Category: Giro d’Italia
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Tadej the Giro, tomorrow the Tour | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia
And surprises came there none – not unless you count Tadej Pogacar working his way up to the biggest winning margin in a Grand Tour this century as a surprise (which I’m sensing by this point you probably don’t). Start-stop Tuesday’s Stage 16 was positively awash with tension, excitement and intrigue, with more plot twists…
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Tadej is hard, tomorrow will be worse | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia
Well this is all getting a bit processional, isn’t it? Albeit a very rapid, phenomenally exhausting procession. The working week Tadej Pogacar hopped back onto his bike on Tuesday with a 2m40s advantage over second placed Daniel Martinez. When he knocked off on Friday afternoon, the gap was still 2m40s, so I’m not going to…
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Tadej, tomorrow and for the rest of the race? | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia
No plot twists so far. And going by the form of Tadej Pogacar, we may very well never get one. The opening weekend This year’s Giro kicked off with a hilly stage and followed that up with the first summit finish. This meant that by the time we hit the working week, Tadej Pogacar already…
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ITV4 are not showing the 2024 Giro d’Italia – here’s where you can see it
ITV4 will not be covering this year’s Giro d’Italia. The race is run by a different organisation from the Tour de France and many other major races and they don’t have the rights. That isn’t to say you can’t see it though. You still have options. Live TV coverage Eurosport do a great job of…
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Primoz Roglic finally gets round to winning | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia
Primoz Roglic famously lost the Tour de France in a mountain time trial. He was first overall at the bottom but only second by the top. This time he did the reverse, albeit with a gut-churning pause halfway up when he dropped his chain and came to a complete standstill. That stationary moment must have…
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Riders v weather | a recap of Stages 10-15 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia
A rapid descent on soaking roads with equally wet clothing in one degree temperatures anybody? No, I wouldn’t fancy it either. The case for the Giro to be considered the most gruelling of the three Grand Tours has a little to do with the terrain – which never truly eases – and a lot to…
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Geraint Thomas second-places himself into the lead | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia
When you plot the route for a three-week bike race, the ideal scenario on the first rest day is for one rider to be faster in the time trials, another rider to be faster in the mountains, and whichever one’s behind to have more opportunities coming up in the rest of the race. The 2023…
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Evenepoel, Roglic and a bunch of other people – a 2023 Giro d’Italia preview
Last year Jai Hindley became the first Australian winner of the Giro d’Italia. Cycling being cycling, he has rewarded the race by skipping it in favour of the Tour de France this year. So who does that leave us with? Remco Evenepoel The last time there was a three-week race, Belgian rider Remco Evenepoel won…
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Jai ho! | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia
Recap of Stages 1-9 Recap of Stages 10-15 To do a recap before we get into the recap, the middle week of the 2022 Giro d’Italia had seen five contenders become four after Romain Bardet vomited his way out of the race. They were Richard Carapaz in pink, Jai Hindley 7s behind him, Joao Almeida…