Del Toro shocked the cycling world by nearly winning the 2025 Giro d’Italia. Velo uncovers the remarkable journey of Mexico’s new cycling star, from mountain biking in Baja to the pink jersey.
Decathlon-Ag2r rider De Bondt and EF Education-EastPost staffer under scrutiny after cross-team pull for Richard Carapaz on the Colle delle Finestre.
Inside the incredible power numbers from Simon Yates and Co. in one of the biggest GC reversals in the history of the Giro d'Italia.
Grand tour mastermind Brailsford is stepping away from soccer. Could he and retiring Thomas salvage the Ineos Sport empire with a new-look Grenadiers?
Humanity behind the racing. A meaningful year for many riders at the Giro d'Italia and Unbound Gravel.
Tour de Hoody: Simon Yates' raid elevates Visma-Lease a Bike into class of its own and saves the 2025 Giro d’Italia from itself.
What the heck happened Saturday on the Colle dell Finestre? Bobby J unpicks the historic raid and shocking standoff that decided the Giro d'Italia.
How the North Americans fared: Beyond the headlines of Isaac del Toro, Derek Gee and Brandon McNulty both hit GC career-bests in the Giro d’Italia.
Here are the stats that make some sense of a crazy, chaotic Giro d'Italia.
Yates celebrates a spectacular GC revival Sunday in Rome, Del Toro and Carapaz scrape for answers in the ashes of their own disappointment: 'I gave everything I had.'
Yates’ well documented collapse on the Finestre in 2018 was just the start of a string of Giro misfortunes.
A few favorites crashed or faded, and rising stars like Del Toro and Gee confirmed GC promise in a wild three weeks at the Giro d'Italia.
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Del Toro, Carapaz were left reeling after Yates and Visma-Lease a Bike unleashed a devastating tactical ambush on the Colle delle Finestre at the Giro d’Italia.
What the stars said: Top names try to make sense out of one of most gripping days in modern cycling history.
Del Toro slides to second overall at Giro d'Italia after Simon Yates forces rivals into high-stakes game of poker on the gravel of Colle delle Finestre.
Chris Harper wins final mountain stage as Yates utterly outwits and outperforms Del Toro and Carapaz.
Del Toro survives attritional stage across the Italian Alps to carry pink into the final mountain showdown in a Giro d'Italia still too close to call.
German powerhouse uses brain and brawn to deliver solo raid for Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe, no changes on GC as Del Toro and Co. cruise through transitional stage.
'I can't see out of my right eye': Spanish sensation and teammate of Del Toro abandons on stage 18 after bee sting compounds injuries from crash.
No Giro stage win so far, but a top-10 is within reach for Pidcock, and maybe a bigger grand tour future: 'GC is harder than anything else I’ve done.'
We dig into the incredible power file from Derek Gee in the Giro's queen stage: If it wasn’t for a disastrous start in Albania, the Canadian would be a half-minute to the 'maglia rosa.'
Isaac del Toro bounces back to win stage and tighten grip on pink jersey in well-timed surge after surviving the Mortirolo: 'I have nothing to lose.'
Shocking images capture Giro rider Alessio Martinelli being winched out of gorge after high-speed fall before being cleared of fractures or other serious injuries.
UAE's near-perfect Giro in danger of unraveling as Ayuso cracks and Carapaz closes in on Del Toro: 'I hope to have better legs tomorrow.'
Carapaz crashes, attacks, and claws back onto the virtual podium, now third at just 31 seconds off pink after the day's big GC fireworks in San Valentino.
XDS-Astana go 1-2 on brutal mountain stage, UAE teammates Del Toro and Ayuso lose time, top-3 on GC separated by only 31 seconds after stage 16 showdown.
Roglič climbs into team car after suffering latest in a series of crashes on Tuesday's rain-soaked mountain stage, will scramble for recovery for Tour de France.
Tour de Hoody: Why UAE Emirates-XRG needs this Giro d’Italia victory to prove it can dominate grand tours without Tadej Pogačar.
Pogačar enjoys an F1 weekend, Del Toro lives la dolce vita and a Giro fan's dreams come true.
Giro week three primer: Historically hard final week puts pink jersey in peril as Del Toro takes on climbing veterans across 20,000 meters of mountain ascent.
Slovenian star loses 1:30 to del Toro and drops to 10th, and Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe faces tough call ahead of final week: 'The team doctor will decide.'
Verona delivers Lidl-Trek's sixth stage win of this Giro as Roglič cedes more time with GC still wide open going into decisive final week.
VIDEO: Fans capture different angles of decisive crash at the Giro d'Italia that shakes up GC as Van Aert denies unfair advantage: 'We were here to win the stage.'
Italian GC hopes crumbled in Giro d'Italia stage 14 as Tiberi loses time, Caruso hit with yellow card, Ciccone crashes out: 'It hurts to leave the Giro like this.'
Asgreen stuns with solo win after surviving from early breakaway, Del Toro takes 1:20 lead in pink jersey fight after crash upends the top of classification.
Pink jersey Del Toro expands gap over teammate Ayuso with intermediate bonuses and a split at the finish line. Who can stop the Mercxian Mexican?
After a few misses, Dutch sprinter ace Olav Kooij blasts to victory after perfect leadout from Wout van Aert. Isaac del Toro widens lead with time bonuses in a relatively quiet day at the Giro d'Italia.
Isaac del Toro is showing a mix of composure, exuberance that could see him keep the pink jersey at the Giro d'Italia into the decisive final week: 'We'll see what the future holds.'
