2023 Giro Archives

Opinion: Is Remco Evenepoel as Good as He Thinks He Is?

June 5, 2023 at 4:37 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

Remco Evenepoel is in a pickle. The Giro d’Italia was supposed to be, as he said on Instagram, another “beautiful story” in his young racing career, as the Vuelta and World Championship Road Race had been last year. But Covid put an end to that…

Team EOLO KOMETA at Giro d’Italia – Rider Health

May 30, 2023 at 1:33 pm5 min reading

Health & Training

In this final part of the series, we interviewed the team’s physiotherapist, doctor, head coach, and chef to find out how they take care of their rider’s health.

Mark Cavendish’s Emotional Victory: ‘It’s beautiful, what a way to end my Giro d’Italia’

May 29, 2023 at 10:42 am3 min reading

Road cycling

Mark Cavendish has a glittering career decorated with 162 race victories but his most recent win on the final stage 21 of the Giro d’Italia in Rome is undoubtedly an extraordinary feather in his cap. This victory holds a special significance as it marks Cavendish’s…

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Rain, Covid and Redemption for Primož Roglič at the Giro

May 29, 2023 at 9:29 am4 min reading

Road cycling

This story about the 2023 Giro d’Italia was going to be about the rain, the crashes and the Covid cases of the first two weeks. It was going to highlight the many withdrawals from the race because of injury or illness (51 in total, including…

Team EOLO KOMETA at Giro d’Italia – Rider’s Point of View

May 23, 2023 at 1:35 pm5 min reading

Health & Training

In the next part of the series, we asked the riders on the team about their perspective. Every cyclist plays a different and essential role on the team. We talked to the team captain, the team’s General Classification (GC) contender, and a sprinter specialist.

Weather Causes More Disruption at Giro as Stage 13 is Shortened

May 19, 2023 at 3:47 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

The chaos on this year’s Giro d’Italia just won’t quit. The race has been badly disrupted by multiple cases of Covid and, especially, continuous rainfall that has caused many crashes and withdrawals. On Friday, as rain continued to lash the course, and much of Italy,…

Covid Strikes the 2023 Giro

May 17, 2023 at 10:53 am4 min reading

Road cycling

On May 5, the World Health Organization announced that Covid-19 was no longer a public health emergency of international concern. Less than ten days later, on May 14, the GC leader of the Giro d’Italia, Remco Evenepoel, of the Belgian team Soudal–Quick-Step announced that he…

Is the 2023 Giro d’Italia Cursed?

May 15, 2023 at 12:36 pm4 min reading

Road cycling

There may have been more disastrous Grand Tour weeks than the first week of the 2023 Giro d’Italia, but I cannot recall one. It was surely a fitting climax to the week’s series of calamities when race leader Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step) announced on Sunday, shortly…

Mads Pedersen Clinches Victory in Giro d’Italia Stage Six: “It’s what we came for“

May 12, 2023 at 6:33 am3 min reading

Road cycling

A triumphant win for Trek-Segafredo’s rider, marking victories in all three Grand Tours – Giro, Tour de France, and Vuelta a España

Team EOLO KOMETA at Giro d’Italia – Team Strategy

May 9, 2023 at 12:26 pm4 min reading

Health & Training

In this exclusive series, we talked to the leaders, staff and riders of the EOLO KOMETA Cycling Team about their participation in this year’s Giro d’Italia. The first article covers the team’s goals, strategy, and coaching.