The first of two time trial stages in the race and a crucial day to reshape the overall classification.
Giro Stage 6 Preview
The “strade bianche” gravel road stage even if there’s only a few kilometres of the dust roads. Today’s stage suits the breakaway.
Giro Stage 5 Preview
Day 3 of sprint finishes with a hill before, today’s variety is the climb is longer but it is further from the finish in the walled city of Lucca.
Giro Stage 4 Preview
A sprint stage with the finish in Andora, not that one, the one four metres above sea level on the Ligurian coast.
Giro Stage 3 Preview
The first of three consecutive sprint stages, each day has a climb towards the finish to derail sprint trains.
Giro Stage 1 Preview
Is the Giro going to be a cakewalk for Tadej Pogačar, a three week passeggiata? We’ll have to wait for Rome but today might tell us plenty about how he and his team want to race and what the others have in store too.
Giro d’Italia Preview
Who is going to win the Giro d’Italia? The answer today feels obvious, almost certain although plenty can happen in the next three weeks. The harder questions are how might Tadej Pogačar win and who else is going to finish on the podium?
Giro d’Italia Technical Guide
Here’s the Giro d’Italia guide. You’ll find all the stage profiles together on one page and summary of each stage.
There’s also all the rules in case you need to know time cuts and how the points and mountains competitions work.
As ever you can read this post but there is a permanent page all May at inrng.com/giro which can also be found via the menu at the top.
Tuesday Shorts
The Tour de Romandie has been and gone and first some notes from the race starting with the winner Carlos Rodriguez.