By David Hunter Forli – Imola 153km Another short, but very demanding day for the riders. They had an official rest day on Monday and an unofficial one today, so time to get the legs going again. We have 5 climbs in the opening 70km of the stage, a very tough start.

By David Hunter Civitanova Marche – Forli 200km It’s the day after a rest day, and the organisers have been kind. The race mainly sticks to one, big highway and we’ll see plenty of nice shots of the coastline. This is a pretty stage, that should erupt inside the final 10km. Certainly one for not watching…

By David Hunter Benevento – San Giorgio del Sannio 215km It’s the day before the rest day and after some very difficult stages, it can’t come fast enough. The stage screams breakaway, but we don’t always get what we expect, particularly in this race! The stage features three classified climbs:-

By David Hunter Fiuggi – Campitello Matese 186km It’s the weekend, so that means we head to the mountains. The riders are faced with the first proper mountaintop finish. This is going to be a real test. It’s another day of very little flat road, although we do only have two categorised climbs:- Forca d’Acero –…

By David Hunter Grosseto – Fiuggi 264km This is the longest stage of the 2015 Giro and it’s a monster. Immediately, you can’t help but draw comparisons with Milan – Sanremo. The length is close enough but the profile is not as demanding, as there is no Cipressa or Poggio. This is a nice ride in…

By David Hunter Montecatini Terme – Castiglione Della Pescaia 183km It seems like an eternity has passed since the sprint on stage 2, or certainly that’s what the sprinters are thinking. Well, time for the sprinters to return to the party.

By David Hunter La Spezia – Abetone 152km After another crazy day, the peloton will be hoping for some kind of normality. The stage is short and quite easy. It doesn’t lend itself to the crazy riding of the last couple of days. The opening climb is 10km at 5%. With the long climb at the…

By David Hunter Chiavari – La Spezia 150km After a very demanding day, there is no rest for the riders, as we continue in the “medium mountains.” Yet again, we hardly have a single kilometre of flat, making it very hard to control. Orica got their tactics spot on in stage 3, putting Clarke and Chaves…