The tappone we’ve been waiting for, a huge amount of vertical gain in a short space, we’ll see if this is enough to reshape the top three overall and more. There’s always Monte Lussari tomorrow to settle things.
Giro d’Italia Stage 18 Preview
The first of two days in the Dolomites. If this was a music festival, today would see the band playing their new heartfelt acoustic tunes to an expectant audience who really want tomorrow’s Dolomite greatest hits, the stadium rock tracks like the Tre Cime di Lavaredo.
Giro d’Italia Stage 17 Preview
A trip out of the mountains to the sea. The profile screams a sprint stage but the mix of riders left could change all of this.
Giro d’Italia Stage 16 Preview
The Giro resumes after a rest day and we begin the backloaded final week with the first of three summit finishes.
Giro d’Italia Stage 15 Preview
As if it’s not been damp enough, an autumnal feel today with a course borrows, or rather copies the Tour of Lombardy, including the lively finish through Bergamo’s citadel… but there’s a good chance the sun’s out today.
Giro d’Italia Stage 13 Preview
Bonjour, the race starts in Piemonte but heads to Italy’s Aosta valley where French is a second language and then crosses into francophone Switzerland for two more climbs.
Giro d’Italia Stage 12 Preview
The Giro reaches the Alps but this is a day for the breakaway more than the first big showdown among the overall candidates.
Giro d’Italia Stage 11 Preview
What’s Italian for déjà vu? Another contest between the breakaway and the sprinters’ teams on a 200km+ stage with over 2000m+ of vertical gain… and it’ll rain again too. But if the stages have similarities, the racing keeps changing. All change tomorrow though with the start of the Alpine racing.
Giro d’Italia Stage 10 Preview
The Giro resumes with a stage of two halves, the first mountainous and on back roads, before the latter part on the plains as the race heads for a seaside finish in Viareggio.