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2024 Pro Cycling Calendar

Here’s the 2024 pro cycling calendar. You can subscribe or download an iCal file to import the same calendar into your organiser, phone and computer diary. All of the UCI men’s and women’s pro races around the world are included.

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Calendar Labels Explained Each race is listed along with its location and UCI status eg World Tour, Pro Series or 2.1.

• Any race with the 1. prefix, like 1.UWT, 1.Pro, 1.1 is a one day race; any race with the 2. prefix like 2.WWT, 2.Pro, 2.1 is a stage race
• UWT means the men’s World Tour and includes all the prime races on the calendar, from the three grand tours (Giro d’Italia, Tour de France, Vuelta a España) to the one day classics like Paris-Roubaix, the Tour of Flanders and Il Lombardia, as well as others like the Tour of Poland or the Tour Down Under and can be anywhere in the world. Normally all men’s WorldTeams must ride, organisers must invite the best two UCI ProTeams from 2023, Lotto-Soudal and Israel-PremierTech, and then wildcard invites can go to other UCI ProTeams and in a few cases, national teams of the host country.
• WWT means Women’s World Tour. At least eight Women’s World Tour teams start and all races are required to be broadcast live
• After this comes the UCI ProSeries, men and women. Up to 70% of the starting teams can be WorldTeams for the men. A minimum of four Women’s WorldTeams must start but no more than ten.
• Then come races grouped by region for men with the UCI Asia Tour, UCI America Tour, UCI Africa Tour and UCI Oceania Tour and UCI Europe Tour and here the *.1 races are included where up to half the starting teams can be WorldTeams
• For the women the 1.1 one day and 2.1 wstage races can have between of one World Tour team invited and a maximum of five women’s World Tour teams; the rest of the field is women’s continental teams, national squads as well as regional or club teams
• There are lower level pro-am *.2 races, U23s, criteriums and more but only the pro calendar is included.
• “ Why are the races listed as all day events? ” – It’s impossible to know today whether a race is slated to finish at, say, 4pm or 5.15pm so there’s no point guessing the precise slot, it’s easier to list them as all day events
• “ Help, my phone rings at midnight with an alert ” – by default notifications are turned off but check your device settings in case you’ve accidentally switched them on as you probably don’t need a midnight alert for the Gooikse Pijl
• “ I only want the World Tour races “, “ I don’t want the women’s races ” etc: some readers email in special requests but this would require running multiple calendars. Just keeping one updated is an admin job in itself
• “ I subscribed to your 2023 calendar, can’t you just add next year’s races to save me from subscribing again? ” This is possible but it means you’d end up with a diary with hundreds of dormant entries from the past. It’s lighter on data and faster to do it year-by-year. Subscribing anew should take you less time to do than it took you to read this bullet point
• “ The date for such-and-such race is wrong “. The UCI calendar is provisional, dates change plus it’s possible something got bungled when typing everything by hand. If you spot a change or a typo please email so it can be fixed for everyone, it’s really helpful

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Great source of information, always relay on actual dates and facts… will be checking Lombardia! CONGRATULATIONS, and thank you…

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12 Must-Watch Cycling Races in 2023

From the classics to the grand tours, it’s going to be another thrilling year of bike racing.

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Believe or not, we’re already over a month into the 2023 season, with racing already underway in Australia, South America, the Middle East, and Southern Europe.

But while we’re excited to see the sport’s best men and women back in action–and some of the sport’s biggest names have already started their seasons on a winning note–these races are merely the appetizer, whetting our palettes for bigger races still to come.

Here’s a rundown of the races we can’t wait to see in 2023.

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad — February 25

We’re purists, which means despite the fact that the racing season started in mid-January, we don’t consider the season to have really started until the running of the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the first race of the season in Belgium. With events for both men and women, the “Omloop,” as it’s affectionately called, offers everything we love about the spring Classics: rain, wind, cobblestones, and many of the short, steep “bergs” that speckle the Flemish countryside.

On the men’s side, Belgian riders and teams often lead the way: Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) won last year’s race after an attack just before the Bosberg, the day’s final climb. He won’t be back to defend his title though, which leaves the door open for one of Soudal-Quick Step’s many stars to a big win on home turf for the Belgian super-team.

How to Watch: FloBikes

Strade Bianche — March 4

Taking place on the white gravel roads of Tuscany, Strade Bianche is easily one of the hardest and most beautiful races of the year. A race in which the strongest rider always wins, it makes sense that the event’s list of winners reads like a Who’s Who of the sport’s best racers.

For example, Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) won last year’s race with a solo attack 50 kilometers from the finish line in Siena, an incredibly gutsy move that only a rider like Pogačar would attempt (and pull off). And before Pog, previous editions were won by the Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel (2021), van Aert (2020), and France’s Julian Alaphilippe (2019). Clearly, this is a race where only the best succeed.

On the women’s side, van Vleuten is again the top favorite: she won the race in 2019 and 2020 and finished second to Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) last year. And keep an eye on Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), who won the race in 2017, and Poland’s Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM Racing), a four-time podium finisher who’s still searching for the top step.

How to Watch: GCN+

Milan-Sanremo — March 18

The first of cycling’s five Monuments, Milan-Sanremo (294km) is the longest one-day race on the calendar. And thanks to the fact that the outcome is almost always decided in the final 10K, the riders say it’s the easiest race to finish, but the hardest race to win.

We love Milan-Sanremo’s slow build to the finish as the riders head south from Milan toward the coast, then wind their way along the sea toward the climbs that make-up the Monument’s traditional finale—especially the Poggio, a short, punchy ascent just a few kilometers from the finish line whose treacherous descent often creates more gaps than the climb itself. Case in point: Slovenia’s Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) used a dropper post to leave the rest behind on the descent, laying it all on the line to take the biggest win of his career.

And while there’s no women’s Milan-Sanremo, the Trofeo Alfredo Binda, a major stop on the women’s WorldTour and a pillar of the former women’s World Cup series, takes the place the next day—and can be streamed live via GCN. Italy’s Elisa Balsamo (Trek-Segafredo) won last year’s race, outsprinting her compatriots Sofia Bertizzolo (UAE Team ADQ) and Soraya Paladin (Canyon-SRAM) to take the victory.

Tour of Flanders — April 2

Many riders consider the Tour of Flanders (known locally as the “Ronde van Vlaanderen”) to be the hardest one-day race on the calendar. The men’s event features over 250km of the toughest terrain in the Flemish region of Belgium, with tight, technical roads, cobblestones, and short, steep climbs called “bergs.” The course is so challenging that it can take years for a rider to master the nuances of the race enough to actually contend to win it.

