know them personally, seeing their fitness. A, but B. And more importantly, they're just understanding of all the sectors and the roads that we'd be riding and their, their love of Strada Bianchi. Yeah, the knowledge and passion for the race was definitely evident. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:09:45 to 00:09:57 It was pretty cool. Yeah. So we got a shakeout ride on the Monday or, sorry, on the first day of the trip. Yeah. And then the second day we went a bit longer and kind of got our first real look at some of the. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:09:57 to 00:10:19 The white roads. Yeah, we think it was a 50. It was a nice lead up to the Fondo because it was like a 30 mile day one, a 50 mile on day two, which was pretty challenging. It was, but not like back breaking. And then we went to the race to view the race viewing day, which was like a gentle 30 miles before the Fonda, which was kind of a nice way to structure the week. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:10:19 to 00:10:42 Yeah. When I think when I first looked at that mileage, I'm like, gosh, I'm going all the way to Italy. I just want to ride my ass off. But as, as it came down to it between like travel fatigue, it being earlier in the year, and the punchiness of those climbs we were experiencing on day two, like that was enough in sort of those first couple days. And I felt totally satisfied. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:10:42 to 00:10:56 Yeah, you can put in if you're doing the big options every day. You get 200 miles in, in four days, plus the race viewing. So it's, it's, I think it's a really well designed trip. It's, it is compact. But it's surprising how tired you can be after doing those four days. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:10:56 to 00:11:10 Yeah, yeah, a hundred percent. The elevation is pretty. Every day has a nice chunk of elevation gain. Yeah. And I think for, for us, like we don't have a ton of rolling hills around where we live, they said they tend to be more sustained. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:11:10 to 00:11:28 So it definitely felt different to me. I was feeling a little underprepared that, that 50 mile day, thinking, Gosh, we've got to do 90 plus in the Gran Fondo. It's going to be a long day out there. I'm not gonna lie. I don't think I said it during the trip, but I was a little worried after the first two days. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:11:28 to 00:11:39 I was grateful for the race watching like cool down day before the Fondo. It all worked out. But yeah, yeah, yeah. So we should, I mean, we should talk through a little bit. We'll get into race day next. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:11:39 to 00:12:05 But you know, basically every day after the ride, you just leave your bike and the team cleans it, takes care of it, puts it away. You've got really nothing to do but show up and eat and enjoy yourself in Siena. Yeah, take a nap, whatever you need. We, we stayed at a great hotel, the Hotel Athena, just right outside, like in Siena, but just outside the wall. So it was easy to walk like 10 minutes into town. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:12:06 to 00:12:24 Really, really great location. I mean, one of the best things about the Fondo day was waking up to a completely clean, like just power wash, power dried, chain lubed. It was like a brand new bike getting Ready to ride out to the start. It was pretty great. Clean bike is a fast bike, so I appreciate that. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:12:24 to 00:12:40 And shammy time's training time. That's right. But yeah, those guys work their butts off to keep those bikes in great shape every morning when you show up. Yeah, no doubt about that one. Sort of topography. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:12:40 to 00:12:50 Topography note. Siena is up on a hill. Yeah. And you know, that was like warm down. There's no warm down and there's no sort of. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:12:50 to 00:13:08 In the, in the early mornings when we were rolling out, we're going downhill for 5, 10 minutes no matter what. So it was quite cool on the road out in the rollout in March, for sure. We lucked out. We, the guides every day were saying, it's not usually like this. Like it was. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:13:08 to 00:13:18 We had like mid-60s during the day, every day. And it was. Fortunately we saw almost zero rain, which was great. Would have been tough to ride those roads in the mud. A hundred percent. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:13:18 to 00:13:38 And I think it just would have taken away from how much fun we had out on the course on the third day, which is. So we, we did ride maybe 15, 20K out to, I think sector number two on the women's and men's road course. Got to see the women come through, which is a lot of fun. Right, right on one of the. Those gravel roads. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:13:38 to 00:13:49 Cheer them on. We had ridden that road the day before and then we went to a cafe. Totally overwhelmed. This local cafe with 23 people needing locusts. Yeah. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:13:49 to 00:14:07 Yeah. I think ebay went in there and basically said, I will buy your entire rack of baked goods. And he just walked him outside and he's like, get the cappuccino machine going and keep them going until we say stop. Yeah, that was great. It was a nice break between the women's and the men's race. