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The alpine climbs at the Tour are generally longer than those used at the Giro, but also wider and more gradual. Climbs at the Giro are often narrow and steep, with drastic changes in pitch, making it more difficult for any one team to control things.

1988 Stage 14: Chiesa In Valmalenco to Bormio

Breukink won the stage, but Hampsten's efforts put the maglia rosa on his shoulders. He wore it for the remainder of the race. Hampsten remains the only American to ever win the Giro d'Italia.

Tim Merlier triumphed in a chaotic sprint to win stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia in Padova as Tadej Pogacar remained safe in the race leader's pink jersey.

But it ends with what might be the hardest mountain stage of the entire race: a 222K stage from Manerba del Garda to Livigno, with a summit finish at the Mottolino ski resort. The longest stage of the Giro begins on the shores of Lake Garda and then heads north into the heart of the Italian Alps.

The physiological loads imposed on cyclists' bodies do not differ between the Tour and Vuelta, despite the longer duration of daily stages in the former race.

The Tour de France is the hardest race in pro cycling, but is it getting even harder? Cyclist gets into the data.

Now that GC Kuss has delivered, Jumbo-Visma has achieved what hasn't been done in the 73 years it has been possible (remember the Vuelta is considerably younger than the other Grand Tours, and had more breaks than the other races) and won the Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a Espana in the same season.

2009 Tour d'Italia, stage 21: Armstrong finishes his first Giro. Lance Armstrong said his 12th-placed finish in the Giro d'Italia was “promising” ahead of this year's Tour de France. Armstrong came into the Giro insisting that he was not there to contest for the win.

"Pogacar for me, he can win every race and when I say every race, if he trained 100% for Paris-Roubaix he can win that too." No rider has ever won all three Grand Tours in the same season but Contador believes Pogacar could do the treble.

Coppi is the youngest winner of the Giro; he was 20 years, 158 days old when he won the 1940 Giro d'Italia. The oldest winner of the Giro is Fiorenzo Magni, who was 34 years old, 180 days when he won the 1955 Giro d'Italia.

Will Pogacar ride the Tour de France in 2024? ›

Cycling's biggest rivalry - Tadej Pogacar of UAE team Emirates and Jonas Vingegaard of Jumbo Visma - will write a new chapter at the Tour de France 2024.

The winner is awarded la maglia rosa (pink jersey). Pink is the color of La Gazzetta dello Sport newspaper, the main sponsor of the Giro.

Race winner, Tadej Pogacar, is estimated to have earnt around $451,151 (€414,751) from prize money. The total prize money for this year's Giro d'Italia that is distributed throughout the 21 stages was $1,746,618 (€1,606,160).

In Italy cyclists can find 5926 interesting climbs between -5 and 2765 meters above sea level. Pozza San Glisente / Dos dell'Asino from Esine is the toughest ascent with a difficulty score of 3031. Climbs have an average length of 6.8km and 407 meters of total ascent.

Mountain stages are the hardest days in the saddle at cycling's Grand Tours, with punishing slopes and ridiculous gradients producing the suffering that makes Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Vuelta a España the world's hardest races.

The Tour de France is the world's biggest annual sporting event and the one race in cycling that commands the attention of most of the world for a few weeks each July. Taking place over 21 stages, covering over 3,000 kilometres and countless mountains to boot, it's the hardest sporting event in the world.

The Tour de France is the oldest and most prestigious in terms of points accrued to racers of all three, and is the most widely attended annual sporting event in the world.

If it was ever in any doubt, Tadej Pogačar's third Tour de France victory has now unquestionably cemented his position as one of professional cycling's all time greats, after he became the latest rider to win both the Giro d'Italia and Tour in the same season.