Giro d’Italia 2026 preview: Route and rider analysis as Jonas Vingegaard bids to win pink jersey

Follow all of The Athletic’s cycling coverage here What romance is yet to be written about the Giro d’Italia? The maglia rosa, the crescendo of spring, suffering and rhapsody carved as large as crevasses across the Alps and Dolomites for the next three weeks.Think back to last year and Simon Yates’ redemptive ride on the Colle delle Finestre, the third contender in a race seemingly bound for a testa-a-testa between Isaac del Toro and Richard Carapaz.Advertisement