Giro d'Italia 2025

Two-time Giro d'Italia winner Ivan Basso withdrew from the race due to a perineal cyst.

Dutch squad says it is being cautious, but its Venezuelan climber did not use banned substances

"Alejet" won't be taking flight with Omega Pharma after the UCI denied his request to join the Belgian team

Daniel Lloyd looks ahead to the 130-kilometer first stage at the Giro d'Italia

The Kazakhstan squad says Bradley Wiggins, Michele Scarponi, and others will challenge for the title

Bradley Wiggins' top priority for 2013 is to win the Giro d'Italia after he won the Tour de France and an Olympic title last year

South American squad will attack in the mountains as it hunts for stage wins

Spanish outfit releases its nine-man roster for the year's first grand tour

Garmin-Sharp rider withdraws from the Tour de Romandie in what was a planned exit

Sky taps American all-rounder to support Wiggins' bid for pink

American rider was originally on Sky's tentative Giro roster, but both parties decided it was "too much, too soon"

BMC rider broke two ribs and his left collarbone in February. He returns to action next week

Garmin-Sharp rider will work for his team leaders at the Ardennes classics as he prepares for his first grand tour

Evans says he's not racing the Giro for training, but concedes that his main goal remains the Tour

Sky's 2012 Tour champion is taking focus away from his dominant time trial to sharpen himself for sharp accelerations in the mountains

Garmin-Sharp rider became the first Canadian grand tour champion when he won the 2012 Giro d'Italia

The Brit says he'd also like to have a serious go one day at Paris-Roubaix, which he ranks with the Tour and Giro as the best races in the world

Fourth-year pro hopes to earn a spot on the Giro d'Italia roster to help teammate Ryder Hesjedal defend his title

Giro director Michele Acquarone says he's confident his team can pull off an Ireland-to-Italy transfer in 2014 and may hold an opening TT

Michele Acquarone launches the Giro's 2014 Ireland start, and Sean Kelly, Darach McQuaid, and others comment on the move

After getting some racing kilometers in the Tour of Oman Wiggo' is off to Tenerife for training

Tour champ solidifies his plan to target the maglia rosa in 2013, sees no problems with Froome

Colombia dreams of a return to its glory days, when Luis Herrera won on L'Alpe d'Huez in the Tour

Italian tour will kick off in Northern Ireland

Katusha, NetApp, Novo Nordisk miss wildcard nod for Italy's grand tour

The 2013 Giro will feature time bonuses and two intermediate sprints per stage

Giro chief Michele Acquarone says he wants to make cycling more popular and profitable for all concerned

AFP takes a look at seven stages that could prove critical in the 2013 Giro d'Italia

Notes the 2012 champ: "To line up at the Giro with the No. 1 bib, only have so many chances in a lifetime to do that"

Organizers hope to lure Bradley Wiggins, who may find the 2013 Tour de France too mountainous for his tastes

Giro's King stage will take in the Telegraphe and Galibier in 2013

Naples will host the opening Giro d'Italia stage for the first time in 50 years

In an in-depth interview, Christian Vande Velde takes VeloNews behind the curtain of his roommate Ryder Hesjedal's ride into pink

We profile the Cervélo P5 that Ryder Hesjedal rode to overall victory in the 2012 Giro d'Italia

Bruyneel hoping to shock RadioShack into results; Cancellara has work to do; Zomegnan critical of 95th Giro; Reijnen recaps third-place national championships ride

Canadian riding high on post-Giro buzz

Images from the backstage preparations of the 2012 Giro d'Italia podium girls in Milan

BrakeThrough Media goes inside the podium celebration for Ryder Hesjedal at the Giro d'Italia

Images from stage 21 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia

Steve Bauer, Michael Barry and Sue Palmer-Komar celebrated Ryder Hesjedal's Giro win on Sunday

Giro organizers welcome an international flavor to the Italian tour, but not everyone is interested in diluting the domestic appeal

Canadian delivers in final time trial for first Canadian grand tour win

1. Marco PINOTTI, BMC Racing, in 33:06 2. Geraint THOMAS, Sky, at :39 3. Jesse SERGENT, RadioShack-Nissan, at :53 4. Alex RASMUSSEN, Garmin-Barracuda, at 1:00 5. Thomas DE GENDT, Vacansoleil-DCM, at 1:01

Overall leader scrapes shoulder, bangs hip on barrier during pre-ride in Milan

American follows lead motorcycle off-course in Milan time trial

Start times for the final-stage time trial at the 2012 Giro d'Italia

We visit the Velo archives for this interview with Andy Hampsten from the morning after his unbelievable ride over the Gavia in the 1988 Giro d'Italia

After a brutal day that ended higher than any Giro stage in history, is a 31-second advantage enough for Purito?

