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UAE Team Emirates sprinter thought he got a repeat win in Reggio Emilia but admits that he couldn’t match Alberto Dainese’s stage-winning surge in the final meters.

The 24-year-old Italian says that he's still learning about his own capabilities after taking his first-ever grand tour stage win.

Matt Winston explains how Team DSM’s focus on consistency in the sprints was the key to Dainese’s breakout Giro victory.

Richard Carapaz snatches a mid-race time bonus to move into second place overall at 12 seconds back.

EF Education-EasyPost rider on the positives of compatriot Girmay’s Giro stage win rather than the disappointment of the bizarre way he departed the race.

The Italian still suffers from pain in his back after a driver hit him head-on during a training ride in 2019, but he's riding with the best at the Giro.

Mathieu van der Poel was also struck on the face with a cork after winning stage 1: ‘It's quite dangerous.’

Video and radar offer layers of safety measures for any rider.

Aussie sprinter hoping to redeem his uneven Giro d'Italia in Wednesday's long, flat stage that should deliver a bunch sprint.

From 2018 to 2022, Biniam Girmay's career has been one of firsts.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert vows to keep fighting despite losing history-maker Girmay to freak post-stage eye injury.

'When you touch the bottom you only have more ground to jump back up,' says Jacopo Guarnieri.

Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert officials confirm Girmay will not race as a precautionary move after cork strikes eye in post-stage celebration.

Pidcock won the last two XC World Cups.

Jai Hindley says Wilco Kelderman is 'super unfortunate' but the team is still targeting overall podium.

About as sprinty as sprint stages get.

Wilco Kelderman blamed disc brake induced spoke failure for his Giro GC demise. Could overheating disc brakes really break spokes or is this a heat of the moment reaction?

The Giro’s leading sprinters will have their sights set on victory in Reggio Emilia six days after Scalea matchup.

After coming close a number of times already this Italian Grand Tour, everything came together for Girmay to make history at the Giro.

Belgian team’s director Valerio Piva says the Eritrean’s victory is huge for him, for his team, for African cycling, and for the sport.

Team DSM’s French leader won’t be letting his guard down on the less challenging stages during the Giro’s second week as he bids to maintain his GC push.

Watch the chaotic, exciting, and history-making sprint finale.

Historic stage-winner missed a post-stage press conference after a cork struck his eye while celebrating on the podium, officials said.

Ineos Grenadiers tries to blow up the race and position Carapaz for the bonus seconds and a run at pink in hectic stage finish.

Van der Poel sat up before the line and gave Girmay the ‘thumbs-up’ sign.

A look at power numbers from Mathieu van der Poel, Thomas De Gendt, and Emmanuel Buchmann in the opening stages of the corsa rosa.

Examining the effects of crank length on saddle position, and changes to gearing.

The Trek-Segafredo rider follows a long tradition of surprise early leaders who go deep in a grand tour.

Follow the race's evolution in a way you can't with a simple results sheet.

Matt White confirms Simon Yates will continue in Giro and entire team will 'change the chip' to chase stage wins after GC ambitions are lost.

Bahrain-Victorious star shakes off crashes, mishaps to rise to the top at Blockhaus: 'I'd love to grab the pink jersey, and it would be a dream to have it, even if just for one day.'

Everything you wanted to know about servicing your hydraulic disc brakes the pro way.

Months after the collapse of a WorldTour team bearing its name, the wayward crypto company is in the headlines again.

Maybe a reduced sprint, but some late lumps could provide an opportunity ...

Want to do the fastest triathlon ever? Employ a team of British time triallists.

Fans shouldn't give up on this Giro just yet. There might be some boring moments, but the 2022 Giro isn't even half over. In fact, the fun hasn't even started yet. 

Australian takes VeloNews readers into the action, and his strategy, on the summit finish.

Users ask for pace partners to remain in Makuri Island world, and Zwift listens.

‘This just sucks,’ said the Dutch rider about losing massive time on the stage to Blockhaus.

