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RIP ITV Tour de France highlights
Okay, steel yourself to make the most of what’s left. 2025 will be the last year of ITV Tour de France highlights. A very great TV programme is about to go away for good and unfortunately there ain’t a damn thing you can do about it. In October it was announced that both live coverage…
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Simon Yates ain’t falling for that one again | a recap of Stages 16-21 of the 2025 Giro d’Italia
You can’t tell the story of Simon Yates’ 2025 Giro d’Italia win without first telling the story of Stage 19 of the 2018 Giro. That particular story began on Stage 6. On that day, scaling Mount Etna, Yates rode away from all the other favourites and took the race lead. Three days later, on another…
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Isaac del Toro rides towards the Colle delle Finestre | a cursory acknowledgement that Stages 10-15 of the 2025 Giro d’Italia did in fact take place
I began the Week 1 recap by applying a big asterisk to everything that had happened. That asterisk – the severity of the final week – still remains and given the first major mountain stage will most likely have finished by the time you read this (blame the bank holiday), it seems unwise to devote…