Team Vacansoleil wanted him to focus on the Tour, but De Gendt chose the Giro and it pays off with a huge win on the Stelvio

Gallery: 2012 Giro d'Italia stage 20 through the lens of Graham Watson

After almost 20,000 feet of climbing, Thomas De Gendt climbed onto the podium as winner of stage 20. Purito, Hesjedal still atop overall

1. Thomas DE GENDT, Vacansoleil-DCM in 6:54:41 2. Damiano CUNEGO, Lampre-ISD at 55 3. Mikel NIEVE ITURALDE, Euskaltel-Euskadi at 2:49 4. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Katusha at 3:22 5. Michele SCARPONI, Lampre-ISD at 3:33

Hunted became hunter Friday on the Pampeago, when Hesjedal did the attacking instead of his rivals to close in on pink

As Ryder Hesjedal closes in on the maglia rosa, his rivals know the only hope now is to attack tomorrow

Behind the scenes at stage 19 of the Giro, through the lens of Caley Fretz

1. Roman KREUZIGER, Astana in 6:18:03 2. Ryder HESJEDAL, Garmin-Barracuda +19 3. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Katusha +32

Hesjedal may have delivered knockout punch in stage 19 in quest for maglia rosa; Kreuziger bounces back to win stage

After a difficult day of cramping Wednesday on the Passo Giau, Scarponi says he's ready to play his cards this weekend

Garmin manager Jonathan Vaughters won't jinx Hesjedal with presence in Italy, yet; says Canadian has earned a Tour spot if he wants it

The Giro's stage 18 winner, Andrea Guardini has spent a lot of time at the back of the race caravan. Photojournalist Gregg Bleakney captures his moments at the rear

First-year director Charly Wegelius takes VeloNews inside one of the Garmin team cars on the day Ryder Hesjedal reclaimed the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia

Minor hamstring injury, Stelvio stand in way of Milan victory

1. Andrea GUARDINI, Farnese Vini-Selle Italia, in 3:00:52 2. Mark CAVENDISH, Sky, at s.t. 3. Roberto FERRARI, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela, at s.t.

Stage 17 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia, through the lens of Graham Watson

Martinelli has stiff words for his star after Kreuziger's Giro fell apart on Wednesday

Caley Fretz zooms in on Michele Scarponi's Wilier Zero.7

Joaquim Rodríguez held onto the pink jersey today, winning stage 17 in Cortina after a brutal day in the mountains

1. Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Katusha in 5:24:41 2. Ivan BASSO, Liquigas-Cannondale, at s.t. 3. Ryder HESJEDAL, Garmin-Barracuda, at s.t.

TrainingPeaks co-founder Dirk Friel reviews Bernhard Eisel's power data from the first 15 stages of the Giro d'Italia, including his three full lead-out efforts for Mark Cavendish

Christian Vande Velde doesn't know what to expect from Giro d'Italia leader Joaquim Rodríguez in the big mountains

Stage 16 of the 2012 Giro d'Italia, through the lens of Graham Watson

Confidence exudes from Giro big on the eve of the major battle

Movistar’s young GC hope rides this Giro with the memory of Xavi Tondo, who died in his arms one year ago Wednesday

1. Jon IZAGUIRRE INSAUSTI, Euskaltel-Euskadi in 4:02:00 2. Alessandro DE MARCHI, Androni Giocattoli-Venezuela +16 3. Stef CLEMENT, Rabobank +16

Highlights of the second week of the 2012 Giro d'Italia, through the lens of Jim Fryer at BrakeThrough Media

We recap the very best in our Giro d'Italia coverage from week two of the Italian grand tour

After forfeiting time - and the maglia rosa - to Ryder Hesjedal Saturday, Purito is back on top today after a viscous attack on final climb