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:14:07 to 00:14:26 It was incredible to see, like the riders go through, but then you just see the apparatus of like all the, the sort of security cars, then all the team cars. And at a certain point, both of our videos, all you can see is dust. When you're on the gravel, when everybody's raging by in the team cars, it's like, there they go. And here come. Here comes the caravan, the follow caravan. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:14:26 to 00:14:40 It's pretty cool when the safety motorcycles come by and sort of just casually brush people a little bit further to the side of the road. Get, get closer to the curb, will you? Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was interesting. I mean, we didn't. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:14:40 to 00:14:53 We couldn't see much of the run up of the women's race, but there was Seemingly a fracture. Even at the point in which we started watching, I think there might have been a crash before the women's race. Pretty broken up outside of the main pack. Yeah, yeah. So it was cool. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:14:53 to 00:15:21 Yeah, they were going slow enough that you could kind of really see your, your favorite athletes cruise by, which is a lot of fun. And to your point, it is always cool seeing all the support the professional athletes get in the team cars. Yeah, it was interesting to see the breakaway. You know, in the men's race you had like a two or three minute breakaway. To see them go by first and then their car, their follow cars and then seeing the, the whole peloton and like UAE on the front clearly just ready to rip it. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:15:21 to 00:15:43 It was pretty cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And we should mention that the, the night before with this trip, we had the opportunity, right, to meet the Lidl track team and we got to go on the, the, the tour bus, as I would call it, the, you know, the big bus that the riders hang out in before and after the race. No photos. Yeah, I was really excited to do some photos. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:15:43 to 00:15:53 Yeah. And they said no photos, no photos. And, and then we saw the, you know, the, the mechanics van with all the bikes. Mobile service course. That was incredible. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:15:53 to 00:16:01 Like. Yeah. How many bikes, wheels, chain, chain sets, tires. It's just like a. Incredible organization to get that all set up. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:16:01 to 00:16:09 Yeah. And then it was cool meeting. We got to meet the women's team and some of the men's team members. Do you remember who we got to talk to? We talked to the whole women's team. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:16:09 to 00:16:28 They all kind of came out. We sort of had dinner that night with them in the hotel. So we got to talk to mostly Ena Tutenberg, the director, Retta Hansen, great domestique. And then Lizzie Danan was pretty, they were pretty engaging, pretty, pretty fun to see them all chatting up and answering questions from our group. And we got to met. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:16:28 to 00:16:39 It was a little bit different with the men. They kind of came and went. But we got to meet the previous year's second place finisher Tom Scoins. That was really interesting to talk to him about his race. I think you talked a bit to Quinn Simmons. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:16:40 to 00:16:53 So we got to meet like a little bit of the whole team there, which was really cool. Yeah, it was cool. And probably not giving away any secrets. Say they, they had a buffet that was separate from our meal. They had scales to weigh their food. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:16:53 to 00:17:10 They were quite a bit more disciplined than our 19 person group. Yeah, that was, I was surprised to see that as well. I was with my back to them. So they're weighing their food, really, as I'm. As I'm shoveling my pescatarian options in. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:17:12 to 00:17:39 Um, so then we going back to race day, we see the men in the same location, then we ride ourselves back to Siena that day. Um, and I think we were able to go back to that. Well, I know we were able to go back to the hotel and then make it into the piazza for the time that the women were going to be finishing, which was awesome. We couldn't have timed it better. Yeah, it was great to get back to the hotel, drop off the bikes, grab a quick shower, and then head over there. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:17:39 to 00:18:06 To watch the last, like, 20k and see him come into the finish line was super, super exciting. It's just such a beautiful, scenic place to finish a bike race. We'll get into. I mentioned that it's up at the top of a hill, so we'll talk about what it's like finishing there, but just you've got this square that's not that big, a great, beautiful clock tower. And the imagery is just stunning. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:18:06 to 00:18:24 When they come around the final corner, there's people up in their apartments cheering them on from around the corner. And then you see a rider emerge or a sprint emerge to a slight downhill to the finish line. It's just an incredible scene. Yeah, it's pretty iconic. Like, if you think about, like, that finish line, compared to. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:18:24 to 00:18:44 You could compare it to, like, the finish in Roubaix on the velodrome or the finish on the Champs Elysees in France. It's a super, super different way to finish a bike race up that steep, the Santa Catarina steep climb into the compos. Just really unique. And we were able to get, I mean, super close to the. To the women's finish. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:18:44 to 00:18:51 Yeah, it was. That was sort of shocking how few people were there. It's sort of a bummer. We were there for the women's race. We're just going to say that now. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:18:51 to 00:19:16 So we were excited to be so close and to see the podium ceremony afterwards. But you got some great shots of Demi Vollering winning. And then we were standing right where they all finish, and they're all kind of, like, bottlenecked into this little corner and their whole team is surrounding them and people are congratulating them, and they all just look destroyed, and you're just like, wow, how can you get this close to such amazing athletes? But it was. It was really, really cool. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:19:16 to 00:19:36 Yeah, super cool. And then so we watched the celebration as they got their trophy and sprayed the champagne. We're almost close enough to get hit with champagne. I feel like that was cool. And then the track team had secured a lunch spot right on the piazza in one of the restaurants with the massive flat screen tv. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:19:36 to 00:20:02 So we were able to roll over there, joined lunch that was already in progress and watch the men's race on TV for a few hours. Yeah, that was like a really cool setup to see the women's finish go stuff our faces and, and keep track of the race while we did it and then be able to run right back outside to see the men finish in the same way. I mean it was pretty remarkable. I think we like getting kind of itchy with about 15, 20k to go. We're like, you ready? Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:20:02 to 00:20:35 Let's get out there, stake out our spot along the finish line. It was awesome. You know, being in North American, we don't always get to watch these events live as they're unfolding. So just sort of feel the energy and watch on the TV obviously that the Tom Pickock Pagachar breakaway was happening and we were all, I think all eyes were on the television at the point where they've got this great shot of Tade ripping around this corner and just hitting the deck. And I didn't think he was going to get up. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:20:35 to 00:20:47 I don't know about you. It looked, and the first time I saw it, it looked like he really wailed his head and he rolled far into the grass. Got catapulted into the grass. Yeah, yeah. I was absolutely shocked he was able to get up. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:20:47 to 00:21:22 And then it was nice to see Tom Pickock do the gentlemanly thing and you know, he, yeah, kind of shook his head after the crash but you know, clearly just soft pedaled until today came back to him. It was, it's incredible when you're either in the restaurant or like on the square with the Jumbotrons and something like that happens and you hear the whole crowd gasp, you know, like that, that like collective gasp of a few thousand people right next to you is like pretty like wow, that just happened. Exactly. A shocking mid race events for sure. Yeah, totally. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:21:22 to 00:21:50 And then once it was back on, like you said, I think with, with, you know, 15k today attacked maybe with 18k to go. And by 15 or 10k we were like, we gotta get out there and get on the streets and get right by the finish line again to see this. Yeah, it was incredible to see him come over the line first all battered and bloodied and he had, was so full of Adrenaline. He didn't say much until he got into the interviewing room. It's like right before he was going to go get his trophy that it kind of hurts now. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:21:50 to 00:22:15 It's like he had so much adrenaline to attack and finish the race, but as soon as the race is done, he's like, oh, I'm really scratched up. Yeah, he was totally tore up. And then the other interesting thing for me at the finish line was that, you know, not a lot of people actually finish the race, which is. I mean, as a professional, I get it. Like, you do your job, and then you and I will talk about how hard it is to get to the finish and. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:22:15 to 00:22:25 And why, if. If you weren't required to get there, maybe you don't get there. So I think maybe only, like, 20, 25 riders finished. Does that feel right to you? That sounds about right. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:22:25 to 00:22:39 Once. Once you're out of contention, there's not a whole lot of reason to struggle through. It was. It was incredible to stand there and watch the finishes that come through that just covered in dust, sometimes dust and blood and just looking shattered. Uh, and, yeah, was a little scary. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:22:39 to 00:22:53 Thinking about what we were going to do the next morning didn't help the nerves. No. Real quick shout out to Tade. I thought it was so classy. When he was being interviewed after the finish, they're like, hey, you're the first world champion to. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:22:53 to 00:23:00 To win Strada Bianche. And he's like, no, Lada Kapeki won last year. She was the champion. I love. I love that. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:23:00 to 00:23:08 It was so great. It's just, like, such a classy guy and sort of respect for the sport and his fellow athletes. Pretty cool. Yeah. 100%. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:23:09 to 00:23:26 Well giddy with our. Our race day experience, we then kind of went off to dinner and back to the hotel and needed to get our heads around what 140km on that course was going to look like for us in the gran fondo with 7,000 of our closest friends. Yeah. I'm not gonna lie. I was a little nervous about that start. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:23:26 to 00:23:33 Just not. Not about the. Well, okay. Maybe a little bit about the distance and the elevation, but just. Yeah. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:23:33 to 00:23:48 Do you want to talk about what that was like? Yeah. Like a starting bell go off and 7,000 people take off. I know you've done, like, SBT and Unbound, so it's probably not that different, but the scale was pretty large. Yeah. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:23:48 to 00:24:02 Yeah. I think, you know, the guides did a really good job of one, previewing us some of the terrain we were going to be on. Yeah. They gave us a lot of confidence that the Trek van was going to be there. So we, we had multiple drop bag locations. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:24:02 to 00:24:31 We knew they were going to be there for us, that we didn't have to go to the mass, you know, rest stop areas, which was a super luxury. So we're on the Trek Checkpoint SLR bikes with 45C gravel tires on them. So, you know, pretty robust bicycle for this kind of event. When you compare to what a lot of people were riding. I think the professionals were still on 28 or 30s and full slicks. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:24:31 to 00:24:46 So interesting from an equipment perspective. And that'll come up, I think, in our conversation. But we get up at 6am we go down to breakfast. You and I are roommates. We go down to breakfast at like 6:01 and every single table is occupied. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:24:46 to 00:25:02 We're sort of fighting for space. This is clearly everybody's fueling up. There's, you know, dozens and dozens and dozens of people in the hotel who are going to go on the same journey we are. I think our rollout time from the hotel was 7:00am does that sound right? That sounds right. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:25:02 to 00:25:12 Yeah. Yeah. So we, we had to go down a hill. This detail wasn't clear in my mind morning of. But we had to ride somewhere to start the event. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:25:12 to 00:25:29 And of course, being in Siena, we had to ride downhill. And then right back then we, and then we rode back up to another part of town. And there were multiple different staging areas based on a color on your number plate. So we kind of fumbled around. Maybe there was five or five different colors out there. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:25:29 to 00:25:41 I think we were in the, the green sector and there's. There had to have been 1500 people in our sector alone. Yeah, it was. I think it was based on distance you were doing and maybe the speed you were going to ride. I'm not sure. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:25:41 to 00:26:10 Yeah, yeah, there could be something like if you're demonstrably a fast person, you're going to go in a different color than us. But, you know, we've been, we be in particular had mentioned, like, it's crazy town to begin with in this event. And I think in addition to 7,000 people being around you, we started with a massive downhill. Yeah, there were a lot of people going really fast. It was good advice. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:26:10 to 00:26:30 He was saying, you know, kind of keep your space and kind of stay to the right because people are going to want to pass on the left. And they were certainly doing that. So, yeah, I think we stayed together or within close proximity just to, you know, for the first. Like you said, the first Hour or so to navigate some of that. But once we hit that first section of dirt, I saw the. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:26:30 to 00:26:46 I saw the robot eyes go on, and you were gone. You're like, dirt. My comfort zone. I wasn't so comfortable with all these people flying around me. I remember at one point you and I were sort of casually riding maybe like three feet apart. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:26:46 to 00:27:07 Yeah. And someone just splits the middle. And I was like, okay, I guess we gotta ride closer if we're gonna discourage these people from dive bombing. And they were dive bombing left, right, and center, no matter what we did. Yeah, there was a lot of passing on the right, passing in weird places, and a lot of people just sinistra passing on the left. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:27:07 to 00:27:13 I'm on your left. I'm going hard. It was like. And. And my problem is I never internalized which one was right or left. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:27:13 to 00:27:22 So I would just kind of keep it a straight line whenever possible. Hold still. Yeah. So, yeah, there's. I mean, I think blissfully in terms of the amount of mileage we needed to cover. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:27:22 to 00:27:57 It was nice that there was, I don't know, call it 20k of riding on pavement to break things up a little bit before we hit the first dirt section. First dirt section was 2.1km long. Still pretty packed in terms of people being around, but definitely, like, I felt more personally in my comfort zone at that point. I knew that from an equipment perspective, with the 45C tires, I had a lot more control than a lot of the. My Italian compatriots who were riding 25s and 28s on their full arrow road bikes. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:27:57 to 00:28:16 There were a lot of flat tires in that first couple hours. Yeah, yeah, no doubt there was. There was some parallels with the unbound experience where it's just crazy and flat tires are happening all the time. That was the nice thing about the checkpoint. Like, the tires are, you know, a little bit bigger, but no, no one on the ride got a flat. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:28:16 to 00:28:30 And that's just really comfortable. Like in a ride like that where it's. It can be pretty challenging, both from a elevation perspective, but also just a terrain perspective, just getting bounced around a bit. It was, if I felt pretty. Pretty good at the end, surprisingly. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:28:30 to 00:28:48 Yeah. I think for. I think for. For people who haven't done a ton of gravel riding, it was a confidence inspiring choice to set them up that way because you could go in as someone who's ridden on the road a ton and ride that gravel and not feel like the bike was all over the place. Yeah. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:28:48 to 00:29:06 Totally sketchy. I mean, it's Totally stable under you. Yeah, I witnessed some sketchy, sketchy stuff out there with people and not nothing to do with their bikes handling talents. It was just equipment choice. They like literally could not stay on their line because of their tires being. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:29:06 to 00:29:29 So much smaller and rim brakes on some of those things. The descents, I mean there's. We talk about the climbs but like even some of the descents were, you know, somewhat challenging to navigate, especially with a group. It really kind of opened up once you made the turn to the, the longer part of the event. The, the full fondo and then it kind of really opened up for us like where there was riders but not nearly. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:29:30 to 00:29:51 Yeah, yeah, a hundred percent. And I think it's a good, it's a good point. On the descending it definitely was. You could definitely see the people who had either just confidence warranted or unwarranted or the right bike for the situation. Yeah, because I was, you know, there were definitely stutter bumps from all the riders out there. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:29:51 to 00:30:11 So you definitely got into situations where you were, you were getting a lot of feedback from the trail. Yeah, it's amazing to have ridden some of those roads in the first couple of days. I think they actually go through and they grade it before the race. Like they try to kind of smooth it out a little bit. But after, you know, two races go through with all the cars and all the riders, the conditions have changed in one day pretty significantly. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:30:11 to 00:30:23 It was pretty interesting. Yeah. Yeah. In total there's 10 different gravel sectors in this event over the 140km. I think there's 50km of gravel riding. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:30:23 to 00:30:43 So it was a nice mix of. Felt like more in a good way. Yeah, for me, for me I was just like, I was way more comfortable on the. Not way more comfortable, but I was having way more fun. Yeah, I think you alluded to like after the, after the two, first two gravel sections I would just hit one and be like, okay, it's on. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:30:43 to 00:31:07 And I was having, I was just having a blast. And yeah, some of these climbs, I mean they were 15, 18% grade, both up and down and a lot of. Them are in the last 20k. Yeah, that's for sure. I remember one, one sector I was just kind of talking to myself and having fun because most everybody speaks Italian and I didn't. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:31:07 to 00:31:35 So I remember at one point a writer just closed the door on the left hand side to another rider and I, I sort of jokingly said, but fairly loud, I guess that door is closed. And it turned out the guy was from the UK and He was just dying laughing because I think he was having the same experience with me. Like, nothing I said really landed with anybody. So it's hard to kind of. You just sort of make noise to make yourself aware and obviously ride as safely as possible. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:31:35 to 00:31:55 Yeah, it was, it was a super, like, challenging experience, but it was like. I don't know if you felt the same as super rewarding, especially like getting through that last 20k and hitting, you know, the Toll Fe climb, getting up the Santa Catarina, like, those are. Those are steep climbs. I don't talk about that experience that you had coming up. A couple of those. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:31:55 to 00:32:19 Yeah, for sure. I mean, those were later in the day. And we're talking 10 kilometer long sectors at this point, which was cool because the earlier ones were shorter, you know, as I mentioned, like 4k, 5k. So to get on the longer ones and then some of the. You were just looking at these beautiful gravel roads going through the Tuscan hillsides. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:32:19 to 00:32:34 Yeah, it was super cool. And we, we sort of hadn't mentioned in the previous days we'd seen castles and old brick towns and, like, we definitely had this. It was, it was a beautiful ride. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Even when you're suffering, at least you got something to look at. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:32:35 to 00:32:45 That's pretty. Exactly. And I didn't know enough about the route. Like, I didn't agonize over it. Like, you know, I might have done unbound to try to figure out, like, how am I going to survive this thing? Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:32:45 to 00:33:06 It was kind of more by the seat of our pants. And that, that one long climb up. I think it's the Tofe pass where we met Gio in the van. Like, that was more than I had expected because it was like, just felt like a long gravel grind. And it was interesting just experiencing that and seeing the fans on the side of the road encouraging you. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:33:06 to 00:33:21 And then you, you kind of crest out on the ridge line back onto the pavement. Yeah. And the van's there and you're just. Like, oh, great, thank goodness, just where you're supposed to be. And you could look back watching everybody coming up the hill. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:33:21 to 00:33:33 And it was so funny. So you, you hadn't arrived yet. We had gotten separated for a bit, and an Irish rider comes up with two friends. And he. And he's like, hey, do you guys have any tape? Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:33:33 to 00:33:44 Oh, yeah, yeah. Maybe you were there. Gio's like, well, what do you need tape for? And he's like, my, my look pedal. The entire back end of the pedal has fallen off. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:33:44 to 00:33:54 So basically he's got Zero purchase. Yeah. And he's like, my friends are tired of pushing me up these hills. Do you have any tape? And Gio's like, don't be ridiculous. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:33:54 to 00:34:06 Like, tape's not gonna do anything. How about breaking away? Yeah. How about we give you a set of pedals, a set of cleats, you just return them. Back in Siena, we're all going to the same place. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:34:06 to 00:34:12 Yeah. Yeah. Such a nice gesture. The guy sat there, put his cleats on, then ended up finishing the race. That was cool. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:34:12 to 00:34:34 Or the ride. Yeah. That's super cool. Gio also mentioned that Quinn Simmons, the professional rider from Lidl Trek, he had flatted out of the race the day before. And it turns out he showed up at the Trek van because he was riding the Gran Fondo with his mom and dad, and he had yet another flat, and Geo gave him a tube to kick him down the road. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:34:35 to 00:34:51 Mobile bike shop. Yeah. Gotta love it. And that. Once we got on that ridgeline, it was awesome because we did have a substantial amount of road riding ahead of us for a while, which I'm sure I could speak for both of us was a bit of a relief to just be able to cruise. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:34:51 to 00:35:00 It was a lot of downhilling at that point. We got into some good groups, and we were just. Just kind of motoring and putting some kilometers under our belt. And you can start to see the city. So you. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:35:00 to 00:35:12 You got your sight line for your finish. Yeah, it's pretty cool. And then I think we were in good spirits. We rolled up with a couple of our. Our trip mates along the way, which was fun to kind of ride with those guys. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:35:12 to 00:35:17 Roll up. Patrick and Perry. Exactly. Good guys. Very strong. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:35:17 to 00:35:23 Yeah. Roll up to that van. And we're like. They're like, great. You know, great you guys are here. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:35:23 to 00:35:34 Let's get you situated. What do you need? Let's get you some more food, et cetera. And then it kind of dawned on, I think, both of us that we knew how much elevation we were needing to have done. I think It's. