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    Weather Causes More Disruption at Giro as Stage 13 is Shortened
    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,…

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    Covid Strikes the 2023 Giro
    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…

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    Is the 2023 Giro d’Italia Cursed?
    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…

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    The 1909 Giro d’Italia: How the Italian Grand Tour Was Born
    Road cycling

    The Giro d’Italia, one of the three Grand Tours of professional cycling, has captivated fans and challenged athletes since its inception in 1909. Organized by the Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, the first edition of the race was a grueling eight-stage competition that…

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    Expect a Tense Duel Between Roglič and Evenepoel in Giro d’Italia
    Road cycling

    It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that this year’s Giro d’Italia, which kicks off on May 6, will most likely be decided between Jumbo-Visma’s three-time Vuelta winner Primož Roglič and the world road race champion, Remco Evenepoel, of Lotto–Quick Step. They are head…

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    The 2023 Cycling Season Outlook by Matt Stephens
    Road cycling

    After the amazing season we’ve just had, with some of the most thrilling, unpredictable racing ever, 2023 has a lot to live up to. In fact, if 2023 were a person, I’d expect them to be feeling rather nervous right now, as 2022 has set…

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    Which Grand Tour Trophy Do You Like The Most?
    Road cycling

    Do you watch the Grand Tours? Who can say no to an epic racing battle and raccoon faces on muddy cobbled roads or dusty gravel sections? Or the images of the peloton buzzing along twisted roads that thread through quaint villages and beautiful rolling landscapes…

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