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Jacopo Guarnieri: How we rode the perfect Giro d'Italia
‘There have been three sprints so far and we’ve won four of them.’ Jacopo Guarnieri, Arnaud Demare's top lead-out rider, looks back on a dream Giro d'Italia for Groupama-FDJ
The Column: There's something (different) about Tao
Few expected Tao Geoghegan Hart to win the Giro d'Italia, but that it should come this year is the only part that should have been a surprise
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 21
Nick and Andy not only correctly called that yesterday's stage would come down to the GC contenders, but that the young man from East London...
Rouleur predicts.... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 20
"It just goes to show, you need bike racers to have a bike race." The UCI and Giro race director Mauro Vegni might not have liked...
Rouleur predicts.... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 19
What a day that was, eh? Who'd have thought the Stelvio would liven things up? *looks to camera* It was a stage that not only provided...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 18
Who thought Ben O'Connor could go long twice in a row? Not us, that's for sure. The Cycling Mole came close with his pick of Ilnur Zakarin, but...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 17
Roglic's win in Spain and Tratnik's triumph at the Giro was the first time two Slovenian riders had won Grand Tour stages on the same day...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 16
Have we all had a good rest? Then we'll begin. Tay-o, Tayyyyyy-o. Although Hackney's Geoghegan Hart won the final stage before the final week, none...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 14
The Giro's second race of truth takes us to within a week of completing our second Grand Tour of 2020. We may yet not make it,...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 13
Flat, flat, flat, little lump, littler lump, flat. All in for Sagan? Almost...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 12
No duplicate picks today as the herd separates on a much harder day to call. Another breakaway day fancied, so it's Masnada, Ulissi, Matt Holmes...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 11
As we head over (what is hopefully) the halfway hump, a new player has entered the arena...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 10
Portugal are having a good Giro, wouldn't you say? A week in the maglia rosa and a stage win on Sunday for Ruben Guerreiro. Team...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 9
The only way was Essex on Stage 8, as Alex Dowsett gave his all to take his first win on the road since 2011. Who will rise to the...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 7
Who's got that Friday feeling? Three Italians versus one Frenchman go into the mix for today's picks
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia, Stage 4
If in doubt, Sunweb? While the Rouleur team herd towards the thoroughbred sprinters, The Cycling Mole has his eye on another shiny stallion...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 3
Close but no cigar yesterday, as Miles and Cycling Mole's pick of Peter Sagan was pipped to the post and his first Giro stage win...
Rouleur predicts... Giro d'Italia 2020, Stage 1
What's the only thing better than an uphill time trial? A downhill one. Can we predict the Giro as well as we did Le Tour?...
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