Last year’s men’s race went to van der Poel who shrugged-off a late-start to the season–and a stunning challenge from Pogačar–to win the Ronde for the second time in three years. Both riders are expected to return this year, alongside van Aert, who was enjoying the form of his life but was forced to skip the event after testing positive for COVID-19.

In the women’s event, look for another battle between the Dutch and the Italians with van Vleuten headlining a list of contenders that should include her compatriots, Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (SD-Worx) and Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), both former winners of the event. For the Italians, Longo Borghini should lead the way. SD Worx got the better of van Vleuten last year, working over the Dutch superstar in the finale to set-up a victory for Kopecky, the Belgian champion.

Paris-Roubaix — April 8 and 9

The “Hell of the North.” The “Queen of the Classics.” Whatever you call it, Paris-Roubaix is probably our favorite race on the calendar. The final half of this 255km Monument includes about 55km of Northern France’s worst cobbled roads (spread over 29 “sectors”), so it’s packed with drama and always produces a worthy champion—even when it’s a dark horse. This year’s race returns its usual spot on the calendar (one week after the Tour of Flanders) after pushing back a week to accommodate last year’s French national election.

Saturday brings the third-ever women’s Paris-Roubaix (145km), which starts in Denain and follows the final 17 sectors of cobbles of Sunday’s men’s race—all the way to the finish line in the Roubaix velodrome. Both editions have been won solo: Great Britain’s Lizzy Deignan (Trek-Segafredo) won the inaugural event with a long-distance attack in wet, muddy conditions, and Long-Borghini won last year with a strong counter-attack in the final hour after the leading group reformed. Van Vleuten has never won this race, but is skipping the event to target the hillier Ardennes Classics two weeks later. In her place, the Dutch will have Vos to root for, and she would certainly love to add a Roubaix cobble to her palmares.

In last year’s men’s race, the Netherland’s Dylan van Baarle (INEOS-Grenadiers) won the first cobbled Monument in his team’s history after attacking the leading group about 20km from the finish line in Roubaix. And the Dutchman moved to Jumbo-Visma this past off-season, giving van Aert one of the strongest and most experienced teammates anyone could ask for.

How to Watch: Peacock

La Vuelta Femenina — May 1 to 7

For the past 8 years, the organizers of the men’s Tour of Spain have run a women’s event during the men’s grand tour. Starting as a one-day race run alongside the last stage of the men’s grand tour, the event grew to include four days of racing, but that’s hardly a grand tour, isn’t it?

Enter the new and improved La Vuelta Feminina which in addition to being expanded to seven stages has moved to its own spot on the calendar–away from the men’s event that often overshadowed it. The course is yet to be unveiled, but we know the race will begin on the Costa Blanca, which means beautiful scenery and close proximity to lots of hard climbs.

Van Vleuten has already said she’s racing–she won the last two editions–and looks to make this the first victory of what she hopes will be a hatrick of women’s grand tour wins in 2023.

Giro d’Italia — May 6 to 28

While the Tour de France gets all the prestige, riders generally consider the Tour of Italy (the “Giro d’Italia”) to be much, much harder. This year’s race begins in the Abruzzo region and with the exception of a summit finish in Switzerland, stays entirely within Italy. The race finishes in Rome for only the fifth time in its history.

Always characterized by its mountains, the 2023 Giro offers seven mountain stages and six summit finishes, including a mountain time trial on the Giro’s penultimate day that finishes atop the Monte Lussari. As usual, the final week is a beast, with three more summit finishes before the final time trial.

This year’s race features three individual time trials, which is probably why Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick Step) has made the focal point of his season. The reigning world champion won last year’s Tour of Spain to take the first grand tour victory of his career, and as one of the sport’s best time trialists, likes what the course has to offer.

Start lists are far from finalized, but we expect Evenepoel to be challenged by Slovenia’s Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) a 3-time Vuelta winner who’s tried several times but failed to win the Giro, and Great Britain’s Geraint Thomas (INEOS Grenadiers), winner of the 2018 Tour de France. All of them should have the defending champion, Australia’s Jai Hindley (BORA-hansgrohe), to contend with as well.

Giro d’Italia Donne — June 30 to July 9

In the absence of a women’s Tour de France, the Giro Donne was traditionally the most prestigious women’s stage race on the calendar. But the success of last year’s Tour de France Femmes means the Giro Donne’s organizers will need to step-up their game in order to keep up with their French rivals. Case in point: it was recently announced that beginning in 2024, RCS–who organizes the men’s Giro d’Italia–will take over the Giro Donne, which means more money and more infrastructure will be funneled toward this important women’s event.

Details have yet to emerge about this year’s course (they always arrive at the last minute), and we’re curious to see which riders attempt to tackle the Giro Rosa and the new Tour de France Femmes two weeks later. Last year we said that winning both would be a tall order, but van Vleuten proved us wrong by winning the Giro and then Tour de France Femmes a few weeks later. She’s again tackling both races in 2023.

Tour de France — July 1 to July 23

The 2023 Tour de France should again be one of the highlights of the year–and this year’s edition has several tricks up its sleeve. The race begins in the Spanish Basque Country and quickly heads into the Pyrenees, where early mountain battles will begin shuffling the General Classification. Stage 9 brings a return to the Puy de Dôme, an extinct volcano that’s one of the most famous climbs in Tour de France history–and hasn’t been climbed in 35 years.

The final two weeks cover some of the toughest climbs in the Alps, including the high-altitude (and steep) Col de Loze and the race’s only time trial: a hilly ITT on Stage 16. As the race approaches Paris the riders will hit the Vosges mountains, for a tough penultimate stage featuring many of the climbs used by van Vleuten to seize control of last year’s Tour de France Femmes.

The defending champion, Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) will return to defend his title, and he’ll face a stiff challenge Pogačar, the winner in 2020 and 2021. The Slovenian seemed to learn a few lessons after relinquishing the yellow jersey midway through last year’s Tour, and that could mean bad news for Vingegaard and his team.

Tour de France Femmes — July 23 to 30

After facing years of pressure from advocates and racers, the organizers of the Tour de France finally announced the return of a true women’s Tour de France. Consisting of eight stages, the race began on the final day of the men’s Tour and finished one week later. It was a resounding success.

This year’s Tour de France Femmes will follow a similar pattern: starting in Clermont-Ferrand on the last Sunday of the men’s Tour, the race covers eight stages suiting a variety of riding styles.

The first six stages offer chances for sprinters and puncheurs, which means exciting racing for viewers and fans. But the final weekend has us most excited with a summit finish on the Col du Tourmalet on Saturday and an individual time trial on Sunday.

Van Vleuten overcame a slow start to dominate last year’s race. If things go according to plan she’ll defend last year’s title, and possibly complete a historic triple by winning the Vuelta, the Giro, and the Tour all in the same season.

