'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.
Watch the 2025 Giro d’Italia live in the United States, Canada, and beyond on MAX, Eurosport, Discovery+ and more.
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.’
Can Ayuso become Spain's first men's grand tour winner since Alberto Contador in 2015? 'Juan is ready to win a grand tour.'
A massive bunch sprint is in the cards as the maglia rosa races home.
The iconic Finestre climb could play kingmaker in the race for pink.
5,000m climbing in just 166km? Ouch.
The GC racers will welcome a day off in this mostly-flat stage.
Here comes the Mortirolo, one of the toughest climbs in cycling.
There will be no allowance for rusty legs in this horror mountain stage.
Breakaway riders will be eyeing their chance in a long, draining day in the mountains.
The Giro hops over to Slovenia for a stage likely to finish in a sprint.
Expect a kicker final ramp to light some fireworks.
A tough hilly start will test the fastmen's resilience before a flat ride home.
Early break will try to fend off the GC stars in action-packed back-loaded stage.
Race resumes with a decisive test against the clock to shake up the pink jersey chase.
Dust, heat, and nerves will mark one of the top days of racing in the 2025 Giro d'Italia.
The grind of the Giro d'Italia will start to twist the screws on the peloton in this grinder across the backbone of Italy.
The first major Cat. 1 summit finale will see who has the legs to compete for pink.
It will be hard to deny the sprinters in the longest day of the 2025 corsa rosa.
Deep into the heart of Italy's 'boot,' this challenging profile could deliver a surprise.
Back in Italy for what could be the first real mass gallop for the peloton's fastest riders.
A lumpy farewell from Albania could deliver another early race surprise.
Early race against the clock will set preliminary pecking order for the GC.
Stage not too demanding, but finale will favor attacks.
Who gets the Giro d'Italia gold stars? We pick the pink jersey contenders for what could be the most wide-open grand tour of the year.
With the Giro starting next Friday, the entry list for the season’s first grand tour is deep and diverse.
From a Van Aert-friendly trip to Albania through a ride across the Holy City: Here's our favorite hype-worthy storylines for the 2025 Giro d'Italia.
Pidcock leaves the Ardennes empty-handed and will reload for the Giro d'Italia: 'Quite disappointed about that actually.'
Q36.5 and Tom Pidcock land Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España bids as UCI expands grand tour fields to 23 squads for 2025 to give teams and races more flexibility.
Red Bull captain schools Giro d'Italia rival Ayuso with brutal coup on Catalunya, but can he keep a leash on Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel at the Tour?
Lidl-Trek star celebrates Gent-Wevelgem to emerge as top threat for MVDP and Pogačar at Flanders and Roubaix: 'We believe we can win.'
Back-to-back wins at Paris-Nice has convinced Jorgenson that a grand tour could be in his future: ‘Now it’s time to set the bar higher.'
British star has had a glittering early season, psyched by his new team and by a possible Giro d’Italia wildcard slot.
Currently riding strongly in Tirreno-Adriatico, the Australian rider talks surgery, success, Roglič, and Red Bull.
Peloton VIPs push the accelerator on their road to monuments, Giro d'Italia, Tour de France next week at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico.
Egan Bernal was training on open roads less than a week after he fractured his clavicle at Clásica Jaén. Here's how pros are returning to the bike so fast.
Tadej Pogačar sets the early-season standard while the other 'Big 4' are left gasping: 'Still some work to do.'
Cycling legends, more pro athletes on bikes, and chaos in the early racing season in this week's social digest.
Possibility of Pogačar chasing a Tour de France-Vuelta a España double to be decided ‘in the coming weeks,’ still radio silence about Paris-Roubaix.
Kurt Bogaerts bullish on Pidcock and high-stakes road pivot: 'What he’s done so far is just the tip of the iceberg.'
What's Rogla really like? Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe teammates give a behind-the-scenes view of the five-time grand tour winner.
Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe’s Rolf Aldag explains why the Giro-Tour double strategy could give Primož Roglič his best chance at the yellow jersey.
Here's what you need to know about the most hotly-hyped men's debuts of 2025 as racing clicks up a sprocket in the UAE and Europe.
Egan Bernal claimed an emotional victory in the Colombian national time trial championship, his first win since a near-fatal crash in 2022.
Opinion: The 'super team' stanglehold on grand tour racing means only superdomestiques have a chance at breaking the Pogačar, Vingegaard, Evenepoel, Roglič lockout.
Tour de Hoody: The 'Big 4' have never faced off in a TTT in the 'super team' era at the Tour de France, who doesn't want to see that?
New Jayco AlUla leader O’Connor shows ambition tempered with modesty as his new adventure begins: 'My aim is to perform all year round.'
Simon Yates opens up about cycling’s carbohydrate revolution and its transformative impact on his career as he hits re-set in high-profile transfer to Visma-Lease a Bike.
What is 'One Cycling', and could it reshape professional cycling? We dive into the proposed overhaul to racing's economic model, its key backers, and whether it could become a reality by 2026.
Tour de Hoody: The stakes are high in the early season races, even if the prestige is not. Here are the hottest story lines and hype I'm most stoked about to open 2025.
Lidl-Trek's mountain man reluctantly heads to France to face the 'Big 4' in wild reversal of team priority versus personal ambition.
Van Aert maps out 2025 ambitions that include a Giro debut, a return to the Tour, and unfinished business in the monuments: 'That's what makes me hungry.'
With Tour de France off the table, Q36.5 hoping Pidcock's star power will deliver Giro d'Italia and Vuelta a España invites.
No Pogačar, no problem? Roglič expected to be the only one of the 'Big 4' to race this year's Giro, but that could be a good thing.
Climbers’ paradise for the 2025 Giro: Women’s Giro features 2 summit finales, men tackle Colle delle Finestre and Mortirolo.
Belgian star still has not trained on the bike since December crash and hopes for Ardennes return: 'It's been a tough period for me.'
Author Paul Maunder takes us for a winter escape to Italy, where, in his head at least, it is always summer.