Giro d'Italia
Full coverage for all years of the Giro d'Italia
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Alberto Contador: Chris Froome does not intimidate me any moreAlberto Contador has thrown down the gauntlet to Chris Froome by insisting he is no longer intimidated by his great rival
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Alberto Contador to target Giro d’Italia and Tour de France victoriesThe Tinkoff-Saxo manager, Bjarne Riis, revealed Alberto Contador’s aim of winning both Giro and Tour in 2015
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Chris Froome suggests he may not participate in 2015 Tour de FranceTeam Sky rider says he ‘will have to give it some careful consideration’ as he hints he could prioritise the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España
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World’s top cyclists offered €1m to compete in all three Grand ToursChris Froome, Alberto Contador, Vincenzo Nibali and Nairo Quintana could chase a €1m prize if they compete in all three Grand Tours next season
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Gears, tears and breathtaking ascents: how I cycled the Dolomites and AlpsWith barely any training Peter Kimpton tried to tackle the Haute Route, the highest and toughest cyclosportive in the world. How did it go?
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How do you train to cycle over the Alps?The Haute Route is billed as the world’s toughest cyclosportive, so how can office-bound Peter Kimpton get ready to climb Europe’s most daunting peaks in Tour de France style?
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Diego Ulissi had ‘abnormal’ level of asthma drug in Giro d’ItaliaThe Italian rider had almost double the limit of a medication used to treat asthma
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Colombia gets pretty in pink to mark Nairo Quintana’s Giro d’Italia winThe successes of Quintana and his compatriot, second-placed Rigoberto Urán, have sparked nationwide celebrations
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Cycling in the hills of Colombia where Nairo Quintana learned to ride
For a keen cyclist far from home riding with the locals is a dream come true, as Kevin Rushby finds on the hills of Colombia where the country's top rider cut his cycling teeth
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Michael Rogers scales the Zoncolan as Nairo Quintana seals Giro d’Italia winMichael Rogers took a solo victory on the feared Monte Zoncolan as Nairo Quintana tied up the maglia rosa on the penultimate stage of the 2014 Giro d’Italia
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Jos van Emden stops in Giro d’Italia time trial to propose to his girlfriendJos van Emden took time out of his individual time trial during stage 19 of the Giro d’Italia to propose to his girlfriend
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Giro d’Italia 2014: how the race has unfolded and what’s next
With two epic mountain stages on Friday and Saturday remaining we take a look at how the Giro got to this point … and what to expect for the climax
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Fabio Aru wins 15th stage of Giro d’Italia ahead of Fabio DuarteItaly’s Fabio Aru won the 15th stage of the Giro d’Italia, his first Grand Tour win, on Sunday as Rigoberto Urán extended his overall lead on Cadel Evans to just over a minute
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Enrico Battaglin wins stage 14 of Giro d’Italia as Rigoberto Urán loses timeEnrico Battaglin won stage 14 of Giro d’Italia at the summit finish of Santuario Di Oropa ahead of Team Sky’s Dario Cataldo, as Rigoberto Urán lost time to his main rivals for the overall victory
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Marco Canola wins 13th stage of the Giro d’Italia for ItalyRigoberto Urán kept his 37-second overall lead but Canola could save a first Grand Tour stage win in Rivarolo Canavese
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Giro d’Italia leader Rigoberto Urán believes hard work is still to comeThe Colombian won the 12th stage to take the overall lead, with Diego Ulissi and Rafal Majka coming in behind him
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Michael Rogers surges to victory in stage 11 of the Giro d’Italia in Savona
The Australian Michael Rogers, who overturned a doping ban last year, won stage 11 of the Giro d'Italia in Savona
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Pieter Weening wins Giro d'Italia stage nine after breakawayOrica GreenEdge's love affair with 2014 Giro d'Italia continued as Pieter Weening won stage nine, while Cadel Evans retained overall lead
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Nacer Bouhanni sprints to his second stage victory in Giro d'ItaliaGiro d'Italia has been the making of Nacer Bouhanni after the 23-year-old Frenchman sprinted to his second stage victory in four days
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Michael Matthews and Cadel Evans cash in after Giro d'Italia pile-upThe Australians Michael Matthews and Cadel Evans have made the most of two pile-ups near Monte Cassino and raced clear of the field in the sixth stage of the 2014 Giro d'Italia
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Bradley Wiggins' lead cut in Tour of CaliforniaSir Bradley Wiggins retained the overall lead in the Tour of California but Rohan Dennis closed on him with victory in stage three
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Giro d'Italia's Bari finish goes to Nacer Bouhanni in damp squibThe rain followed the Giro home from Ireland to Italy and a rider protest over conditions led to a slow finish
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Car bomb found in Dublin thought to be for Northern Ireland attackBomb discovered hidden in Belfast-registered car outside hotel hours before city hosted stage of Giro d'Italia cycle race
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Celebrating Alfonsina Strada, the woman who cycled the Giro d'Italia
100 Tour 100 Tales: Strada defied her parents, her society and her sport at the Giro d'Italia in 1924, when she took the racing bike she had received as a wedding present and rode all 3,613km of the Grand Tour
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Marcel Kittel collapses after sprint to Dublin finish in Giro d'ItaliaThe German Marcel Kittel put in a late run to outsprint Ben Swift and Elia Viviani to win the third stage of the Giro d'Italia in Dublin
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Giro d'Italia 2014: Marcel Kittel wins stage three – as it happenedRolling report: Marcel Kittel won a second successive stage on his 26th birthday as the Giro d'Italia's Irish sojourn came to an end
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Marcel Kittel wins second stage of Giro d'Italia in Northern IrelandGermany's Marcel Kittel won the second stage of the Giro d'Italia in Belfast after a chaotic build-up to the bunch sprint
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Giro d'Italia 2014: stage two – as it happened!Rolling report: A bunched sprint at the end was won by Marcel Kittel of Giant-Shimano as Maarten Tjallingii took the two KOM events as well as the blue jersey
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Daniel Martin's homecoming ends abruptly on Giro time trial in Belfast
Daniel Martin suffers suspected broken collarbone after Garmin-Sharp team crash in opening time trial of Giro d'Italia on streets of Belfast
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Giro d'Italia turns Belfast pink – serenaded by a tenor singing VolareThe Giro d'Italia start in Northern Ireland produced pink wigs and pink doughnuts, as well as concerns over what will be the race's local legacy
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Giro d'Italia 2014: stage one – as it happenedRolling report: The Giro d'Italia gets under way in Belfast with a team time-trial. Join Barry Glendenning for the latest
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The Giro d'Italia descends on Belfast – in pictures
For the first stage in Belfast, the team time-triallists have been hitting the streets getting a bit of practice in
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Giro d'Italia gears up for big start in BelfastNorthern Ireland takes opportunity to show its biggest attractions on race route for global TV and internet audience of 775 million
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Giro d'Italia gears up for Northern Ireland start with weather a worry
Sportblog Giro d'Italia gears up for Northern Ireland start with weather a worry
William Fotheringham in BelfastWilliam Fotheringham: Giro d'Italia's Big Start begins in Belfast on Friday, but narrow roads, wind and rain could prove crucial in the first three stages
Sportblog Nairo Quintana’s Giro d’Italia win could herald start of an exciting new era