Wildcards A reminder too that teams outside of the World Tour rely on invitations to take part in the top events. The best ...

For Yates a lesson in patience, whether over the years or the duration of a grand tour. Sacked on the Finestre in 2018 by ...

The Route: 143km and 600m of vertical gain. A neutral parade across to the Vatican to meet and greet the new Pope. Then a ...

A final spin in Rome. Today feels like a footnote after yesterday’s Alpine conclusion but the sprinters have had few chances ...

A time trial stage in Tuscany. After Sunday’s stage shuffled the deck, this will reshape the GC for the week and beyond too. Beef, beef, beef: we’re in the land of the Bistecca alla Fiorentina, the ...

The scenic sterrato stage on the strade bianche to Siena. Plapp turns a corner: an anarchic stage with move after move. Mads Pedersen led a trio that dangled off the front for the best part of an hour ...

All to ride for. Isaac del Toro may not be the best climber in the race but he’s got a 43 second cushion on Richard Carapaz, as well as the strongest team, plus the hardest climb of the day comes over ...

No summit finish but as much climbing as the previous today, this could be for the breakaway at last. Juan day at a time: the early breakaway saw Paul Double take some mountains points and the move ...

One of only two summit finishes in this year’s race. Scivolata + volata: a crash and a sprint. Josh Tarling tried to get into the early breakaway but this was closed down, presumably out of precaution ...

The stage goes to Napoli, the fourth visit in as many years. Game, Set, Matera: a third stage win for Mads Pedersen. On paper the stage suited him, but UAE tried to put that paper in the shredder and ...

A stage almost designed for Mads Pedersen. Casco van Uden: a sprint stage so not much to watch on TV but the crowds came out, especially in towns. Some of them got to see Lidl-Trek’s hiccups, Mads ...

“A day for the sprinters”, code for saying tune in for the finale. That Was Albania: it wasn’t Yorkshire or Slovenia. Just taking a race to a new country isn’t sufficient to attract media attention ...