Giro d'Italia

'It’s always better to defend than to attack,' says 2019 winner but with a final time trial to come attacks are on the menu.

Ciccone keeps the Trek-Segafredo celebrations rolling with Alpine victory as Carapaz and the GC contenders recover from red-hot Turin stage.

The American says he will still have some freedom to go in breaks despite Vincenzo Nibali's climb up the GC standings.

Alejandro Valverde loses almost eight minutes on GC rivals after suffering a puncture on the Superga descent.

Dutchman crumbles out of grand tour comeback empty handed and empty legged after stage 14 abandon.

Bora-Hansgrohe took the peloton by surprise on stage 14, scattering the GC top 10 and propelling Jai Hindley into second place.

Not even a stage win on the hardest day yet can alleviate the pain of another GC loss for the Englishman.

Bora-Hansgrohe went on the offensive very early in the race, but it was Simon Yates who raised his arms in celebration on stage 14.

Bahrain Victorious rider loses over 30 seconds to his main GC rivals and now sits 59 seconds off the race lead.

The CT podcast team breaks down a big week at the Giro d'Italia.

Stage 15 to Cogne is not the most difficult mountain stage of the race, but it will be a tough test after the dramatic Turin stage.

He may be out of the GC contest, but Simon Yates now has two stage wins in the bag and will be chasing success in the final week.

Tom Dumoulin's name was added to the list of abandons during stage 14.

The team pulled the race apart with more than 80k to go and delivered Jai Hindley into second place overall.

Three years on from breakout Giro victory, Carapaz is back in pink, but the Ecuadorian admits that he was surprised by the strength of rivals.

Catch up on a day that saw Richard Carapaz take the maglia rosa and the general classification reshaped.

The BikeExchange rider says that he had been contemplating leaving the Giro d'Italia as he struggled with knee injury.

Richard Carapaz moves into the maglia rosa but Jai Hindley is just seven seconds back as the overall standings massively shift.

Yates goes solo to reverse his bruising defeat on Blockhaus as Richard Carapaz seizes control of the pink jersey.

BikeExchange-Jayco overall challenge may have faded after Simon Yates’ setbacks, but Craddock believes the team can still enjoy success in final week.

'Tom had been struggling with his physical condition for several days' states team as Dutchman abandons early in stage 14.

'Giacomo has not been feeling 100 percent in the second week of the race and has lacked his normal level of power' says Israel-Premier Tech.

Italian stalwart brings wealth of experience but old-school approach to nutrition and tech in push for career-topping Giro result: 'He's not the most up-to-date.'

Arnaud Démare’s Groupama-FDJ lead-out train offers their perspective on one of the most thrilling finishes of the Giro so far.

Hot and humid weather set to make for a tough stage that could see some GC contenders lose time.

The first grand tour of the season has a way of serving up unpredictable racing with an ever evolving bag of tricks.

New incentives in professional cycling mean more interesting racing, and a thus-far unpredictable Giro d'Italia.

The Frenchman tightens his grip on the maglia ciclamino.

The Frenchman fell ill on stage 12 and his condition worsened overnight.

UAE Team Emirates leader says there’s been little chance for the GC favorites to test each other yet, but believes he’ll be ready for this weekend’s more testing stages.

BikeExchange sport director Matt White says that Yates' knee injury is 'manageable but not ideal.'

The Frenchman took his third stage victory of the race after the break was caught in a dramatic last-gasp effort.

Giro di Hoody: The French climber seemed poised for more in this Giro d'Italia, and the race will miss his elegant, attacking style in the final week.

Quick-Step sprinter states he would like to stay with his Belgian team, confirms that he’d like to continue racing for at least another two years.

DSM captain forced to quit the race due to illness that had affected him for two days. 'We gave it a go, but it just wasn’t possible,' says Matt Winston

It was a real tug-of-war between the sprinters and the breakaway in the 2022 Giro's last chance for a mass gallop.

Bernal spotted training on the Giro d'Italia course as part of multi-angled rehab program.

Frenchman quits the race due to illness.

Mountain bike ace Zwiehoff turns full attention to career on the road: 'I'm a road cyclist now, not a mountain biker.'

The Dutchman made it into the breakaway on stage 12 but missed the race-winning split over the penultimate climb and finished fourth.

While some of the well-established names remain, Ineos invested heavily in young talent and is already seeing the benefit at the Giro d'Italia and beyond.

Two Italian victories in as many days.

Ben Swift helping his team leader to climb the standings through bonus seconds ahead of the Giro d'Italia's final week.

‘I’m genuinely sorry for the language I used,’ says Australian of stage 10 incident.

EF Education-EasyPost puncheur hopes to complete a set of grand tour stage wins after comeback from injury.

Bora-Hansgrohe rider climbed the classification after making stage 12 breakaway but says he's not 'good enough' in the long climbs to return to GC fight.

Ben Tulett is tipped as a future grand tour contender, but has come to his first three-week race with the aim of helping Carapaz and learning all he can.

EF Education-EasyPost climber is hoping to make up ground in the GC after losing time in the opening week.

López books in for another day in pink jersey after GC contenders enjoy day off ahead of mountain mayhem to come.

Belgian pocket-rocket trades time conquering climbs for Quick-Step with life working the family farm.

Giro di Hoody: 'Generation Pogačar' might be dominating the Tour de France, but this year's Giro is proving that experience and depth still count.

Merlier linked to move to Quick-Step in 2023 while out-of-contract Cavendish hunts options to prolong career.

The Australian speedster struggled in the sprints at the Giro d'Italia after crashing on day one.

The chances for the quick men are fast disappearing, and have literal mountains to climb before the next real opportunity in Treviso on stage 18.

The corks are gone.

Alberto Dainese overhauls some big names on stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia.

The 24-year-old continues his run in the pink jersey and hopes to hold it for a few more days at least.

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.

The Ineos Grenadiers rider, currently supporting Richard Carapaz at the Giro d'Italia, on his first few months as a French-registered rider.

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

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.

Highs and lows: minutes after winning his debut Grand Tour stage, the Eritrean star copped a race-ending cork in his eye. 

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

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.

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

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

About as sprinty as sprint stages get.

Biniam Girmay picks up his first grand tour stage win, and the first by a Black African rider, as Juan Pedro López retains the maglia rosa for another day.

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.

Biniam Girmay was injured when the cork from the stage winner's sparkling wine bottle hit him in the eye.

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.