Giro d'Italia 2025

American Tejay van Garderen is no longer in the hunt for the maglia rosa. So, BMC Racing recalibrate its Giro d'Italia goals.

Geraint Thomas has a strong showing in the Giro d'Italia's time trial, but he is still well behind in the overall due to Sunday's crash.

Time trials are always an essential element in grand tours, but will they play an outsized role in the 2017 Giro d'Italia?

Steven Kruijswijk commanded the 2016 Giro until an untimely crash, but this year he's struggling to find form in Italy.

Tom Dumoulin puts the Giro d'Italia's climbers on notice with a brilliant time trial victory in stage 10, taking the overall lead.

We talk to American Howes, Haga, Rosskopf, Stetina, and Dombrowski on the Giro d'Italia's second rest day.

The Giro d'Italia's first 10 days featured tricky stages on Sardinia and Sicily, plus two mountains: Etna and Blockhaus.

Nairo Quintana's Movistar team says that Tom Dumoulin is likely to take the pink jersey in the Giro's stage 10 time trial.

Nairo Quintana's rivals licking their chops over Giro d'Italia's stage 10 time trial, likely their best chance to take the pink jersey.

After Geraint Thomas and Mikel Landa lose time in the Giro d'Italia, Team Sky wants answers following stage 9 disaster.

An inopportune crash, everything on the line, and no one waits for the fallen; that’s the law of the jungle at the Giro d’Italia.

Chaos ensued on stage 9 at the Giro d'Italia and the gang at VeloNews 'roundtable' to discuss who's to blame and how it impacts the GC.

Disaster struck Team Sky as the peloton sped toward the base of the decisive Blockhaus climb in Sunday’s summit finale in stage 9 at Giro.

The Giro d'Italia is somewhat different this May with organizer RCS Sport putting all its weight to celebrating its 100th edition.

Will Team Sky try to make the Giro d’Italia so hard that Nairo Quintana will be worn out for July’s Tour de France?

A week in, and after a indecisive summit finish to Mount Etna and sprint stages, the stars predict a significant change starting Sunday.

BMC is playing it lean and mean in bid to keep Tejay van Garderen in the running at the Giro until the final decisive week in the Dolomites.

The Giro d'Italia's long stage 7 offered little in the way of racing action, but for a weary peloton, the respite was appreciated.

Team Sky cautiously confident in GC leader Geraint Thomas. It says his Giro d'Italia success hinges on strong time trial results.

The Italian will retire after this season and plans to work as an agent for pro cyclists starting next year.

After two of his teammates were kicked out of Giro for doping violations, Simone Andreetta gets some redemption in stage 6 breakaway.

Mike Woods comes close to a Giro d'Italia win with a fifth-place result in stage 6. The Canadian is on top form in his grand tour debut.

Tom Dumoulin has focused his Giro d'Italia ambitions squarely on the overall title. He knows the race's two time trials will be crucial.

Vincenzo Nibali admits that his relations with rival Nairo Quintana are frosty. He looks ahead to the next summit finish, Blockhaus in stage 9.

Giro d'Italia leader Bob Jungels and other riders complain that fans are endangering the racers by pushing too close to the roadway.

Nairo Quintana's strategy is to ride the Giro d'Italia conservatively so he can save energy for the Tour de France in July.

Vincenzo Nibali was welcomed to his hometown, Messina, Italy, in the Giro d'Italia's stage 5, but he was short one teammate.

Orica-Scott's strongman Svein Tuft celebrated his 40th birthday at the Giro d'Italia, but he's not showing his age at all.

The Giro d'Italia's first mountaintop finish was a dud. We explain why. Plus, an interview with Andrew Talansky about Tour of California.

Giro d'Italia organizers take a calculated risk by adding the tough Etna stage early in the 2017 route.

Bahrain-Merida rider Javier Moreno is kicked out of Giro d'Italia for apparently pushing Sky's Diego Rosa off the road.

Due to injuries from a crash Sunday, Australian Rohan Dennis pulls out of Giro d'Italia during stage 4 to the summit of Mount Etna in Sicily.

On the Giro d'Italia's first rest day, we catch up with Pete Stetina, Alex Howes, Chad Haga, Joey Rosskopf, and Joe Dombrowski.

Fernando Gaviria stands out from his fellow Colombian cyclists as a pure sprinter. He's enjoying his one day in the Giro's pink jersey.

Top Giro d'Italia favorites Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana are steeling themselves for the race's first mountaintop test, the Etna volcano.

After a rocky start to the 2017 season, American Joe Dombrowski is happy to be at the Giro. He'll target a stage win late in the race.

Life on the Giro d’Italia is not without extremes. For Trek-Segafredo, Saturday's post-stage shuttle to hotel showed how wacky it can be.

Fernando Gaviria (Quick Step) poured a bottle champagne over his head while BMC’s Rohan Dennis buried his face in a towel.

The Giro d'Italia turned 100 with a start in Sardinia and two stages in Sicily — a Herculean task according to race officials.

