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The crash that caused chaos: The Giro d'Italia has had an unexpected GC shake-up
On what was supposed to be a simple sprint finish, neither the fastmen nor many of the GC riders will be pleased with how the...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 15 preview: Up and over Monte Grappa
A stage stacked full of climbing may not be enough to draw out the GC contenders, thanks to the long plateau to the finish
Victory by a thousand paper cuts: Can Isaac del Toro's bonus seconds strategy lead to a Giro d'Italia win?
The Mexican has been the most impressive GC rider so far in this Giro, but will face his toughest test in the high mountains next...
A sprint like no other: Mads Pedersen’s power rewrites uphill cycling rules
Lidl-Trek have five wins at the 2025 Giro d’Italia after Pedersen’s win on stage 13 in Vicenza
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 14 preview: Last sprint chance before Rome
The Giro's penultimate chance for the sprinters awaits on a flat finish in the Slovenian city of Nova Gorica
‘Only he can do it’ - Is Wout van Aert the most valuable teammate in cycling?
Visma-Lease a Bike are getting into their stride at the Giro with their second stage win with Olav Kooij’s triumph in Viadana
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 13 preview: A steep and punchy finale
A testing finishing climb could draw out the GC contenders to claim vital seconds
‘Follow your instincts’ - Have the contenders been shown the blueprint to claim the Giro d’Italia?
Richard Carapaz launched an opportunistic move to claim stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia and climb up the GC
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 12 preview: A fast finish
An opportunity for the sprinters awaits on a flat run into Viadana
A tight GC and an intriguing parcours: the Giro d'Italia has been left perfectly poised
A rain-soaked time trial has done little to shed light on who will walk away with the maglia rosa in Rome
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 11 preview: A testing day in the Apennines
A difficult climbing day will pose a tricky physical and tactical test for the general classification contenders
Giro d’Italia state of play: Can UAE hold off the fight back from Red Bull?
Entering week two, the Giro d’Italia is perfectly poised for aggressive riders like Primož Roglič, Egan Bernal and Richard Carapaz to attack UAE’s youngsters, Juan...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage 10 preview: A race against the clock to the Leaning Tower
The second time trial of the Giro could be decisive for general classification contenders
More than a race: behind the Giro’s stage 10 time trial from Lucca to Pisa
Rouleur explores Lucca and Pisa, start and finish towns of the Tuscan time trial in the 2025 Giro d’Italia, to find that cycling, more than...
‘It had to be here’ - Wout van Aert's redemption arc is complete with the Giro's strade bianche stage
Team Visma-Lease a Bike enjoy best day of 2025 with Van Aert’s stage win and GC gains for Simon Yates
Ayuso or Del Toro: Who do UAE back for pink at the Giro?
With two riders sitting first and second on GC heading into the second rest day, will UAE Team Emirates-XRG have to make leadership decisions?
No more ‘Mr January’ - Perfection from Plapp at the Giro d’Italia
The Australian rider’s win on stage eight of the Giro d’Italia is a breakthrough moment in his career which has been rife with setbacks
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage nine preview: The gravel awaits
A Strade Bianche-style stage could be decisive for general classification contenders
Strade bianche pitfalls await: GC Teams brace for Giro’s gravel gauntlet
Rouleur takes a look at how the overall contenders' teams shape up heading into stage nine on Sunday
Strength, faith and resilience: Egan Bernal is back at the Giro d’Italia
The Colombian rider’s performance on the first summit finish has announced him as a serious general classification contender once more, three years on from the...
A tale of two tactics: The first summit finish of the Giro brings more questions than answers about pink jersey battle
Red Bull pace all day only for Primož Roglič to be out of position and lose time to Juan Ayuso
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage eight preview: An up and down day in Le Marche
A tricky Tirreno-Adriatico style stage offers an opportunity for a breakaway to take victory
Neutralisations, protests and lopsided lead-outs - It's bedlam at the Giro d'Italia
Inside the craziest day of the race so far on a rain-soaked stage six around Naples
How does the loss of Jai Hindley affect Primož Roglič's Giro d'Italia bid?
Red Bull rider crashes out of the Giro d’Italia on stage six
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage seven preview: The first summit finish
The first of two proper mountain top finishes in this Giro will be the first serious test of the general classification contenders
‘What a team I have around me’ – Trust, timing, and the art of the leadout
Mads Pedersen finishes off extraordinary domestique work by teammate Mathias Vacek to win stage five of the Giro d’Italia
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage six preview: A chance for the fast men
The stage into Napoli could present the last sprint opportunity for a whole week
Giro d’Italia 2025 contenders: who will win the 108th edition?
Rouleur takes a look at the contenders to win the Maglia Rosa in Italy this month
‘Everyone kept believing’ - Team Picnic-PostNL and the power of perseverance
Casper van Uden’s victory on stage four of the Giro d’Italia is a welcome result for the team who are fighting to avoid relegation and...
Giro d'Italia 2025 stage five preview: An explosive finale
A tricky uphill run to the line and the preceding climbs will make this stage difficult for the sprinters, favouring the more versatile riders with...
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