Posted May 7, 20224 yr A day late but here we are! Discuss all going on in the first Grand Tour of the season in this thread - whether you're an avid fan or you've just heard something in the news, all posts welcome!
May 7, 20224 yr Author Stage 1 was taken (unsurprisingly) by Matthieu Van Der Poel. Eritrean Biniam Girmay started off well with a second place though, a good start and here's hoping he'll be the first black rider to take a stage at a Grand Tour. An unfortunate crash for Caleb Ewan though! Today's stage was a time trial - looking forward to watching the highlights later ^_^
May 7, 20224 yr Author Simon Yates takes the win on the second stage, but lots of action from lots of riders in the time trial! Van der Poel still in pink.
May 9, 20224 yr Author Stage 3 is won by Cavendish on his return to the contest for the first time in nine years! Van der Poel still in pink as we move from Hungary to Italy.
May 10, 20224 yr Author Lennard Kamna takes the win from a breakaway today as Juan Pedro Lopez (also in the break) takes the pink jersey. Let's see how long he can hold it for!
May 11, 20224 yr Author A win for Demare in the sprint today - Alpecin-Fenix managed to drop Cavendish and Ewan on the climb but couldn't make it pay. Juan Pedro Lopez still in pink.
May 12, 20224 yr Author Cavendish and Ewan we're there on the sprint today but that didn't stop Demare getting a second win! No change on GC (besides Kamna gaining a single second).
May 13, 20224 yr Author Koen Bouwman taking his debut Grand Tour win today - another fantastic showing from Jumbo-Visma as Tom Dumoulin effectively set it up for him! Lopez still in pink.
May 17, 20224 yr Author Eritrean Biniam Girmay started off well with a second place though, a good start and here's hoping he'll be the first black rider to take a stage at a Grand Tour. That day was today! Fantastic to see it finally happen. Lopez still in pink - an absolutely stellar performance yesterday for him to keep the jersey despite being dropped.
May 18, 20224 yr Author Alberto Dainese took his first win at the Giro today - the first Italian to win a stage this year, and quite a shock given no-one predicted him to take the sprint! Lopez still in pink.
May 19, 20224 yr Author Another exciting stage today - Stefano Oldani took his first ever win from a 3-up sprint where none of the riders had ever won a stage before! As before, Lopez remains in pink.
May 21, 20224 yr Author All change at the top of the GC! Lopez finally lost the jersey today, falling to 9th. Carapaz and Hindley are the Top 2 and it looks like the battle will be between them from now on!
May 24, 20224 yr Author Quite an exciting one for the breakaway with the leader changing so many times! Jan Hirt took a rare win though, and a fantastic one! Jai Hindley won the sprint for third, meaning he's now within 3 seconds of Carapaz' lead.
May 25, 20224 yr Author Another exciting day today where the front of the race changed so many times! Santiago Buitrago took the win, Carapaz still in pink although Landa is now up to third.
May 26, 20224 yr Author The break denying the sprinters today with Dries de Bondt getting the win! Carapaz still in pink, although Almeida (who was in fourth) has had to pull out due to catching COVID.
May 27, 20224 yr Author Still all to play for with just two stages left! Bouwman took a second stage win today after a few of the breakaway misjudged a corner.
May 28, 20224 yr Author Fantastic stage today - Hindley played it perfectly and attacked just when Carapaz was cracking and managed to take a minute and a half over him! Just the time trial left now...
May 30, 20224 yr Author And Jai takes the win! Delighted for him, after losing the jersey on the final day two years ago it must be fantastic for him to take it (against a full complement of opponents this time as well!) A fantastic Giro and here's to the next one.
Create an account or sign in to comment