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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 15 preview: The pure sprinters’ dream

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 15 preview: The pure sprinters’ dream

The Corsa Rosa reaches the fashion capital of the world, with a flat run-in tailor-made for the fastest men in the race

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 14 results: Jonas Vingegaard scorches to third summit win

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 14 results: Jonas Vingegaard scorches to third summit win

The pre-race favourite moves into the pink jersey for the first time in his career

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Milan moves fast: between past and future

Milan moves fast: between past and future

For the 90th time, the city hosts a stage finish of the Giro d’Italia. Rouleur rides through Milan alongside television journalist Valeria Ciardiello, exploring memory,...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 14 preview: Italian Alps set the stage for GC raids

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 14 preview: Italian Alps set the stage for GC raids

Over 4000 metres of climbing squeezed into just 133 kilometres could well indicate who dons pink in Rome 

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XDS-Astana's Giro d'Italia hat-trick is a reminder that good times return

XDS-Astana's Giro d'Italia hat-trick is a reminder that good times return

Alberto Bettiol takes a 'home' victory at the Giro d'Italia, the latest success for XDS-Astana who have completely reversed their fortunes in the past year

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 13 results: vintage Alberto Bettiol attacks to win in Verbania

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 13 results: vintage Alberto Bettiol attacks to win in Verbania

The Italian wins XDS Astana's third stage of this Giro d'Italia

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The disappearing sprinter: Why the Grand Tour's fastest finishers are losing their race

The disappearing sprinter: Why the Grand Tour's fastest finishers are losing their race

Course design, all-rounders and a more competitive peloton have made the pure sprinter an endangered species at the Giro – and beyond

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Alliances, chases and late attacks: Giro d'Italia transition stage sparks into life

Alliances, chases and late attacks: Giro d'Italia transition stage sparks into life

Alec Segeart pulled off the victory he's been promising to deliver for a while, while Movistar and NSN aren't rewarded for their hard work. 

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 13 preview:  A complicated finish in Verbania summons late attacks

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 13 preview: A complicated finish in Verbania summons late attacks

Two category climbs inside the final twenty kilometres of a predominantly flat stage invite breakaway opportunities and late stage attackers to the table   

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 12 results: Alec Segaert lands scorching victory in Novi Liguri

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 12 results: Alec Segaert lands scorching victory in Novi Liguri

The Belgian launched a blistering late attack in Novi Liguri to take his first stage victory on his Giro d'Italia debut

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The legacy of a champion: inside the Alfredo Binda Museum

The legacy of a champion: inside the Alfredo Binda Museum

Alfredo Binda won the Giro d’Italia five times and claimed three world titles. Rouleur travelled to Cittiglio to visit the museum that preserves his memory....

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'Make your own game': Jhonatan Narváez is the man of the Giro d'Italia

'Make your own game': Jhonatan Narváez is the man of the Giro d'Italia

A hat-trick of stage wins for Jhonatan Narváez at this year's Giro d'Italia – and now he's closing in on the jersey almost always won...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 12 preview: Can the sprinters survive the climbs?

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 12 preview: Can the sprinters survive the climbs?

A flat, straight finale into Novi Ligure holds promise for the sprinters of the peloton – but with two category three climbs in their way,...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 11 results: Jhonatan Narváez completes hat-trick

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 11 results: Jhonatan Narváez completes hat-trick

Breakaway companion Enric Mas was unable to drop the Ecuadorian over the Ligurian hills on stage 11

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Giro d'Italia's longest time trial in a decade proves as consequential as hoped

Giro d'Italia's longest time trial in a decade proves as consequential as hoped

Jonas Vingegaard fails to put significant time into most of his GC rivals – and three even post better times than him. Netcompany-Ineos duo Filippo...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 11 preview: Into the Ligurian hills

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 11 preview: Into the Ligurian hills

A deceptively gentle opening to stage eleven gives way to a hilly Ligurian finale – the road to Chiavari suits a punchy breakaway specialist who...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 10 results: Filippo Ganna obliterates ITT

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 10 results: Filippo Ganna obliterates ITT

Afonso Eulálio holds onto the pink jersey as Jonas Vingegaard underperforms

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'A very, very good try': Lidl-Trek's Giro of near misses continues

'A very, very good try': Lidl-Trek's Giro of near misses continues

From Milan's frustrated sprints to Ciccone's dogged but foiled mountain bid, circumstance, rivals, and cruel fortune have conspired against the team that won six stages...

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Giulio Pellizzari can win the Giro d'Italia – but not yet, not this year

Giulio Pellizzari can win the Giro d'Italia – but not yet, not this year

The Giro d'Italia's second summit finish confirmed that the battle for pink will be between Jonas Vingegaard and Felix Gall – and also signalled the...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 10 preview: Individual time trial

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage 10 preview: Individual time trial

The Giro d’Italia blasts out of his second rest day with a 42km race against the clock from Viareggio to Massa

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage nine results: Jonas Vingegaard doubles up on second summit finish

Giro d'Italia 2026 stage nine results: Jonas Vingegaard doubles up on second summit finish

It's a second Apennine summit finish victory in three days for maglia rosa favourite

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Circumstances change, but not the result: UAE-Team Emirates-XRG subject Giro d'Italia peloton to latest lesson and defeat

Circumstances change, but not the result: UAE-Team Emirates-XRG subject Giro d'Italia peloton to latest lesson and defeat

Every other team in the Giro d'Italia, barring Lotto Intermarché, have a significant numerical advantage over Team Emirates-XRG. But the status quo remains exactly the...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage nine preview: The Corno alle Scale awaits

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...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage eight results: Jhonatan Narváez punches his way to second stage win

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

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‘It retains that very pure essence’: Matt Stephens on suffering, storytelling, and the soul of the Giro

‘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  

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Jonas Vingegaard has a genuine rival at the Giro d'Italia in Felix Gall

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...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage eight preview: Muri of the Marche

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...

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage seven results: Jonas Vingegaard wins Blockhaus summit finish

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

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Giro d'Italia 2026 stage seven preview: Blockhaus summit finish

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

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