UCI World Championships — August 6 to 13

The UCI World Road Race Championships move to early-August this year, which makes the Tour de France an even more important event as it’s the best place for riders to hone their form. And the events couldn’t be taking place in a more stunning location: Glasgow, Scotland. Raced by national teams and run entirely without race radios, these are always some of the most intriguing and intense races of the season.

The hilly city circuit should favor the riders we’re used to seeing at the front of the World Championship road races: the Dutch (led by van Vleuten, the defending champion) and the Italians on the women’s side (both teams are too deep to single-out any one rider), and puncheurs like Evenepoel (the defending champion) and France’s Julian Alaphilippe (winner in 2020 and 2021) on the men’s. Each winner will spend the rest of the season and the first half of the next in the rainbow jersey awarded to the winner of each discipline.

Vuelta a España — August 26 to September 17

As the final grand tour of the season, the Tour of Spain (“Vuelta a España”) is traditionally a last chance for riders hoping to end the year on high note, earn a contract for the following season, or get themselves in shape for the fall Classics. With lots of mountains and a start list filled with motivated riders, the Vuelta always delivers some of the year’s most exciting finishes.

At this point in the season it’s tough to predict who will add the Spanish grand tour to their program, as lots of things can change between now and September. Evenepoel (the defending champion) and Roglič (winner in 2019, 2020, and 2021) will have more than enough time to target the Vuelta after competing in the Giro, but a lot can happen over the course of a season.

We also can’t wait to see what kind of hot mess Movistar brings to the race: as documented by the Netflix series “The Least Expected Day” the Spanish squad always finds a way to both animate and implode. Our hope is that they let their American up-and-comer, Matteo Jorgenson, try and challenge for a high GC finish.

Since getting hooked on pro cycling while watching Lance Armstrong win the 1993 U.S. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. These days, he lives with his wife and son in Pennsylvania, spending his days serving as an assistant middle school principal and his nights playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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The Tour de France is one of the world’s most famous sporting events. But did you know it is just one of three road cycling Grand Tours?

The Giro d’Italia and the Vuelta a España  are the other road cycling Grand Tours, each one comprised of 21 stages. The Grand Tours each cover more than 3000 kilometres during three weeks of racing with little rest for the riders.

Keep reading to learn more about the Grand Tours of road cycling.

When and where do the Grand Tours take place?

The Giro d’Italia is the first Grand Tour on the annual calendar. It takes place throughout Italy each May.

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The Tour de France comes next, taking place throughout France each July.  

The Vuelta a España is the final Grand Tour of the year, held each August/September in Spain.

The routes for all three cycling Grand Tours change each year. Every so often, race organizers will choose to have a Grand Tour start outside the primary host country. This happened recently for the Grand Départ of the Tour de France in 2022 and 2023, which began in Denmark (Copenhagen) and Spain (Basque Country), respectively. The 2022 Giro d’Italia had its Grande Partenza in Hungary. The first three stages of the 2022 Vuelta a España were in the Netherlands.

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Since 1975, the Tour de France has always finished on the Champs-Élysées, providing classic images of cyclists going around the Arc de Triomphe, the winner sometimes with a glass of champagne in hand. The Vuelta a España traditionally concludes in Madrid. The Giro d’Italia has moved around its final stage, holding it in cities such as Rome, Verona, and Milan.

How old are the road cycling Grand Tours?

The Tour de France is the oldest of the Grand Tours. First held in 1903, it has been an annual highlight of the summer, except during World War I (1915-18) and World War II (1940-46).

The Giro d’Italia has been held annually since 1909, with similar exceptions because of the First and Second World Wars.

The Vuelta a España was first organized in 1935 but endured many disruptions during its first two decades because of wars and a difficult economic situation. For many years, it didn’t have the same level of prestige as the two older tours and didn’t attract a lot of top international cyclists. But that changed in the mid-1990s when it was moved from the spring to late summer, no longer putting it in near-conflict with the Giro d’Italia.

What is a stage race?

Road cycling races can be classified as a one-day race or a stage race. A one-day race is exactly what the name says. A stage race takes place over multiple days and can include various forms of racing. In a 21-stage Grand Tour, there are usually only a couple of recovery days interspersed, so fitness is key.

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Some stages might be held in a time trial format, with riders leaving the start in intervals and racing directly against the clock. Most stages will be of a mass start format, in which the first rider across the finish line wins that stage.

But stage wins are not what matters most. The winner of a stage race is the rider who has the fastest overall time at the end of all stages. Some stages will cover flat terrain well suited to sprinters. Some stages will be hilly while some will include big mountains best suited to strong climbers. You can be sure that whoever wins a stage race is strong in all aspects of road cycling.

What do the different coloured jerseys mean?

It’s pretty well known that the most coveted prize in the Tour de France is the yellow jersey, or maillot jaune . That is given to the leader in the general classification – the rider with the fastest overall time.

The leader of the Giro d’Italia general classification wears a pink jersey, or maglia rosa . It is pink because Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport, which created the race, is printed on pink paper. 

At the Vuelta a España, the leader of the general classification wears a red jersey, or maillot rojo .

But there are several other classifications for which the leaders in each race are given special jerseys in various colours and patterns.

The points classification is based on riders winning sprints. More points are available when a stage is conducive to a sprint finish. There is also usually an intermediate sprint during each stage for which points are awarded.

• Giro d’Italia: purple
• Tour de France: green
• Vuelta a España: green

The king of the mountain classification is almost self-explanatory. Points are awarded to the best riders on specific climbs in each stage.

• Giro d’Italia: blue
• Tour de France: red polka dots
• Vuelta a España: blue dots 

The best young rider classification is restricted to cyclists who are under the age of 26.

• Giro d’Italia: white
• Tour de France: white
• Vuelta a España: white

Do women race in Grand Tours?

Sort of is the complicated answer. It is only in recent years that the organizers of the Grand Tours have begun staging women’s races. But they are not yet of the same scale as the men’s races.

The Giro d’Italia Donne is the longest running women’s stage race. Formally known as the Giro Rosa, it was first held in 1988. The 34 th edition in 2023 will feature 10 stages in early July. Canadian Olympian Leah Kirchmann wore the maglia rosa during the 2016 and 2018 editions of the Giro Rosa.

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After an initial attempt in 1955 to hold an equivalent women’s race, the Tour de France Féminin took place from 1984 to 1989. Over the next two decades, there were different women’s stage races in France, but without a direct link to the Tour de France. From 2014 to 2020, La Course by Le Tour de France was primarily a one-day race. In 2022, Tour de France Femmes was launched as an eight-stage race. The 2023 edition will begin on the same day the men’s Tour de France concludes in late July.

La Vuelta Femenina was created in 2015 and has since expanded from a one-day race. Held in early May, the 2023 edition featured seven stages.  

