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The GC favourites have been suspiciously quiet during the opening week of the Giro d'Italia. That changes today. A double ascent of the fearsome Blockhaus, including the tougher side of the climb on the grind to the finish, will inject some much-needed spice into the battle for pink on the race's first five-star stage.
Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal) looked like he had “given up” on winning more Grand Tour stages before his explosive renaissance at the Giro d’Italia on Stage 8, according to Dan Lloyd on The Breakaway. The Belgian returned to his breakaway throne with an outrageous win on Saturday, despite almost single-handedly keeping the leaders ahead of a chase group.
One spectator was so concerned about losing his KOM record on Strava when the Giro d’Italia rolled into town that he rocked up with a sign pleading with the peloton to leave it alone. The cheeky fan was pictured on the side of the road during the tear-up around Napoli on Saturday with a cardboard sign declaring: «Slow down, don’t take my KOM pls». Ad/> Unfortunately for him, race organisers decided to include the ascent to Lago Lucrino in Stage 8's mini circuit, meaning there were four opportunities for pro riders to dislodge him from the top of the Strava rankings.
Dutchman Koen Bouwman (Jumbo-Visma) was expertly supported by team-mate Tom Dumoulin as he won a fascinating four-way battle at the conclusion of Stage 7 of the Giro d’Italia. The 2017 Giro champion fell out of general classification contention on Etna on Tuesday but was a key component of the day’s break before teeing up Bouwman for the win. The pair celebrated with abandon after the race.
It may be downplayed as a ‘hilly’ stage in the road manual but make no mistake: Stage 7 will be brutal. The Giro d’Italia journeys from Diamante to Potenza via four categorised climbs, with nearly 4500m of elevation awaiting the peloton. It’s no wonder that Eurosport expert Adam Blythe has dubbed Friday’s stage as “one of the hardest” of this year’s race.
After flirting with Hungary and Sicily, we're finally on the Italian mainland as Stage 6 arrives on Thursday. While the final Sicilian stage was billed as 'flat' in the race manual, this outing is even flatter. There is a teasing Cat.
Stage 5 is billed as 'flat' in the race manual, but a quick glance at the route profile proves that is a loose definition of the word. A steady ride from Catania to Messina is punctuated by a Cat. 2 whopper up Portella Mandrazzi, with Juan Pedro Lopez (Trek-Segafredo) hoping for a serene first day in pink after wrestling the leader's jersey of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) on Mount Etna.
The 2022 Giro d'Italia heads to Sicily and the first mountain stage of the year and a race up the volcano of Mount Etna. After a day of rest — or day of travel from Hungary to Italy — the peloton returns to test the mettle of the climbers with a gruelling 30km uphill finish. Ad/> Mathieu van der Poel still leads the General Classification after victory on Stage 1 and second place in the Individual Time Trial of Stage 2.