'I was hoping to do the Giro d’Italia this season, but coming back from that disappointment I stayed on it' says Irish climber.

‘Kilometers in Fuga’ and ‘Traguardo Volante’ competitions give Drone Hopper opportunities for prizes in a peloton with far deeper purse-strings.

After a 2021 season to forget, Jai Hindley is back winning races at the highest level.

A series of sprint chances and transition stages will keep the suspense going into the final mountain stages.

'I didn't have the legs today' — UAE Team Emirates star keeps his podium hopes after suffering up Blockhaus climb.

Pressure washing a bike: yay or nay?

Aging war horses carry Italian pride into the second week of a Giro d'Italia that's so far without an Italian stage winner.

There were no big gains as the fight for pink began in earnest on stage 9, but there were a few enormous losses.

'Landismo' lives — anything is still possible in this Giro as Landa bounces back from crash.

Juan Pedro López retains pink, but the GC looks much clearer after a mountain battle on stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia.

Blockbuster stage on the Blockhaus on stage 9 of the Giro d'Italia.

Dan Martin watches the Giro d'Italia come to life on the summit finish of Blockhaus and takes VeloNews readers inside the mind of a racer.

Richie Porte and Ineos Grenadiers at center of bruising ascent on the Blockhaus.

Astana-Qazaqstan climber rides into another breakaway that was doomed by the GC teams: 'It's always the peloton that decides.'

Demi Vollering and SD Worx put on a show for the third day running to take another stage win and the overall victory in the Basque Country.

Hindley emerges from season lost to sicknesses and saddlesores to vault into GC contention in race where he first flashed his grand tour potential.

Ineos Grenadiers applied the pressure on the Blockhaus summit but Carapaz finds company from Landa and Bardet.

Simon Yates and Wilco Kelderman see their hopes fade after an epic day at the Giro d'Italia.

British climber dropped on the final climb, loses minutes to GC rivals.

Australian takes the stage win on a key GC day that sees Simon Yates drop out of contention.

British rider looking to move up ahead of second Giro d'Italia rest day.

Watch as the veteran Lotto-Soudal rider wins from the break to ease his team's woes at the Giro d'Italia.

Rising Dutch star learning from French foil in final season before shift to Ineos Grenadiers in 2023.

Time for the GC riders to shine.

There were a handful of different tactics fighting for dominance on stage 8 of the Giro d'Italia, but only one would win.

Thomas De Gendt and Lotto Soudal picked the right moment to stamp their authority on a fantastic stage in Naples.

A decade after winning out of a massive Giro breakaway, De Gendt proves he's still as wily as ever.

Eritrean ace goes toe-to-toe with Mathieu van der Poel to score a fifth top-5 in stunning grand tour debut.

The best Portuguese GC prospect in a generation is taking aim for the final podium, and says Sunday's Blockhaus is a key moment of the Giro.

The first decisive summit finish in the 2022 Giro d'Italia will tell everyone who has the legs to win the pink jersey.

Lawson Craddock says BikeExchange-Jayco morale high ahead of Blockhaus: 'We are in a really, really good place.'

Lotto-Soudal rider wins from four-rider sprint.

A story on how to insert yourself in a Grand Tour gruppetto.

Second-youngest rider in the race Ben Tulett entering 'unexplored territory' with key role in very first grand tour.

A Classics-like day that should provide some fascinating racing.

From what I’ve seen Yates, Bardet, Landa, and Carapaz are all going well. They all like to be aggressive, so stage 9 could be really explosive.

Koen Bouwman takes his first-ever grand tour stage victory in frenetic day of racing.

UAE Team Emirates is one of the few teams to bring both a sprinter and a GC candidate.

Longtime friends and training buddies pull off barnstorming breakaway victory three days after team GC ambitions collapsed on Etna summit.

Trek-Segafredo hits second in stage and defends pink in big ride ahead of decisive Blockhaus stage for Giulio Ciccone.