Has a Canadian cyclist ever won a Grand Tour?

In 2012, Ryder Hesjedal became the first Canadian to win the general classification of a Grand Tour. He claimed the maglia rosa at the Giro d’Italia by coming from behind in the final stage. It was just the second time in the history of the race that there was a lead change on the last day.  

Prior to that, the best a Canadian had ever finished in the general classification of a Grand Tour was a fourth-place finish by Steve Bauer at the 1988 Tour de France. Bauer had made history on the opening day of that race when he became the first Canadian to win a stage of the Tour de France.

More than three decades later, Hugo Houle became the second Canadian to win a Tour stage. It was an emotionally charged day, as he dedicated his Stage 16 victory to the memory of his younger brother Pierrik who had been killed by a drunk driver 10 years earlier.

Hesjedal was the first Canadian to win a stage of the Vuelta a España, achieving that in 2009 and 2014. Mike Woods earned stage wins at the Vuelta in 2018 and 2020.

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Giro d'Italia 2023

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Giro d'italia 2023 stage reports.

Stage 21 - Primoz Roglic secures overall victory in Rome / As it happened

In a thrilling finale to the 2023 Giro d'Italia, Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) celebrated a largely ceremonial day of racing as the winner of the overall title, while Mark Cavendish triumphed with the stage 21 victory in Rome.

Stage 20 - Primoz Roglic poised for overall victory with stage 20 mountain time trial win / As it happened

In what was a stunning performance on the decisive stage 20 mountain time trial, Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) won the day's stage and took the maglia rosa from overnight leader Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers). The Slovenian is now poised to win the overall title as the race heads into the finale in Rome.

Stage 19: Buitrago wins mountaintop battle on stage 19 to Tre Cime Lavaredo / As it happened

The breakaway took the day on the queen stage of the 2023 Giro d'Italia, with Santiago Buitrago (Bahrain-Victorious) demoting Derek Gee to yet another second place, mowing the Canadian down after he'd launched a courageous move on the steep ascent to Tre Cime Lavaredo. In the maglia rosa group, João Almeida lost his chances of winning the Giro, while Primož Roglič carved out three seconds in the final metres over race leader Geraint Thomas.

Stage 18: Filippo Zana beats Thibaut Pinot to conquer Zoldo Alto on stage 18 / As it happened

The breakaway gained enough time to contest the stage win in the first of three big days in the Dolomites. Filippo Zana (Jayco-AlUla) delivered more heartbreak to Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ), snatching the stage win at Val di Zoldo from the Frenchman. The GC shifted slightly with Geraint Thomas (Ineos) unflappable in the face of an attack from Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma), while João Almeida (UAE) had to fight to limit his losses.

Stage 17: Alberto Dainese wins stage 17 bunch sprint in Caorle / As it happened

It was a day for the sprinters with no climbs, and Alberto Dainese (Team DSM) took full advantage storming to the bunch-sprint victory ahead of Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) and Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) in Caorle. With no changes to the overall classification , Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) carries the leader's jersey into the mountains throughout the final week of racing.

Stage 16: Almeida outduels Thomas on stage 16 atop Monte Bondone / As it happened

The Giro d'Italia continued after the second rest day with the peloton tasked with the summit finish atop Monte Bondone, in what many hoped would reignite the battle for the GC in the final week of racing. João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) won the race to the summit, beating Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) at the line. Thomas regained the pink jersey, with both riders putting time into Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma).

Stage 15: McNulty wins from the break on Lombardia-style stage 15 / As it happened

Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) outsprinted Ben Healy (EF Education-EasyPost) and Marco Frigo (Israel-Premier Tech) after an exciting battle to the line to win the ‘mini Il Lombardia’ in Bergamo. The trio escaped from the 17-man breakaway on the final climb, with Frigo battling back to catch back after faltering on the ascent.  Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ)  remained in the maglia rosa with a 1:08 lead on Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) heading into the second rest day.

Stage 14: Denz triumphs from break on stage 14 as Armirail takes race lead / As it happened

Emerging from the breakaway, Nico Denz (Bora-Hansgrohe) almost celebrated too soon at the end of stage 14, but just held on to beat out Derek Gee (Israel-Premier Tech) for the victory. Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) rounded out the podium after leading out the sprint. Bruno Armirail (Groupama-FDJ) jumped into the maglia rosa with a 20-minute time gain from the breakaway. Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) gave up the lead on another long wet day and now sits in second overall at 1:41 down.

Stage 13: Rubio beats Pinot, Cepeda to win abbreviated mountain stage 13 / As it happened

Einer Rubio (Movistar) emerged from a three-rider breakaway to win stage 13 of the Giro d'Italia at Crans-Montana in Switzerland. Soon-to-retire French rider Thibaut Pinot (Groupama-FDJ) fell short near the finish line to place second, while  EF Education-EasyPost's Alexander Cepeda was third. There was lots of drama well before the finish line, as organisers had to cut the stage short by 74.6km due to bad weather conditions, teams having to transfer to Switzerland by bus and take a new start after the Grand St Bernard Pass.

Stage 12: Nico Denz powers to breakaway-sprint victory / As it happened

It was a day for the breakaway as Nico Denz (Bora-Hansgrohe) sprinted to victory from a three-rider move that successfully made it to the finish line in Rivoli. There was no threat to the general classification contenders, even as the main field finished more than eight minutes behind the break, with Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) holding onto the maglia rosa .

Stage 11: Ackermann awarded photo-finish sprint victory on stage 11 / As it happened

Despite the hills and all-day breakaway on stage 11, the race ended in a thrilling bunch sprint that came down to a photo finish in Tortona. Officials awarded the victory to Pascal Ackermann  (UAE Team Emirates), who finished on the line with maglia ciclamino  Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) and Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan). A mid-race crash took down Ineos Grenadier's Tao Geoghegan Hart, who was forced to abandon, while Pavel Sivakov also crashed and dropped out of the top 10 overall. Geraint Thomas maintained his overall lead heading into stage 12.

Stage 10: Magnus Cort scores Grand Tour stage win triple in Viareggio / As it happened

The Giro d'Italia resumed after the first rest day, with Magnus Cort (EF Education-EasyPost) winning stage 10 from a breakaway sprint in Viareggio. Although there was discussion of shortening the stage due to cold, wet and windy conditions, the peloton completed the full 196km. The stage also marked the first day for Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) in the maglia rosa after  Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) was forced to abandon  the race due to a positive test for COVID-19. He finished safely in the field to maintain a two-second lead on runner-up Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma).

Stage 9: Giro d'Italia stage 9: Remco Evenepoel wins time trial to take maglia rosa / As it happened

The 35 kilometre individual time trial was not exactly the rout expected from Remco Evenepoel , but the Belgian champion managed to win the stage - albeit by one second over a profoundly disappointed Geraint Thomas - and retake the pink jersey.

