Giro d'Italia 2025

Visa problems and health issues have led to a spate of late roster changes ahead of Friday's start of the Giro d'Italia

Global Cycling Network takes a closer look at this year's Giro d'Italia, which gets under way May 9 in Belfast, Northern Ireland

Australian sprinter Chris Sutton replaces him on the roster for the race that kicks off Friday in Northern Ireland

Look back at 58 vivid images of the 2013 Giro d'Italia, shot and selected by BrakeThrough Media

Marcel Kittel leads the field of sprinters at the Giro, which kicks off May 9. Will he rule the mass gallops on the Italian roads?

Michele Scarponi will wear dossard No. 1 in the Giro d'Italia, which starts May 9 in Belfast

The snafu has already cost Colombia its slot in the Tour of Turkey, and now the Giro d'Italia may be in doubt

Movistar names short list from which it will choose to ride in the first grand tour of the season

Finish-line and intermediate time bonuses will be reduced in the 2014 edition of the Italian tour, likely making for tighter racing

Porte tells the Sydney Morning Herald that a stomach bug has complicated his plans to race for the maglia rosa

Irishman was the first native English speaker to win Italy's grand tour, the same year he won the Tour de France and road worlds

Brent Bookwalter tells our Andrew Hood that he is excited and motivated to support Cadel Evans at the 2014 Giro d'Italia

Race organizer RCS Sport unveiled the lineup of teams, including the four wildcard selections, that will compete at this year's race

UnitedHealthcare, MTN-Qhubeka among Pro Continental teams with shots at the season's first grand tour

The race organizer fired him this week over 13 million euros in missing funds

As 2013 draws to a close, photo director Brad Kaminski looks back at his favorite images from the Tour of Italy

The media relations director and the former CEO are also let go by the parent company, RCS Mediagroup

RCS Sport narrows down the list to eight; three spots remain for the 2014 race

After the Italian tour, he will return to his domestique role and assist Chris Froome in the Tour de France

Acquarone releases first statement after RCS MediaGroup's announcement of investigation over sports group's funds

Staff braces for possible change as Giro boss absent as 2014 route presented in Milan

RCS Sport raises the curtain on its 2014 grand tour

Details of the 2014 route leak ahead of Las Vegas stage announcement

Newspaper reports in Italy claim the race will also tackle the Panarotta climb for the first time

Constantly working behind the scenes at the Giro d'Italia are team chefs, who are tasked with keeping riders and staffers well fed every day

Racing isn't the only thing worthwhile at the Giro d'Italia and BrakeThrough Media captures the best of Italian cuisine along the corsa rosa

The 2013 Giro d'Italia culminated with an exciting stage 21 finish amid a sea of pink in Brescia

With a clean record and history of speaking out against doping, Vincenzo Nibali's Giro win welcomed after Di Luca's positive EPO test

Nibali passed several pitfalls to bring the maglia rosa to the final podium in Brescia's Piazza della Loggia

Nobody can beat the Manxman in a straight-up sprint for the moment, says sport director Brian Holm

The final gallery from the 2013 Giro d'Italia

Results from the 21st and final stage of the 2013 Giro d'Italia

Riders with chattering teeth, exposed skin turning mottled pink and white from the cold, finished in a maelstrom of fans, press and officials

Betancur takes over the white jersey while Uran moves ahead of Evans into second overall

Photos from the final mountain stage of the 2013 Giro d'Italia

Results from stage 20 of the 2013 Giro d'Italia

1998 race winner feels sorry for riders in the snow, but if he can remember a race, "it's all good"

Dutchman drops out of Giro, citing illness

Di Luca's positive sends the Giro into chaos, but teams and riders are paving a path forward that is hard for some aging pros to navigate

An out-of-competition test before the race detected the illegal blood booster

Bad weather on the re-routed course in the mountains forces race organizers to make the decision Friday morning

With an eye toward the Tour, Cadel Evans sees positive in his runner-up position at the Giro

From super-light wheels to taped-on elbow pads, teams were in search of custom answers to the Giro's tough climbing time trial

Giro organizers skip Gavia, Stelvio on Friday due to snow

1. Vincenzo NIBALI, Astana, in 44:29 2. Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at :58 3. Damiano CARUSO, Cannondale, at 1:20 4. Michele SCARPONI, Lampre-Merida, at 1:21 5. Rafal MAJKA, Saxo-Tinkoff, at 1:25

