Life is busy yet racing continues – so you might have missed a few of the finishes this week. Here are the highlights of the first seven stages of this year’s Giro all in one easy post! Yeah baby!
Stage 1: Apeldoorn – Apeldoorn
Tom Domoulin takes the first maglia rosa by the slimmest of margins (a hundredth of a second!) in the first ITT of the race. Our review is here.
Stage 2: Arnhem – Nijmegen
It was a sprint-tastic stage and Marcel Kittel shows them how it’s done. Tom Dumoulin keeps the pink by a mere second. Our review is here.
Stage 3: Nijmegen – Arnhem
Another sprint stage, another masterclass courtesy of the ArgoSunGod, who does his best impersonation of a rocket – and leaves the others in his wake. Kittel takes the maglia rosa into the first rest day. Our review is here.
Stage 4: Catanzaro – Praia a Mare
Diego Ulissi takes his fifth Giro stage win with a well-timed attack on the final climb of the day. Tom Dumoulin takes back the maglia rosa. Our review is here.
Stage 5: Praia a Mare – Benevento
It was fast, it was furious, it’s a looooooong sprint of power from Andre Greipel! Tom Dumoulin retained the maglia rosa. Our review is here.
Stage 6: Ponte – Roccaraso
Another Lotto day, this time in the mountains with Tim Wellens taking his first grand tour stage. Tom Dumoulin, yep, he’s still in pink. Our review is here.
Stage 7: Sulmona – Foligno
Three in a row for Lotto Soudal and Andre Greipel took his second stage in three days. The maglia rosa is getting used to the shoulders of Tom Dumoulin. Our review is here.
And if you missed it, here is our first Giro Tweets of the Week!
Header image: Tom Dumoulin ©Getty Images / Bryn Lennon
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