Stage 8: Ben Healy parlays 50km solo into his first Grand Tour stage win / As it happened

After an impressive Spring Classics campaign, Ben Healy added to his rapidly growing palmares with a commanding solo victory in Fossombrone. The Irishman attacked his breakaway companions on the short but steep I Cappuccini climb with 50km to go and soloed in for his first Grand Tour stage win.

Behind, Primož Roglič attacked maglia rosa holder Andreas Leknessund and, along with Ineos' Geraint Thomas and Tao Geoghegan Hart, gained 24 seconds on the race leader. Remco Evenepoel also lost ground on the attackers but gained on Leknessund at 14 seconds.

Stage 7: Bais wins stage 7 from breakaway trio atop Campo Imperatore / As it happened

Davide Bais (Eolo-Kometa) secured his first pro victory in memorable fashion, taking the honours atop the Gran Sasso d'Italia at Campo Imperatore. Part of a three-rider breakaway that succeeded at the finish line, Bais was the strongest, dropping his rivals inside the finale few hundred metres to take the win.

Stage 6: Mads Pedersen claims stage 6 as breakaway caught at last gasp / As it happened

The peloton caught breakaways Simon Clarke (Israel-Premier Tech) and Alessandro De Marchi (Jayco-AlUla) with just 300 metres to race, in time for Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) to secure the sprint victory in Naples, beating Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) and Pascal Ackerman (UAE Team Emirates) to the line.

Stage 5: Groves wins crash-marred stage 5 in Salerno / As it happened

Stage 5 to Salerno should have been a simple day and one for the sprinters but a driving rain turned the stage into a crash-fest. From the first kilometres to the finish line, crashes hampered the race favourites. Remco Evenepoel was taken down when a dog veered at the peloton , Primoz Roglic was caught up in a crash with 7km to go, and Mark Cavendish was one of several riders to fall at the finish line after Alberto Dainese veered in his sprint. The Italian was later relegated . Kaden Groves won the stage.

Stage 4: Paret-Peintre powers to victory at Lago Laceno on stage 4 / As it happened

Aurélien Paret-Peintre (AG2R Citroën) and Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) split the spoils on stage 4 of the Giro d’Italia with the Frenchman winning the stage in a two-up sprint, and the Norwegian taking the maglia rosa after a tough day at the front of the race.

After a hard day out in front of the race, the pair powered away from the seven-rider breakaway on the climb to Lago Laceno. 

Leader into the stage, Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) let the break go up the road, crossing the line 2:01 behind the winner. Evenepoel is now second overall at 28 seconds, with Paret-Peintre third at 30 seconds.

Stage 3: Michael Matthews claims stage 3 in uphill sprint / As it happened

Michael Matthews took his first victory of 2023 in Melfi after his Jayco-AlUla squad executed a perfect strategy. The team closed down the early breakaway, distanced most of Matthews' sprint rivals and then lead him into the twisting finish. 

The Australian jumped first but managed to hold on to beat Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck). 

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) stayed safe all day and even gained second on his overall rivals at a late intermediate sprint. 

Stage 2: Jonathan Milan wins hectic finish in San Salvo / As it happened

Jonathan Milan (Bahrain Victorious) took his first WorldTour win on his Grand Tour debut, using his track speed and power to win the sprint in San Salvo. 

The track pursuiter avoided the late crash that disrupted the finale and then produced the speed to go clear of David Dekker (Arkéa Samsic) and Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck). 

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) enjoyed his first day in the maglia rosa but only just avoided the late crash, going on to blame Groves for the incident. The Australian insisted it was a 'race incident'.   

Stage 1: Remco Evenepoel flies across time trial course for victory and first maglia rosa / As it happened

Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) won the opening 19.6km time trial along the Adriatic coast to take early control of the 2023 Giro d'Italia. The Belgian beat Filippo Ganna (Ineos Grenadiers) by 22 seconds and João Almeida (UAE Team Emirates) by 29 seconds. 

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) lost 43 seconds, with other overall contenders losing much more as Evenepoel showed he was on form and ready to fight for victory.

Giro d'Italia 2023 results

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The 106th edition of the Giro d'Italia is upon us with the Corsa Rosa having kicked off along the Adriatic coast in Abruzzo on May 6, 2023 and traversing all but three of Italy's 20 regions before landing in the capital, Rome, on May 28.

Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma) and world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quickstep) are among the main Giro d'Italia contenders for the GC , which takes the 176-rider peloton through 21 days of action. 

The riders traverse the hills of the Apennines, the high mountains of the Alps and Dolomites, and the flatlands of the Po Valley along the way, while three time trials totalling 73km in length provide a test rarely seen in modern Grand Tours.

Many of the top contenders at the race – Roglič and Evenepoel as well as Geraint Thomas , Aleksandr Vlasov, and João Almeida – haven't won before, so we're likely to see a new name added to the Giro's honour roll.

2022 champion Jai Hindley isn't taking part, while previous winners Egan Bernal, Chris Froome and Richard Carapaz are also absent. 2020 winner Tao Geoghegan Hart (Ineos Grenadiers) will line up at the Grande Partenza as the only past champion on the start list.

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Giro d'Italia route

The 2023 Giro d'Italia will be the 106th edition of the Italian Grand Tour, taking place from May 6-28. The 2023 Giro d'Italia route will see the peloton visit 17 of Italy's 20 regions, with only Sicily, Sardinia, and Calabria missing out.

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Giro d'Italia contenders

The race is expected to be a showdown between the two major Giro d'Italia favourites 2022 Vuelta a España winner and world champion Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-QuickStep) and Primož Roglič (Jumbo-Visma).

Reigning champion Jai Hindley (Bora-Hansgrohe) won't be taking the start, instead choosing to focus on July's Tour de France.

However, there are plenty of names to watch – we'll also be keeping our eyes on the likes of Tao Geoghegan Hart, Aleksandr Vlasov and João Almeida. For a full rundown of all of the Giro favourites you can read our full guide to the Giro d'Italia 2023 favourites and contenders .

Giro d'Italia start list

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Giro d'italia teams.

The 18 WorldTeams earned automatic invitations to the 2023 Giro d'Italia along with the two ProTeams that were at the top of the UCI teams rankings in 2022. However, the latter – Lotto-Dstny and TotalEnergies declined their invitations , leaving four wildcard places.

Those are taken up by Italian ProTeams Eolo-Kometa, Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizané, and Team Corratec, while Israel-Premier Tech are also invited after their relegation from the WorldTour last year.

