38 m. ago Giro d’Italia LIVE: Brilliant Josh Tarling wins stage two time

The 21-year-old Welshman produced the performance of his young career so far while the maglia rosa changed hands

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8 h. ago Giro d’Italia stage two preview: Chance for GC contenders to make their mark in first of two time trials

Early chance for the GC contenders to lay down a marker in race against the clock

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23 h. ago Giro d’Italia: Pedersen wins but Landa crashes out on opening stage in Tirana

Danish rider holds off Van Aert in bunch sprint to lineMikel Landa abandons race after crash late in stageDenmark’s former world champion Mads Pedersen edged out Wout van Aert in a bunch sprint to win the opening stage of the Giro d’Italia in Tirana, but Mikel Landa was forced to abandon the race after a crash five kilometres from the finish.Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was positioned perfectly by his teammates for the climax in the Albanian capital and held off Belgium’s Van Aert to become the first rider this year – and the first Dane – to wear the overall leader’s pink jersey. Venezuela’s Orluis Aular (Movistar) was third across the line. Continue reading...

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24 h. ago Who is leading the Giro d’Italia? Maglia rosa and general classification standings

Mads Pedersen pulled on the maglia rosa for the first time with victory in Tirana, Albania

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24 h. ago Giro d’Italia LIVE: Mads Pedersen takes pink for first time with stage one win in Albania

Wout van Aert, Tom Pidcock and Mads Pedersen among the favourites on a hilly opening day to the year’s first Grand Tour

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30 h. ago Giro d’Italia LIVE: Stage one set for fierce fight to claim maglia rosa as race begins in Albania

Wout van Aert, Tom Pidcock and Mads Pedersen among the favourites on a hilly opening day to the year’s first Grand Tour

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33 h. ago Tom Pidcock reborn at Q36.5 and raring to unleash his talent on the Giro d’Italia

Pidcock’s bold move to leave Ineos Grenadiers now gives him the chance to be a team leader at a grand tour when the Giro d’Italia begins on Friday

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41 h. ago Giro d’Italia stage one preview: Tom Pidcock and Wout van Aert hunt win on 160km route to Tirana

Punchy riders with a fast finish look best placed to win Friday’s opening stage of the 2025 Giro and claim the famous pink jersey

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3 w. ago Van der Poel fends off Pogacar and bottle thrown at face to win Paris

Dutchman earns third straight win despite bottle attackDenmark’s Pedersen also suffers punctureMathieu van der Poel overcame a bottle thrown at his face, a puncture and a fierce challenge by the world champion, Tadej Pogacar, to claim his third straight victory in the Queen of the Classics.The debutant Pogacar, who was looking to become the first Tour de France winner to also prevail in the “Hell of the North” since Bernard Hinault in 1981, overcooked a turn and lost his balance on a cobbled section, leaving his rival clear one week after taming the Dutchman on the Tour of Flanders. Continue reading...

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