Dumoulin v Quintana, time trialist v climber | The Giro d’Italia final week wrap
The idea with these round-ups is that I focus only on those stages that affected the general classification. This policy hasn’t proven especially time-saving on this occasion, as the numerate among you will realise upon…
Has Tom Dumoulin monstered Nairo Quintana enough? | The Giro d’Italia rest day wrap
It’s been an eventful week. But what have those events been? Well I’ll tell you. Let’s take a look at the crucial recent moments in the battle to win this year’s Giro d’Italia. When I…
A Giro d’Italia rest day wrap – Quintana into the lead, Thomas stopped by the fuzz
I’ve had a baby. Well, you know, I contributed to the creation of a baby (Niamh) who this week exited her mother. I’m sure you’ll agree it’s still a pretty big deal though and a…
Fernando Gaviria makes the most of his team-mates’ gas-opening
Fernando Gaviria won stage three’s inevitable sprint finish – albeit he didn’t have many people to beat thanks to the WONDER OF CROSSWINDS. You may half-remember the Colombian as the guy who didn’t quite get…
Andre Greipel doesn’t even feel the need to hit peak pedal-mash
Greipel wins! Take that, pedals. The man they call The Gorilla (but who I call The Basking Shark on account of his gigantic mouth) didn’t even seem to need to hit full pedal-mashing fury to…
Lukas Postlberger inaugurates Quest’s free-to-air highlights show
Reading this sentence back, I’m seeing the name Lukas Postlberger for about the fifth time in my life. It’s safe to say that the winner of the first stage of the Giro d’Italia was something…
Riders to watch at the 2017 Giro d’Italia
The Giro d’Italia starts this week. Who are the contenders? In no particular order (largely because I wanted to separate the two pictures)… Nairo Quintana Going by who tends to get closest to Chris Froome…
Freeview Giro d’Italia highlights will be available on Quest
Good news everyone, while ITV4 aren’t showing the Giro d’Italia, you can still watch highlights without spending an arm and a leg on access to some cable TV channel or other. Freeview channel Quest will…
Giacomo Nizzolo can’t even win a stage of the Giro when he crosses the line first
Quite a neat trick, really. After nine second places and four third places, Giacomo Nizzolo finally crossed the line before everyone else in a stage of the Giro d’Italia. Shortly afterwards the race judges concluded…
Vincenzo Nibali’s horrific and shameful Giro d’Italia somehow ends in victory
After Vincenzo Nibali won stage 19, Esteban Chaves said: “It’s not easy to follow Nibali downhill. He’s crazy to do that, but I must be crazy too to follow him.” Descending is perhaps an underrated aspect…