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:35:34 to 00:35:45 Was it 7,000ft over the course of the day? Yeah. And we hadn't yet hit 5.5,000ft of. Climbing, and there wasn't much longer to go. Yeah, I'm like, there's a. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:35:45 to 00:36:07 There's a big disconnect here. I got a big problem because it seems like we don't have a lot of mileage, and we've got a lot of vertical feet to cover. So that was a little bit of a heady moment, but it was nice to like, have sort of had a reset, get some food, get a little more warm clothes on if we needed it, and then head off on those last sectors. It's like, yeah. That's why I knew I could make it. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:36:07 to 00:36:15 I knew it was going to be hard, but I was like, okay, I'm just going to kind of strap in. Let's go. Yeah. Yeah, we had that. I think both of us misunderstood. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:36:16 to 00:36:41 We had asked about this steep climb we had ridden two days before and how far up it was, and I think they were thinking about the dirt sector, and we were talking about this vicious road, and it was right after the rest stop. Yeah, it's right after the rest stop. Like, oh, there it is. It's right here. And this was like the type of climb, even fresh, you sort of think about doing the paper boy weave back and forth on the course. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:36:41 to 00:36:50 When you. You can see it from a half mile away, you're like, oh, no. Is that where we're going? Yeah. And then a couple more tough gravel climbs after that point. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:36:50 to 00:36:55 Yeah. Then we got into. Really. Yeah, it was. It was. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:36:55 to 00:37:05 Yeah. And it's funny, I mean, that very much felt like, to me, like the. The end of a big gravel event. Where, you know, you're like almost single tracky. Like, when you get up to the ridge, there was kind of. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:37:05 to 00:37:24 Yeah. Switch back, little single track, kind of super cool. I got some good pictures of you and Perry coming up there, and. And then we kind of. We get into some small towns and starts feeling like we're getting close to Siena because we'd ridden back into Siena a few times, cruising, riding with Patrick and a few other guys. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:37:24 to 00:37:42 And then we hit the climb into Siena, and. Holy God. I mean, this thing is, I don't know, maybe 16, 17% at the end. You kind of climb up the pavement just to soften your legs up a little bit. You go through one of the gates of Siena, one of the. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:37:42 to 00:38:13 From the wall of Siena, and then you. These big cobbles, and you're riding up this chute that you just see probably a quarter mile up ahead of you, and there's fans on the side of the road, there's riders struggling to get up. And it's just this epic scene that you have seen now from watching the pro bike race. You'd seen the riders go up it. And I just remember feeling like just very part of the cycling community and cycling world in Siena at that moment. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:38:13 to 00:38:26 Yeah, it was fun. There are a lot of friends and family for tons of those riders out there. So they Were still cheering people on late in the day. So it kind of felt like you were like wrapping up your own personal strada bianchi race. A lot of people shouting at you to keep, keep pushing. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:38:26 to 00:38:41 It was really fun to kind of come into the city like that. I had a little bit of a break in my story because I kind of crusted that climb. And then we came to an intersection and there was riders going both ways. And I took a left and I'm. And then I. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:38:41 to 00:38:48 I'm riding and like, this doesn't feel right. And I. I asked some riders, I'm like, is this the way to the finish? And they're. They were. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:38:48 to 00:38:57 It was English as a second language. They're like, no, this is the pasta party. I didn't hear, Jesus. Oh, Jesus. I went the wrong way. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:38:57 to 00:39:17 So I turned around and then rolled around the corner. And then you roll into the piazza. You got this, you know, the big clock tower. You go across the same finish line as the pros that we watched before. Just super cool conclusion to an amazing day out there. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:39:18 to 00:39:25 And you get your metal, your finisher metal. Got my meter. Yeah, exactly. The 10 years of the Gran Fondo. Yeah, that was pretty. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:39:25 to 00:39:33 That was a pretty nicely designed metal. I didn't realize it was the 10th anniversary. That was pretty cool. Yeah, yeah, yeah. And then I think everybody. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:39:33 to 00:39:47 Everybody on the team finished. Yeah, on our crew, we had some doing the. The medium length one, some doing the long one, which we did. I think everybody, at minimum has some great stories to tell their friends when they went home. Yeah, it was. