Wildcards A reminder too that teams outside of the World Tour rely on invitations to take part in the top events. The best ...

For Yates a lesson in patience, whether over the years or the duration of a grand tour. Sacked on the Finestre in 2018 by ...

The Route: 143km and 600m of vertical gain. A neutral parade across to the Vatican to meet and greet the new Pope. Then a ...

All to ride for. Isaac del Toro may not be the best climber in the race but he’s got a 43 second cushion on Richard Carapaz, as well as the strongest team, plus the hardest climb of the day comes over ...

A final spin in Rome. Today feels like a footnote after yesterday’s Alpine conclusion but the sprinters have had few chances ...

More Alps and the Mortirolo. Gran Bretonico: a humdinger of day, the Alps delivering. It didn’t start out so exciting, it was pouring at the start and several riders crashed out. Josh Tarling slid out ...

A good day for a breakaway, today’s stage leaves the Alps for a tour of Lombardia of sorts. Stage 17 review: a maxi fuga, a giant breakaway with 40 riders up the road at one point before it halved on ...

There’s still tomorrow’s stage to win the Giro but those with ambitions – read Richard Carapaz – won’t want to gamble on the last climb of race, better to deliver today and defend tomorrow. Diesel ...

The Giro goes into the Alps… but gently. This should be a day for the breakaway more than the overall contenders. Borderlines: the breakaway stayed away or at least Kasper Asgreen did, ditching his ...