Juan Ayuso Ready to Trade Hype for Pink Jersey at Giro d’Italia
Can Ayuso become Spain's first men's grand tour winner since Alberto Contador in 2015? 'Juan is ready to win a grand tour.'
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.
The ever-optimistic Savio helped nurture and extend pro careers since the 1980s, and gave Egan Bernal his first pro contract.
Two road stages and a time trial will open the 108th edition of the 'corsa rosa.' The remainder of the season's first grand tour will be disclosed by next month.
From the Angliru and Bola del Mundo climbs, a start in Italy, and the likely return of Pogačar, what's not to love about La Vuelta 2025?
Canada's Gee continues on his extraordinary progression by targeting the podium at the 2025 Giro d'Italia: 'There is definitely a little more pressure.'
'We need to invest in the details': Roglič's crew leverages Red Bull's portfolio of performance experts in bid for 'super team' status.
Vuelta a España to make history next August with a first-ever race start in Italy. Early details are emerging.
Jonas Vingegaard confirms he's mulling a run at the Giro but only if it makes sense for July: 'The Tour de France is the biggest thing in cycling.'
With the Italian monument and the Spanish grand tour next on Pogačar's career 'to-do list,' the 'Hell of the North' looms as an inevitable target: 'I might have to gain some weight.'
Routes and profiles about next year's Giro and Vuelta are still under wraps, with the Italian grand tour's big reveal postponed until January. Where will the 'Big 4' face off?
If he gets another Tour snub, Belgian sprint king Merlier could be on the rider market when his current contract ends in 2025.
Evenepoel bullish on 2025 after key arrivals at Quick-Step: 'I want the feeling of winning a grand tour again.'
No risk of complacency for Slovenian star: ‘He has always been one of the best in motivating himself, finding new goals’
Tadej Pogačar hints at targeting all three of the Giro, Tour, and Vuelta in one season, but it won't be any time soon.
Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España: Here are the likely key grand tour showdowns for the ‘Big 4’ in 2025.
The physiological phenom shared his wild training stats and open nutrition philosophy with Peter Attia. We break down the key points and explore why they matter.
'He's a phenomenon,' says Roche, who details his own path to joining Merckx as the only riders to win Giro, Tour and world championships in the same season.
Pogačar has won every race he's started in 2024 except for 3rd Milano-Sanremo as his near-perfect season continues: 'I am eager to get back to it now.'
Opinion: The Vuelta a España was a wide-open thrill-ride in the absence of Pogačar and Vingegaard. But grand tour racing will be all the better when they're back.
Time running out for Thomas De Gendt and his final breakaway win at Vuelta a España: 'The legs have to cooperate too.'
UAE boss waves off historical milestones as Pogačar zeroes in on 'Triple Crown' marker: 'We don't race for that. We race to win.'
Could Giro d’Italia-Tour de France champion yet have a change of heart about Vuelta a España?
Pogačar reached behind his back with his hand to show 1-2-3, a sign of his third yellow jersey by age 25: 'This is the real Tadej.'
From crank lengths and interval selection to breakfast choices and frame bolts, Pogačar and UAE Emirates left no stone unturned in their pursuit of grand tour perfection.
How a kid from one of the world’s least developed nations conquered the Tour de France.
If Tadej Pogačar wins this race, he will join a small and elite group of riders in completing the Giro-Tour double. But if he goes on to win the world championship too, he would become only the third rider ever to do that.