• AG2R Citroën
• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Astana Qazaqstan
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora-Hansgrohe
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Eolo-Kometa
• Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Circus-Wanty
• Israel-Premier Tech
• Jumbo-Visma
• Soudal Quick-Step
• Team Arkéa-Samsic
• Team Corratec
• Team Jayco-AlUla
• Trek-Segafredo
• UAE Team Emirates

Giro d'Italia records

Most overall wins: Fausto Coppi, Alfredo Binda, Eddy Merckx (five); Giovanni Brunero, Gino Bartali, Fiorenzo Magni, Felice Gimondi, Bernard Hinault (three).

Most stage wins: Mario Cipollini (42), Alfredo Binda (41), Learco Guerra (31), Constance Girardengo (30), Eddy Merckx (25) ... Mark Cavendish (16)

Most mountain classification wins: Gino Bartali (seven); José Manuel Fuentes (four); Fausto Coppi, Franco Bitossi, Claudio Bortolotto, Claudio Chiappucci (three)

Most points classification wins: Francesco Moser, Giuseppe Saronni (four); Roger De Vlaeminck, Johan van der Velde, Mario Cipollini (three)

Most starts: Wladimir Panizza (18); Pierino Gavazzi, Domenico Pozzovivo (17)

Youngest winner: Fausto Coppi, 1940 (20 years and 268 days)

Oldest winner: Fiorenzo Magni, 1955 (34 years and 180 days)

Smallest margin of victory: 11 seconds (Fiorenzo Magni, 1948)

Largest margin of victory: 1:57:26 (Alfonso Calzolari, 1914)

Fastest edition: 2013 (40.113kph)

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Giro d'Italia 2023: Preview, stages, schedule and how to watch

Who are the top riders to watch out for at the 2023 Giro? What are the key stages during the three-week race? How to watch the 2023 Giro d'Italia road cycling stage race? Discover all you need to know.

The first Grand Tour of the 2023 men's road cycling season is almost upon us.

On Saturday 6 May, 176 riders representing 22 teams will set out from Fossacesia Marina on Italy's Adriatic Sea coast to begin the 106th Giro d'Italia (Tour of Italy) .

Among them will be INEOS Grenadiers' Tao Geoghegan Hart  who clinched the Maglia Rosa in 2020 and is set to be the only previous champion taking part.

Last year's winner Jai Hindley and 2021 hero Egan Bernal - who is back in the saddle after suffering serious injuries in a training crash - are both focusing on the Tour de France.

This year's race – some 3489.2 kilometres ( 2168.1 miles) long – will start and end in its home country Italy, with just a short detour through the Swiss canton of Valais to end Stage 13 and begin Stage 14. The race will see a total of 51,400 metres (168,600 ft) of altitude gain .

For the first time since the 2018 race, the 21st and final stage of the Giro will be a flat procession (more commonly seen in the Tour de France and Vuelta a España), instead of the individual time trial used to end the race in five of the last six editions.

Giro d'Italia 2023 riders to watch

There are 22 teams involved – 18 UCI WorldTour teams, the UCI ProTeam Israel-Premier Tech, and three Italian wildcards – in this year's race.

While Geoghegan Hart is the only previous winner lining up, he is unlikely to be the headline act this year. Not with riders like reigning world champion Remco Evenepoel , three-time Vuelta winner Primoz Roglic , and Geoghegan Hart's own Tour de France-winning teammate Geraint Thomas all also in the peloton.

Evenepoel enters the Giro as one of the form men, having enjoyed a famous win in the rainbow stripes at the Liège–Bastogne–Liège monument late last month, in addition to finishing first and second in the general classification at the UAE Tour and Volta a Catalunya respectively already this season.

Roglic, meanwhile, had a successful March, having won the Catalunya general classification the week after achieving that same feat at Tirreno–Adriatico. This is just his third participation in a Giro, but has good memories of the race, having finished third in 2019.

Other previous Giro podium finishers in this year's race include Colombian veteran Rigoberto Urán , second in 2013 and 2014, as well as the 2021 runner-up Damiano Caruso .

However, the race will be without potential challenger Giulio Ciccone (Trek-Segafredo), who has withdrawn after testing positive for Covid. France's Warren Barguil (Arkéa-Samsic) is also a doubt after contracting Covid.

As this year's course is not particularly sprinter-friendly, with only three truly flat road stages, it seems likely that the cyclamen (mauve) jersey for top points scorer will go to a sprinter who can hold their own on the climbs – perhaps someone like 2019 world champion Mads Pedersen .

Giro d'Italia 2023 route, stages, and schedule

There are three individual time trials on the 2023 Giro d'Italia route, including a mountainous time trial on Stage 20 up to Monte Lussari , which includes eye-watering gradients of up to 22 per cent .

Six stages – Stages 7 (Gran Sasso), 13 (Crans-Montana), 16 (Bondone), 18 (Val di Zoldo), 19 (Tre Cime di Lavaredo), and 20 (Lussari) – will all finish at the top of climbs, with another – Stage 4 (Laceno) – finishing on a short plateau after a mountainous climb.

The race's Cima Coppi – the highest climb – comes on Stage 13's excursion to Switzerland, with the 2470m-high (8100ft) Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard on the Italian–Swiss border taking the honour.

• Saturday 6 May: Stage 1 - Fossacesia Marina to Ortona, flat individual time trial, 19.6km
• Sunday 7 May: Stage 2 - Teramo to San Salvo, flat, 201km
• Monday 8 May: Stage 3 - Vasto to Melfi, medium mountains, 216km
• Tuesday 9 May: Stage 4 - Venosa to Lago Laceno, medium mountains, 175km
• Wednesday 10 May: Stage 5 - Atripalda to Salerno, hilly, 171km
• Thursday 11 May: Stage 6 - Naples to Naples, hilly, 162km
• Friday 12 May: Stage 7 - Capua to Gran Sasso d'Italia (Campo Imperatore), high mountains, 218km
• Saturday 13 May: Stage 8 - Terni to Fossombrone, medium mountains, 207km
• Sunday 14 May: Stage 9 - Savignano sul Rubicone to Cesena (Technogym Village), flat individual time trial, 35km
• Monday 15 May: Rest day
• Tuesday 16 May: Stage 10 - Scandiano to Viareggio, hilly, 196km
• Wednesday 17 May: Stage 11 - Camaiore to Tortona, hilly, 219km
• Thursday 18 May: Stage 12 - Bra to Rivoli, medium mountains, 179km
• Friday 19 May: Stage 13 - Borgofranco d'Ivrea to Crans Montana (Switzerland), high mountains, 207km
• Saturday 20 May: Stage 14 - Sierre (Switzerland) to Cassano Magnago, hilly, 193km
• Sunday 21 May: Stage 15 - Seregno to Bergamo, high mountains, 195km
• Monday 22 May: Rest day
• Tuesday 23 May: Stage 16 - Sabbio Chiese to Monte Bondone, high mountains, 203km
• Wednesday 24 May: Stage 17 - Pergine Valsugana to Caorle, flat, 195km
• Thursday 25 May: Stage 18 - Oderzo to Val di Zoldo, medium mountains, 161km
• Friday 26 May: Stage 19 - Longarone to Tre Cime di Lavaredo (Rifugio Auronzo), high mountains, 183km
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Where to watch Giro d'Italia free: Live stream the final stages

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The 2024 Giro d'Italia comes to a close this weekend with the final two stages of the race. The cyclists will ride through Rome on Sunday at the tail end of a grueling 21-stage race. We've compiled all the details about where to watch Giro d'Italia live streams, including free options that will also work later this summer during the Tour de France.

