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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage nine preview: The Corno alle Scale awaits
The Apennines provided the first summit finish of the race. Now they deliver another – and Corno alle Scale's savage final ramps will test the...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage eight results: Jhonatan Narváez punches his way to second stage win
The Ecuadorian champion broke away from Andreas Leknessund on the steep muri on the road to Fermo
‘It retains that very pure essence’: Matt Stephens on suffering, storytelling, and the soul of the Giro
The broadcaster and commentator speaks to Rouleur ahead of his fourteenth encounter with the Corsa Rosa
Jonas Vingegaard has a genuine rival at the Giro d'Italia in Felix Gall
Decathlon CMA CGM don't only have one GC star in Paul Seixas – Felix Gall showed on stage seven of the Giro d'Italia that he...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage eight preview: Muri of the Marche
A gentle start to stage eight belies what's coming – the steep ramps on the road to Fermo favour a punchy climber who can sprint...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage seven results: Jonas Vingegaard wins Blockhaus summit finish
The pre-race favourite won the stage, but Felix Gall was the surprise of the day, finishing only 13 seconds behind Vingegaard
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage seven preview: Blockhaus summit finish
The longest stage of this year's race ends on one of Italy's most fearsome summit finishes
‘I don't get why we need such a complicated finish’ – When will cycling start listening to its riders?
Can we just have normal sprint parcours, please?
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage six results: Davide Ballerini wins crash-marred sprint in Naples
Paul Magnier, Jonathan Milan and Dylan Groenewegen were unable to contest the winning sprint after a crash inside the final 200m
The longest day: five Grand Tour stages that became legend
The 2026 Giro d'Italia includes a near-250 kilometre-long stage, making the retro vibe strong in this year's corsa rosa. But are such long stages really...
Crashes, deviations and comebacks: Did anyone actually want to win bizarre Giro d'Italia stage 5?
A pantomimic voyage from Praia a Mara to Potenza made for stressful racing for Bahrain Victorious and UAE Team Emirates-XRG, but excellent viewing for everyone...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage six preview: A hat-trick for Magnier?
Many will welcome a flat day along the Amalfi coast after two brutal days in southern Italy
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage five results: Igor Arrieta wins despite crash and wrong turn
Igor Arrieta re-caught fellow breakaway rider, Afonso Eulálio, who had also crashed during the finale of the stage, in the final 100 metres to win
Wout Poels is guiding Unibet Rose Rockets through their first Grand Tour: 'We're not here to go from A to B'
The team of Dylan Groenewegen count five Grand Tour debutants, but just like their jersey design and their social media presence, the Rockets intend on...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage five preview: Breakaway beckons in the Basilicata region
The peloton tackles over two-hundred kilometres of rolling hills from Praia a Mare to Potenza, facing the biggest elevation gain yet in this year’s Giro...
Reduced but not weakened: UAE Team Emirates-XRG silence Giro d'Italia sceptics
Movistar will be smarting that they didn't pull off victory on stage four, but UAE Team Emirates-XRG played the best tactics at the right moment.
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage four results: Jhonatan Narvaez storms to victory in Cosenza
Giulio Ciccone moves into the pink jersey on a dramatic first day in Italy
'This is something amazing': Soudal Quick-Step are cycling's best sprint team once again
Two wins in two sprints for Paul Magnier. With Tim Merlier also returning to competition, no other team in the world can match Soudal Quick-Step's...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage four preview: breakaway vs versatile sprinters
The first stage in Italy serves up some lumpy parcours which will no doubt make for entertaining racing
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage three results: Paul Magnier takes a second stage win
The Frenchman makes it two stage wins in three days at the 2026 Giro d'Italia
La reina de la Vuelta: How Paula Blasi made history atop cycling’s toughest climb
For the young Spaniard who claimed overall victory atop the infamous Alto de l’Angliru, the sky really is the limit
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage three preview: Fastmen back in action
The final day in Bulgaria hands the star sprinters another opportunity with a false flat run-in to the capital
Jonas Vingegaard isn’t boring: Why the Dane’s aggression deserves more credit
Despite there being no time gaps between those who avoided the day’s big crash, the Giro d’Italia general classification lit up on stage two. But...
Over before it began: more riders crash out of Giro d'Italia, with UAE worst off
This is not what Bulgaria signed up for when they opted to bring the Giro d'Italia to their country. Instead of memories of riding through...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage two results: Guillermo Thomas Silva wins chaotic stage
The Uruguayan wins a crash-marred stage to Veliko Tarnovo / Велико Търново
Paul Magnier takes first Grand Tour stage victory – and cycling knows it's just the start
The Soudal Quick-Step rider avoided a late crash in the final kilometre to beat Tobias Lund Andresen in the closing metres, as well as pre-race...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage two preview: Puncheurs' paradise
With three classified climbs and an uphill finish, day two is a typically explosive Giro stage which promises a smorgasbord of options at the line:...
Giro d'Italia 2026 stage one results: Paul Magnier wins in Burgas
The 22-year-old Magnier claims the first pink jersey of this year's race
Raring daring Rockets: The vision behind cycling's modern success story
Unibet Rose Rockets, formerly Tour de Tietema, are blazing a trail in bike racing as a team which puts content creation at the forefront. From...
‘I hope my momentum snowballs into winning a stage’: Could Ethan Vernon be the Giro d’Italia’s new sprint star?
The 25-year-old fastman is optimistic ahead of this year's race, and rightly so. Vernon has been knocking on the door of the greats all season,...
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