The Route: 143km and 600m of vertical gain. A neutral parade across to the Vatican to meet and greet the new Pope. Then a ...

A final spin in Rome. Today feels like a footnote after yesterday’s Alpine conclusion but the sprinters have had few chances ...

There’s still tomorrow’s stage to win the Giro but those with ambitions – read Richard Carapaz – won’t want to gamble on the last climb of race, better to deliver today and defend tomorrow. Diesel ...

A good day for a breakaway, today’s stage leaves the Alps for a tour of Lombardia of sorts. Stage 17 review: a maxi fuga, a giant breakaway with 40 riders up the road at one point before it halved on ...

More Alps and the Mortirolo. Gran Bretonico: a humdinger of day, the Alps delivering. It didn’t start out so exciting, it was pouring at the start and several riders crashed out. Josh Tarling slid out ...

The third week and the Giro starts today, not that we should dismiss all the sport of the past two weeks. But this is the first real mountain stage and a summit finish too. The Route: 203km and 4,900m ...