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:39:47 to 00:40:08 It was a big day, but it was definitely worth it. I think everybody. I think no one really said anything the night before, but I think a few people were a little bit nervous about it, but everybody was, like, super just stoked to arrive in the compo after the ride and just be like, that was amazing. Especially after watching the race the day before. Yeah, a hundred percent. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:40:08 to 00:40:19 Yeah. In hindsight, like, it was. It was a week that was packed with. Packed with things to do. There was a nice progression of the mileage. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:40:19 to 00:40:34 We didn't overcook my grits prior to the event, so I gave myself the best chance of having a good day out there. Yeah, it was hard and intimidating, which I loved. Right. But totally doable and. And certainly well supported along the way. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:40:34 to 00:40:49 Whether it was from the. The Gran Fondo organizers or Trek's additional support level. Like, it just felt like a great accomplishment and felt it couldn't be more satisfied with my trip to Italy. Yeah, I'm Glad to hear it. It was great to have you there. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:40:49 to 00:41:06 It was 30 years in the making, so, yeah, it wouldn't have been nearly as fun without you there, so. Exactly. Well, it was fun reminiscing a bit, as I'm sure we'll continue to do over the years. It's such a monumental trip we had. And thanks for coming on. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:41:06 to 00:41:42 Thanks for everything you guys do at Trek Travel, for sure. I think you're the third Trek travel person we've had over here. I've appreciated, as I've advocated to the audience, like, Trek's put a lot of energy into gravel tourism and gravel travel, and it's a great way to go see some of these communities you've read about. And particularly in the. For me, the European trips, just to experience the culture and have the guides with local knowledge has always been this, like, additional bit of je ne sais quoi about what that European experience is like. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:41:42 to 00:41:52 Yeah, there's a lot of great gravel over there. Yeah. Check us out, travel.com a good pitch. Lots of good trips in the States and in Europe, so. Yeah, exactly. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:41:52 to 00:42:03 And if you're interested in Strada Bianca, it is a trip that sells out. It's obviously in March every year. I think you can already sort of reserve a spot on Trek Travels website. It's getting close. Yeah. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:42:03 to 00:42:12 You can sort of put yourself on a wait list. Yeah. And there's still. I don't know if there's still room in the Holy Week trips to Flanders and Roubaix. Okay. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:42:12 to 00:42:19 That one goes fast. Like, we're pretty close to sold out for that one. You got to get in early. And same with the Tour. It's pretty well booked. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:42:19 to 00:42:42 Even the Tour de Familes, the Women's Tour de France, is nearly sold out for this year, which is really exciting. Amazing. And I can't wait for you to have some gravel race trips in the future as well. I think it would be a fun way of doing some of these events. People who aren't necessarily racing but want to go to somewhere like SBT or to Unbound or. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:42:42 to 00:42:53 I know you already have a trip to Bentonville, but it is kind of an interesting idea. I think you guys should play around with, connect the two. Yeah. Yeah. What would it be like to bring a group of people who just want to experience that. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:42:53 to 00:43:04 That area in a deeper way and have a little bit of extra support in some of these milestone gravel events? Yeah, for sure. I think Unbound would be an interesting one, for sure. Yeah. Cool. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:43:04 to 00:43:15 All right, well, I will let you go. Hopefully I even see you this weekend and we can do some riding and reminisce some more. Yeah. See you up in up in Marin. Sounds good. Rich Snodsmith (Guest) | 00:43:15 to 00:43:31 Take care, Craig. Good to see you. That's going to do it for this week's edition of the Gravel Ride Podcast. Big thanks to Rich for coming on the show. And a big thanks to Trek Travel for all the great gravel cycling experiences they offer around the world. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:43:31 to 00:44:13 Top notch organization that's dedicating a lot of time and energy into the gravel world. So if you're a fan of professional bike racing and want to have an experience like I did at Stradabianca, go check them out@trektravel.com obviously they've got the other spring classics and the Tour de France, both men and women, as options for you, but also a bunch of fantastic gravel trips to Bentonville, to Switzerland, to Vermont, to Girona, all over the world. So again, go hit them up@trektravel.com and let them know that the Gravel Ride podcast sent you. Until next time, here's to finding some dirt under your wheels. Craig Dalton (Host) | 00:44:27 to 00:44:27 SA.  

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