Cavenish wins in Rome after special guest lead-out
Mark Cavendish won the final Giro d'Italia sprint around Rome with "a little help from his friends." Like the Beatles song with Ringo on lead vocals, Cavendish had plenty of support from a former teammate, his old friend and fellow countryman Geraint Thomas. As the peloton strung out in sprint formation, Cav had a train of two riders, one his [...]
Roglic loses chain but wins Giro d’Italia
It seemed like an almost classic Primož Roglič moment. The oh no, not again kind. Halfway through the stage 20 time trial, momentum was finally on his side. He'd already clawed back 15 seconds of his 26 second deficit to Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). It appeared Roglic was on a fantastic day and would win the Giro d'Italia on this 18.6km [...]
Almeida takes stage, Thomas retakes Giro pink jersey
The diesel was faster than the sports car. 36 year old Geraint Thomas warmed up the big engine for the final attack on the final Monte Bondone climb. It's his birthday this week but by all appearances the diesel is still humming along just fine. Jumbo Visma tried to wear out Thomas and his Ineos Grenadiers but seemed to only succeed [...]
The Giro glow of Nico Denz
Nico Denz will forever have warm and sunny memories of this wet and foul 2023 Giro d'Italia. He won't really remember the constant rain almost every stage, the freezing temperatures, the slick, wet roads, the crashes and Covid cases. Over time all that will disappear from his recollections. Nope, Denz will smile, he'll lean back in his chair, and tell [...]
Pinot just misses stage win in final Giro d’Italia.
In his final Giro d'Italia, Thibaut Pinot hoped for one last victory in his favorite grand tour. The odds of accomplishing that goal looked extremely good when he and his two breakaway companions Alexander Cepeda (EF-Education Easypost) and Einer Rubio (Movistar) hit the final climb to Crans-Montana almost four minutes ahead of the peloton. Pinot is also a fan favorite [...]
A day of big losses and one win in Giro d’Italia.
Another day of loses at the Giro d'Italia. The Italian grand tour is just over the halfway mark but already there have been 16 abandons due to Covid 19. That's on top of a long list of Did Not Starts due to consistently miserable, wet and cold weather conditions. Riders push themselves to extremes in extreme conditions and naturally they're [...]