The 2019 pink jersey Carapaz pounced on the closing climb to surprise the GC favorites to win the stage and revive his overall ambitions: 'I saw people were suffering.'
Giro d'Italia takes new complexion as Del Toro suffers losses to pink jersey advantage, Roglič and Ayuso stamp authority, Lidl-Trek powerhouse Hoole storms to career-topping win.
News nuggets: Vingegaard not overawed by Pogačar's 2025 rampage: 'Just because you’re the best in the spring, doesn’t mean you’re going to be the best in the Tour de France.'
Tour de Hoody: This Giro won’t give us the fireworks-a-minute Pogi Show we’ve grown accustomed to, but it will deliver tension, suspense, tactics, a hard-fought race, and maybe even a surprise winner.
UAE’s ‘Three Musketeers’ strategy is paying off so far in the Giro d'Italia: 'We will race to keep the pink jersey on the team and win the Giro.'
Giro GC in the balance: Del Toro leads, UAE dominates, and Roglič reeling as Week 2 brings time trial and big climbs in crunch time for maglia rosa.
Siena an emotional setting for Wout van Aert as he lands first-ever Giro d’Italia stage to join exclusive club.
Isaac del Toro is the first Mexican to wear pink at the Giro. At just 21, the UAE rider is one of the brightest young stars in pro cycling.
'We will see in the end what it means': Roglič losses time in pink jersey quest after crashing in a chaotic gravel stage, slipping to 10th overall in drama on the white roads of Tuscany.
Huge day of racing sees GC chaos as Del Toro takes over pink jersey, Roglič and Pidcock cede time to Ayuso and others.
Ulissi grabs Maglia Rosa to end long Italian wait, Plapp puts in huge effort from day’s breakaway to secure biggest success.
Pedersen out of pink after bruising multi-mountain stage, Roglič holds slim GC advantage over UAE Emirates duo Ayuso and Del Toro in Giro's first classification shake up.
Crashes, protests, yellow cards, stage 6 of the Giro sunk into total chaos: Hindley's exit leaves Red Bull scrambling ahead of mountains.
Two brutal crashes at the Tour de Hongrie and the Giro d'Italia see nearly a dozen riders abandoning both races.
'This is not a joke. It’s not a rumor. It’s for real.' Reports suggest the Giro will go Down Under in 2027, and race officials aren't denying it.
Follow along with the latest news, updates, and results from stage 6 of the 2025 Giro.
'It was incredibly hard ... I had to suffer a lot': Pink jersey Pedersen goes 3-for-5 in Giro d'Italia stages, pads overall lead after flurry of accelerations in tricky, hilly finish.
XDS-Astana bridged a 5,000-point chasm to climb clear of UCI WorldTour relegation. The team reveals to Velo how it reinvented its performance program to make it happen.
All the latest updates, results, and breaking news from the year's first grand tour.
The multi-time Giro stage winner was hit by bad luck on opening day as other GC hopefuls remained upright but lost time.
An extra cog, revised shift levers, and weight cutting measures. It certainly seems a new Campagnolo grouspet is right around the corner.
Tour de Hoody: Roglič hits new milestone, Vollering reclaims GC throne, Pedersen sprints into record books, plus yellow cards, goats, and chaos in Albania.
Plus, Tobin Heath is a confirmed Zwiftie, and Matteo Jorgenson is coming in hot.
Belgian star Wout van Aert stymied after first three days of Giro d’Italia: ‘I didn’t want to push my body too far.’
Wondered what the 'Iuman' logo on the front of the Giro d'Italia pink jersey represents? A brand producing 'revolutionary' future-proof undies.
Pedersen and Lidl-Trek leave Albania flying high, Van Aert and Visma-Lease a Bike return to Italy searching for Giro salvation.
Lidl-Trek team controlled a dangerous breakaway on a hilly stage to set the Dane up for second win in three days to return to Italy with pink.
All the latest updates, breaking news and results from the year's first grand tour.
One competitor considered going home after tough Giro start; they and others vow to fight back.
2023 Giro winner Roglič hammers GC rivals in mainly flat race against the clock, runs Tarling close.
All the latest updates, breaking news and results from the year's first grand tour.
Gee, Arensman both lose time in explosive hilly finale of Giro d'Italia stage 1, Landa taken away in ambulance after horror crash.
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Tour de Hoody: How the Giro d'Italia could be the most exciting race of the season without Tadej Pogačar to obliterate the field.
Can Kooij confirm? Will Pedersen and Van Aert run riot? What of old dog Bennett? A range of rider characteristics and stage profiles leave things up in the air for the Giro’s sprinters.
'It can be interesting for the race without such a dominant rider': GC contenders forecast a wild and wide-open race in absence of peloton pulverizer Pogačar.
Under the name 'super_bock,' a cycling fan is lighting up social media with a string of hilarious and delirious AI-generated reels.
Van Aert reveals viral infection derailed two weeks of training and leaves him unsure of form: 'Pink has become more of a dream than reality.'
Del Toro, Gee, McNulty headline a 7-rider North American contingent chasing pink, stage wins, and glory at the Giro d'Italia.
Can Van Aert write a fairytale ending to his pothole-riddled path to the Giro? Spicy opening stage should throw WVA, Pidcock, Pedersen straight into a stage-hunting slugfest.
Roglič rides into Giro d'Italia with Pogačar as a reference and the pressure to paper over Bora-Bull's miserable spring: ‘He can totally turn around our season.’