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…
Clarity postponed | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia
Recap of Stages 1-9 Recap of Stages 10-15 Recap of Stages 16-21 Maybe it’s just an illusion derived from social media, but sometimes I feel like I’m adrift in a world of certainty. Everyone arguing…
ITV4 are not showing the 2022 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…
Egan Bernal fails to fade | a recap of Stages 17-21 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia
A whistle-stop tour of the 2021 Giro d’Italia contenders A recap of Stages 1-10 A recap of Stages 11-16 Photos of sportsfolk kissing trophies don’t ordinarily do it for me, but the one above amuses…
Egan Bernal o’er hill and gravel | a recap of Stages 11-16 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia
A whistle-stop tour of the 2021 Giro d’Italia contenders A recap of Stages 1-10 Yes, I know I said I’d recap the whole second half of the race last time around, but I changed my…
Egan Bernal’s back | a recap of Stages 1-10 of the 2021 Giro d’Italia
A whistle-stop tour of the 2021 Giro d’Italia contenders Egan Bernal’s back. As in ‘returned’. But also as in ‘his spine’ because we’ll need to talk about his scoliosis a bit too. Before that, let’s…
A whistle-stop tour of the 2021 Giro d’Italia contenders
Let’s take a look at the main contenders for this year’s Giro d’Italia. Let’s do it quickly, as if we’re a character in a film riffling through a filing cabinet in someone’s office when we…
A Tao KO in the final round | A recap of stages 10-21 of the 2020 Giro d’Italia
In my recap of the first week of this Giro d’Italia, I wrote that British interest ended after Stage 1. That turned out to be a bold and not very great prediction because turned out…
Back breaks, British breaks and bathos | A recap of stages 1-9 of the 2020 Giro d’Italia
The 2020 Giro d’Italia began with a much weaker field than usual, but two of Britain’s finest riders – Geraint Thomas and Simon Yates – all set for a serious tilt at victory. It doesn’t…