The Androni Giocattoli rider's bike is built up with a Campagnolo Super Record EPS group

Ramunas Navardauskas has taken the reins of the Garmin squad at the Giro since the departure of Ryder Hesjedal

Team soigneurs handle everything from filling bottles and preparing musette bags to giving daily massages and going grocery shopping

Dutchman lost valuable time in stage 14 but sits 10th entering Thursday's mountain time trial

Italian sat out three months for working with Michele Ferrari on what he claimed was training, not doping

1. Giovanni VISCONTI, Movistar, in 5:15:34 2. Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS, Garmin-Sharp, at :19 3. Luka MEZGEC, Argos-Shimano, at :19 4. Filippo POZZATO, Lampre-Merida, at :19 5. Danilo HONDO, RadioShack-Leopard, at :19

American team is hoping for big things to close out a mixed Giro that saw its defending champion abandon and a young domestique win a stage

Hard climbs, crashes, and poor weather have a lasting affect on the riders at the Giro d'Italia

As the road turns skyward, lighter wheels, compact cranks and giant cassettes are the norm at the Giro d'Italia

Cold and snow may force organizers to alter Friday's and Saturday's routes

Claudio Corti is hoping to deliver Colombia a second mountain stage win of the 2013 Giro on one of the two big remaining tests

Basque rider comes through at the Giro almost two years to the day since his friend, Xavier Tondo, died in his arms

Daniel Lloyd reviews the Giro's second week, the MTB World Cup Opener, and Amgen Tour and goes behind the scenes on rest day no. 2

Estonian grew up racing with Rein Taaramae and is finding his legs as a top domestique for Vincenzo Nibali at the Giro d'Italia

American steps away from the Giro after two weeks of suffering

A virus has swept through the peloton and race entourage at the Giro and the race's top doc and team staff talk about the illness

Frenchman could receive a two-year ban, but can avoid sanction if he can prove accidental ingestion

1. Benat INTXAUSTI ELORRIAGA, Movistar, in 5:52:48 2. Tanel KANGERT, Astana, at :00 3. Przemyslaw NIEMIEC, Lampre-Merida, at :00 4. Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS, Garmin-Sharp, at :14 5. Cadel EVANS, BMC Racing, at :14

Giro organizers are monitoring the weather in northern Italy as a weary peloton prepares to face more rain and snow over the race's final week

"The Shark" is ready to strike again when the road tilts up in northern Italy

Aussie won't speculate on Tour de France leadership after Tejay van Garderen's Amgen Tour of California victory

Photos from the Giro's assault on a snowy Col du Galibier

1. Giovanni VISCONTI, Movistar, in 4:40:48 2. Carlos Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :42 3. Przemyslaw NIEMIEC, Lampre-Merida, at :42

Italian attacked with Vincenzo Nibali on the finishing climb of stage 14, where Santambrogio was victorious

Astana rider's attack with 2km left in stage 14 allowed him to pad his GC advantage

Riders have a variety of gear options when it comes to racing in the rain

1. Mauro SANTAMBROGIO, Vini Fantini-Selle Italia, in 4:42:55 2. Vincenzo NIBALI, Astana, at :00 3. Carlos Alberto BETANCUR GOMEZ, Ag2r La Mondiale, at :09

Snow forced organizers to alter this weekend’s stages at the Giro. The GC will most likely be sorted out in the final week

Colombian climber's mountain-stage rig features a mix of component brands and will be underneath him for a weekend in the Alps

Global Cycling Network checks in with the teams and suppliers of the Giro to hear how they deal with poor weather conditions

Giro d'Italia leader hopes for the weekend's mountain stages to be unaffected, but doesn't want to risk snow at the Giro

Colombian steps into sole leadership role with British squad ahead of the weekend's Alpine tests

1. Mark CAVENDISH, Omega Pharma-Quick Step, in 6:09:55 2. Giacomo NIZZOLO, RadioShack-Leopard, at :00 3. Luka MEZGEC, Argos-Shimano, at :00 4. Brett LANCASTER, Orica-GreenEdge, at :00 5. Elia VIVIANI, Cannondale, at :00