Taco van der Hoorn

Crashes, protests, yellow cards, stage 6 of the Giro sunk into total chaos: Hindley's exit leaves Red Bull scrambling ahead of mountains.

Dutch rider finally back racing after lingering symptoms prevented training and racing.

From Girmay and Kristoff to Van der Hoorn and Hirt, Intermarché-Wanty is the team that took on the WorldTour giants and won.

Escape trio reeled in within meters of the line as race comes down to bunch sprint, with Caleb Ewan finishing second.

The Dutchman made headlines with his dramatic breakaway victory, but it almost never happened after he came close to retiring last year.

Shifting dynamics in the GC pack is leaving breakaways the room to move – and handing unlikely winners big opportunities.

From stage wins to leading the general classification, to riding through challenging weather, we recount some of the firsts at the Giro d'Italia.

Underdog victories reaffirm our love for cycling and make us believe that anything is possible.

Less than five months after he almost quit the sport, Taco van der Hoorn won a stage of the Giro