The second to Nonette can eject some sprinters, think of the Namur citadel in the GP Wallonie, minus the cobbles but a dash ...

For Yates a lesson in patience, whether over the years or the duration of a grand tour. Sacked on the Finestre in 2018 by ...

Wildcards A reminder too that teams outside of the World Tour rely on invitations to take part in the top events. The best ...

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 ...

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 ...

Roll up, roll up, the only grand tour of the year without Tadej Pogačar and there’s no Jonas Vingegaard nor Remco Evenepoel either. Primož Roglič back for more and Juan Ayuso as his main challenger ...

The hardest climb you’ve never heard of? The Giro d’Italia has included the Colle Fauniera sparingly and perhaps needs to go back at some point to correct this. For everyone else it’s open all summer ...

Tadej Pogačar is getting close to winning Milan-Sanremo but as many riders know and plenty have experienced – just ask Michael Matthews – close is one thing, victory quite another. For years an attack ...