Giro d’Italia

Love the Giro d’Italia? Celebrate the history of the Maglia Rosa with these great Giro-related films

With the Giro coming to an end for the 105th time, we're taking a step back from the race to binge-watch these classic pre-Lycra era films from yesteryear, plus some more modern suggestions for afters

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Biniam Girmay out of Giro d’Italia with eye injury after bizarre podium prosecco incident

The 22-year-old Eritrean withdraws from the race a day after making history as the first black African rider to win a grand tour stage

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“They just collapsed because of the pressure”: Giro d’Italia hopeful blames disc brakes overheating for ending GC challenge

Wilco Kelderman said his 10-minute time loss began with two stops after breaking a spoke on a descent, something the Dutchman attributes to his disc brakes overheating

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Carlsberg don’t do train journeys, but if they did …

When you look out of the window, and the Giro d'Italia is going past

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“Maybe the easiest race I’ve ever done”: Pros enjoy relaxing Giro d’Italia stage six… but could you have kept up?

Yesterday’s 192-kilometre stage, won by Arnaud Démare, finished half an hour later than the race organisers’ slowest projected time

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CeramicSpeed debuts aero rear derailleur cage

For those who take their aero efficiency really, really seriously; Astana Qazaqstan riders used new component in the Giro d'Italia over the weekend

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“I’m just happy I could hold on for that long!”: Mark Cavendish WINS stage three of the Giro d’Italia

The Manx Missile won his 16th Giro stage on the race's final day in Hungary

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By a whisker! TT-invading cat drops Jumbo-Visma pro up Giro d’Italia climb

Edoardo Affini at least saw the funny side of the embarrassment: "Not difficult to climb faster than me!"

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Return of the 1,000w attack + sprinting uphill at 32mph — Mathieu van der Poel uploads Giro d’Italia stage win to Strava

Van der Poel averaged 528w for the final four minutes of the climb, peaking with a 949w 20-second sprint up the 5 per cent slopes...

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With the 105th edition of the Giro kicking off on 6th May, make sure you catch all the action with a GCN+ subscription

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