https://www.velowire.com/blog.php?l=en www.velowire.com blog by Thomas Vergouwen en-us Copyright , Thomas Vergouwen, www.velowire.com info@velowire.com (Thomas Vergouwen) info@velowire.com (Thomas Vergouwen) Thu, 28 May 2026 08h56 +0100 Thu, 28 May 2026 08h56 +0100 60 https://www.velowire.com/images/velowire_top_new.png https://www.velowire.com/news.php?l=en https://www.velowire.com/article/1264/en/the-2026-tour-of-italy--giro-d-italia--race-route-on-openstreetmap-maps-and-in-google-earth--the-stage-profiles-and-time--and-route-schedules.html It’s May, the classics season is over, and so it’s already time to turn our attention to the Grand Tours ... and more specifically to Italy for the Giro d'Italia. The 2026 edition kicks off this Friday, M ...

]]> Thu, 28 May 2026 08h56 +0100 http://www.velowire.com/article/1264/en/the-2026-tour-of-italy--giro-d-italia--race-route-on-openstreetmap-maps-and-in-google-earth--the-stage-profiles-and-time--and-route-schedules.html https://www.velowire.com/article/1267/en/the-grand-depart-of-the-tour-de-france-2028-in-reims-and-the-grand-est-region-confirmed---the-first-details.html As we mentioned this past weekend, it’s now official: the Grand Départ of the Tour de France Grand Départs abroad (Barcelona in 2026, the United Kingdom in 2027, and before that, Italy in 2024, the Spanish Basque Country in 2023, and Denmark in 2022), it’s time for a new Grand Départ in F ...

]]> Sat, 16 May 2026 17h29 +0100 http://www.velowire.com/article/1266/en/the-grand-depart-du-tour-de-france-2028-in-reims-and-in-the-grand-est-region---awaiting-the-confirmation-on-monday-.html https://www.velowire.com/article/1265/en/the-official-startlist-of-the-tour-of-italy-2026---giro-d-italia--jonas-vingegaard-the-major-favorite-.html As the riders in the 2026 Giro d'Italia set off on the first stage today in Bulgaria, and now that you’ve had a chance to explore Liège-Bastogne-Liège, also known as La Doyenne. Despite the number of editions, are you still wondering why it has this nickname? When you consider that the very first edition took place in 1892 —more than 130 years before Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2026— ...

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