Things start getting very pointy with stage 15. By far the most challenging stage of this year’s Giro, this 153 km day includes no less than six intense climbs as the race crosses the Dolomite mountains.
The fun starts from the gun with the 9.2 km Passo Pordoi (2239 m), and is immediately followed by […]

Traversing the Dolomite mountains, today’s stage - with its six classified climbs and almost 5,000 meters of climbing - was all about survival. After two hard weeks of racing, and more fun to come, the Slipstream/Chipotle H3O crew’s sole focus today was to finish. Ryder Hesjedal (above) was the first across while the rest of […]

Race report from DS Johnny Weltz
Today anything was possible. With a heavy rain, a technically hard circuit, a short 106 stage and a close overall classification, it was still unsure who would take the overall win. So, like every other start, it was very fast. We had some good chances to go for a stage […]

For reasons unknown to me, I decided to go in the breakaway today. Little did I know that today would end up being an epic stage with an elite group all thinking the same thing as myself. I was already in trouble when Sella attacked, and in all honesty, I didn’t even think about […]

Starting in El Vendrell and finishing in Palleja, stage 6 is 163.9 km long and finishes with a five-lap circuit with one category 3 climb.

Today’s 195 km stage 14 is the first of three stages with mountaintop finishes. But before the peloton hits the finishing climb, it will tackle three smaller 700-900 meter climbs and then the 1740 meter high and 23.5 km long Passo Manghen.
After a short descent, the riders will head straight back up the 7.65 […]

Christian Vande Velde with Alberto Contador on his wheel on the final climb.
Christian Vande Velde continued to demonstrate his tenacity and talent as one of the Giro’s top 20 riders with a heroic 16th place finish in today’s first mountain stage. Riding with the front chase group for most of the race, Christian quietly hung […]

Race report from DS Johnny Weltz
Again a blazing fast start. We had Christophe Laurent in all the moves that went the first 40 km. But the day’s breakaway didn’t go until right after Tom Peterson was taken down in a crash with three other riders. (Tom is fine and finished the stage.)
There were no […]