The Giro d'Italia runs the length of Italy and kicks off the three Grand Tour races that occur throughout the spring and summer cycling season. The race kicked off on May 4 and has taken place almost every day since it started, with only a few Mondays free to allow competitors (and viewers) a chance to rest. The race is an endurance test with a particularly intense stretch through the Alps. The weekend will see riders make their way through stages 20 and 21, from Alpago to Bassano del Grappa and throughout Rome.

The races start pretty early for US viewers. Fortunately, the American streaming option we've recommended keeps the races on-demand, so you can always catch them later if you want to sleep in this weekend. Below, you'll find everything you need to know about watching the end of the 2024 Giro d'Italia, including free live streaming options.

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Where to watch Giro d'Italia in the US

In the US,  Max is the streaming home of the 2024 Giro d'Italia. Subscriptions start at $9.99 a month or $99.99 a year. Live sporting events come as a part of the new B/R Sports Add-on. This will eventually cost an additional $9.99 a month, but it currently comes free with every Max subscription. Don't worry about the early start times for each stage, as they'll also be viewable on-demand afterward.

Formerly HBO Max, now just Max, this streaming service is the US home of premium content from HBO and Warner Bros. Since the rebranding, it's now also the home of Discovery content for reality, food, true crime, and more. Prices start at $10 a month for ad-supported, $16 for ad-free, and $20 if you want to view in 4K.

Where to watch Giro d'Italia in the UK

Discovery+ will show the 2024 Giro d'Italia races in the UK. Subscriptions start at £6.99 a month. You'll find most of the major cycling events here throughout the year. But the Tour de France will be shown for free on ITVX.

Where to watch Giro d'Italia in Italy

Rai Sport will carry live streams for every stage of this year's Giro d'Italia for fans in Italy. Better yet, it's completely free. You'll need a VPN, though, if you want to enjoy the authentic Italian commentary experience from outside Italy. 

Where to watch Giro d'Italia in Australia

Giro d'Italia will stream on SBS in Australia. This is a free live streaming option. Users just need to create an account using a name and date of birth.

How to watch Giro d'Italia for free from anywhere

If you'll be outside Australia during any of the races and want to keep up with the free Giro d'Italia live stream, you can always access them with a VPN (virtual private network). VPNs virtually alter your device's location so that you can use apps and websites from anywhere. They're strong choices for people looking to boost their online privacy and keep up with their subscriptions while traveling.

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How to watch Giro d'Italia with a VPN

• Sign up for a VPN if you don't already have one.
• Install it on the device you're planning to watch on.
• Turn it on and set it to an Australian location. 
• Create an account on SBS On Demand .
• Navigate to the live races and enjoy.

2024 Grand Tour dates

Giro d'Italia is the first of the three Grand Tours. This VPN option will also work for the Tour de France. We've laid out all of the important dates below so that you don't miss a second of cycling this season:

• Giro d'Italia: May 4 - May 26, 2024
• Tour de France: June 29 - July 21, 2024
• Vuelta a España: August 17 - September 8, 2024

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Wout van Aert is still sore, uncertain of his form, and even less certain about the Tour de France .

The Belgian superstar told the media Wednesday ahead of his return to racing at the Tour of Norway that the Olympic Games are the only dates marked into his diary for the summer.

There’s still nothing inked in Van Aert’s calendar on the day Visma-Lease a Bike will line out for the June 29 grand départ .

“The Tour de France is only an option in the best case,” Van Aert said Wednesday. “But it’s still much too early to say anything about that.

“I doubt the Olympic Games less,” Van Aert told the media in his pre-Norway conference. “There are still two months until the Olympic time trial. I’m counting on being good enough to participate there. But I’ll only go if I’m at the top level to perform.”

Van Aert hasn’t raced since the high-speed crash at Dwars door Vlaanderen that crushed his cobblestone ambitions and torpedoed his Giro d’Italia dreams.

Some eight weeks later, the four-day Norway tour starting Thursday makes for a stress-free tester for Van Aert, who is still suffering the hangover of his fractured ribs, collarbone, and sternum.

“I hope to be able to return home after this race with confidence,” Van Aert said from Norway.  “I especially hope that I don’t find myself in a bit of pain tomorrow and not recovering from it the next day. That’s the worst case scenario.

“I want to use this race to get better, to break the training sessions and then make a good plan for what comes next,” he said.

#tourofnorway Wout’s comeback is in Per’s homeland during Tour of Norway! pic.twitter.com/oKLebyisL1 — Team Visma | Lease a Bike (@vismaleaseabike) May 22, 2024

Van Aert ‘still suffering from my fall’

Van Aert only returned to full training in the last two weeks after what he described as a long, mentally gruelling rehabilitation.

The 29-year-old wasn’t backing himself for anything big at the Tour of Norway after such a taxing turnaround.

Visma-Lease a Bike will instead be led by rising sensation Per Strand Hagenes, while Belgium’s next “big” Thibau Nys (Lidl-Trek) is touted as overall favorite for Norway’s puncheur’s delight.

“I am still suffering from my fall. It hasn’t been completely forgotten,” Van Aert said Wednesday. “I can train well, but I often still have some ‘after-pain’ afterwards. This is mainly caused by the ribs.

“If I have been on the bike for a long time, my back hurts afterward,” he continued. “I don’t want to dramatize it. I can cycle pain-free, but I often get after-effects.”

For Van Aert, the Norway Tour is a litmus test for any potential Tour de France selection and a measuring-stick for what to do before the Olympic ITT, which arrives just days after Le Tour .

“We’ll take stock of where Wout is after the Tour of Norway and assess the best way to go to the Paris Olympics in top form,” Visma Lease a Bike performance guru Mathieu Heijboer told Sporza .

“We certainly do not rule out the Tour, but it isn’t the best way toward the Games.”

Putting the wheels back on Visma-Lease a Bike’s pain-train

The wheels came off the Visma-Lease a Bike express this spring.

Just six months after it completed a historic grand tour treble at the 2023 Vuelta a España, the team saw its two top assets in the infirmary.

