The Giro d’Italia Contenders

Simon Yates, 2018 Giro d'Italia

Tom Dumoulin, Primož Roglič or Simon Yates? Start making the case for each rider and it can get convincing but there are questions to be answered in the coming weeks too. Dumoulin’s been quiet this season, Roglič is red hot but hasn’t shown he can cope with the pressure and Simon Yates, well he could lose time to them in the three TT stages? Then there’s Miguel Angel Lopez looking to continue Astana’s run this season, Vincenzo Nibali can spring a surprise, Mikel Landa and Richard Carapaz make a lively tandem and Team Ineos bring several strong riders suddenly given new opportunities. Best of all it’s all uncertain, your guess is as good as the next which makes for mouthwatering anticipation.

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Giro d’Italia Guide

Here’s a simple and accessible Giro d’Italia guide. There’s a concise preview of every stage below as well as explainers on the rules for the mountains and points competitions; TV guide and more.

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Roads to Ride: Torgon

The summit finish of the Tour de Romandie this Saturday, the climb to the ski village of Torgon isn’t a celebrity summit finish, it’s just a quiet climb and the chance to take look at the UCI, cycling’s governing body.

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Giro iCal

Here’s the Giro d’Italia for your diary with all stages listed along with a rating for their likely importance to the race or potential for action.

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The Moment Liège-Bastogne-Liège Was Won

Three faces, three grimaces but Jacob Fuglsang is almost cracking a smile and he’s just about to ride Michael Woods and Davide Formolo off his wheel to go solo for the win and for once Julian Alaphilippe isn’t going to threaten him.

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Liège-Bastogne-Liège Preview

La Doyenne gets a facelift with the oldest race on the calendar getting a new finish, gone is up the uphill finish in Ans and now there’s a flat finish in downtown Liège.

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The Moment The Amstel Gold Race Was Won

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A thrilling finish saw time and space shrink like a concertina, one moment Julian Alaphilippe and Jacob Fuglsang were going to sprint for the race, then Michał Kwiatkowski caught them in the final kilometre and seconds later they were all swamped by a chase group led by Mathieu van der Poel who kept going to win the sprint.

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Amstel Gold Race Preview

Beer, sunshine and big crowds for a bike race. The Amstel Gold Race a good formula even if it’s the young upstart of the spring classics in relative terms, having only begun in 1966. It marks the change from the flat classics to the hillier races and there’s a broad field with grand tour contenders tuning up for summer and cobbled classics specialists having a last hurrah. Here’s a race preview with the usual look at the course, contenders, TV times and more.

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The Cobbled Classics Revelations

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With the cobbles done and dusted for another year, a quick retrospective on some of the new names who emerged during the season.

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