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Anyone's race: Giro d'Italia Women GC is on a knife-edge ahead of crucial mountain tests

Anyone's race: Giro d'Italia Women GC is on a knife-edge ahead of crucial mountain tests

Just a handful of seconds separate the top five on GC going into the final three mountain stages

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Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Leadership at last for Niamh Fisher-Black?

Giro d'Italia Women 2024: Leadership at last for Niamh Fisher-Black?

Even without the presence of Demi Vollering, SD Worx-Protime look capable of dominating the Italian race

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Broken hearts and bad tactics - How other teams should have raced differently to beat SD Worx at Strade Bianche

Broken hearts and bad tactics - How other teams should have raced differently to beat SD Worx at Strade Bianche

Lotte Kopecky took an emphatic win in Siena despite saying she didn’t feel her best – and her rivals could have done more to stop her

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On the Giro d’Italia’s craziest day, Primož Roglič finally gets his fairytale

On the Giro d’Italia’s craziest day, Primož Roglič finally gets his fairytale

Three years after his Planche des Belles Filles heartbreak, the Jumbo-Visma rider achieves redemption

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On a knife-edge: the battle for the Giro d'Italia hangs in the balance

On a knife-edge: the battle for the Giro d'Italia hangs in the balance

It may have been a slow burner, but the race has set itself up perfectly for a final showdown on stage 20

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Too close to call: What can stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia tell us about Geraint Thomas and Primož Roglič’s form?

Too close to call: What can stage 19 of the Giro d'Italia tell us about Geraint Thomas and Primož Roglič’s form?

It was the GC battle we'd been waiting for in stage 19, but there is still very little indication of who has the upper hand...

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Perfectly poised: Giro d'Italia GC remains in the balance after Monte Bondone

Perfectly poised: Giro d'Italia GC remains in the balance after Monte Bondone

After two weeks of mitigating factors prevented a real GC onslaught, the fight for pink began in earnest for the GC contenders

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Giro d'Italia stage 15 preview - an up and down day in Lombardy

Giro d'Italia stage 15 preview - an up and down day in Lombardy

Will this be an opportunity for the GC contenders to attack?

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The Giro's race of survival continues before the mountains have even arrived

The Giro's race of survival continues before the mountains have even arrived

Illness, crashes, bad weather - there's a lot more than just rivals to battle against at the Giro right now

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A time trial win, but a slender margin: Is Remco Evenepoel starting to struggle at the Giro d’Italia?

A time trial win, but a slender margin: Is Remco Evenepoel starting to struggle at the Giro d’Italia?

He might have secured the stage win, but this was not the performance many expected to see from Remco Evenepoel at the Giro d’Italia. What...

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Ten telling minutes: the GC contenders make their first moves at the Giro d’Italia

Ten telling minutes: the GC contenders make their first moves at the Giro d’Italia

The tricky final climb of stage eight tempted the overall contenders into action for the first time

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Expect the unexpected: the one in a million breakaway that triumphed on Gran Sasso

Expect the unexpected: the one in a million breakaway that triumphed on Gran Sasso

Eolo-Kometa rider Davide Bais took a memorable first pro win

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The most boring stage ever? Why we are seeing cagey racing in the opening week of the 2023 Giro d'Italia

The most boring stage ever? Why we are seeing cagey racing in the opening week of the 2023 Giro d'Italia

 A back loaded route has caused a stalemate between the key GC contenders

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Giro d'Italia 2023 stage eight preview - a punchy circuit finish

Giro d'Italia 2023 stage eight preview - a punchy circuit finish

A long, punchy stage to Fossombrone could lend itself to the breakaway

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Class is permanent: the evergreen Michael Matthews

Class is permanent: the evergreen Michael Matthews

The Australian's sacrifice and fight to continue demonstrates an enduring class that's hard to acquire 

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To lose the jersey or keep the jersey? Why ceding a Grand Tour lead is not as simple as it seems

To lose the jersey or keep the jersey? Why ceding a Grand Tour lead is not as simple as it seems

Giro d'Italia leader Remco Evenepoel has been vocal of his intentions to relinquish the pink jersey on stage four, but will it be as easy as...

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