Van Aert crashed in Belgium, and a week later two-time Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard was involved in a harrowing pile-up in the Basque Country.

Vingegaard, who suffered injuries equally shocking as Van Aert, is now fast-tracking his Tour de France form in a mini-camp on Mallorca.

The Dane’s trainer Tim Heemskerk last week told Cycling Weekly he’s optimistic for Vingegaard’s fitness as the clock ticks toward the Tour’s roll-out on June 29.

“Every time the messages we’ve got are that he’s improving so fast,” Heemskerk told Cycling Weekly . “That’s the same for every time there’s been something going on in the last six years when I was working with him.

“You cannot predict tomorrow or the day after, maybe then there is pain or something going on,” Heemskerk said. “But at the moment it looks like every day we can add a little bit and every day we’re getting closer to getting back on track.”

The love for Wout van Aert after he announced his return to racing #ToN24 pic.twitter.com/IcvHXreNiG — Tour of Norway (@tourofnorway) May 23, 2024

The clock ticks toward the Tour de France

Having a fit and fast Van Aert on the Tour de France team-sheet would be a boon for Visma-Lease a Bike this summer.

Sepp Kuss will be there, but it’s the Dutch squad’s first season without Primož Roglič, who, like fellow Tour de France hopeful Remco Evenepoel, is back to full training after he came down in the Basque Country.

And little needs to be said about the shape of pink jersey supremo Tadej Pogačar.

Visma-Lease a Bike insiders expect the next two weeks to be instructive in their plans for Van Aert, Vingegaard, and the Tour de France.

After that, it’s a very fast ride toward the grand départ .

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After months of waiting for the leaders of the Grand Slams to come up with a plan to reshape tennis and produce billions of dollars in growth, the rest of those in charge of the sport may be on the verge of taking matters into their own hands.

Following months of behind-the-scenes negotiations, the leaders of the men’s and women’s professional tours are attempting to secure financial viability with at least $1billion of investment from Saudi Arabia.

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The move comes amid mounting tension in the sport, which players and executives say is primed to undergo the sort of once-in-a-generation realignment filled with rich promises of transformation, but often results in doing little to solve the long-standing structural problems — a season that is too long, too confusing to follow, too taxing for players and doesn’t allow for more than the top 80 or so players to meet their expenses. 

Andrea Gaudenzi, the chairman of the ATP, the men’s tour, shared details of the proposed investments from Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), many of which have been discussed or even agreed to previously, at a contentious meeting among the sport’s leaders on Saturday at the BNP Paribas Open in Indian Wells, California.

Taken together, the investments could immediately increase the total revenues and investment in tennis — which are between $2.5billion and $3billion — by roughly a third. According to people familiar with the proposal, who remain anonymous to protect relationships, the bulk of the money will go toward purchasing a license for a new top-level mixed event in Saudi Arabia. There is also money for additional sponsorships. 

PIF has already committed as much as $100million to sponsorships of the men’s rankings and multiple tournaments, money that was included in the proposal that Gaudenzi presented last weekend. The proposal also accounted for Saudi Arabia’s pending deal to host the WTA Tour Finals , which is yet to be announced but is expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. 

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A portion of the money may also go toward funding a revived tour for senior players, increasing prize money for current players, and providing support for the smaller tournaments that provide opportunities for developing players to compete and for more established players to earn appearance fees.

The meeting and the proposed $1billion investment from Saudi Arabia were first reported in the Telegraph. Representatives of Saudi’s PIF did not return messages seeking comment.

The investment proposal arrived at a time when leaders of the sport were expecting an altogether different plan for revitalizing the sport and reshaping its structure.

Since the summer, the leaders of the men’s and women’s professional tennis tours and the owners of their biggest tournaments have been waiting for the Grand Slams to deliver a proposal to overhaul the sport and secure its financial future. 

First, they were told it would come in November in Turin, Italy, at the ATP Finals. Then the delivery date slipped to January in Australia. Finally, it arrived on Saturday in Indian Wells, the home of the first mixed tour event of the year, which is colloquially referred to as the ‘fifth Slam’.

Many of the top officials in the sport gathered to hear what the Grand Slams had to offer. They anticipated a carefully designed plan for a streamlined schedule that would be easier for fans to follow and that would reduce the strain on top players, something those players have been demanding for years.

Most importantly, they expected that the leaders of the sport’s four richest and most important events — the Australian, U.S. and French Opens and Wimbledon — had come up with at least a framework for how they might combine their media and commercial rights with those of the top tournaments on the tour in a way that would provide everyone with an opportunity to build a more profitable and sustainable sport.

What quickly became clear as Craig Tiley and Lew Sherr, the leaders of the organizations that control the Australian and U.S. Opens, delivered their presentation on Saturday was that the Grand Slams had far more work to do. After months of talks, the Grand Slam leaders still had not come to a financial agreement among themselves and therefore could not propose anything with dollars or rights attached.

They proposed the same idea they had talked about informally for months — a premium tour that included the four Grand Slams and 10 other top events, with a combined ATP and WTA Finals at the end of the season. They shared a proposed schedule, with the weeks of play delineated, but it was largely similar to the current schedule and did not specify which tournaments would take place during which weeks.

“There was no meat on the bones,” said one leader who was present at the meeting.

When the other officials peppered them with questions about financial arrangements, Tiley and Sherr told them they first needed buy-in on the broadest of broad strokes and asked for the formation of a working group to figure out the money. That idea quickly got shot down. According to people involved in the discussions, the Grand Slams were told that whatever negotiations eventually come to pass would be handled by Gaudenzi and his counterpart at the WTA, Steve Simon. 

Simon has been largely supportive of the Grand Slams’ initial efforts toward creating a premium tour. Gaudenzi has not. When Sherr met with him last month in Europe, Gaudenzi told him the sport already had a so-called premium tour — the tournaments that, like Indian Wells, are known as Masters tournaments for the men and 1000 events for the women, to signify the number of rankings points the winner receives. 

Six of those events are mixed, though the tournaments at the National Bank Open in Canada are divided between Toronto and Montreal and switch each year. 

The Grand Slam organizers, especially Tiley and his colleagues at Tennis Australia, are desperate to maintain control of the tennis calendar, which, for much of the year, is built around regional swings that climax with their events. However, Gaudenzi and Simon have held talks with leaders in Saudi Arabia about holding a new, top-level mixed event in the country in January.

That could jeopardize the viability of the tour events in Australia and New Zealand that lead up to the Australian Open. Tennis Australia controls those events, leading Tiley to jump into the fray last summer when word first spread that Gaudenzi was working with leaders in Saudi Arabia. 

The two have been battling with each other indirectly ever since, but Gaudenzi has moved ahead for the moment. That is down to one simple reason — he has money to offer the rest of the sport; Tiley and Sherr do not.

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