As the 2022 Giro d'Italia heads into the decisive third week and the high mountains, Spencer Martin dissects 'what we know about the Giro d’Italia’s GC picture'. How have the GC riders lost and gained time in the Italian Grand Tour so far.

May 19, 2022: The Giro d'Italia, two stages, big win for Girmay and Prosecco, plus Giro boss wants to solve problem. Teams want Carapaz. Alpecin-Fenix becomes Alpecin-Deceuninck, Lefevere signs Merlier, no problems for Roglič, Cassani's team, DSM extends. Gilbert married, Grávalos' health and Deborah Shumway passes away.

Today's stage was always going to be a bunch sprint, but Dries De Bondt nearly upset with a late attack. He was caught with 1,2 kilometres to go and a chaotic sprint ensued. Alberto Dainese pushed his wheel over the line ahead of Fernando Gaviria, Simone Consonni and points leader Arnaud Démare. Juan Pedro López held the overall lead.

Six more chaotic Giro d'Italia stages in and the Italian Grand Tour has not let us down in the excitement stakes. Ed Hood takes his look at the 'up and downs' of stages four to nine, from Etna to Blockhaus.

When it comes to breathing many of us think “Hey, if I'm not dead, I’m certainly doing it right!” Unfortunately this is not the case, and our poor breathing can keep us from unlocking our full potential and speed, as well as unnecessarily prolonging our recovery.

Ed Hood has been keeping his eye on the 'young guns' and Mason Hollyman has been showing well with the Israel Cycling Academy UCI Continental team and in his guest appearances with Israel – Premier Tech WorldTour team. Ed caught up with Mason to hear all about it.

Biniam Girmay showed his best sprint to beat Mathieu van der Poel at the end of a tough final 20 kilometres of stage 10 to Jesi. The finalé was an exciting toe-to-toe battle of the top men with the Eritrean making history again.

Don't be misled by the title of this excellent book. “Pantana Was A God” is not a panegyric, a worshipful recounting of the life of the last pro cyclist to win the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France in the same year. It is two books in one - a masterful look at when Pantani triumphed, and brief remembrances by those who knew him.

Egan Bernal was the first Colombian to win the Tour de France, but Lucho Herrera was the first Colombian and South American to win a Grand Tour - La Vuelta a España 1987. Both Bernal and Herrera rode a Pinarello, Herrera later in his career. Ed Hood has a look at an exact replica of Herrera's Pinarello from Treviso.