Giro d’Italia

If the number of stories that a stage serves up provides an indication of a stage’s quality, the Giro’s 205-kilometre run between Citadella and Monte Zoncolan was very good indeed…

Jai Hindley’s rainjacket in 2020, Remco Evenepoel’s ear-piece in 2021. The moment in the penultimate sector of sterrato on the road to Montalcino…

Taco van der Horn and Tim Merlier’s first stage wins. Victor Lafay’s first win as a professional cyclist. Andrea de Marchi’s first time in the pink…

The problem with golden ages is that we don’t tend know we’ve been in one until it’s gone…

Until about a decade or so ago, I used to drive a press car in the convoy during major races — that is in among the team cars, TV motorbikes…

As the 104th Giro d’Italia rolls on, deeper into its first week, it does so without a French rider expected to contend for a top three finish…

Packed crowds lining the roadside, a far from straightforward final kilometre, a frantic and chaotic sprint finish: ah, I’m so glad that it’s Giro d’Italia time again…

Most of the talk in the last few days running up to the start of the Giro d’Italia has, naturally, focused on the battle for the maglia rosa…

We’ve had a short winter, in bike racing terms. It was October 25 2020 when the last Giro d’Italia closed with victory for Tao Geoghegan-Hart…

Another Grand Tour, another time trial showdown, another unexpected and youthful winner. It sounds as if there’s a pattern developing in the world…

So, congratulations then, Tao Geoghegan Hart. The first man to win the Giro d’Italia without wearing the maglia rosa on the road and…

And then there were two. We can be confident that this year’s Giro d’Italia, a race that has come alive in its final week, will be won by either…

A little over a week ago, the Education First team sent a letter to cycling’s governing body, the UCI, and to RCS, promoters of the Giro…

There are various ways of assessing the toughness of a massive Alpine climb like the Stelvio pass, but the race cape test is as good as any…

At last, a general classification shake-up in the Giro d’Italia. As was the case in the Tour de France, when the much-hyped debut of the Col de la…

I’ll start by stating where I believe we’ll be at the end: Tao Geoghegan-Hart will win the Giro d’Italia…

The word ‘positive’ has long held negative connotations in professional cycling. There was a time when even saying it out loud was like daring to…

Who doesn’t love a #FlashbackFriday? With memories of how they wreaked havoc on peloton on the Côte de Luzençon and…

Professional cycling has been skating on thin ice since its return in August. The metaphorical floe has grown more fragile week by week through…

Real life and racing may have dramatically collided once again at the Giro d’Italia on Tuesday, but at least the four hours, one minute…