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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…
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Isaac del Toro enjoys a dust-up | a recap of Stages 1-9 of the 2025 Giro d’Italia
The Giro d’Italia’s underway and someone’s leading it and that someone is Isaac del Toro. Will he still be leading it after they’ve spent 90% of the final week riding uphill? Probably not, but never say never. The first phase of this Giro is a peculiar thing when viewed as one part of the whole.…