A shortened Stage 16 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia still served up some excitement. Julian Alaphilippe led for most of the stage but no one was stopping Pogacar in his domination of the race. He took his fifth stage win with what looked like little effort.
After a long time at the front with Mirco Maestri and then a solo breakaway with 12km to go, Julian Alaphilippe takes the win on Stage 12 of the 2024 Giro d’Italia.
The 2024 Giro d’Italia kicks off in less than a day, with the ‘girini’ rolling out from the extraordinary complex of the Reggia di Venaria Reale to start three weeks of battle for the maglia rosa.
Einer Augusto Rubio of the Movistar squad had the legs to make the final go above Crans Montana to win Stage 13 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia.
Remco Evenepoel, who just regained the Giro d’Italia’s maglia rosa in Stage 9 of the 2023 race, was forced to abandon the first Grand Tour of the season after a routine test taken ahead of the first rest day came back positive for Covid-19.
Stage 6 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia looked to come down to a two-man sprint between Simon Clarke and Alessandro De Marchi, who lead the race from early on, but a catch at 200m saw the race come down to a bunch sprint. Ultimately, it was a win for Mads Pedersen (TFS) in Napoli.
Kaden Groves of the Alpecin – Deuceninck team takes the sprint win on a rainy, crash-ridden day for Stage 5 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia. Maglia Rosa Andreas Leknessund finishes the day safely to hold onto his race lead.
Aurelien Paret-Peintre of the Ag2r team won Stage 4 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia, with DSM’s Andreas Leknessund taking over the Maglia Rosa from Remco Evenpoel.
Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) has won Stage 1 of the 2023 Giro d’Italia, the 19.6km long Costa dei Trabocchi Tudor ITT from Fossacesia Marina to Ortona
Alessandro Covi soloed from a breakaway group to win the Cima Coppi prize and Stage 20 of the 2022 Giro d’Italia. He made the break on top of the Pordoi before reaching the finish line of Passo Fedaia alone.