Adam Becket

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Adam Becket |Tom Thewlis

Isaac del Toro sprinted to victory from a select trio on stage 17 of the Giro d'Italia on Wednesday to extend his overall lead in the race. After a difficult day on stage 16 where the UAE Team Emirates-XRG rider lost over a minute to Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost), Del Toro reminded all of his form with an important win the next day.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Adam Becket |Tom Thewlis

Well, wasn't yesterday's stage exciting? More of the same today, please. Good afternoon, and welcome back to Cycling Weekly's live coverage of the key stages of the 2025 Giro d'Italia. Today's stage 17 is yet another day in the mountains, the second of four in this final week. Today the Mortirolo is tackled, the big one, but there are two other classified climbs, and anything could happen.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Adam Becket

dhb, the British affordable cycling kit brand formerly sold by Wiggle, appears to have made a return through Evans Cycles. Quietly, the brand has revived its presence on social media, and on Monday, a YouTube video was posted by Evans which claimed the "all new dhb range had landed". It is "performance cycling wear made to move with you, breathe with you and go the distance" according to Evans.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Adam Becket

There’s something about the Giro d’Italia which always seems to supply chaos, in the original Greek sense of there being a void to be filled. There’s a bit of disorder thrown in, too it’s unpredictable, and there is also rarely one rider or team in charge. Maybe it’s the time of year, maybe it’s the terrain, or maybe it’s the riders that turn up, but it’s different to other Grand Tours. While the Tour de France is so important that it often goes to plan, its Italian cousin offers something wilder.

1 week ago | cyclingweekly.com | Adam Becket |Tom Thewlis

Christian Scaroni led home an XDS Astana one-two on stage 16 of the Giro d'Italia, as the general classification was shaken up on a brutal day in the mountains. The Italian escaped with teammate Lorenzo Fortunato on the final climb of the Passo San Valentino, after they had survived from the day's break. Fortunato, in the blue jersey for leading the mountains classification, allowed the win to go to Scaroni at the finish.