At nearly 11,000 feet, the towering volcano that is Mount Etna will be this year’s Giro’s first major test in stage 4.

Lukas Pöstlberger, a trained carpenter, may be the 100th Giro d'Italia's most unlikely pink jersey wearer.

No one tipped Lukas Pöstlberger to win the Giro d'Italia's stage 1. The young Austrian stunned the sprinters with a solo victory.

Tejay van Garderen gets through Giro stage 1 unscathed. His team says he's in top form for his debut at the Italian grand tour.

After retiring at the end of 2016, Ryder Hesjedal retired from pro cycling. The 2012 champion is back at the Giro d'Italia as a fan.

The Italian team's sport director Stefano Zanatta said it's possible the squad could be kicked out of the race before it reaches Milan.

The 2017 Giro d'Italia kicks off with a teams presentation on the island of Sardinia. Three days of racing take place in Sardinia.

Eight North Americans start the Giro d'Italia. Tejay van Garderen aims for overall success, but most will ride as helpers or stage-hunters.

Italians Stefano Pirazzi and Nicola Ruffoni will not start the Giro d'Italia Friday after failing out of competition anti-doping tests.

Thibaut Pinot is a popular rider among the Giro d'Italia contenders. With his good form and climbing talent, he is an outright favorite.

GCN+ is showing the race live and on-demand in North America for a subscription fee.

On the eve of the Giro, a check in with five Americans at the race: Pete Stetina, Alex Howes, Chad Haga, Joey Rosskopf, Joe Dombrowski.

Nairo Quintana enters the Giro d'Italia as an outright favorite to win. He says the climb of Mount Etna, early in the race will be important.

Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana will battle for the Giro's pink jersey. But don't count out the other contenders in this tough grand tour.

Vincenzo Nibali won the Giro d'Italia in 2013 and 2016. After a slow start to 2017, Italian fans are unsure if their star can claim another title.

This VeloNews podcast previews the Giro d'Italia, and includes an interview with Chris Cosentino. Listen in for our takes on Mount Etna!

The 2017 Giro includes 23 category 1 or 2 climbs, including the Mortirolo and Stelvio. Have a look at the big mountains by the numbers.

The Italian grand tour decides to scrap a classification that could have encouraged unnecessary risk taking on descents.

The Giro will take a rare trip to the island of Sardinia, where it will start the 100th edition of the race.

American Peter Stetina speaks out against the Giro's best descender prize, which has been drawing the ire of the peloton.

The season's first grand tour is always dramatic. Here's a fan's guide to the Giro d'Italia and a look back at Hesjedal's historic win.

Years after his death, and despite the many controversies that surrounded his career, Marco Pantani retains a mystical hold over Italy.

Andrew Hood sits down with Giro d'Italia race director Mauro Vegni about how each race course comes together.

The Giro d'Italia starts Friday. Our editors sound off on the route, underdogs who could stun the favorites, and which stages to watch.

Think the Giro d'Italia is all about climbing? Well this year, the riders who go fastest down those crazy mountains will get a special prize.

The Giro mirrors Italy and its embrace of the world. Here's the unique story of the 1924 winner, who was actually born in the U.S.

Caley Fretz spends the day in a team car at the Giro d'Italia and witnesses the spectacular dynamics of a successful breakaway move.

Welshman Geraint Thomas and Spain’s Mikel Landa will present a two-pronged challenge to Giro d’Italia GC for Team Sky.

BMC Racing has a two-pronged approach for the Giro. It relies on experienced GC rider Tejay van Garderen and TT ace Rohan Dennis.

There is no single path to reach the Giro d'Italia in top form. These five GC favorites have had very different spring race schedules.

We look back at the 2017 classics, pick an overall winner for the spring, and talk about Valverde. Plus: Hampsten explains his 1988 Giro win.

Philippe Gilbert has been released from a hospital following a kidney injury, but his Quick-Step team has ruled him out of the Giro d'Italia.

Italian Michele Scarponi shows some promising form ahead of the Giro with a win at Tour of the Alps.

Italian Fabio Aru will not start the 2017 Giro d'Italia due to a knee injury.

Is Tirreno-Adriatico, a one-week Italian stage race, a good predictor of Giro success? It depends, but it worked for Nibali in 2013.

Nairo Quintana knows the Giro-Tour double will be a supreme challenge but says he's often strongest in his second grand tour of the season.

Giro d'Italia organizers name four wildcard teams, but only Bardiani CSF and Wilier Triestina are chosen from the four Italian pro teams.

The four Italian Pro Continental teams hope they'll get the nod as Giro wildcards, now that Italy lacks a WorldTour squad.

Tejay van Garderen's BMC teammates and manager agree that the Giro will be an opportunity for the American to regain confidence.

The centenary Giro d'Italia is attracting a host of top riders, including defending champ Vincenzo Nibali, as well as Aru, Chaves, and Pinot.