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Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) has a special advantage over most of his rivals on the road – his mountain bike expertise. That’s the shared view of Eurosport’s lead mountain bike commentator Ric McLaughlin and cycling expert Dan Lloyd, who said that the British multi-discipline star is more likely to swerve danger on the bike because of his advanced skillset.
Ben Healy (EF Education–EasyPost) appeared to concede defeat in his mountain classification duel with Thibaut Pinot (Groupama–FDJ) on Stage 19 at the Giro d’Italia – only to drop another attack just moments after shaking his rival's hand. The Irishman began the day ranked second in the maglia azzurra standings on 164 points, 63 adrift of Frenchman Pinot.
A doozy in the Dolomites. Roughly 5400m of elevation and three peaks above 2000m promise to sap any remaining strength from our brave bunch.
There may be four stages remaining at the Giro d’Italia, including three big opportunities to gain time, but Jens Voigt has already written off Primoz Roglic’s hopes of winning the race. The Jumbo-Visma star started Thursday’s Stage 18 third in the general classification, 29 seconds behind leader Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). Ad Roglic was briefly favourite to win a maiden Giro after Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) withdrew due to Covid before Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) crashed out, but he wobbled in the mountains on Stage 16 as Joao Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) and Thomas put time into him.
The general classification battle at the Giro d'Italia is set to hot up on Stage 18, which features five categorised climbs. The stage is the first of three successive climbing days before a flat finale in Rome.
Will Mark Cavendish (Astana-Qazaqstan) chalk up his first win of the 2023 Giro d'Italia on Stage 17? The 38-year-old is riding the Giro for the last time after confirming he will retire at the end of the season. Ad Cavendish came close to victory on Stage 11 when he finished third, but will be looking to go better than that on Stage 17.
Calling all GC contenders – your time is now. After a rather drab fight for the maglia rosa at the Giro d'Italia so far, we can belatedly expect the big-hitters to spring into action at the start of the final week with over 5000m of vertical gain awaiting the peloton on Stage 16. Ad The riders have 64km to ease their legs back into proceedings, mostly along the western shore of Lake Garda, before the race heads uphill for the first, and definitely not the last, time.
For all the drama at this year’s wet and wild Giro d’Italia, the general classification battle has been unavoidably underwhelming. Pre-race favourite Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) pulled out due to Covid ahead of the first rest day, just hours after surging into the leader’s pink jersey, while Ineos’ hopes of a twin GC threat unravelled when 2020 champion Tao Geoghegan Hart abandoned with a fractured hip after a freak crash on Stage 11.