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Praia a Mare > Potenza 203km The Giro organisers are usually good at finding a stage in the first week where the break can take the stage and pink jersey, and they’ve found another one here. I remember 2019 stage 6, Fausto Masnada took the stage win and Valerio Conti moved into the pink jersey,...

Catanzaro > Cosenza 139km The race has jumped down to the south of Italy, they now start the grind all the way up to the north. The organisers have tried to be kind to the riders, giving them a relatively short stage, hopefully no one is feeling sluggish after the rest day. Everyone will look...

Plovdiv > Sofia 175km Absolute chaos today, just about all the UAE riders crashed hard, Vine is out the race, and Yates is out the fight for the pink jersey. Jan Christen was able to shine but today was a disaster for the team. Guillermo Thomas Silva took a magnificent win, he now has the...

La Pola Llaviana/Pola de Laviana > L’Angliru 133km The final stage of the Vuelta and a trip up one of the most mythical climbs in cycling, L’Angliru. An absolute monster, one of the hardest climbs in the sport. 

Burgas > Veliko Tarnovo 221km After the fun of the opening sprint, the 2nd stage looks significantly harder. It’s one of those days which should end in a reduced sprint, but the size of the group is up for debate. 

Nessebar > Burgas 147km The 109th edition of the Giro kicks off in Bulgaria. Are you ready for 3 weeks of intense racing? As usual, everyone starts the opening stage full of hope and expectation, it can often be a crushing experience for some, but one rider will walk away with a pink jersey, a life...

Gijón/Xixón > Les Praeres. Nava 107km Goodbye sprinters, hello GC riders, the battle for red starts now.

León > Astorga 120km The easiest stage of the race. Lotte Kopecky got her win today in what was a well-judged chase by SD Worx. I bet most people thought they’d fucked it up, but you need to remember that gaps can disappear in women’s cycling, the 1 minute per 10km does not apply. Now...

The first grand tour of the season has arrived, there’s something lovely and comforting about grand tour racing. You know you can kick back and settle into 3 weeks of solid cycling watching, what’s not to love. This is the 109th Giro d’Italia, it’s going to kick off over in Bulgaria before heading back to Italy...

Monforte de Lemos > Antas de Ulla 115km I swear that the profile of each stage has looked the same! Kerbaol upset the sprinters today, flying off the front in the final 2km and taking a brilliant win. Kopecky was 2nd (again), I sense epic levels of frustration from her, but this is a good opportunity...